Something that's bothered me for years
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — The Thing
antonasmodeus — 9 years ago(April 06, 2016 01:50 AM)
Why didn't Mac and Norris explore the inside of The Thing's spaceship when they came upon it in the ice? The hatch was wide open so why didn't they go in? Damn you Carpenter, yet another missed opportunity to learn more about The Thing!
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scochs-1 — 9 years ago(April 06, 2016 02:28 PM)
DEFINITELY!
Of course, it would have been fantastic to explore A LOT more of the THING had there been less urgency; i.e. horrific unspeakable mutilations.
Like, when Palmer, Mac and Norris went to the main ship, it would have been great to snoop around in there as well. Hell, even get more specifics on what the Alien can and cannot do.
Unfortunately, the prequel had a chance to really take advantage of that - it did not.
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kurthowe — 9 years ago(April 10, 2016 12:38 AM)
Mac is proved to be human during the blood test (along with Windows, Nauls, Childs, and Garry). He could -only- be imitation afterwardand there is only 1 brief period that could have happened (when the complex is destroyed). Carpenter points this out in the commentary, so it's not outside the realm of possibility.
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agentdc7 — 9 years ago(June 03, 2016 11:39 AM)
Yes, this used to bug me that they never explored the inside of the ship. My guess is budget limitations?
It would have been great to at least seen a little bit of the ship and it's alien architecture like the giant space jockey in Alien and leads us fans to more interesting theories.
A little off topic, I don't really consider the 2011 premake canon, but at least we got to see a little bit of the inside. It does always bugged me that UFOs are usually made of nothing but alien looking metal and nothing else. I would think UFOs and their pilots have some personality. Aliens can't all be monotone boring creatures that want to kill all humans. Think of a space shuttle. They have rooms and decks for different functions and some paraphernalia lying around everywhere. -
wlan — 9 years ago(July 11, 2016 04:08 PM)
But not exploring inside of the ship is a great idea because it keeps you wondering for 34 years, right?
Maybe they were afraid to go inside the ship, or maybe they ran out of time, they had to return tho the base. -
agentdc7 — 9 years ago(July 12, 2016 06:23 AM)
But not exploring inside of the ship is a great idea because it keeps you wondering for 34 years, right?
Maybe they were afraid to go inside the ship, or maybe they ran out of time, they had to return tho the base.
True, but I did wish we saw maybe a hint of it kind of like seeing the creepy space jockey in Alien. -
GorchBrother — 9 years ago(July 12, 2016 05:13 AM)
Whatever there was to learn in the ship didn't do the Norwegians much good.
I think Carpenter was trying to say something a bit subtly there any way. I mean Garry blows the Norwegian's head off without hesitation.
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mountaindewslave — 9 years ago(August 10, 2016 06:15 AM)
uhm directly to the story- I'm fairly certain the storm was getting much worse and they were limited on time if they wanted to get back to base safely and not uhm, you know freeze
but beyond that think about it: they've discovered a Norwegian base that has been totally destroyed, its members found in nargly terrible deaths- and then what appears to be some sort of strange giant craft that they may or may not even have recognized as 'alien' at the time
my point being is I'm not sure if the first reaction would be going around putting your nose into some strange machine when the people who found it are all dead and you have no idea what it is.
the logical thing in my eyes would be to go back and tell the rest of the crew and then return again to investigate further after the storm ends.
Obviously at the point in which they realize they're dealing with some sort of alien creature when the body defrosts at their camp its like, yeah, duh, would have been nice to know what the hell that big thing was. but hindsight is 20/20
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johnf_sf — 9 years ago(December 19, 2016 12:51 AM)
uhm directly to the story- I'm fairly certain the storm was getting much worse and they were limited on time if they wanted to get back to base safely and not uhm, you know freeze
What an annoying person you are.
Anyway, uhm, maybe, uhm, they might find some, uhm you know, alien weaponsduh.
