It's wierd - I seem to remember all these scenes being in the movie. One of the best horror flicks EVER. It's a shame there so few of them that work like this. I'm glad this was made before cgi was invented.
For Christ's sake people! Jans Bolan is Lars! The official "TheThingPrequel's" channel mentioned it when it was still in theaters. They explained that Jans Bolan sounded more Dutch than Norweigan so they changed it to Lars! Yes we all know what the hell were they thinking when they changed an important element from the original, but that's it! . I read this a while back on one of their videos so don't give me shit saying it's false. ENDING DEBATE
@LucaTurilli89 [spoiler] I strongly believe that he saw the remains of the dogs that survived the first alien attack. And they were killed by Blair, who tried to hinder The Thing from escaping the facility by (along with killing the dogs) destroy the radio equipment, and mess up the helicopter and lastly the generator.
It was going around for years... Carpenter doesn't typically do many sequels and other directors were too scared to touch the film do to the huge success of the original. So it was pretty much a massive hollywood game of hot potato. Supposedly there was even a working script by the late 1980's. I doubt it will ever happen now, though I'm glad someone finally had the balls to at least make an attempt at furthering the story with a prequel.
Also, WRONG. The Thing was not a huge success. It flopped big time in theaters thanks to ET being released 2 weeks earlier. Carpenter and Russell confirm this on the DVD commentary track.
Stop making up fucking fake bullshit. Either know your facts or fuck off.
The Thing flopped in it's theatrical run. It only made back what it cost to make. This is even mentioned in the commentary track FOR THE MOVIE ON THE DVD by the people responsible FOR THE MOVIE. Did you make the movie? No you didn't, Carpenter did and I take his word over a piece of shit like you.
It has only become a cult classic by word of mouth over the years, it still doesn't make it a success.
Continued --> It also confirms that Childs was one of the creatures. Burned by Macready who had either snuck a flamethrower under his coat, managed to wrestle the one Childs was carrying from him, or was himself now one of the creatures. Macready handing Childs the bottle of booze is important in this scene because it likely gives away the next few moments. Based upon the earlier scene with Macready and the computer game. Macready giving a toast to his opponent before finishing him.
@lilstunna805 Did you read the previous comment? They are together. If you mean the booze thing, that explains itself. Macready did the same thing when he lost to the chess game computer earlier in the film. Which incidently also destroyed it. It's exactly the same in the ending. It's all symbolic. Macready is offering Childs a drink because, creature or not, he's likely going to attempt killing him, just to be sure.
@Fredrock1982 o ok i get i now...i havent seen the prequel yet so im a little behind on the story. How did you find out that they were gona make a sequel but never did?
@Fredrock1982 What about the scene where Macready leaves the hip flask of vodka with the other guy who gets locked in the tool shed?
I think you may be close, but the ending was chosen to keep possiblities open (not for a sequel, but so that we are left to think of what may have happened and make our mind up ourselves).
The prequel that just came out was originally to be a sequel, which was to begin with a search and rescue team finding the barely alive Macready and the mostly charred corpse of Childs. Kurt Russel reprising his role as Macready, despite being much older. The difference in age being explained that the severe cold had damaged his face.
The scene starting at 2:01 was supposed to be a scene where Bennings is murdered, in all there were about three scenes for Bennings death including the one that made it to film. The one where he is assimilated, the one where he's murdered in the kennel and one where the thing successfully turns the dogs and they run off, then Macready, Childs, and Bennings chase down the dogs on snowmobiles where they then stage a fight scene with the dog things in a series of wholes and Bennings is pulled down
That is NOT a ufo shadow in the background. it`s just some kind of shadow mark from the film. Possibly dirty film since the clip is a bit mucky overall. All we should pay attention to is the dog running away.
Kinda glad they didn`t use that ending because it would be more depressing than what they used (dog thing escapes to continue its horror). At least the ending they did use left it open ended.
The alternate ending to this version became the actual ending to the remake (or prequel). In any event, I'm sure the Thing survived. It probably just left a piece of itself in its spaceship, which wasn't discovered until the remake.
Guys, the alternate ending IS an alternate ending. The dog runs from the camp, which implies the thing survived. He stops and looks back and sees the remains of the burnt down camp, and notices the UFO in the sky, simple as that.
Yeah and that's the reason why it was deleted.........it wouldn't make sense for Clark to be suspect that early in the movie.......because, as we know, it was only later that Blair told Mac to watch Clark.
his name was lars wtf!? not to mention the helicopter was blue and white in the prequel not brown but awesome movie regardless after seeing the new one last night, watching the first 30 mins of this one its like "OH WOW YA I REMEMBER" every 2 mins haha
if folks dont know that last scene in the videi with the dog running away and something on fire in the distance thats the ending where you hear the narrator talking about the unknown and what lurks out there. Thats the ending they used to show a lot on channel 11 (8 o clock movie) when i was a kid back then..i dont know why there wasnt no sound playing during that scene shown in this video feed though^^
Ah ha!!!!!I knew that was the ending that I saw before with the dog running away from the smoldering camp.I was telling people about that ending but they said it didn't end that way,but the one I saw did.Thanks for posting.
