John Carpenter has said that Mac was a helicopter pilot in vietnam, and had developed his drinking habit after he returned.
@JohnNNJ
6 жыл бұрын
That part confused me too, since it is both alluded to, and can be inferred from things, in the movie.
@eclecticmages8657
7 жыл бұрын
Who's the guy who disliked this video? "It's Weird and Pissed Off, Whatever It Is."
@filmcomicsexplained
7 жыл бұрын
haha you guys are the best :)
@adeptusyagoncius2938
6 жыл бұрын
I think more like: "o shit I missclicked"
@danielhorsburgh2952
6 жыл бұрын
EclecticMage S well first off there's many flaws in the comic book and second the whole story is bogus because child's was confirmed the thing by both John and kurt Russell. And this story throws that out the window. It was confirmed sometime in the past few years. Don't know when this comic was made though. I do applaud you though for making the video and reading for everyone.
@Type_3_Screamer
6 жыл бұрын
When/how was it confirmed?
@danielhorsburgh2952
6 жыл бұрын
madx43 John made a tweet saying so that one was a thing and kurt said on a red carpet quick question that his character knew child's was infected. Just google it because I cant share links because of KZitem spam rules.
@RushGamma
6 жыл бұрын
I love how this ending is ambiguous like the movie. On one hand when dying of hypothermia a person is covered in a warm 'sleepy' like feeling as they die. On the other hand he might have finally become The Thing.
@filmcomicsexplained
6 жыл бұрын
you'll find out soon enough!
@Albatross88-1
4 жыл бұрын
Lol everything about Macready tells you he’s an Army vet, the booze, hat, and beard.
@oliverallen5324
Жыл бұрын
Vietnam Heli Pilot.
@danielyoho7783
7 жыл бұрын
Yaaaaaaaaaaaagrhhhhh! *Transforms horrifically due to over excitement*
@filmcomicsexplained
7 жыл бұрын
XD
@Fungus8mycrab
7 жыл бұрын
Kill it with fire!!!
@TomSNC
7 жыл бұрын
Daniel Yoho lmao
@brendensibo9320
6 жыл бұрын
Get me the flamethrower, *NOW!*
@Grouncontrol
6 жыл бұрын
I do have one problem with this story, and it has to do with Childs- at the start of the story it’s explained that after Childs brought Macready aboard the whaling ship that he went back for survivors. Now we know that, according to this story, that Childs wasn’t infected. My issue is this, since he wasn’t infected, he would’ve known that there were no survivors back at the station, so why the hell did he go back?
@statanks505
4 жыл бұрын
To burn the remaining bodies, it was mentioned in the last 2 chapters
@GameboyMega
3 жыл бұрын
Yep, other comment is right, it was excuse to let the Japanese ship workers let him go do the deed
@Guntherson220
3 жыл бұрын
Well he couldn't exactly say he was going to burn the bodies of his dead friends now could he, look what those Seals did to Mac or even what they did to Lars.
@TacSon
6 жыл бұрын
Imagine If the Thing ever got to Russia, the Russians would just assimilate it.
@nemo3029
3 жыл бұрын
what if it's a russian thing
@dustinethridge7084
6 жыл бұрын
Macready & Childs were totally bad assed. They should adapt this to a film while there is still time...
@INMATE2468
5 жыл бұрын
the actors are pretty old now.
@jaggedlittlepearl8635
5 жыл бұрын
@@INMATE2468 maybe they could try to get some actors that resemble them. That or maybe do something with special effects or makeup.
@northernshaver3111
6 жыл бұрын
as I said would make a great film
@engineerfromtf2585
4 жыл бұрын
Is mac a thing
@friendlyneighborhoodkelbea7258
3 жыл бұрын
@@engineerfromtf2585 no
@seva809
6 жыл бұрын
The Thing basically won here because it got to the ocean so it can easlly spread through its water.
