The Thing: antarctic explorers, extreme doctoring, and figuring out aliens w/ Cae & Ryan
Movie origins \n\n
Who Goes There? short story. Previous adaptations: The Thing From Another World (1951) \xb7 Horror Express (1972) \xb7 The Thing (2011)
\n\n Antarctic Exploration \n\nBritish and Norwegian missions. Cultures and approaches.
\n\n Antarctic Research \n\nConditions. Connectivity. Boredom. Whiskey, cigars, and shoe leather.
\n\n Antarctic Doctoring \n\nYou need a certain kinda Dr MacGyver badass for this job. Spinal self-diagnosis, etc. Wilford Brimley diabeetus.
\n\n John Carpenter cinematography and soundtracks and storytelling \n\nCae and Ryan understand these things, and explain them to us. We mostly get it.
\n\n The Thing \n\nSo many questions. Where did it come from? How does it work? The nature of the creature. Is it intelligent?
\n\n The nature of consciousness \n\nIf you were The Thing, could you know you were The Thing? Would The Thing know it was The Thing? Self interest in all cases. Group interests in all cases.
\n\n Infection \n\nIf I can\u2019t win, neither can you. The doctor was the only one acting rightly. Best plan: destroy the base and kill everyone, just in case. Sexual tests as alternatives to blood\u2026
\n\n \u201cThe Things\u201d \n\nI am being Blair. I escape out the back as the world comes in through the front.\nI am being Copper. I am rising from the dead. \nI am being Childs. I am guarding the main entrance.\nThe names don\u2019t matter. They are placeholders, nothing more; all biomass is interchangeable. What matters is that these are all that is left of me. The world has burned everything else.\nThe Things by Peter Watts
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- \n\t\t\t\tThe Things by Peter Watts: Clarksworld Podcast\n\t\t\t \n\t\t\n\t\t\t
- \n\t\t\t\tThe Politics of Experience & The Divided Self by R.D. Laing: Amazon\n\t\t\t \n\t\t\n\t\t\t
- \n\t\t\t\tLee Hardcastle's The Thing Claymations: Thingu @ YouTubeClaycat's The Thing @ YouTubeFrozen blood test scene @ YouTube\n\t\t\t \n\t\t\n\t