superDrool
Sr Member
Kurt's career is either destined to mirror in shame or honored for making those roles epic. Imma say the glass is half full on this one. So I have faith until proven otherwise. 
The Thing prequel
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CB2001
Master Member
If you believe the game, he walked out a while after the fires died out.
If you believe the Dark Horse comic, he and Childs both made it out alive, but things had a way of coming out again (no pun intended).
If you believe an alternate ending to the film, Childs died, MacReady was rescued and was tested, turned out he was human.
And in another alternate ending, both Childs and MacReady died and the Thing survived, became the Thing-Dog again and tried to find another way to reach human civilization.
You can take your pick.
MooCriket
Master Member
How dare you Sir?!!!
:lol If the Thing was really smart it would just find a way to sit it out hiding inside of someone till it's time to cycle out and bring new people in or wait for a bird.
SSGT Kitten
Active Member
I'll stick with the movie ending. They both froze to death. The thing was destroyed. It follows the Lovecraft overtones better.
Charlie
Charlie
CB2001
Master Member
Also, I just discovered this, though I don't know if it will be included in the upcoming film or not (but since the filmmakers stated they took time to make sure they answer all of what was seen at the Norwegian base). But is a bit of a scene from the novelization of the Carpenter film, though based on a previous draft of the script. In this scene, it turns out that there were several audio cassette tapes that were brought along with the notes, photos and video tapes:
“MacReady and I were listening to some of these cassettes on the flight back from the Norwegian camp. I’d like the rest of you gentlemen to hear this particular one.” He gave the “play” switch a nudge.
A Scandinavian voice filled the room. It was flat, calm, methodical; the boredom apparent despite distance, time, and even a different language.
Norris let out a bored sigh. “Sounds like the verbal equivalent of the [video] tape we’ve been mooning over. Hours of notes and nonsense.”
“What do you want from us?” Bennings wanted to know.
MacReady gestured for them to be patient. “Just listen. We thought the same way you do … at first.”
Copper played with the fast-forward control, eyeing the built-in tape counter as the machine squealed. At five-oh-one he stopped the racing cassette and depressed “play” a second time. The calm voice was heard again.
Then something sounded dull, loud, and ugly, as though a distant explosion had taken place. The little machine’s omnidirectional internal microphone wasn’t large, but there was no mistaking the sharp cruuumppp from the speaker.
A pounding noise followed the explosion. There were shouts, some near, some far away. Then echoes of confusion, of equipment being tipped over, of glass shattering. Running feet grew loud, fading as their owners moved away from the recorder.
Something went thunk and the volume intensified, as if the recorder had been hit or thrown against something hard. Feet sounded close by, banging wooden planks.
A violent gurgling rose above the general cacophony, then a loud hiss like a steam boiler shutting down. Men screamed and raged in Norwegian.
Then a piercing screech that made the hair on Norris’s neck stand erect. Several explosions next, like cannon firing in the distance. The execrable screeching again, louder now, mixed with the howls of distraught, panicky men.
Copper noted the grim expressions on the faces of those gathered around him. He derived no satisfaction from the effect the tape had on them. Soon all sound stopped. The tape had come to its end. He switched the machine off and regarded his companions in silence.
“That’s it?” Fuchs asked softly.
Copper shook his head. “No. It’s a split tape with automatic rewind. It goes on like that from the beginning of the second half for quite awhile.” He let that sink in before asking, “What do you gentlemen make of it? Neither MacReady nor I could make any sense of it.” (Foster, The Thing, 43-5)
Just from the description on the tape, it sounds like there may have been one massive free-for-all or a massive all against the Thing battle that took place at the base (even more so since you see holes in walls and the ceiling, which indicates that maybe the Thing at the Norwegian base mutated into a giant monster like the Blair-Thing did, with the intention of kicking the human's asses).
“MacReady and I were listening to some of these cassettes on the flight back from the Norwegian camp. I’d like the rest of you gentlemen to hear this particular one.” He gave the “play” switch a nudge.
