The Thing
Summary
The Thingstar Kurt Russell reflects on the motion picture ’s ambiguous finish more than four decades afterward . Released in 1982 , John Carpenter ’s sci - fi horror film remain a classic , and one of the most beloved projects of his calling . Russell superstar in the film as MacReady , one penis of a doomed south-polar research team , who faces off against a shape - shifting alien being . The concluding scene of the motion picture famously experience MacReady and Keith David ’s Childs as the only survivor , though it ’s not revealed which one is in reality the alien .
In a recent audience onJosh Horowitz’sHappy Sad Confusedpodcast , Russell shares howThe Thing ’s endingcame about .
The actor recalls there initially being some hesitancy on Carpenter ’s part to end on such a downbeat , ambiguous , and potentially disappointing note , but that it finally became clear it was the best potential option . Check out Russell ’s full gossip below :
" We talked about that , the end of that movie , John and I , for a farseeing , prospicient meter . We ’d trade in ideas for the end , write it out , and it was one of those thing where John was concerned about it , doing a movie that you would see , for two hours plus , and bring you back to square one .
" We in conclusion flummox to a gunpoint where , we ’d try dissimilar thing , and I just remember at last aver , ' How about this one ? ' and we ’d try it , and I said , ' John , I intend this comes back to square one . I think that ’s what it does . ' The only matter I could do was end up it with , ' Why do n’t we just pose here for a while and see what happens . ' It worked . It was the thing that it called for . It ’s play to pick up people talk about that one , I must say , that ’s a fun one . "
The Thing is a beloved horror classic , but it wrote and filmed several different endings , all of which miss the item of the photographic film and make it worse .
Why The Thing’s Ambiguous Ending Works So Well
While ambiguous end can be frustrative if not handled well , The matter ’s culmination setting has play in the photographic film ’s favor . By not revealing whetherMacReady or Childs is the titular Thing , debates and theories have continued for tenner . All of this has aid the film stand the test of clock time and stay an interesting subject of discussion .
The " eye gleam theory " posit that the extraterrestrial being can be identified by the want of a subtle glint in the eye that the human characters all have . Carpenter late debunked this theory , however .
The ending , of course , also play into one of the film ’s cardinal themes about paranoia . The Thingends with MacReady and Childs not trusting each other , and each homo suspects the other of being the form - shift alien . After what they ’ve each witnessed , it ’s reasonable to simulate that there ’s nothing that will convince either one of the other ’s indistinguishability . One specially dour and dead satisfactory interpretation of the film ’s concluding moments is that neither human being is the exotic , and both will freeze to end because the lack of trust will prevent them from work together .
A team of researchers set out to study an alien spacecraft found in Antarctica, where they also discover an alien body on the site. The alien buried in ice is actually alive and has the ability to imitate human form. The group must find a way to distinguish who the real person is from The Thing and stay alive. John Carpenter’s 1982 film is a remake of 1951’s The Thing from Another World and stars Kurt Russel as the hero RJ MacReady.
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A team of researchers set out to study an exotic ballistic capsule found in Antarctica , where they also chance on an alien organic structure on the site . The extraterrestrial being buried in water ice is actually live and has the power to imitate human form . The grouping must recover a way to distinguish who the substantial person is from The Thing and appease awake . John Carpenter ’s 1982 pic is a remake of 1951 ’s The Thing from Another World and star Kurt Russel as the Heron RJ MacReady .
