>"Why don't we just wait here a little while, see what happens?"How do you respond without revealing you're the Thing?
Take a swig of straight kerosene without wincing.
Thing wins if Kurt Russell doesn't do anything. Just say hidden, wait for both to freeze and wait for rescue crew to come thaw you while Kurt Russell's character dies.
>>221127726Whats stopping the thing from just killing him?
So... do I talk first or you talk first?
There's a fan theory that this is where Macready realizes he's the thing, because the bottle supposedly had petrol in it
>>221127726in the canon (yes, canon) sequel videogame turns out Childs was The Thing, also McReady survives
>>221127726neither of them are The Thing, which is why the ending is so perfect for a movie about paranoia.
>>221127807One of the oldest retarded theories around the movie.1. Mac drank from the same bottle.2. The Thing would know what gas is and smells like.
>>221127726>>221127832Other way around.Both of them are the Thing, and the movie's ending shows that in adapting humans, the Thing has adapted human paranoia and distrust, inability to work together.
>>221127794Both had flamethrowers so it was a mexican standoff >>221127807What does petrol have to do with anything?
>>221127794He might be hiding a stick of dynamite or a molotov cocktail. Enough to finish him off. Better to play it cool.
>>221127827>canonFind one instance of John Carpenter stating this.
>>221127726>If you're not the thing then how do you feel about me calling you a nigger?How would the thing respond?
>>221127807>The thing can perfectly imitate a person, including somehow knowing their own station, their relationships, names, etc>It somehow doesn't know it shouldn't drink something poison to humansIt's a goofy theory.
>>221127847So many interesting theories to choose from, and you pick the one that is provably wrong lmao.
>>221127847>>221127832>>221127827>>221127807Holy fuck you autistic niggers, they left it open ended. There's no conclusive answer. In reality, it was probably Childs because he disappeared for a long time while the camera with Mac but again it fits into the whole paranoia angle.
>>221127877>they left it open ended. There's no conclusive answer.Wrong. John Carpenter himself has stated in interviews that you can track who is the Thing if you watch closely. There is an intended conclusion. Fucking casual.
>>221127905hmm like the torn jacket saying "MACREADY" on it perforce
>>221127726The best ending is they are both Things but have grown paranoid of each other like the Humans did.
>>221127905Yes early into the movie there's a definitive Thing infection route but not at the very end. People draw the conclusion they want to draw and force stupid shit to fit like the no breath theory or eye gleam theory or the petrol bottle theory which at the endo f the day is still just a fan fucking theory. Hell I've seen the coat theory be forced too just because it was a slight shade of blue different. You're just being autistic. It was filmed at night on a fucking 1980s camera no shit it will appear to be a different color from one scene to the next. If Carpenter want to go with a definitive answer, he would have given Childs a blatant different coat color or shown Mac swap the petrol for alcohol. The movie ended like every other movie during its time with the theme song playing like usual for the credits roll. You guys are not clever, just autistic over analyzing stupid shit that was never meant to be over analyzed.
>>221128083>Yes early into the movie there's a definitive Thing infection route but not at the very endNope, he said this in relation to being asked about the ending. Fucking casual.
>>221127726The more stupid theories I read, the more I think both are humans
>>221127905>John Carpenter himself has stated in interviews that you can track who is the Thing if you watch closely.He also purposefully made the shadow of who the dog thing assimilates not correspond to any of the actors, so no, you won't get anywhere by watching out for "hidden details" in the paranoia movie. He's full of shit. Whoever he considers to be the thing or not in the scene is basically just his personal headcanon with no backing in the contents of the film.
>>221127726I wouldn't, I would listen. And that's what no thing ever did.
>>221128406Maybe there was another crew member they just forgot to mention. Maybe that's what we're supposed to intuit.
>guys i have evidence that childs and nauls are the thing. let's lynch and hang them immediately
Die.
>>221127854Yeah, but it’s established that every piece is its own independent entity, even a drop of blood. If he gets blown up, fuck it, a crew will still eventually recover the pieces.