Mcready has become me and by drinking from that bottle you will soon become me too, Childs. Now, that I have overcome you all there is nothing to stop me.
@SjaakadeliC i don't think so. in the prequel you see Lars get into the helicopter to shoot at the dog. In the 1982 film Lars is still shooting at the dog while the pilot gets blown up. Lars is the one that gets shot because as they established in the prequel, he's the only who doesn't speak english. which is why he couldn't communicate with them and was shot in the eye, later to have an autopsy performed and be named Jans Bolan.
Watch the 82 movie. The pilot is the one who gets out with the rifle. Lars is suppose to be the one with the fur parka we see at the beinning of the 82 movie. HE BLOWS UP.
The pilot is the one who is shot. Also, the pilot didn't speak English either, since we don't even see him until the end of the prequel movie, Edvard sent him to get fuel from McMurdo before Kate even arrived at Thule.
Lars is not the one who is shot. Fuck, how many times do I have to say this over and over again. Watch the 82 movie. 7 1/2 minutes into the movie, they land the chopper and the pilot gets out of the right side of the chopper WITH THE RIFLE. The shooter who wears a fur parka, gets blown up. The shooter in the beginning is Lars, he BLOWS UP.
@GTAROCKS123451 Wrong. Jans Bolan is actually Matias. Jans in The Thing (1982) is seen getting out of the helicopter from the pilot seat, so it couldn't have been Lars. I guess Lars told an epic tale of adventure and horror and convinced Matias to equally savagely go after The Thing as he himself did when they took off.
is the new thing good the prequal i didnt want to see it cuz i loved the thing so i didnt them to make stuff up and kill the original with the shitty one so i didnt see it but i hear its rllyy good is it? (so for bad spelling)
This movie was so creepy. What did Bennings see in the kennel? The new prequel was not creepy at all so i was kinda disappointed but it was a different genre and still a good movie nonetheless, i suppose..
there is no such thing as a premake its either a prequel or a remake and in this case it was a prequel, it is true that the norwegians is the only base close to the americans but that doesnt mean there wasnt other bases past the norwegian
@TiniNormi or maybe the Russian base is 50 miles from the Thule station in the opposite direction of Outpost 31. If that were the case, then the Russian base really wouldn't be close to Outpost 31.
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Wow. I have the special edition dvd, but none of the deleted scenes or alternate endings are on there. I always wondered why, although there is some awesome commentary by the cast, producers, and directors. Good stuff.
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@fuelyournews It's not actually a remake. John Carpenter took the story from "Who Goes There?" and adapted it in his own way. It's more of a re-imagining.
@Mulluns Me too, but I checked with IMDB for the Thing prequel cast list, and there were no "Jans Bolan"... Now, what the hell is that supposed to mean though? XD......
@pygmyink Because his name is never mentioned in the film proper and very well might not be in the End Credits - it was a cameo by one of the film's Producers - or if it is most likely as "Norwegian Shooter" or something to that effect, that's the reasons the name & character isn't listed on IMDB.
@Mulluns Me too, but I checked with IMDB for the Thing prequel cast list, and there were no "Jans Bolan"... Now, what the hell is that supposed to mean though? XD......
@Mulluns Then you're stupid. This is a deleted scene, that name is not used in the storyline and therefore they could call the character anything they want.
@Mulluns he does but its at the end of the film, he shows up in the helicopter and picks up the guy who was shooting at the dog in the beginning of the movie
@DeadEndScreamer no he does, not to ruin the prequel or anything, but when the swedish base is destroied he is the only one still alive in the base when the helicopter comes. he saw all the shit the thing did earlier and also there was only one dog on the swedish base and it died in the beginning so he knows its the thing
@wingsaber4444 I was talking about the helicopter pilot, he never saw the thing, and in the original The Thing in the begining he's the one trying to shoot the dog after Lars blows himself up.
@satolicious That's what sucks about the prequel, in the original the two guys were presumed to be last survivors who somehow managed to beat the thing to the point of it fleeing from them, in the prequel they shifted all attention to the american characters while everyone else is an afterthought.
@DeadEndScreamer yeah, well they sure do love making "AMERICANS SAVE THE DAY ONCE AGAIN" films. Now that I think about it, I think the logical explanation to what's happening here is that the makers of the prequel never saw these deleted scenes, and thought that they could just come up with random names for Norwegian survivors. That's probably the reason why there's this plot hole. I did enjoy the prequel, though. I was expecting total shit but it was enjoyable.
@Trekiefreak777 That means they changed his name from Jans to Lars, morons, it still makes no sense though because the pilot was on the right seat of the helicopter when they are airborne and when they land the one on the left seat is the one that blows himself up and he was the one shooting before, so either he teleported or they got the scene mixed up.
@DeadEndScreamer I said nothing about his name, "Moron". And the guy who threw the grenade WAS the guy on the left seat, and he wasn't the one that got blown up, he ran away while the pilot crawled out of the chopper and tried to get the grenade. The guy who got shot by Gary was the guy who threw the grenade.