@vocetemgostodementiroso3230
5 жыл бұрын
This is not how The Thing works, the ocean is cold, mostly in Antarctica
@SashaSlvt
5 жыл бұрын
Você tem gosto de mentiroso if the body breaks down like a carcass then its gg since shits gon spread like aids
@JustinLHopkins
5 жыл бұрын
Você tem gosto de mentiroso Not cold enough to freeze The Thing though. The southern ocean, which surrounds Antarctica is abundant with life, including many species of whales, and averages anywhere from 28-50 F. The water is much warmer than the land. All The Thing has to do is make it to the tip of South America, New Zealand or Australia and humanity is doomed.
@augakem
5 жыл бұрын
@@JustinLHopkins No worries, we still have those 27.000 hours! Isn't that great? :D
@friendlyneighborhoodkelbea7258
3 жыл бұрын
Nope, there is a sequel to this. It did survive, but it didn't spread. The second one is the best out the trilogy.
@Grouncontrol
6 жыл бұрын
As for Macready being called lieutenant, and the implication that he’d served due to his knowledge of the call sign, I’m pretty sure I’ve read/seen something about his back story including him being a pilot in Vietnam during the war.
@TheSonicfanx1
7 жыл бұрын
I like your content, but why is your opening 30 seconds long and has SO MUCH BASS.
@imgonnameltintomint1479
7 жыл бұрын
TheSonicfanx1 because it's Fucking sexy
@sizier
7 жыл бұрын
Cool upload. But isn't it implied that Child's is infected at the end of the movie when he drinks from the flask with gasoline in it and doesn't react?
@filmcomicsexplained
7 жыл бұрын
Its one of the most controversial endings I have to admit. Even the cast and director disagree as to what the ending implied. In an interview Kurt Russel had stated he believed that childs wasnt infected at the end and was drinking alcohol not gasoline. While Carpenter revealed his intentions were to make it look like Childs was infected, admitting that he did not do a good job of confirming it either way. I on the other hand believe that its endings ambiguity is what makes it memorable.
@silent_stalker3687
7 жыл бұрын
the bottle was a regular bottle of wine as in the original script they would go to the 'bar' that had somehow been untouched by the explosions- the hydrogen tank being detonated with explosives to kill the creature- Mac and Childs would get a board and start playing, Mac having a flame thrower under the table so it's likely just wine- this is implied in the movie as everyone who drinks is not a thing, mac being a example as soon as some stuff happens Palmer stops smocking, Norris' heart would probably not be happy about drinking and Blair never drinks. Alcohol kills bacteria and the thing would likely get drunk quicker or have some other effect as it absorbs things, not completely digest through a full extent such as a normal person. Norris is also the last to be infected we see the green stuff constantly through the movie- even the dog has it, the dog, only being found and threatened does it start to make this, it's so big that this isn't seen, only small patches of it is seen around where the arms erupt through the body- meaning a faster growth than a calm slow growth we see with the dog, but like the dog, norris also starts to break apart, the dog is a large biomass made of partly assimilated material, when norris is down on the table and shocked we see him break apart but most of his body remains unmoving and a unformed mass of organs and alien body parts erupt out while his head tears itself off- this can imply that he was the closest the thing is also a social animal it seems- or at least seems to mimic one, we see Palmer and Norris side by side nearly constantly after the blood sabotage, both around Fuchs who was the next to die and burn himself before the thing would get to him Blair would be stealing parts for the ship while palmer and norris sabotaged the rest of the people we see palmer and norris sabotage the group's efforts early- having them turn on the person in charge- the person keeping them clam and organized and in this tight and organized state the thing could not continue to spread- it's patience is not unlimited
@SkillIncarnate
6 жыл бұрын
Fascinating, I never noticed the point about the bottle. I thought the ending was supposed to suggest either was infected. I need to watch the movie again.
@greysonbourne
6 жыл бұрын
Wasnt it when they were sitting together outside, you could see MacReady’s breath from the cold, but not Childs?
