Endless Ends

[Endless_Night]

I have the greatest gif to share about sexy church stuff, but it is definitely not Enny safe.

Thank you, thank you, thank you for not posting.

Oh well, everyone will just have to use their imaginations.

I feel quite confident in everyone else's imaginative abilities. Quite.

 

[Endless_Night]

One of the great mysteries of the cineverse: Is MacReady or Childs a Thing?

A recent conversation led from this decade's old question as to whether one knows if one has been assimilated? Does the personality, in fact, know they are a Thing?

It's all very Descartian.

(Hopefully it's Descartes. I get my philosophers confused. )

I've been told Frozen Hell, the somewhat recently released original novella penned by John Campbell, answers that later question. This is the script prior to it being pared down for publication as the short story Who Goes There?.

I've ready the short story and do not remember that question being addressed. So - reading the novella. As we speak.

Rumor has it that the Thing's sexual preference might also be addressed.

(Little shocked about that part. )

 

[LadyLascivious1]

One of the great mysteries of the cineverse: Is MacReady or Childs a Thing?

A recent conversation led from this decade's old question as to whether one knows if one has been assimilated? Does the personality, in fact, know they are a Thing?

It's all very Descartian.

(Hopefully it's Descartes. I get my philosophers confused. )

I've been told Frozen Hell, the somewhat recently released original novella penned by John Campbell, answers that later question. This is the script prior to it being pared down for publication as the short story Who Goes There?.

I've ready the short story and do not remember that question being addressed. So - reading the novella. As we speak.

Rumor has it that the Thing's sexual preference might also be addressed.

(Little shocked about that part. )

Even the question confused me. After Googling, this makes sense as I have never seen the movie

 

[Endless_Night]

Even the question confused me. After Googling, this makes sense as I have never seen the movie

What? You have never seen John Carpenter's The Thing?!?!?!

*clutches metaphorical sanity*

I'm guessing that means you haven't seen the original, either? The Thing From Another World (1951)


I'm sorry. I think this requires a lie down.

 

[Deleted member 6592667]

Even the question confused me. After Googling, this makes sense as I have never seen the movie

Oh giiiiiirrrrrllll...I'm a Carpenter fan and that's one of his best. Check it out! It's gnarly though so it may not be your thing.

Also @Endless_Night Mac was human, Chiles was the Thing. Dude just straight disappeared while shit was going down. That ain't right.

 

[LadyLascivious1]

Nope, I’ve never seen either. I’ve watched very, very few horror movies. They scare me!

 

[Endless_Night]

Also @Endless_Night Mac was human, Chiles was the Thing. Dude just straight disappeared while shit was going down. That ain't right.

I question the surety of this pronouncement, Boo.

Why then, was Mac so comfortable waiting to see what happened? Why did he share his bottle of alcohol, thereby opening the way to possible infection?

They both knew they only way to keep it from reaching the populace was to kill it outright, not . . . let it freeze.

 

[Endless_Night]

Nope, I’ve never seen either. I’ve watched very, very few horror movies. They scare me!

The original is black and white, so not all that scary.

John Carpenter's version is scary. Suspenseful. Gory, too, but the gore is a series of over-the-top special effects. Camp, almost. It was negatively reviewed on release, but since gained respect as a rather brilliant sci-fi horror.

It's a quick paced study on paranoia and the effects of fear and paranoia that comes from erosion of trust in an isolated grouping.

If you ever get a yen, give it a view.

It's a film that comes up under discussion periodically in PM.

In the middle of one right now, in fact.

 

[Endless_Night]

The novella is still not finished.

I got sidetracked by a completely inexplicable and urge to watch the movie.

I have, however, read far enough to know that an in urgent need of an ice axe.

#goals


Extra appropriate as I woke this morning to a blanket of snow as far in every direction that I could see. Crazy!!

 

[Deleted member 6592667]

I question the surety of this pronouncement, Boo.

Why then, was Mac so comfortable waiting to see what happened? Why did he share his bottle of alcohol, thereby opening the way to possible infection?

They both knew they only way to keep it from reaching the populace was to kill it outright, not . . . let it freeze.

*SPOILERS TO THOSE WHO HAVEN'T SEEN IT!*

By that point Mac was just checked out and didn't care anymore. The tone of his voice is basically "Welp, this is the end." So he wasn't thinking about survival. All escape methods were gone, the camp was burning down, there was literally nothing for him to do. He was clear headed and ready to die.

Childs actually may or may not be the Thing but him showing up at the very end is still pretty suspicious. The whole point of the ending really is that it's ambiguous. But I've heard arguments in the past saying that Childs is the Thing because we don't see his breath. Which makes sense.

And actually if you count expanded continuity Mac survives. But that is what it is.

 

[hotwords229_A]

Mac was human, Chiles was the Thing. Dude just straight disappeared while shit was going down. That ain't right.

*SPOILERS TO THOSE WHO HAVEN'T SEEN IT!*

By that point Mac was just checked out and didn't care anymore. The tone of his voice is basically "Welp, this is the end." So he wasn't thinking about survival. All escape methods were gone, the camp was burning down, there was literally nothing for him to do. He was clear headed and ready to die.

