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Posted: 10/5/2022 3:41:45 PM EDT
Dear Blog,
I am going to see it in the theatre this weekend and am looking forward to it. Never seen it on the big screen  One of my favorite movies. One hour until show time. Very exciting! EDIT: Neither MacReady nor Childs were Things at the end Why does anyone think that a person that is a Thing wouldn't have breath that you could see in the cold in the first place? That would imply that you could just point a thermometer at people two tell who is a Thing and who is not! Ridiculous You can clearly see Bennings breath before they light him up, but he was not 100% copied. Pretty sure you can see the dogs breath in the beginning, but I need to double check. Also, The Thing seems to be able to copy your memories and such. (they can speak English, know everyone's names, know to destroy radios and equipment). They should know the difference between liquor and gasoline as well. I think they didn't trust each other, and grimly froze to death. The ending is ambiguous, but that is my opinion. |
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Posted: 10/5/2022 3:44:10 PM EDT
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My favorite horror movie.
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Posted: 10/5/2022 3:44:30 PM EDT
[#2]
That's what I call my weener
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Posted: 10/5/2022 3:45:38 PM EDT
[#3]
Awesome flick. Love it. Would be even better on the silver screen with a giant tub of buttered popcorn.
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Posted: 10/5/2022 3:49:30 PM EDT
[#4]
John Carpenters best
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Posted: 10/5/2022 3:52:29 PM EDT
[#5]
Quote HistoryQuoted: My favorite horror movie. FPNI |
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Posted: 10/5/2022 3:53:49 PM EDT
[#6]
Awesome movie.
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Posted: 10/5/2022 3:55:56 PM EDT
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Posted: 10/5/2022 3:57:04 PM EDT
[#8]
Definitely in my top 3.
Would really like to see it on a big screen! 
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Posted: 10/5/2022 3:57:21 PM EDT
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First blankedy blank week of winter.
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Posted: 10/5/2022 3:57:31 PM EDT
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My parents took my brothers and me to see Escape From New York because it featured some local slums and places they used to go when they were kids.
I think they were impressed enough with that that we all went to see The Thing too. Easily one of the top 3 movie going experiences in my life, and I was only 10. Hasn't really been surpassed in the many years since. |
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Posted: 10/5/2022 3:58:45 PM EDT
[#11]
Quote HistoryQuoted: John Carpenters best Big Trouble In Little China disagrees. |
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Posted: 10/5/2022 3:59:08 PM EDT
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Saw it both at the drive-in and on the big screen many times. That was one of the regular late Friday night movies they'd show (at the now dead) Northridge Mall in Milwaukee. Escape From New York, The Wall, Dawn of the Dead were also in the rotation. Tickets were $0.97 as part of a promotion with a local rock station (WLPX).
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Posted: 10/5/2022 4:00:06 PM EDT
[#13]
Great movie.
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Posted: 10/5/2022 4:00:09 PM EDT
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Be pretty funny if a 40 year old re-run grosses more than Bros.
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Posted: 10/5/2022 4:03:18 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Be pretty funny if a 40 year old re-run grosses more than Bros. And the cast of The Thing is 100% male. And not gay. |
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Posted: 10/5/2022 4:05:28 PM EDT
[#16]
Quoted: Dear Blog, I am going to see it in the theatre this weekend and am looking forward to it. Never seen it on the big screen One of my favorite movies. Best horror movie IMO. |
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Posted: 10/5/2022 4:05:34 PM EDT
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I know you gentlemen have been through a lot, but when you find the time, I'd rather not spend the rest of this winter TIED TO THIS FUCKING COUCH!
That movie is the epitome of old school practical special effects |
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Posted: 10/5/2022 4:06:18 PM EDT
[#18]
What theater is it playing in?
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Posted: 10/5/2022 4:06:54 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Be pretty funny if a 40 year old re-run grosses more than Bros. I would go see it in a theater. Easy money for sure. |
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Posted: 10/5/2022 4:08:39 PM EDT
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Quoted: Dear Blog, I am going to see it in the theatre this weekend and am looking forward to it. Never seen it on the big screen One of my favorite movies. You gotta be f***cking kidding! When the lockdowns started easing up the Alamo Drafthouse was playing it so my wife & I went to see it. First time we had seen it on the big screen too. 
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Posted: 10/5/2022 4:10:23 PM EDT
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Awesome movie! My E&I team watched this in the day room of Cape Lisburne, Alaska during a bad snow blizzard in 1983 - 84 time frame. Cape Lisburne is 200 miles above the Artic circle (Yes, I know the movie takes place at McMurdo Bay in Antartica), but same conditions. The camp had a total of maybe 12 people in it at the time. When the camp was manned by the USAF, it housed between 200 - 300 people.
