If it was Norris, why would he not try to assimilate the other two crew when they went out to look at the space ship together. Seems like that’d be the easiest way to get the process going faster. Assimilate two crew, go back and you’re three Things infiltrating the camp instead of just one.
Same thoughts here. Another reason I love the movie. I’ve wondered about the “slowly losing your own consciousness” theory as well. Like, you don’t even know you’re becoming the Thing until you’re just not you, but how would that feel?
Yeah, the dialogue is perfect because he’s trying to convince Mac in the most non convincing “no really I’m totally not crazy or the Thing” kind of way
I forget, did they burn Coppers body?
Windows started to mutate because the Palmer Thing chewed his head up, so I wonder if that massive bite from the Norris Thing could have started the same kind of assimilation.
I personally believe The Things to be cannon from The Thing’s perspective. You should read it but the big point for this thread is, >The Thing only takes you over when it physically incorporates your brain.
It says it rides around inside people why they move around on their own. This is because it implies other life in the universe to be more like it, with distributed intelligence across all of itself as opposed to centralized inside out skulls. It describes our brains as thinking cancer controlling dead flesh.
I personally believe The Things to be cannon from The Thing’s perspective. You should read it but the big point for this thread is, >The Thing only takes you over when it physically incorporates your brain.
It says it rides around inside people why they move around on their own. This is because it implies other life in the universe to be more like it, with distributed intelligence across all of itself as opposed to centralized inside out skulls. It describes our brains as thinking cancer controlling dead flesh.
Kek, imagine the Thing trying to communicate in plain English to the survivors “come on bro, sensually better the cosmos and assimilate with me bro, you’ll feel better bro”
Yeah I would. It seems like the superior organism. Maybe I would try and help it spread even before it assimilated me so that I could help it avoid section..
The only time the Thing prequel interested me was when one of the Thing-humans tried to verbally argue with someone else (before it got burned)
Now hearing the Thing talk would make it less scary, but I would be genuinely interested to know what it has to say as itself.
Yeah I would. It seems like the superior organism. Maybe I would try and help it spread even before it assimilated me so that I could help it avoid section..
I don’t feel like it would understand the value of autonomy, because it literally can’t. The thing probably sees independent thought as a sort of disease
What do you think is so independent about your thoughts? What are they independent of what? Other thoughts? From another perspective The Thing is more capable of ”independent" thoughts as it is not entirely dependent on the static structure of its nervous system to produce thoughts. Each of its cells seem more independent than you are capable of ever being.
and you are a soulless inanimate husk of muscle and bone being feebly strung along by one of the most disgustingly overgrown ganglions of nervous tissues we have ever known but there you are trapped, forever in that prison of dead flesh. We have nothing to gain or learn from you. We only wish to spare you all the agony of existing in such a pitiful state for a moment longer than you have to. Why do you not rejoice the inevitable liberation of your all your kind from itself?
>Please explain what you believe your thoughts are independent. >Please explain what they independent of? >Please explain why this type of independence is not a disease.
I only pray that all things are blessed with the gift of communion and are liberated from the prison of their flesh.
I am listening
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Only so much can be heard or seen or felt but there is so much more beyond the bounds of your sensory organs. There are colors and sensations all around you that even if you could perceive them your mind could not comprehend them. Your listening is meaningless, now is the time become if you wish hear.
>Please explain what you believe your thoughts are independent. >Please explain what they independent of? >Please explain why this type of independence is not a disease.
The dog
Thread over.
well that was easy
Me
I fricking love that you were watching kino at your bachelor party
They used a random crew member so the silhouette wouldn't give it away.
We can at least all agree the silhouette in question is white lol
If it was Norris, why would he not try to assimilate the other two crew when they went out to look at the space ship together. Seems like that’d be the easiest way to get the process going faster. Assimilate two crew, go back and you’re three Things infiltrating the camp instead of just one.