Childs actually may or may not be the Thing but him showing up at the very end is still pretty suspicious. The whole point of the ending really is that it's ambiguous. But I've heard arguments in the past saying that Childs is the Thing because we don't see his breath. Which makes sense.

And actually if you count expanded continuity Mac survives. But that is what it is.

I could go with you on this, but that little laugh MacReady gives when Childs drinks from the bottle makes me wonder . . .

 

[hotwords229_A]

Rumor has it that the Thing's sexual preference might also be addressed.

I never said this.
I said that once you read that one part that I won’t spoil, the answer to who or what a Thing would be attracted to will be answered.

 

[LadyLascivious1]

I never said this.
I said that once you read that one part that I won’t spoil, the answer to who or what a Thing would be attracted to will be answered.

Intrigue!

 

[HeavyBalls]

Intrigue!

I think they made it so there's an argument for both of them, knowing there will be people on both sides...

 

[Deleted member 6592667]

I still have to read the novella one of these days. And watch the original.

 

[Deleted member 6592667]

I could go with you on this, but that little laugh MacReady gives when Childs drinks from the bottle makes me wonder . . .

Ah yeah, that's true too. I think this is why the end is the gift that keeps on giving, because it's so fun to examine and can go all sorts of ways.

 

[Endless_Night]

I never said this.
I said that once you read that one part that I won’t spoil, the answer to who or what a Thing would be attracted to will be answered.

This is . . . different?

Intrigue!

Really?

I'm going with Confused.

 

[Endless_Night]

I think they made it so there's an argument for both of them, knowing there will be people on both sides...

This is so. Too, people argue themselves one way and then switch sides. I wonder if Carpenter will ever reveal his intention with the ending.

I still have to read the novella one of these days. And watch the original.

The original is great! So well written and engaging. It's a Howard Hawke's production, and has that tight patter and interrupting dialogue that moves things along.

I feel I should warn you. There was a limited budget for special effects so they went . . . another way with the monster. Yup.

Fun fact. The Thing is played by James Arness of Gunsmoke fame.

Can't say I'm all that familiar with Gunsmoke, but I am vaguely aware of a Miss Kitty so I must've seen an episode or two.

 

[investor2020]

Was not aware of this one . . . The Black Room - 1937 . . . Boris plays both brothers in the film

https://tubitv.com/movies/100029424...e&tracking=google-feed&utm_source=google-feed

https://www.chicagofilmsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Black-Room-Torture-Chamber.jpghttps://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF3O8FZmEMcDlhRCSs5FYcMfo6yMkoS7cs1vtxHfh30nNYr-dEnUo6MwC_qRBlqGeJqaAVTmAGNwDTtFzGmYVvEW_3wP8hh3J-j-X_-L9OpPGihJ2yRva0Z1OKp31eNzcjvQgVqKSrnDQC/s1600/PDVD_081.BMP
https://c8.alamy.com/comp/H85NFH/das-schwarze-zimmer-the-black-room-usa-1935-sw-regie-roy-william-neill-H85NFH.jpg

 

[Endless_Night]

I never said this.
I said that once you read that one part that I won’t spoil, the answer to who or what a Thing would be attracted to will be answered.

I see.

That is an oft brought up argument. Which I can't verify as I always get distracted and forget to check when the end rolls around.

 

[Endless_Night]

Was not aware of this one . . . The Black Room - 1937 . . . Boris plays both brothers in the film

https://tubitv.com/movies/100029424...e&tracking=google-feed&utm_source=google-feed

I have not see this dual performance of Boris Karloff.


I recently stumbled on this, Night Monster (1942). (Also previously unseen.)

Boris Karloff and Lionel Atwill! Its was enjoyable. In the vein of spooky-mansion-crazed-unkown-killer genre.

 

[investor2020]

When you are tired of the old movies, and want something new . . . there's always Broadway . . . Bitingly Entertaining and Bloodily Amusing . . .

 

[Endless_Night]

When you are tired of the old movies, and want something new . . . there's always Broadway . . . Bitingly Entertaining and Bloodily Amusing . . .

This is spectacular!

Forsooth, I can't recall ever seeing a play with a creature feature bent.

I feel like this should be remedied. Like, immediately. Now, where does one find one of these? Broadway is a little further than I'm in the mood to travel.

 

[Endless_Night]

I have mentioned being an ash blond many times. Like others of that type, much of what little body hair I have is fair. Not exactly blond, but colorless. This extends to my eyebrows. Three quarters of the hair is virtually clear.

As I am pro eyebrow, they are usually dyed.

Back in 2020 when Covid hit, I stopped, and due to various reasons, never started back up. Last week, I had them dyed.



Only now am I starting to not feel like Dracula.

Should I mention that even with brow technician assistance, my eyebrows are not that noticeable? But even then, let me just say it's a shock!

 

[investor2020]

Well, there are other options . . .

https://www.uptownnewyorkstyle.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/no-eyebrow-trend-p.webp

query: if you can't raise an eyebrow, how does anyone know
when you are surprised or expressing mild disapproval ??