Comments on: THE THING (1982) https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2011/10/the-thing/ Sat, 14 Sep 2024 00:50:22 +0000 hourly 1 By: Simona Thornton https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2011/10/the-thing/#comment-24765 Sat, 14 Sep 2024 00:50:22 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=4652#comment-24765 No, you were right the first time. The Thing is crap, and it's dated, and cartoony FX really let it down. I it on TV when I was 6 and fell asleep. I saw it again at age 36 and fell asleep again.

]]> By: MRSV https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2011/10/the-thing/#comment-295 Thu, 22 Dec 2011 22:08:01 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=4652#comment-295 Oh, my. As entertaining as I find your distressed girlfriend's reactions, I can't say I blame her. My first–and to date, only–viewing of The Thing was much the same. "Things that can't be unseen", squiggling in my head to this day. Ugh. The "inside-out goat" dog was the worst for me.

]]> By: Dan https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2011/10/the-thing/#comment-227 Sun, 30 Oct 2011 01:45:28 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=4652#comment-227 I agree "The Thing" isn't a great of the horror genre, but it IS great entertainment. I like it now for the reasons I liked it when I was 12…good action, pacing, special effects, and creatures. Of course, now I appreciate some of the ridiculousness. A few comments…

1. Excellent use of Stevie Wonder's "Superstition."
2. For aliens that make pretty nice looking spaceships, they're really gross looking themselves.
3. I'm pretty sure alcohol, guns, and flamethrowers (especially in combination) aren't going to do much good for anybody down in Antarctica.
4. Very good dog actor.
5. Rubber gloves, people. Rubber gloves.
6. The early 80's seem to have been a time when "computery" soundscapes and soundtracks were catching on. I was reminded of Goblin's work in some of Dario Argento's movies. That era of "computery" sounds is the most creepy for me.

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