@Trekiefreak777 First of all I was calling the people who changed Jans to Lart morons, not you, second I just double checked the movie and I stand by what I said, while the helicopter is airborne the guy in the left seat is shooting and upon landing the guy from the right seat runs towards the americans with a rifle while the guy who was shooting before tries throwing a grenade, and he was the one who got blown up by his own grenade because he's the one who had binoculars hanging from his neck.
@DeadEndScreamer Okay your right, but Lars was the pilot then, while Matias was the shooter, because Lars was the guy who got shot, mostly because he chose not to speak english (In the prequel, they say Lars was the only Norwegien who didn't speak english).
@Trekiefreak777 Yeah it's pretty obvious someone screwed up story elements when making the prequel, they didn't seem to pay enough attention to the intro of the original and probably didn't see the deleted scene, personally I'm going to pretend it's not canon. Also the part at the end how the last thing is discovered by the girl is just ridiculous, a freking crater wide plothole, I can't believe they screwed up like that at the end.
@DeadEndScreamer I don't see how the prequel screwed anything up. It fell it perfectly with The Thing (1982). I also don't see a problem with renaming Jans Lars, because he is only named in a deleted scene. If anything the deleted scene is not canon. If you want pretend its canon, then maybe Lars is Jans' middle name or something.
@RolloT1247 The renaming is just a nitpick, and I guess you didn't read my posts if you didn't see that the two major screwups in my opinion were the UFO being functional and the fact that the last thing conviniently forgot which ear it's earring was in, and still had it's original clothes undamaged, and if it wasn't a thing then how the hell did he lose an earring without noticing it.
@RolloT1247 The only thing i noticed getting messed up was the space craft in the ice. in the 82 version they show em blowing up the ice to get to it where in the prequel they dig it up.
The explosions could have been to merely gain access to the sub-frozen ship, to tunnel to it, which you see them laddering down. The remainder of ice was melted away by the warmed-up craft during the escape attempt. The damage on the spacecraft that McReady observed was from the grenade-induced chain explosion.
This all adds up to what McReady found, but wrongly assumed the blasts were more vast.
@TheJediCharles Either way as much as i hate CGI the prequel told an awesome story even if they left out or messed up any details. the film was an amazing idea cuz as a kid i always wondered what happened. now they need a good sequel to further and or close the story.
@illadvised50 There are also shots of Bennings being stabbed with a syringe by an unknown assailant. One of the infected members could have killed all the dogs, luring Bennings, and then stabbed him with a syringe, infecting him. But I feel Carpenter deleted it because it doesn't match with all the other infections, and wanted i to be gruesome, or up to your own imagination.
@illadvised502:01 was quite eery, and I wish they had added it to the movie. It looked like the thing hadn't quite replicated one of the men. I think you're right, in that it could've been a Blair/thing since it was squat and bald.
I seem to remember that there is an actual alternative ending to The Thing, in which Macready makes it back from the ruins of the camp (don't know how), and is sitting in an office in some kind of hospital or army base, waiting for the results of a test to see whether or not he has become The thing. As far as I recall, the alternative ending stops there.
I believe Carpenter had filmed some of these scenes, but as yet they've never appeared on a dvd.
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It's wierd - I seem to remember all these scenes being in the movie. One of the best horror flicks EVER. It's a shame there so few of them that work like this. I'm glad this was made before cgi was invented.
audiotrax2000 1 day ago
someone should put the 2011 deleted scenes here as well, my damn dvd wont play them.
volvo145 1 week ago
Where's The Alternate Ending
123jewis 2 weeks ago
@123jewis
It is the dog escaping the camp.
biscoito1r 2 weeks ago
For Christ's sake people! Jans Bolan is Lars! The official "TheThingPrequel's" channel mentioned it when it was still in theaters. They explained that Jans Bolan sounded more Dutch than Norweigan so they changed it to Lars! Yes we all know what the hell were they thinking when they changed an important element from the original, but that's it! . I read this a while back on one of their videos so don't give me shit saying it's false. ENDING DEBATE
xInnocentxDemonx 3 weeks ago
Thank God for the editors. It looked like this had MST3K levels of potential cut any other way.
shelbygt351 1 month ago
3:22 what is he supposed to see and was that guy Clark? Must have been infected too!
LucaTurilli89 1 month ago
@LucaTurilli89 [spoiler] I strongly believe that he saw the remains of the dogs that survived the first alien attack. And they were killed by Blair, who tried to hinder The Thing from escaping the facility by (along with killing the dogs) destroy the radio equipment, and mess up the helicopter and lastly the generator.
Sithkiss 1 month ago
@Sithkiss very possible but who was the running away guy and why? Bennings was looking at the dog kennel so he must have seen the remaints.
LucaTurilli89 1 month ago
why were these scenes "deleted" ? :/
StarSpawn06 2 months ago
0:03 the eye of lars ;/
wolfpredator1000 2 months ago 8
It was going around for years... Carpenter doesn't typically do many sequels and other directors were too scared to touch the film do to the huge success of the original. So it was pretty much a massive hollywood game of hot potato. Supposedly there was even a working script by the late 1980's. I doubt it will ever happen now, though I'm glad someone finally had the balls to at least make an attempt at furthering the story with a prequel.