@SkillIncarnate
6 жыл бұрын
Im not sure if your aware but theres a PC game of the thing. Its very dated but its actually not too bad. It follows aspects of the original movie too. Check it out.
@Jeffrey314159
6 жыл бұрын
The whole submarine sequence went by too quickly, it was clearly underdeveloped. It could have been the most thrilling part of the whole story, and it went by like a flash. John Carpenter himself mentioned this sequence when he was interviewed several years ago about the Comic Book
@treylovato7895
7 жыл бұрын
I don't know what'd Canon this or the video games plot
@filmcomicsexplained
7 жыл бұрын
I didn't realise there was a video game? what platform is it on trey?
@treylovato7895
7 жыл бұрын
FilmComicsExplained It was an original xbox/ PS2 game.
@filmcomicsexplained
7 жыл бұрын
I did a quick read up on it and I think its safe to say this is canon haha
@daheadsmiter2052
7 жыл бұрын
cannons are old and rusty. Take what you like from the story and believe what you want to
@mattmangaming279
6 жыл бұрын
Daheadsmiter what!?
@subhopriyadutta9906
7 жыл бұрын
Was Mccredy one of the things all along?! In the end only he survived drowning when no one else could and in the end when he faced extreme cold he went to sleep, just like the thing goes into hibernation when it faces extreme cold?!
@rickrolledbitch1941
7 жыл бұрын
Subhopriya Dutta no it was already shown in the previous video about this comic he passed the blood test so did child’s so he’s not infected
@T--kq3pj
7 жыл бұрын
Da man da myth da legend himself Jerome actually, it is left unanswered, just like the movie ending. Which is neat
@DarkRavin07
6 жыл бұрын
Da man da myth da legend himself Jerome yea but after the test he chased the dam thing into a sub covered in infected dead bodys. It's highly possible he did get infected, than again the cold does put people to sleep. Either way hes probably dead.
@danielhorsburgh2952
6 жыл бұрын
T-1000 actually John confirmed pretty much child's was infected at the end in a tweet
@ThePhantomTomo
6 жыл бұрын
Which tweet?
@MrWho197
6 жыл бұрын
I love these Video Comics, how you read them is really really good and the background music just goes so well with the story that you are telling. Keep up the good work :D ! Subscribed!
@dredbeautyandrea
6 жыл бұрын
I love the aspect of these blood tests....it adds so much more suspense
@nerd_world8919
6 жыл бұрын
So many people in the Antarctic
@JustinLHopkins
5 жыл бұрын
At any given time there are at least hundreds of people.
@lenzi5119
5 жыл бұрын
Wait wtf how did the two protagonists magically appear into the sub when it sunk and why would they even go in there?
@jacobgoldman7263
6 жыл бұрын
It's not a clip; it's a magazine.
@jamestomato1744
5 жыл бұрын
No, it's a book!
@jamestomato1744
5 жыл бұрын
No it's a book!
@wormwoodbecomedelphinus4131
6 жыл бұрын
And thus, Child's unwittingly lets the invader live to kill everyone another day.
@megansimplystitch
6 жыл бұрын
The old movie is great and really stands on its own, even after all this time. I hope you continue this series & finish all 3 books. This series is awesome. Quick questions. Will you do more Kong Skull Island stories? Could you cover more kinds of kaiju? I always loved Godzilla, King Kong & Mothra. Even if you choose not to do that. I love your channel. Keep up the great work!
@kingstephen7581
5 жыл бұрын
I just purchased the first two comics dated 1992 from ebay in excellent condition so i can read something while I'm on holiday going to be fun guys.
@craigharvey-gurr337
7 жыл бұрын
I forgot how creepy those movies were.
@filmcomicsexplained
7 жыл бұрын
Re-watch the first one Craig, its so claustrophobic and creepy!
@JACKTHEDRAGONOKEEFFE
6 жыл бұрын
So basically, McCready, is Keanu Reeves...