A Scandinavian voice filled the room. It was flat, calm, methodical; the boredom apparent despite distance, time, and even a different language.
Norris let out a bored sigh. “Sounds like the verbal equivalent of the [video] tape we’ve been mooning over. Hours of notes and nonsense.”
“What do you want from us?” Bennings wanted to know.
MacReady gestured for them to be patient. “Just listen. We thought the same way you do … at first.”
Copper played with the fast-forward control, eyeing the built-in tape counter as the machine squealed. At five-oh-one he stopped the racing cassette and depressed “play” a second time. The calm voice was heard again.
Then something sounded dull, loud, and ugly, as though a distant explosion had taken place. The little machine’s omnidirectional internal microphone wasn’t large, but there was no mistaking the sharp cruuumppp from the speaker.
A pounding noise followed the explosion. There were shouts, some near, some far away. Then echoes of confusion, of equipment being tipped over, of glass shattering. Running feet grew loud, fading as their owners moved away from the recorder.
Something went thunk and the volume intensified, as if the recorder had been hit or thrown against something hard. Feet sounded close by, banging wooden planks.
A violent gurgling rose above the general cacophony, then a loud hiss like a steam boiler shutting down. Men screamed and raged in Norwegian.
Then a piercing screech that made the hair on Norris’s neck stand erect. Several explosions next, like cannon firing in the distance. The execrable screeching again, louder now, mixed with the howls of distraught, panicky men.
Copper noted the grim expressions on the faces of those gathered around him. He derived no satisfaction from the effect the tape had on them. Soon all sound stopped. The tape had come to its end. He switched the machine off and regarded his companions in silence.
“That’s it?” Fuchs asked softly.
Copper shook his head. “No. It’s a split tape with automatic rewind. It goes on like that from the beginning of the second half for quite awhile.” He let that sink in before asking, “What do you gentlemen make of it? Neither MacReady nor I could make any sense of it.” (Foster, The Thing, 43-5)
Just from the description on the tape, it sounds like there may have been one massive free-for-all or a massive all against the Thing battle that took place at the base (even more so since you see holes in walls and the ceiling, which indicates that maybe the Thing at the Norwegian base mutated into a giant monster like the Blair-Thing did, with the intention of kicking the human's asses).
CB2001
Master Member
I've heard about it. Basically, after the end where Childs and him share a bottle of J&B, it cuts to sometime later. MacReady is getting tested and it shows he's negative. That's about all I know of it.
superDrool
Sr Member
CB2001
Master Member
Like I said, I don't know if the filmmakers looked at the previous drafts of the script for Carpenter's film or read the novelization, but I agree that it would be great to see if its featured.
Kommissar
Well-Known Member
i think childs was infected, and it was 'the thing' that kurt was drinking with,
by kurts own admission, when the scene was filmed, he was armed, so i figure the next scene is kurt torching it... after that? i'd like to think he made it out alive, but chances are, he froze to death.
but my feelings are that kurt won.
CB2001
Master Member
Actually, in the game and in the alternate ending where Mac survived (from what I've read), Childs was test and was not infected. So, it's 50/50 for Childs.
Colonialone
Member
Man I saw the first trailer for it recently on Tv and it looks like Carpenters thing. The station looked the same the hallway looked the same even the crew members looked like shadows of the Carpenter charachters, Except for the woman. Why the hell is it Hollywood is just remaking EVERYTHING these days. The writers must be totally out of new ideas. lol
Someone made a musical out of Carpenters movie.
John Carpenter's THE THING: THE MUSICAL - YouTube
Carpenter was on TCM with his picks and he said The Thing wasn't really his choice. He liked the original, but was hired by the studio to do the remake as his first 'gun for hire' job.
John Carpenter's THE THING: THE MUSICAL - YouTube
Carpenter was on TCM with his picks and he said The Thing wasn't really his choice. He liked the original, but was hired by the studio to do the remake as his first 'gun for hire' job.
Tan Djarka
Master Member
I have very low expectations for this one, but I'll see it anyway. Haven't seen a movie in a bit. Maybe it won't suck...
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