Fredrock1982 2 months ago
@Fredrock1982
Also, WRONG. The Thing was not a huge success. It flopped big time in theaters thanks to ET being released 2 weeks earlier. Carpenter and Russell confirm this on the DVD commentary track.
Stop making up fucking fake bullshit. Either know your facts or fuck off.
snake2006 2 months ago
@snake2006 Um, no... And way to troll this entire thread, douche. Yeah, the film failed initially, but the rest is 100% factual.
Fredrock1982 2 months ago
@Fredrock1982
No it isn't. Your making up shit.
The Thing flopped in it's theatrical run. It only made back what it cost to make. This is even mentioned in the commentary track FOR THE MOVIE ON THE DVD by the people responsible FOR THE MOVIE. Did you make the movie? No you didn't, Carpenter did and I take his word over a piece of shit like you.
It has only become a cult classic by word of mouth over the years, it still doesn't make it a success.
snake2006 2 months ago
Continued --> It also confirms that Childs was one of the creatures. Burned by Macready who had either snuck a flamethrower under his coat, managed to wrestle the one Childs was carrying from him, or was himself now one of the creatures. Macready handing Childs the bottle of booze is important in this scene because it likely gives away the next few moments. Based upon the earlier scene with Macready and the computer game. Macready giving a toast to his opponent before finishing him.
Fredrock1982 2 months ago
@Fredrock1982 how does it confirm that macready burned childs
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@lilstunna805 Did you read the previous comment? They are together. If you mean the booze thing, that explains itself. Macready did the same thing when he lost to the chess game computer earlier in the film. Which incidently also destroyed it. It's exactly the same in the ending. It's all symbolic. Macready is offering Childs a drink because, creature or not, he's likely going to attempt killing him, just to be sure.
Fredrock1982 2 months ago
@Fredrock1982 o ok i get i now...i havent seen the prequel yet so im a little behind on the story. How did you find out that they were gona make a sequel but never did?
lilstunna805 2 months ago
@lilstunna805
They aren't going to make a sequel. Carpenter has a idea for a sequel but since the prequel flopped it won't get done ever.
snake2006 2 months ago
@Fredrock1982 What about the scene where Macready leaves the hip flask of vodka with the other guy who gets locked in the tool shed?
I think you may be close, but the ending was chosen to keep possiblities open (not for a sequel, but so that we are left to think of what may have happened and make our mind up ourselves).
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Fredrock1982 2 months ago
The prequel that just came out was originally to be a sequel, which was to begin with a search and rescue team finding the barely alive Macready and the mostly charred corpse of Childs. Kurt Russel reprising his role as Macready, despite being much older. The difference in age being explained that the severe cold had damaged his face.
Fredrock1982 2 months ago
@Fredrock1982
No it wasn't. It was going to be a remake of this movie. But the producers didn't want to do a remake so they asked to do a prequel.
The director,the writers and executive producers have all said this in interviews.
snake2006 2 months ago
The scene starting at 2:01 was supposed to be a scene where Bennings is murdered, in all there were about three scenes for Bennings death including the one that made it to film. The one where he is assimilated, the one where he's murdered in the kennel and one where the thing successfully turns the dogs and they run off, then Macready, Childs, and Bennings chase down the dogs on snowmobiles where they then stage a fight scene with the dog things in a series of wholes and Bennings is pulled down
Azartusfar 2 months ago
That is NOT a ufo shadow in the background. it`s just some kind of shadow mark from the film. Possibly dirty film since the clip is a bit mucky overall. All we should pay attention to is the dog running away.
Kinda glad they didn`t use that ending because it would be more depressing than what they used (dog thing escapes to continue its horror). At least the ending they did use left it open ended.
seafireliv 2 months ago 3
The alternate ending to this version became the actual ending to the remake (or prequel). In any event, I'm sure the Thing survived. It probably just left a piece of itself in its spaceship, which wasn't discovered until the remake.
martincommrad 2 months ago
Guys, the alternate ending IS an alternate ending. The dog runs from the camp, which implies the thing survived. He stops and looks back and sees the remains of the burnt down camp, and notices the UFO in the sky, simple as that.
YouCantDeleteDenzelL 2 months ago
who was infected?
(the mother of all questions) 4 a movie ; )
wolverineboy97 3 months ago
holy shit! ufo! near the end!
sequal? anyone?
wolverineboy97 3 months ago
That was such a good alternate ending, when the dog turns and runs away, and then you just see the shadow of the UFO in the air.. beautiful
LowestofheDead 3 months ago
@LowestofheDead I have to agree with you. I just love how the Dog Thing looks back and when it sees the UFO, the Thing knows it has won.
TheForgottenBlackMan 2 months ago
OK ppl the guy blinked because he was an actor and on film sets they shoot and shoot and shoot before the actual take occurs.
mrchoochoohead 3 months ago 12
Why is this in the "sport" category?
booley123 3 months ago
:)
1. Norwegian blinked, plus Childs' cheesy remark.
2. Carpenter didn't like the long-winded and esp. the cheesy "it's not dead yet"
3. Didn't make sense as Clark wasn't even suspected this early in the film; the time implied by Nauls' discovery.
4. Bennings' alternate death idea. Never made it to the final cut, or even the draft.
5. Alternate ending with the dog running away.
(the ending probably just looked better bleak, dark, and ambiguous).