@dumbcat3584
6 жыл бұрын
Magazine not clip brother
@connorvaughn7968
6 жыл бұрын
It took me years to figure out that The Thing, is just a giant living scab.
@johnturtles704
7 жыл бұрын
Glad to see they continued the story to the movie,but will this ever get a film adaptation?
@JahonCross
7 жыл бұрын
John turtles I don't think so
@danielhorsburgh2952
6 жыл бұрын
John turtles this has many flaws and is not canon so no.
@ichigothehedgehog1173
5 жыл бұрын
Wait why does he call it the first book in the trio? I thought this was the last one??
@schwayzoxov381
6 жыл бұрын
Does anyone know the instrumental music for the intro?
@filmcomicsexplained
6 жыл бұрын
Urban solitude, by Jack Elphick, on epidemic sound!
@joaquinR1stargate
6 жыл бұрын
very cool
@imgonnameltintomint1479
7 жыл бұрын
loved this series, didn't know they made this at all
@aaaardvark23
2 жыл бұрын
My lord…this was so so SO good!
@NastheVictorious
3 жыл бұрын
Hey Filmcomicsexplained: Could you please do a video on A Nightmare on Elmstreet Comic books and the Freddy Vs. Jason Vs. Ash comic books too? It would really make my day if you Could! Thanks again! Take care, Peace 🤙🏾
@keithkania3810
6 жыл бұрын
I bet one of the fish decided to eat the corpses
@johncarlofernandez2698
5 жыл бұрын
And the Things ruled the earth happily ever after... The end...
@tankolad
6 жыл бұрын
Wow the plot is so incredibly contrived...
@nachodelcuvillo1523
7 жыл бұрын
The ting
@tutiloco6749
4 жыл бұрын
Hey dude argentinian people doesnt speaks "argentinian" we speak spanish just like all south americans ,but not Brazil they speak portuguese, we argentinians were conquered by spanish peolple thats why we speak spanish Brazil by the portuguese so they speak portuguese More or less im not an historian but there you im just correcting that minor detail Saying that the argentinian speak argentinian would be as stupid as saying that brasilian speak brasilian or that cubans speak cuban or that americans speak in American , no they speak english we all south americans speak spanish. Regards from argentina!🇦🇷
@amberkelly3187
4 жыл бұрын
I know a lot of people have a theory Childs is the thing but many of those pieces of evidence can be debunked. Also Childs has a gold tooth and gold earring. The thing can’t mimic non organic materials. His breath can be seen on screen, it’s just not as notable. His clothes are the same, they are just covered in frost. There is no reason to believe the thing doesn’t have a sense of taste, it can replicate cells and presumably taste buds. The bottles that had fuel in them were blown up in the Blair explosion. I don’t think anyone making the film at the time knew if someone was the thing. Ambiguity was more dramatic. Over the years I think maybe they have put their own ideas on to it. It makes sense if they were both human or if Mac was and I would say if Childs was too, but I cannot get past the tooth.
@evolution031680
6 жыл бұрын
The black man always dies.
@GoodFebruarian
6 жыл бұрын
I got goosebumps, shiieeeet...
@TheLoyalOfficer
2 жыл бұрын
Bases, subs, Japanese whalers, Navy SEALS - Antarctica is a happenin' place!
@bronsonedward
6 жыл бұрын
That was great would have made of cool movie.
@blarackist
6 жыл бұрын
What if the thing turned into a pet horse Cause of the horseshoe they might be gone HA!
@zoidberg6709
6 жыл бұрын
SIR SIR SIR thank you for reading this
@joaquinR1stargate
6 жыл бұрын
lov your work , just badass
@filmcomicsexplained
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks man!
@bruhnisher5454
7 жыл бұрын
Do some Indiana Jones comics, it's a good expanded universe with a lot more than the 4 movies, and the video games
@filmcomicsexplained
7 жыл бұрын
Hey Survival, Do you have a particular story that you liked?
