You know what makes The Thing the greatest movie of all time?

The Thing could be female

>>82607919
just like irl amirite?

>>82607954

Freud pls leave

>>82607919
the prequel had mew and another qt in it and it didnt suck because of them

wtf, i hate The Thing now!

>>82607919
thing is a woman. it's a metaphor for how a single woman destroys any group of men.

>>82609935
This

None on set either after a women left in the beginning because she was pregnant. Go figure.

>>82608959
>woman is right about everything
>all the men are stupid and wrong

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>>82609935
excellent

WHY DID THEY MAKE THE ENTIRETY OF THE 2011 WITH THE COOLEST-LOOKING PRACTICAL EFFECTS EVER, AND THEN REPLACE 100% OF IT WITH MEDIOCRE CGI

ITS SO INFURIATING, JESUS FUCKING CUNTCHRIST

>>82610039
all the men in the original were stupid and wrong too.

>>82608959
Just watched the thing a couple of hours ago and it was pretty good. The "prequel" you mention seems full of cliches and it doesn't seem like a "paranoia" horror, like the original.
Do they also use the same cool or on par practical effects, which was a huge plus in the first?

>>82607919
The thing is female and a allegory of the mother. Keith David's character was remained Childs ffs.

>>82610198
childs, the old guy and mac weren't stupid at all. suppose the rest of them are dopey though

keith david is awesome. he survived vietnam, got his dick sucked by jennifer connelly and became and smoked a huge joint in his longjohns in a comfy arctic base

>>82610455
The director and fx people did some amazing practical effects.

Then fucking producers happened and forced CGI on everything

>>82609935
kek

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>>82607954
of course it's female, it's a mindless monstrosity capable of ruining countless lives if exposed to the outside world. What the fuck else does that sound like to you

>>82609935
>implying men are so weak-minded that the presence of one woman destroys them
...actually, I guess humanity is kinda fucking stupid

>>82608959
yes it did

>>82609935

Was either Childs or Mac the thing at the end?

>>82613093
Literally impossible to figure out, and I mean literally. There's just so much possibilities for almost every major event, assimilation and timestamps are all over the place, it's one gigantic puzzle that's never going to be solved.

>>82612337
this tbqh. if this actually happens to people you know, they're pathetic.

>>82608959
They were forced into that movie. The Norwegian camp had zero Americans and zero women/colored people.

But, it didn't suck because of them: it sucked because it wasn't a movie worth making.

The most underrated part of the film: During the final encounter just when Nauls wanders off into the demise, Mac calling his name when it suddenly hits him - he pulls the hood down and looks towards the camera, he's all alone and shit's reaching the boiling point in terror. That little moment still gets me every time.

>>82613459
Something I didn't exactly get: if one of them has been infected, the thing wins, right? All the thing wants is to freeze and live until they find it again. Or does the fact they are above the ground means that it won't freeze properly to remain alive or something?
Also, how can Mac be infected? He escaped and we follow him all the time(after the rest at least)...

>>82613691
Both men are armed, and neither one is going to freeze to death......

>>82613994
Mac was armed? He didn't have dynamite or a flamethrower? Also, they don't trust each other, that doesn't mean they will kill each other, that's what I understood.
Also, I fucking hate theories in movies, but I know I am going to read most of them about who's infected and who's not.

>>82614408
This. I've read every fucking theory about this film that this site or the likes of Rob Ager throw up, but I can't see myself ever not being engaged with them. The discussions never go anywhere but I love this film too damn much to stop.

Also, in the final scene Mac has a flamethrower in the screenplay only, we never see one in the film but people repeatedly state it as fact even though plenty of scripted scenes were cut or changed during filming

>>82615242
mac has dynamite

>>82607954
>>82609935
Based Carpenter

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Was Clark just an innocent, but aloof dog lover or a misanthropic maniac who cared more about dogs than human life like the actor says?

>>82618234
At least the way he was played, I'd definitely say he leans more to the latter. It's one thing if he loved dogs, but he's never even shown to have much of a connection with anyone at the camp, not even in the brief interactions we get with other characters like Childs and Palmer smoking weed and watching TV together. He's noticeably detached from everyone else, only showing any positive emotion when he's calming down the dog-thing. Not in an extreme, sociopathic way, mind, but in a way that would indicate that he'd rather not interact with anybody if he can help it. It also doesn't help that he's pretty tight lipped throughout the whole movie, the only lines I can remember from him are from his conversation with Blair about the dog and during the broken blood bank scene, where he interjects and everyone is quick to jump on him.

I've been meaning to rewatching the Thing for the past few nights but I keep jacking off and falling asleep instead. What should I do tonight?

your face when the thing is a metaphor for death creeping and our inability to escape it

just saw this movie for the first time and was blown away

while I think its amazing is there really much to look into? at the end childs is clearly infected because he has a different color coat

is there anything I can watch like the thing thats as good?

>>82620086
Watch it again and see all the little things you missed the first time around unless you looked up a bunch of shit on the movie and spoiled all the rly makes you think moments.

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>>82609935

>>82607919
Nah it's the practical effects that make the movie so damn amazing.

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>>82607954
turning all men against eachother, occupying their life with a pointless meaningless struggle before it finally invades them from the inside and rips them apart but not before destroying any relationships it had

>>82618234
wouldn't misanthropic maniac imply he'd go murder crazy almost immediately? not when it's morally justified

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>>82609935

That would be...ALIEN.

ALIEN = ELLEN RIPLEY.

In Alien3...the Warden says that now that she is in their male-only prison she has caused "Ripples"...Ripley!

Fincher made Alien3, Fight Club ("Is another woman really what we need?")...Gone Girl, etc. Fincher Based.

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No women in this.

Greatest movie ever made.

>>82613093
Childs is The Thing because in the end only Mac has cold breath coming out of his mouth.

>>82612290
underrated

But if it has a vagina, i'd stick my dick in it regardless of the risk.

>>82621091
>analyzing movies instead of enjoying them
>being a virgin

life sounds comfy for you guys

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Who would in in a fight between Alien, Predator, and The Thing? I put my money on the Predator. With his advanced vision he should be able to detect the Thing.

>>82620921
There are two extremes of horror on the spectrum which represents male and female 'insanity':

For men it's autism, which they are more genetically prone to get by a large margin, which makes them 'emotionless, ruthless, and cold'
I.E: Terminator, Predator, Alien

They are the male egos coming to rape shit.

Schizophrenia is the women's mental illness and fear. This is what 'The Thing' embodies: twisted horrific faces and fucked up voices etc.

So the anon who said the thing is female is spot on.

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>>82621130
You jelly?

I think you guys are missing the point here. It didn't have titties, so it couldn't have possibly been female.

>>82607919
Another good one along the same lines is Black Mountain. Same isolated feel but with a completely different plot. No women and no romantic filler. What other great movies offer isolation and male bonding?

>>82613611
Yeah the first time I watched it after seeing Gary get THINGED in such a depressing way Nauls going out offscreen made me feel pretty scared for Mac

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>>82618691
anon stop

>>82621061
>t. imdb kiddy

>>82619663
this also fits perfectly with the grey