That's why they didn't make it. Thumbs up!!!!
AceofDlamonds 3 months ago
@andsosmileysays
Yeah and that's the reason why it was deleted.........it wouldn't make sense for Clark to be suspect that early in the movie.......because, as we know, it was only later that Blair told Mac to watch Clark.
AceofDlamonds 3 months ago
HAAAA you blinked! thats funny.
xsbsp 4 months ago
" A perro muerto, se acaba la rabia."
Aqui no !! :-)
viktorio3417 4 months ago
@GTAROCKS12345 well without this scene you never find out lars name in the original
thejonathan130 4 months ago
lol yes he did blink, and yes his name is Lars in the prequel.
aussieguy6908 4 months ago
so wait, bennings discovered the fucked up dogs first? what was he looking at?
theyearofourlordig88 4 months ago
@theyearofourlordig88 I think he found out that they were killed by Blair first (before the Childs)?
elvampe13 4 months ago
his name was lars wtf!? not to mention the helicopter was blue and white in the prequel not brown but awesome movie regardless after seeing the new one last night, watching the first 30 mins of this one its like "OH WOW YA I REMEMBER" every 2 mins haha
InShatteredMolds 4 months ago
if folks dont know that last scene in the videi with the dog running away and something on fire in the distance thats the ending where you hear the narrator talking about the unknown and what lurks out there. Thats the ending they used to show a lot on channel 11 (8 o clock movie) when i was a kid back then..i dont know why there wasnt no sound playing during that scene shown in this video feed though^^
demonkai76 4 months ago
Ah ha!!!!!I knew that was the ending that I saw before with the dog running away from the smoldering camp.I was telling people about that ending but they said it didn't end that way,but the one I saw did.Thanks for posting.
Midnighthour71 4 months ago
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Jans? That would be eigther Jens or Jan, not Jans.
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fleischwolferl 4 months ago
this real?
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Mcready has become me and by drinking from that bottle you will soon become me too, Childs. Now, that I have overcome you all there is nothing to stop me.
THE THING
MrGoofyfooter 4 months ago
Jans bolan is called Lars in the prequel
GTAROCKS123451 4 months ago 24
@GTAROCKS123451
He was clearly imitating Lars.
KaitainCPS 3 months ago
@GTAROCKS123451
Wrong. Lars = Lars and Jans = Jans. We only see Lars in the movie and Jans up until the ending.
SjaakadeliC 3 months ago
@SjaakadeliC i don't think so. in the prequel you see Lars get into the helicopter to shoot at the dog. In the 1982 film Lars is still shooting at the dog while the pilot gets blown up. Lars is the one that gets shot because as they established in the prequel, he's the only who doesn't speak english. which is why he couldn't communicate with them and was shot in the eye, later to have an autopsy performed and be named Jans Bolan.
GothicnerdProduction 3 months ago
@GothicnerdProduction
No, he isn't.
The prequel got it WRONG.
Watch the 82 movie. The pilot is the one who gets out with the rifle. Lars is suppose to be the one with the fur parka we see at the beinning of the 82 movie. HE BLOWS UP.
The pilot is the one who is shot. Also, the pilot didn't speak English either, since we don't even see him until the end of the prequel movie, Edvard sent him to get fuel from McMurdo before Kate even arrived at Thule.
snake2006 2 months ago
@GTAROCKS123451 well thats cuz, jans bolan wasn't norwegian or lastname. name.
soo thats why they changed he's name to lars
EvilboyBackUp63 3 months ago
@GTAROCKS123451
No he isn't.
Lars is not the one who is shot. Fuck, how many times do I have to say this over and over again. Watch the 82 movie. 7 1/2 minutes into the movie, they land the chopper and the pilot gets out of the right side of the chopper WITH THE RIFLE. The shooter who wears a fur parka, gets blown up. The shooter in the beginning is Lars, he BLOWS UP.
snake2006 2 months ago
@GTAROCKS123451 no he isn't he's called Mattias. Lars is the one that blows himself up with the grenade.
gabrielthetoad 2 months ago
@GTAROCKS123451 so it is a big mistake? Well the prequel is not entirely a prequel! It is confusing ;).
LucaTurilli89 1 month ago
@LucaTurilli89 the prequel is entirely a prequel. did you not see the end credits scene with lars?
BrothaPriah 1 month ago
@BrothaPriah I did but in IMDB I think it was discussed not everythign fits. Sorry I cannot recall anything for example.
LucaTurilli89 1 month ago
@GTAROCKS123451 Wrong. Jans Bolan is actually Matias. Jans in The Thing (1982) is seen getting out of the helicopter from the pilot seat, so it couldn't have been Lars. I guess Lars told an epic tale of adventure and horror and convinced Matias to equally savagely go after The Thing as he himself did when they took off.
WolfySnackrib666 1 month ago
is the new thing good the prequal i didnt want to see it cuz i loved the thing so i didnt them to make stuff up and kill the original with the shitty one so i didnt see it but i hear its rllyy good is it? (so for bad spelling)
swampydarklord7 4 months ago
Is that... Lars???????
