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The Thing: antarctic explorers, extreme doctoring, and figuring out aliens w/ Cae & Ryan
Movie origins
Who Goes There? short story. Previous adaptations: The Thing From Another World (1951) · Horror Express (1972) · The Thing (2011)
Antarctic Exploration
British and Norwegian missions. Cultures and approaches.
Antarctic Research
Conditions. Connectivity. Boredom. Whiskey, cigars, and shoe leather.
Antarctic Doctoring
You need a certain kinda Dr MacGyver badass for this job. Spinal self-diagnosis, etc. Wilford Brimley diabeetus.
John Carpenter cinematography and soundtracks and storytelling
Cae and Ryan understand these things, and explain them to us. We mostly get it.
The Thing
So many questions. Where did it come from? How does it work? The nature of the creature. Is it intelligent?
The nature of consciousness
If 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.
Infection
If I can’t 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…
“The Things”
I am being Blair. I escape out the back as the world comes in through the front.
I am being Copper. I am rising from the dead.
I am being Childs. I am guarding the main entrance.
The names don’t 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.
The Things by Peter Watts
The Things by Peter Watts: Clarksworld Podcast
The Politics of Experience & The Divided Self by R.D. Laing: Amazon
Lee Hardcastle's The Thing Claymations: Thingu @ YouTubeClaycat's The Thing @ YouTubeFrozen blood test scene @ YouTube
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Movie origins
Who Goes There? short story. Previous adaptations: The Thing From Another World (1951) · Horror Express (1972) · The Thing (2011)
Antarctic Exploration
British and Norwegian missions. Cultures and approaches.
Antarctic Research
Conditions. Connectivity. Boredom. Whiskey, cigars, and shoe leather.
Antarctic Doctoring
You need a certain kinda Dr MacGyver badass for this job. Spinal self-diagnosis, etc. Wilford Brimley diabeetus.
John Carpenter cinematography and soundtracks and storytelling
Cae and Ryan understand these things, and explain them to us. We mostly get it.
The Thing
So many questions. Where did it come from? How does it work? The nature of the creature. Is it intelligent?
The nature of consciousness
If 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.
Infection
If I can’t 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…
“The Things”
I am being Blair. I escape out the back as the world comes in through the front.
I am being Copper. I am rising from the dead.
I am being Childs. I am guarding the main entrance.
The names don’t 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.
The Things by Peter Watts
The Things by Peter Watts: Clarksworld Podcast
The Politics of Experience & The Divided Self by R.D. Laing: Amazon
Lee Hardcastle's The Thing Claymations: Thingu @ YouTubeClaycat's The Thing @ YouTubeFrozen blood test scene @ YouTube
Support the show!
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