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Posted: 10/5/2022 4:12:20 PM EDT
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Quoted:
Dear Blog, I am going to see it in the theatre this weekend and am looking forward to it. Never seen it on the big screen
One of my favorite movies. |
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Posted: 10/5/2022 4:12:57 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: What theater is it playing in? @Boomer Galaxy Theatre in Monroe. Two showings this Sunday |
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Posted: 10/5/2022 4:13:17 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted:
Be pretty funny if a 40 year old re-run grosses more than Bros. |
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Posted: 10/5/2022 4:22:57 PM EDT
[#25]
I loved that movie!!! The remake SUCKED
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Posted: 10/5/2022 4:31:10 PM EDT
[#26]
Quote HistoryYup. Saw it on a Friday night. Saturday morning, my buddies and I walked across the border to San Luis, Sonora and all of us bought one. |
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Posted: 10/5/2022 4:37:09 PM EDT
[#27]
Good flick for a snowy night…
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Posted: 10/5/2022 4:39:23 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I loved that movie!!! The remake SUCKED |
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Posted: 10/5/2022 4:44:09 PM EDT
[#29]
Great movie. Creature effects by Rob Bottin, before all the CGI crap.
Drove 50 miles back in the day to see it in a college town, only to find they has ended the run early.  Guess it didn't do so well at the box office, I caught it as soon as it hit HBO. I wasn't disappointed. |
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Posted: 10/5/2022 4:50:28 PM EDT
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Excellent horror movie.
Definitely inspired monster design in Resident Evil 4, and inspired Parasyte the Maxim Anime. Honestly I feel like it also inspired Dead Space (As did Event Horizon) Imo the special effects still hold up today |
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Posted: 10/5/2022 4:54:02 PM EDT
[#31]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I know you gentlemen have been through a lot, but when you find the time, I'd rather not spend the rest of this winter TIED TO THIS FUCKING COUCH! That movie is the epitome of old school practical special effects Best line in the movie, followed closely by “ya? Well, fuck you too!” And the ever popular “You gotta be fucking kidding.” Classic flick. |
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Posted: 10/5/2022 4:56:32 PM EDT
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I forgot who was planning a retrospective review of it this month? But people still remember it. I haven’t watched the much older one in a long time.
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Posted: 10/5/2022 4:58:46 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: @Boomer Galaxy Theatre in Monroe. Two showings this Sunday Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: What theater is it playing in? @Boomer Galaxy Theatre in Monroe. Two showings this Sunday Hmmm…I live up in the Ham. Might have to venture south for this. |
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Posted: 10/5/2022 4:59:34 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I loved that movie!!! The remake SUCKED The 2011 movie was a prequel. 
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Posted: 10/5/2022 5:00:35 PM EDT
[#35]
Good film, but I prefer the original.
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Posted: 10/5/2022 5:06:30 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Hmmm…I live up in the Ham. Might have to venture south for this. Wean on seeing the 6pm showing. Give me a shout if you go! |
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Posted: 10/5/2022 5:14:49 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Wean on seeing the 6pm showing. Give me a shout if you go! Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Hmmm…I live up in the Ham. Might have to venture south for this. Wean on seeing the 6pm showing. Give me a shout if you go! Will do! |
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Posted: 10/5/2022 5:18:29 PM EDT
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Hey Sweden!
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Posted: 10/5/2022 5:21:32 PM EDT
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Was Childs a Thing? What say the hive…
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Posted: 10/5/2022 5:22:51 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Was Childs a Thing? What say the hive… Personally, I don't think either of them were a Thing. |
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Posted: 10/5/2022 5:24:05 PM EDT
[#41]
I would love to see it on the big screen. I missed it over the summer when it was about an hour away.
I did catch the original Jaws, in 3D, And Star Trek First Contact over the summer on screen. I had never seen either at the movies. |
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Posted: 10/5/2022 5:24:16 PM EDT
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When I still had a DVD player I would watch The Thing during the summer when it was hot as hell and Texas Chainsaw Massacre in the winter. Kinda took the edge off each season.
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Posted: 10/5/2022 5:24:58 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: My favorite horror movie. |
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Posted: 10/5/2022 5:25:59 PM EDT
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If there's anything worth doing, its worth doing right...
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Posted: 10/5/2022 5:26:49 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Was Childs a Thing? What say the hive… I don't think so. |
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Posted: 10/5/2022 5:27:03 PM EDT
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Fathom Events ran this in August in the Regal theaters in my AO on a Sunday afternoon. My 19 yo daughter and I went to see it. She's pre-med and has absolutely LOVED The Thing since I let her watch it years ago. The theater was sold out (get your tickets ahead of time if you can to avoid problems) and full of people who were fans. There was none of the typical bullshit of people talking in the theater during the movie and at the end the room had a good three or four minutes of applause. I know, no one who made the movie was there, but it's so damn good. My only complaint is that I'm pretty sure it was just a DVD they played and the sound was fairly uneven with the explosions and flamethrower effects being quieter than the dialog.
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Posted: 10/5/2022 5:28:32 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Personally, I don't think either of them were a Thing. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Was Childs a Thing? What say the hive… Personally, I don't think either of them were a Thing. According to the commentary by Carpenter and Russell they worked for two weeks on how to film that last scene so that there would be debate about who, if anyone, was still human. |
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Posted: 10/5/2022 5:29:31 PM EDT
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Jack Burton in the Snow
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Posted: 10/5/2022 5:30:57 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Jack Burton in the Snow |
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Posted: 10/5/2022 5:33:04 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Good flick for a snowy night… spot on. |
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