AK47masterpiece 4 months ago
LARs Bolan
kibakim 4 months ago
This movie was so creepy. What did Bennings see in the kennel? The new prequel was not creepy at all so i was kinda disappointed but it was a different genre and still a good movie nonetheless, i suppose..
obi0peco 4 months ago
Lol I guess i know why they deleted the scene with the dead norwegian lol
Goman15 4 months ago
Fortunatly the thing will most likely freeze to death, thus preventing a shitty shock ending from ruining the clever ambigious ending of the film.
angrydead 4 months ago
there is no such thing as a premake its either a prequel or a remake and in this case it was a prequel, it is true that the norwegians is the only base close to the americans but that doesnt mean there wasnt other bases past the norwegian
SlayerPDX 4 months ago 2
@SlayerPDX terrible premake just terrible
zen9151 3 months ago
"They have to be from that Norge camp, they're the only ones anywhere near us."
... except for an apparent Russian camp, according to the premake.
TiniNormi 4 months ago
@TiniNormi or maybe the Russian base is 50 miles from the Thule station in the opposite direction of Outpost 31. If that were the case, then the Russian base really wouldn't be close to Outpost 31.
RolloT1247 4 months ago
I always liked the ending showing the dog running from the camp.
quesondriac 4 months ago
@quesondriac That dog was a good actor.
Stingerbillion 4 months ago
@Stingerbillion Amazing what you can get a dog to do for just a single strip of bacon!
quesondriac 4 months ago
@quesondriac lol true.
Stingerbillion 4 months ago
0:03 If he's supose to be dead, then why did he blink o.O!!!h!o!t!f!^ol!figu
ToonsifyToon 4 months ago
@ToonsifyToon LOL nice notice!
Nobodieszx 4 months ago
Norwegians speak perfect English. The whole thing would have ended much more quickly, in humans' favour.
liebstandarteadolf 4 months ago
@liebstandarteadolf If only he did then the dog would have been dead in 10min.
Stingerbillion 4 months ago
Just saw The Thing today. They kept everything the same as the original. Going to see it again.
MrBootydaddy 4 months ago
Notice how it's called deleted scenes :P
jjtcoolkid 4 months ago
I remember the alternate ending being used in a "THING" inspired episode of the X-Files.
misterprickly 4 months ago
1:24 rob botin. Genius.
blueluny 4 months ago
Are you suppose to blink when you are dead? or when you are really really dead?
mpop888888 4 months ago 18
@mpop888888 I caught that too!! Guess there is some involuntary nerve impulses when you are dead. Or is he really dead?
aa4285 4 months ago
@mpop888888 you know bodies do twitch for hours when lethaly hit in the head aka shot in the head.... and ya thats why they deleted the scene
thejonathan130 4 months ago
@mpop888888 I guess that is why it is deleted :)
kysersoze12 3 months ago
lol nauls line is the best " so he gonna put himself back together and come chasing after us???"
flipmasta14 4 months ago
the norwegian jans bolan dead body just blinked look closly people
adamsutherland123 4 months ago
they smoked hella pot in this movie aha
MetaITV 4 months ago
GOD FUCKING DAMMIT! IVE BEEN WATCHING THIS FUCKING MOVIE ON YOUTUBE AND EVERYWHERE I GO THE LAST PART VIDEOS GET TAKEN OFF OF YOUTUBE! I JUST WANNA SEE THE FUCKING ENDING! FUCK!
66sjones 5 months ago
@66sjones Youtube trolled us all.
NotRaPoSa0CiNzEnTa 5 months ago
@66sjones get the 1 free month of netflix. You can watch the thing online.
hitman3106 4 months ago
@66sjones IKR!
roguegamer902 4 months ago
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AMOVIEGUY14 5 months ago
How is this under sports category?
BigFishSmallPond831 5 months ago
Wow. I have the special edition dvd, but none of the deleted scenes or alternate endings are on there. I always wondered why, although there is some awesome commentary by the cast, producers, and directors. Good stuff.
serekithegreat 5 months ago
If Jans Bolan dont apear in the new , thath means no frozen cut veins guy
kibakim 5 months ago
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DUNGEONMASTERSEXPO 5 months ago
John Carpenter... He don´t do things like this one anymore.
rodrigoraulsuarez 5 months ago
who says that dog is the one from the 2011 movie TAKEING BETS
gamerboy448 5 months ago
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fuelyournews 5 months ago
@fuelyournews It's not actually a remake. John Carpenter took the story from "Who Goes There?" and adapted it in his own way. It's more of a re-imagining.
MrCeebez 5 months ago
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fuelyournews 5 months ago
thnx didnt know//4me the 51 version = still better/here some
heres the trailer (51 vesion): watch?v=shq_lDivZSA&feature=related La Cosa da un altro mondo - TRAILER - Christian Nyby, Howard Hawks
& if u'r good in italian: watch?v=WI6mFDShRXY
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fuelyournews 5 months ago
@fuelyournews Yeah I've been trying to find it so I can watch it, but i haven't had any luck yet...
MrCeebez 5 months ago
@fuelyournews
Do you think this version is only for fans of Saw or Hostel?
