I see we are in a cinematic universe where it is very normal to find creatures that digest other creatures in order to assume their form, and for Wilfred Brimley to catalog their existence as if it's like the 43rd time he's seen this before.
I spend untold tens of thousands of dollars to put my son through school to get a biochemistry degree and am supporting him as he pursues a doctorate in the field and he is fucking explaining to me how the "combine the alien blood with the not alien blood to see if there's a reaction" test is legitimate and problematic only because it's vague and I WANT MY MONEY BACK.
My friend Danny didn't see Star Wars until he was like 23 years old and said that after he saw it so much of pop culture suddenly made sense to him and that's kind of how I feel about the experience I am having with this movie.
@tqbf Now the 2011 ‘The Thing’ is actually a prequel that kinda works and weaves the line of being an homage flick while working with both stories fairly well.
But yeah The Thing is... An impressive proof of what can be done. And yep it massively impacted pop culture, especially SFF. Peter Watts has an amazing short story that i strongly recommend based on it. You will love it i think.
@Di4na Yep, Coda already showed me this, and I just finished reading it. Was halfway through before I remembered Watts wrote Blindsight (the only modern sci-fi I've read!).
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