The Thing (1982)
On the latest Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy, I join Andrea Kail, Thomas Gerencer and host David Barr Kirtley to talk all things THE THING. We discuss the ’82 Carpenter film, the 2011 “prequel”, the Campbell novella, Peter Watts’ story “The Things” & why the Carpenter film still holds up today. Here’s a snippet of my thoughts from the podcast:
We’ve been watching a lot of ’80s films on this podcast, and one of the things I’ve noticed is that the patience of the audience in the ’80s I think was greater. There are a lot of these films where you watch them now and you’re like, “Oh my god, this is so slow.” I never felt that with The Thing. I think that was the greatest difference I felt with the prequel. With the 1982 movie, I was on the edge of my seat the whole time—I was riveted, I never looked away, I don’t think I got up once to go to the bathroom or get a snack. I was glued to the TV, and that’s hard to do.
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