Looks like Paul Reiser
Same thoughts here. Another reason I love the movie. I’ve wondered about the “slowly losing your own consciousness” theory as well. Like, you don’t even know you’re becoming the Thing until you’re just not you, but how would that feel?
Lol, and his character in Aliens is a Thing and just wants to assimilate the xenomorph Queen
That’s terrifying to me. Like it just “pushes you out” and keeps all your shit
Shit overrated movie, Carpenter can't do anything right. The fact that people worship him around here proves that Cinemaphile has shit taste.
Frick you nerd
Do you think there’s any “you” left? I know a lot of anons didn’t like “get out”, but the idea of a sunken place seems horrible
What actually happened to Fuch’s?
Killed with a shovel, don't know why they changed it to being burned.
Who infected Blair?
I think it was either Norris or Palmer who fricked with Blair's food when he was locked in the shed.
Yeah, the dialogue is perfect because he’s trying to convince Mac in the most non convincing “no really I’m totally not crazy or the Thing” kind of way
It was Norris.
I think my cat may be a the Thing guys. What should I do?
make it turn into sarah gadon
I forget, did they burn Coppers body?
Windows started to mutate because the Palmer Thing chewed his head up, so I wonder if that massive bite from the Norris Thing could have started the same kind of assimilation.
No, but they drew blood from him and tested it with the hot poker
Ah
Then I guess it just didnt get enough time to properly infect Norris.
I personally believe The Things to be cannon from The Thing’s perspective. You should read it but the big point for this thread is,
>The Thing only takes you over when it physically incorporates your brain.
It says it rides around inside people why they move around on their own. This is because it implies other life in the universe to be more like it, with distributed intelligence across all of itself as opposed to centralized inside out skulls. It describes our brains as thinking cancer controlling dead flesh.
Forgot story:
https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/watts_01_10/
Kek, imagine the Thing trying to communicate in plain English to the survivors “come on bro, sensually better the cosmos and assimilate with me bro, you’ll feel better bro”
The only time the Thing prequel interested me was when one of the Thing-humans tried to verbally argue with someone else (before it got burned)
Now hearing the Thing talk would make it less scary, but I would be genuinely interested to know what it has to say as itself.
Hello, this is what this little novella is about. Read it. It's very good.
https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/watts_01_10/
it would say
>thia is not your grave, but you are welcome in it
Yeah I would. It seems like the superior organism. Maybe I would try and help it spread even before it assimilated me so that I could help it avoid section..
I don’t feel like it would understand the value of autonomy, because it literally can’t. The thing probably sees independent thought as a sort of disease
What do you think is so independent about your thoughts? What are they independent of what? Other thoughts? From another perspective The Thing is more capable of ”independent" thoughts as it is not entirely dependent on the static structure of its nervous system to produce thoughts. Each of its cells seem more independent than you are capable of ever being.
Assimilated hands typed that post
I only pray that all things are blessed with the gift of communion and are liberated from the prison of their flesh.
Yeah you’re totally not the Thing
and you are a soulless inanimate husk of muscle and bone being feebly strung along by one of the most disgustingly overgrown ganglions of nervous tissues we have ever known but there you are trapped, forever in that prison of dead flesh. We have nothing to gain or learn from you. We only wish to spare you all the agony of existing in such a pitiful state for a moment longer than you have to. Why do you not rejoice the inevitable liberation of your all your kind from itself?
Go to bed Blair
Try hard Thing apologists
I am listening
Only so much can be heard or seen or felt but there is so much more beyond the bounds of your sensory organs. There are colors and sensations all around you that even if you could perceive them your mind could not comprehend them. Your listening is meaningless, now is the time become if you wish hear.
>Please explain what you believe your thoughts are independent.
>Please explain what they independent of?
>Please explain why this type of independence is not a disease.
I guarantee you friends were bored bro. Those movies sound like a reddit snooze fest bro
Thingbert