Johnlindsey289 5 months ago
@fuelyournews
Lol, you're joking right?
toadfan64 5 months ago
@fuelyournews your a stoopid baby
Steven77769 5 months ago
the musics fucking great
Michaelodono 6 months ago 2
I expect to see a Jans Bolan in the prequel.
Mulluns 6 months ago 41
@Mulluns Me too, but I checked with IMDB for the Thing prequel cast list, and there were no "Jans Bolan"... Now, what the hell is that supposed to mean though? XD......
pygmyink 5 months ago
@pygmyink Because his name is never mentioned in the film proper and very well might not be in the End Credits - it was a cameo by one of the film's Producers - or if it is most likely as "Norwegian Shooter" or something to that effect, that's the reasons the name & character isn't listed on IMDB.
scarred2112 5 months ago
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pygmyink 5 months ago
@Mulluns He is.
EvanderBerryWall 5 months ago
@Mulluns haha thats funny as soon as i saw that part i paused and looked at the imdb for the prequel, noone is listed as jans bolan
cooliovasquez 5 months ago
@cooliovasquez
main reason why is that name is a goof
it's a dutch name
so for the the prequel Jans Bolan will be known Lars
SugacaneNinja 4 months ago
@SugacaneNinja Lol it's not really dutch, They probably made a mistake, Jan is a dutch name but Jans? i don't know where that is from.
BadSilence1 4 months ago
@BadSilence1 It's most liekely Jens and spelled wrong.
fleischwolferl 4 months ago
@Mulluns and you will :)
TheThingPrequel 5 months ago
@Mulluns
And he'd better not speak english.
fedegas13 5 months ago
@Mulluns Then you're stupid. This is a deleted scene, that name is not used in the storyline and therefore they could call the character anything they want.
thebearclawjones 5 months ago
@Mulluns He is. Though since his name is never mentioned in the finished 1982 film, they changed it to Lars, I think.
TheVoojooze 4 months ago
@Mulluns he does but its at the end of the film, he shows up in the helicopter and picks up the guy who was shooting at the dog in the beginning of the movie
wingsaber4444 4 months ago
@wingsaber4444 And that raises the question of why he was so eager to kill the dog, considering he never saw the thing in the first place.
DeadEndScreamer 4 months ago
@DeadEndScreamer no he does, not to ruin the prequel or anything, but when the swedish base is destroied he is the only one still alive in the base when the helicopter comes. he saw all the shit the thing did earlier and also there was only one dog on the swedish base and it died in the beginning so he knows its the thing
wingsaber4444 4 months ago
@wingsaber4444 I was talking about the helicopter pilot, he never saw the thing, and in the original The Thing in the begining he's the one trying to shoot the dog after Lars blows himself up.
DeadEndScreamer 4 months ago
@DeadEndScreamer it could be that Lars explained everything in the helicopter, which in that case it would be rather lame. I guess we won't know!
satolicious 4 months ago
@satolicious That's what sucks about the prequel, in the original the two guys were presumed to be last survivors who somehow managed to beat the thing to the point of it fleeing from them, in the prequel they shifted all attention to the american characters while everyone else is an afterthought.
DeadEndScreamer 4 months ago
@DeadEndScreamer yeah, well they sure do love making "AMERICANS SAVE THE DAY ONCE AGAIN" films. Now that I think about it, I think the logical explanation to what's happening here is that the makers of the prequel never saw these deleted scenes, and thought that they could just come up with random names for Norwegian survivors. That's probably the reason why there's this plot hole. I did enjoy the prequel, though. I was expecting total shit but it was enjoyable.
satolicious 4 months ago
@satolicious Deleted scenes are not canon.
Hence the "deleted" part.
SecuR0M 2 months ago
@DeadEndScreamer Actually, the pilot blew himself up, Lars was the one shooting the dog (Wikepedia mixes stuff up ALOT).
Trekiefreak777 4 months ago
@Trekiefreak777 That means they changed his name from Jans to Lars, morons, it still makes no sense though because the pilot was on the right seat of the helicopter when they are airborne and when they land the one on the left seat is the one that blows himself up and he was the one shooting before, so either he teleported or they got the scene mixed up.
DeadEndScreamer 4 months ago
@DeadEndScreamer I said nothing about his name, "Moron". And the guy who threw the grenade WAS the guy on the left seat, and he wasn't the one that got blown up, he ran away while the pilot crawled out of the chopper and tried to get the grenade. The guy who got shot by Gary was the guy who threw the grenade.
Trekiefreak777 4 months ago
@Trekiefreak777 First of all I was calling the people who changed Jans to Lart morons, not you, second I just double checked the movie and I stand by what I said, while the helicopter is airborne the guy in the left seat is shooting and upon landing the guy from the right seat runs towards the americans with a rifle while the guy who was shooting before tries throwing a grenade, and he was the one who got blown up by his own grenade because he's the one who had binoculars hanging from his neck.
DeadEndScreamer 4 months ago
@DeadEndScreamer Okay your right, but Lars was the pilot then, while Matias was the shooter, because Lars was the guy who got shot, mostly because he chose not to speak english (In the prequel, they say Lars was the only Norwegien who didn't speak english).
