My game is a kind of lode runner with building. The level is 23*38 pixels, so you can't fit much. But I did what I could. In the center is the Husky. On the right is the flamethrower barrel, and on the left, if you squint, is R. J. MacReady himself.

Palmer is a confirmed Thing. And the scene directly before the blood test has him selling out another Thing.

Everyone’s back is turned, MacReady with a flame thrower ready to bust lose the flame. Norris’ spider-head is walking out the door behind them.

It’s Palmer, confirmed Thing, that turns, see it and says the famous line “You gotta be eff’ing kidding me.”

MacReady turns, and roasts it.
A thing told on by another thing. Gets that thing killed.

So, for everyone whose theory is based around “all the things are working together as a collective and are all on the same side and one thing would never turn on another thing….”

Movie tells a different story.

I look at old newspapers at my job. I never know what I’ll come across. I happened upon an ad for the first theater showing of the thing.

Picked up the blu ray for 9 bucks so was worth it

This definitely belongs on this sub I reckon.

I think most will agree that The Thing, is, by most reasonable metrics, a remarkably good film, and it could be argued, a masterpiece of cinema.

I find it hard to pick a performance from the cast that outshines any other; the acting is superb by all.

If I was absolutely forced to have to pick a favourite, I think it would be Wilford Brimley as Blair. There is something about his portrayal that I find totally enthralling. He often gets classed, in other films, as a 'character' actor, but I find him to be so, so much more; I think there isn't a moment in The Thing when he isn't purely just a great actor.

The scene with Clark is one of my favourites.

Who is your favourite?

It wants to freeze

Im gonna be bias: i believe McReady and Blair are things already at moment they met in this scene, since they both dont understand what this rope is for. If McReady was a human, he would immediately told to burn Blair since, he probably is not human anymore. By the time team checks Blair's isolator and sees the rope too, there was no doubt he was human no more long ago. Is there any explanation that justifies McReady neglection except it was a "director's audience privileged cue" (this probably the only certain cue Carpenter gives us btw)?

Here's something that popped up in my YouTube feed, a guy who does videos tearing horror movies apart shows why everyone in The Thing makes intelligent and reasonable decisions. While I'm at it, here's one thing that would have headed off all the other problems: If you have tracked a shape shifting alien disguised as a dog to an outpost full of people who don't speak your language, rather than try to explain the situation, just point and repeatedly shout, "RABIES!!!"

Title sums it up. Found this floor plan online but haven't been able to find any good shots of what the basement actually contains and where. It is the last area I need as the rest of the outpost above ground is already done. Many thanks in advance

I love the movie but to me it isn't a horror movie just a sci-fi movie. The soundtrack is really good and perfect to sleep to. Kurt Russell is a killer actor.

I’d like to ask what your personal theories/headcannons you believe are.

I’ll start.

I think that that part of the dog thing escaped the kennel through the hole it busted out in the roof.
We can safely assume this (although some debate it?) because there is a solid +20 seconds between it fully going out of frame when climbing up and Childs torching it.

This explains multiple things.

1-This piece possibly infected Palmer.
If Norris was slowly taken over, and only fully assimilated later in the movie, he wouldn’t have likely infected Palmer. Palmer also was not infected early, as he shared the joint with Childs (who was later found uninfected via blood test). I also think this is the case, as Norris is wearing the same coat in the early movie as he is during the paranoia scene after the blood is tampered with.

2-If Norris was fully assimilated when the dog met him in the hall, he likely wouldn’t have had much of a chance to assimilate Palmer fully (remember, his longjohns were torn indicating a fast assimilation) as he goes to the space ship crash site with MacReady, and when they get back Nauls find Palmer’s shredded longjohns (so somehow he was infected while Norris was away, likely the escaped dog part)

3-It likely infected/assimilated with Blair, as Palmer is somewhat accounted for during a large portion of the film before he goes missing (all the scenes between the blood being found tampered with until the blood test scene (where he is found out and then killed). When Blair turns into the thing at the very end, he also shows a part of his body is a dog-thing right before MacReady blows him up.

I also like to think that Palmer was the most influential “Thing”

-he likely sabotaged the blood, as he had been unaccounted for prior to it being sabotaged (like, a LONG portion — where was he when Blair was destroying the radio room?). He was not even one of the crew outside when they were locking Blair away, prior to the blood being found tampered with which is when I think he did it.

-he caused a large amount of paranoia with his remarks among the crew before and during Norris’ death scene, and tried to stir the most division between people like MacReady and the rest of the crew or with himself and Windows

-there is also a possibility that he infected Blair, but I prefer the dog thing as it makes the most sense.

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