@bruhnisher5454
7 жыл бұрын
FilmComicsExplained I wondered why Indie was never in ww2 Japan, until I saw "Dragon by the Tail" by marvel comics
@iNREEk
6 жыл бұрын
This was amazing. Wow. I love it.
@bestboutgaming3212
6 жыл бұрын
This story jumps the shark when the submarine shows up.
@dmchunter7772
6 жыл бұрын
Here’s a thought it was only one ship that the alien came in from which means an entire hell of these creatures exist somewhere out in their universe which is fucked up
@SamuelMcCloud
7 жыл бұрын
How the hell did the soldiers get infected lol
@SamuelMcCloud
7 жыл бұрын
James Daly yea i saw that but thats not how u get infected lol, u can tell they didnt really care lol.
@TsunTzu
7 жыл бұрын
Yeah...that's what annoys me. Not a very faithful sequel.
@BMWe-oz9wk
6 жыл бұрын
LostGryphon true, still pretty interesting tho
@azez6799
6 жыл бұрын
Perhaps he got stabbed slightly?
@basiaromanovski458
6 жыл бұрын
US army's standard issue glove isnt soak-proof. Blood sipped through the glove and maybe went into previous scars on hand (They are soldiers, I doubt that at least they have one on their hands)
@МиленКацев
6 жыл бұрын
Why dont make movie on that Comic ! Whill be great !
@Marcell2aG
6 жыл бұрын
*(Spoiler ahead)* Childs is human all the way up to this point.
@theyeastwiththeleast4718
4 жыл бұрын
This is a cool comic, but childs was definitely the thing at the end of the film so I can’t consider this cannon
@deanbartlett2382
5 жыл бұрын
Someone disliked..."you've got to be fucking kidding!"
@Gurtington
4 жыл бұрын
I better get some sleep.. :( he knows its game over. RIP mac :(:(
@ahmedaltahleh934
4 жыл бұрын
How is childs clean, if in the original film either childs or mac, one of them is the thing at the end?
@sk8punk318
5 жыл бұрын
“Get to the choppa! I mean capsule!”
@PUBHEAD1
4 жыл бұрын
This was awesome, looking forward to more
@frequentneeds7011
6 жыл бұрын
Can you do the Species series?
@filmcomicsexplained
6 жыл бұрын
sounds good! adding it to the list now :)
@DarkMegaPlague
6 жыл бұрын
why are marines so damn useless in monster movies and other similiar shit
@swacfan100
5 жыл бұрын
As F'd up as it may be, Childs had the best idea, he was looking at the overall pic. You HAVE to get this thing, even if it means sacrificing yourself and or others. It was spreading already.
@yuvarudra6602
5 жыл бұрын
Nice 👍😊
@Andy61695
6 жыл бұрын
But this is the comics but probably in the movie child's was the thing or mccready was. but maybe this was part of the movie, but they did it as a comic instead, if so I'm glad I really wanted to know what happened.
@terricampbell3179
4 жыл бұрын
It's almost like The Thing takes place in the Halo universe and this is just first contact with The Flood. Literally the exact same as The Flood in almost every way.
@joshuast30
4 жыл бұрын
Have you ever played the video game The Thing? It's a really good game. What's interesting at the end of the game Mac is alive but he was infected and is The Thing.
@Andy61695
6 жыл бұрын
Oh so child's died, idk for what the thing isn't dead.
@YourFriendDevin
6 жыл бұрын
I like this story, but I wish there was a way to recreate the claustrophobic feeling from the original film using comics. The location changes so quickly with these that I think it would be hard to make a movie out of. Great videos though!
@jaredmartinez283
4 жыл бұрын
This all seems wrong so far. Didn't Carpenter himself state that at least one of them was infected at the end of the movie? Maybe which ever one of them is infected learned from the blood test?