Trekiefreak777 4 months ago
@Trekiefreak777 Yeah it's pretty obvious someone screwed up story elements when making the prequel, they didn't seem to pay enough attention to the intro of the original and probably didn't see the deleted scene, personally I'm going to pretend it's not canon. Also the part at the end how the last thing is discovered by the girl is just ridiculous, a freking crater wide plothole, I can't believe they screwed up like that at the end.
DeadEndScreamer 4 months ago
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mickelwick 4 months ago
@DeadEndScreamer I don't see how the prequel screwed anything up. It fell it perfectly with The Thing (1982). I also don't see a problem with renaming Jans Lars, because he is only named in a deleted scene. If anything the deleted scene is not canon. If you want pretend its canon, then maybe Lars is Jans' middle name or something.
RolloT1247 4 months ago
@RolloT1247 The renaming is just a nitpick, and I guess you didn't read my posts if you didn't see that the two major screwups in my opinion were the UFO being functional and the fact that the last thing conviniently forgot which ear it's earring was in, and still had it's original clothes undamaged, and if it wasn't a thing then how the hell did he lose an earring without noticing it.
DeadEndScreamer 4 months ago
@RolloT1247 The only thing i noticed getting messed up was the space craft in the ice. in the 82 version they show em blowing up the ice to get to it where in the prequel they dig it up.
deviantgrotesque 1 month ago
@deviantgrotesque
Not necessarily "messed up."
The explosions could have been to merely gain access to the sub-frozen ship, to tunnel to it, which you see them laddering down. The remainder of ice was melted away by the warmed-up craft during the escape attempt. The damage on the spacecraft that McReady observed was from the grenade-induced chain explosion.
This all adds up to what McReady found, but wrongly assumed the blasts were more vast.
TheJediCharles 4 weeks ago
@TheJediCharles Either way as much as i hate CGI the prequel told an awesome story even if they left out or messed up any details. the film was an amazing idea cuz as a kid i always wondered what happened. now they need a good sequel to further and or close the story.
deviantgrotesque 3 weeks ago
@Trekiefreak777 Lars was the shooter, Matias (the Pilot) got blown up after Lars dropped the grenade, and Matias failed to flee.
RolloT1247 4 months ago
@Trekiefreak777
Yes he is,watch the guy digging you can see the fur on his parka when he is digging or covering up the Grenade. The pilot is shot, not the shooter.
snake2006 2 months ago
@Mulluns there's a matias and a lars
ZWKA1 4 months ago
That scene with Bennings looks very interesting. Was that possibly Blair in the hallway? Having just killed the dogs (as Bennings discovers).
illadvised50 6 months ago
@illadvised50 There are also shots of Bennings being stabbed with a syringe by an unknown assailant. One of the infected members could have killed all the dogs, luring Bennings, and then stabbed him with a syringe, infecting him. But I feel Carpenter deleted it because it doesn't match with all the other infections, and wanted i to be gruesome, or up to your own imagination.
celophysis5454545 6 months ago
@illadvised50 2:01 was quite eery, and I wish they had added it to the movie. It looked like the thing hadn't quite replicated one of the men. I think you're right, in that it could've been a Blair/thing since it was squat and bald.
swankymsp 3 months ago
I wonder why Carpenter never released the other scenes.
MyceliaProductions42 6 months ago
Movie is a classic, new movie should be good.
Velocity4000fps 7 months ago
Oh shit, this video will solve an extensive discution of several years with ones of my best friends!! damn Internet.
Taxolote 7 months ago
I love the ending, that guy takes a drink from the bottle, the theme music starts...
The human race is doomed.
Mourning6star66 7 months ago
I seem to remember that there is an actual alternative ending to The Thing, in which Macready makes it back from the ruins of the camp (don't know how), and is sitting in an office in some kind of hospital or army base, waiting for the results of a test to see whether or not he has become The thing. As far as I recall, the alternative ending stops there.
I believe Carpenter had filmed some of these scenes, but as yet they've never appeared on a dvd.
AngryOfMayfair 7 months ago
@AngryOfMayfair yes, it was filmed as a precaution... but carpenter never had intentions to use it
ndgambella 6 months ago
If they knew the thing was still alive what besides the script kept them from destroying it?
codafett 7 months ago
@codafett The executives at Universal.
themetalpredator 7 months ago
Where'd you find this information?
Gridlock471 7 months ago
I didnt understand the alternate ending what happend?
decade848 7 months ago
Um, wouldn't that be an alternate beginning since we see the dog again?
weareonetoday 7 months ago
my paper gave it a zero when it came out was he stupid
supermanfan62 8 months ago
one of the scariest scenes in all horror film is when the sled dog starts to mutate...man, i remember first seeing that and becoming frozen
dalecampbl8 8 months ago 2
The alternate ending should of had Sarah Palin show up with a big ass rifle and announce "wake up, it's 2012, you are all saved."
Buckeyecat2002 8 months ago
the alternate ending should have been wilford telling everyone to "call liberty medical. they can help you live a better life".
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DUNGEONMASTERSEXPO 8 months ago
Carpenter's top form! I loved the movie and these scenes too!
rodrigoraulsuarez 8 months ago