Own Your Own Thing From 'The Thing' - io9 Comments

Own Your Own Thing From 'The Thing'

Spakkenkhrist — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:16:57 PST

@cde: I like the first two but the third one was a bit weak; that's not to say I won't watch it again as I love bad scifi/horror :)

Spakkenkhrist

Own Your Own Thing From 'The Thing'

cde — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 15:44:16 PST

@Spakkenkhrist: Sucks to be you then :P All three Ginger Snaps rocked.

cde

Own Your Own Thing From 'The Thing'

AUA — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 11:21:10 PST

Can anyone explain to me why the seller needs to shave this thing?

Also, as far as "This ain't shit pricewise for a real prop" goes, I denno - it seems about par if you reference the [www.propstore.com]

AUA

Own Your Own Thing From 'The Thing'

gybryant — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 08:18:08 PST

I saw this in the theater as a kid and man it messed me up. For a long time, it was fear on film for me. Fuck that scene with the defibrillator. Fuck it right in the arse.

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Own Your Own Thing From 'The Thing'

spacedcowboy — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 06:28:10 PST

ahh yes Wilford Brimley

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Own Your Own Thing From 'The Thing'

Ravac — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 05:51:54 PST

Best quote from The Thing: As Norris's head grows legs and skitters away, Palmer says, "You gotta be fuckin' kidding me."

Ravac

Own Your Own Thing From 'The Thing'

Spakkenkhrist — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 00:19:41 PST

@cde: I'm trying not to remember Ginger Snaps 3!

Spakkenkhrist

Own Your Own Thing From 'The Thing'

followthattank — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 19:45:10 PST

"The Thing" had Wilford Brimley...
...as a scientist.
...who smashes shit up.

Win.

followthattank

Own Your Own Thing From 'The Thing'

Plague — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 18:04:55 PST

This ain't shit pricewise for a real prop. Google up some prop selling houses sometime IO9 before you choke on your own snark.

@jacques e loupe:
Tons of great lines. Another is "you have to sleep sometime, McCready.
Maybe, but I'm a real light sleeper".

One of the greatest horror films ever.

Plague

Own Your Own Thing From 'The Thing'

tetracycloide — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 17:04:23 PST

@JoeyTheHobo: you know they said 'semi-outrageous' but i think they went full outrageous

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Own Your Own Thing From 'The Thing'

jacques e loupe — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 16:19:28 PST

JC's The Thing contains one of the greatest lines of any scifi movie I can think of.

this is from memory so it might not be exactly correct, but:
Right after a husky explodes into a mass of what looks like wriggling round worms, the dog handler who witnessed this, runs out of the kennels understandably paniced by what he saw.

He is stopped in the hall by another guy who asks "what is it?"

The dog handler replies: "I don't know, but its weird and its pissed off!"

jacques e loupe

Own Your Own Thing From 'The Thing'

cde — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 16:17:13 PST

Speaking of alien parasites and blood, anyone remember the movie Ginger Snaps 3? Where they would test if you were bitten by a werewolf or not by sticking a leech on you, and if you were bitten, the leech becomes monstrously huge in 0-60 proportions?

cde

Own Your Own Thing From 'The Thing'

JoeyTheHobo — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 16:10:41 PST

I love how mocking this post is.

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