@EpicMinecraftFail
4 жыл бұрын
I don't think he said anyone was infected
@helloeveryone5251
6 жыл бұрын
Wait, I still don't get it, from what comic series is this? From what year is it? What are the names of this comics? Where can I buy them? Are this comics old or recent? I need help
@michaelcrowe6796
6 жыл бұрын
These comics are great...but theres an issue, at the end of the movie Childs is actually infected. He and Mac are sitting in the snow after the climax, and Childs drinks from a bottle, this bottle of full of gasoline, not alcohol, he doesn't react to it in anyway leading me to believe that he is infected.
@walkwithant1
6 жыл бұрын
How can one survive in the ice cold water of Antarctic with -40 I think a man would freeze to death within a few minutes no matter how strong he is.
@OblivionKisame
6 жыл бұрын
They hinted to Macready being former military in the movie to when u see his torn clothes that our outside(the ones that the thing tried to use to set him up) you will notice that jacket with his name on it was a standard issue olive drab uniform same with his personality and his action are very military minded
@thierrycavalier1346
6 жыл бұрын
The thing is so great and genuinely disturbing, its so cooled and spawned off so many franchises one of my favourites being dead space.
@Lylicx
6 жыл бұрын
The Thing kinda reminds me of the alien thing from season two of Stranger Things.
@Michaeljack81sk
6 жыл бұрын
I really don't like how The Thing is seen as a combat monster here, it completely goes against its behavior in the movie
@cookiesnugglez7318
5 жыл бұрын
It's pretty interesting to see that the thing doesn't even care about it's own kind as it acted like it was eager to kill the other one for the trust of the humans
@Andy61695
6 жыл бұрын
What happened to child's. Now
@camwyn256
3 жыл бұрын
Budda Budda guns are the best
@rodrigoblastburn7566
6 жыл бұрын
they didnt burn 1 body tho o_O the guy they left cause he died... wasnt he infected...?
@JustinLHopkins
5 жыл бұрын
Only a matter of time before The Thing makes it to land.
@svagglaorde4387
5 жыл бұрын
The Thing is like Chess ...you get weird and pissed off when both sides get a stalemate.
@HailAnts
6 жыл бұрын
Wait, destroying the sub would just let it freeze in the ocean, not kill it!
@declangraham1864
6 жыл бұрын
God this aliens scares the shite outta me..
@warmac88
5 жыл бұрын
Are you going to do another video about "The Thing?"
@piperr9587
6 жыл бұрын
Niyat, your comic book readings are better than any audio book I’ve ever listened too.
@michaelaranda5220
6 жыл бұрын
Got hooked. You know to really hook a person. Good show. Do you have one relating to the Alien movies?
@sskspartan
5 жыл бұрын
Now it can use an asimilated body to assimilate a whale or something and then go wherever it wants
@richhenry7540
6 жыл бұрын
At 10:13 McCredy right hand holding the ice is transforming. Plus in the beginning McCredy wanted to die to avoid the Thing spreading. At the end he didnt want to die and went into hibernation to avoid it.
@tiezine9583
6 жыл бұрын
Favorite thriller/horror film ever... well running close with Alien anyway.
@Hession0Drasha
3 жыл бұрын
can't it just turn into a bunch of fish?
@Lastcookie
6 жыл бұрын
I’m enjoying these wee set of vidz this morn thank you from sharing
@nagjautumn4892
4 жыл бұрын
Did the creator of the thing approve and like this comic ending?
@moejohnson2384
5 жыл бұрын
I dont like that the black had to die lol
@RaikenXion
6 жыл бұрын
Really satisfying ending, this was awesome great read.
@kb17_17
3 жыл бұрын
What's the name of the intro song ?
@effenstein245
7 жыл бұрын
Did u find The kong comic yet???
@filmcomicsexplained
7 жыл бұрын
Hey Effen Stein! Yes I grabbed a copy last week, but havent had the time to read it. Will let you know what I think, when I get the chance!!
@Tman4you98
5 жыл бұрын
This would be such a good movie
@OblivionKisame
6 жыл бұрын
I'm actually glad the childs didn't die in the movie I really liked him
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