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The thing I find so terrifying is the fact that this was seen as Nihilistic back now, but more realistic now.  <br>We look at other movies like Blade Runner and we say that’s so nihilistic, but every day it seems to be more realistic than the day before.

The thing I find so terrifying is the fact that this was seen as Nihilistic back now, but more realistic now.
We look at other movies like Blade Runner and we say that’s so nihilistic, but every day it seems to be more realistic than the day before.

I would love to see your take on Escape from New York and They Live, Hell , Scanners, Videodrome, The Fly, Dead Ringers and Existenz too, love your work emp

Do you like The Twilight Zone a very imaginative series I'm under the impression that there will never be another great series like the original Twilight Zone Series in the 1950s to 60s

Been neglected to mow my lawn but finally busted out the old lawn mower 2.0 out of the drawer and got her done. Thanks manscaped🤠

Love channel man, you really speak fluently and on point with context and little bias but yet still driving in deep into physiological idiosyncrasies.
Idk I'm drunk best I can do.
Just thank you bro.
Jimmy k vid was fantastic aswell

best manscaped  ad i've ever seen, props

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"Open like a Tauntaun, FAster than the Autobahn "  MC Chris

You said it's utterly terrifying in "even its calmest moments"

those are the scariest moments, i think, and in life, too

if it's calm ... something is definitely wrong here ...

This video was fucking fantastic dude. Basically made all my English teachers look like a bunch of pussies with some fantastic film analysis.

It's the particularly realistic depiction of people under crisis and the shocking, horrifying body horror SFX that guarantee this film a place in my nightmares forever, ever since I first saw it over 30 years ago.

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Not sure if you've seen it before, but there's also a short story written from the perspective of the Thing. It's very much worth a read: http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/watts_01_10/

And I also want to add that if you do it, I think you should use the song "Won't Get Fooled Again" by The Who for the intro and outro parts of the video just to keep something neat from the first video. By the way that video was very very good, and I bet you'd make another really good one. No matter what they say, there are people who appreciate what you do  ; )

I didn't get a notification for this even though I have rung the bell

Bless Your Perfection<br>Praise the true creators

Bless Your Perfection
Praise the true creators

@Ya Knoe I also saw that, glad i wasn't hallucinating lol. It was funny bc I didn't know what video from my watch later had been removed lol, so I was upset.

When the vid came back i I realized it was this video which I had already watched lol

Did this get temporarily removed because it “broke TOS”?

If you do a never ever on the wall I’ll name my kid after u

@EmpLemon I love the video but I can’t see how you criticize McCarthy for going too far when all summer long we’ve had organized groups of communists and anarchists rioting in the streets and imposing their will upon the public. He was right.  About everything. The long march through the institutions is complete.

Thanks you shill but seriously amazing tastes for the thing one of my favorite movies.

Hey just curious, not trying to pester you, will there be a How Trump Won part two? Or How Trump Lost? Anything like that after the election whatever the results may be? Not upset if there isn't going to be. Just thought I'd ask.

I'm not sure how to feel about movie analyses on your channel. On the one hand I prefer the more open subjects of your other videos, allowing you to explore various ideas. On the other hand, I'd be interested to see you do other movies. Maybe pink floyd: the wall down the road?

This was 4 mins ago yet comment saus 52 mins

Among us is basically the game adaptation

After a long day of work, Kanye West goes to his Kanye Nest to take his Kanye Rest. He wakes up feeling his Kanye Best. Then he’ll get Kanye Dressed into his Kanye Vest to go on a Kanye Quest. He goes to church and becomes Kanye Blessed, then to a hotel room to be a Kanye Guest. Then to school to take his Kanye Test. He forgot to brush his teeth. Did he run out of Kanye Crest? His neighbor stole it, what a Kanye Pest.


the embodiment of "I guess you guys aren't ready for that yet, but your kids are gonna love it"

@Cole Marriott Unless you're Jurassic Park or T2

@Cole Marriott I feel like I’m rare instances some cg can hold up. Like some shots in the original Jurassic Park still look good. But for the majority of instances you’re right

@Kaxenia Kristelle seeing how well the effects hold up after over 30 years compared to CG effects from a movie that came out even just 10 years ago is insane. CG effects age like milk

You mean among us? Most kids would shit on the practical effects

@Philly Glory Bol Welcome to the party pal.

I just seen it last week for the first time and was stunned by how good the practical effects looked.

Absolutely.  This movie came out a couple of years before I was born but it scared the absolute shit out of me when I saw it for the first time as a teenager and remains one of my favorite movies.

This is the best comment I’ve read today


The Thing's critical reception reminds me of when critics first found progressive rock and hated it. Sometimes only time can tell, and some critics are just thick as a brick.

The Shining had a similar reception upon release

Pretty much the reason I take Ebert's opinion on anything with a minuscule grain of sodium chloride.

He did not just hit us with the Asia AND the jethro tull reference

The first thing I compared it to was critics' reception of Pinkerton by Weezer.

I didn’t think that the big league critics were staggeringly incompetent before the internet social media age but this video sure enlightened me to that

Well I guess you guys arent ready for that yet, but your kids are gonna love it

is ur name from that porcupine tree song

I don’t think they were dumb critics, just probably had a different rubric

It's strange to us now ... but the popular mood had overdosed on grim downer movies in the previous decade. If you released the most transcendent greatest Zombie movie in 2021 it wouldn't pop like in 2011. Also the amount of gore crossed the line with critics into what was seen in the day as low-culture and lacking intelligence.  People were burnt out on the Cold War too. We remember all the cool culture now but the herd was into some basic comfort entertainment, the gems were great however.

@Azhag Dark you can have an opinion but that doesn't mean you have to share it

@Anessen Yeah any banf can be great when they steal everything lol

@Anessen wdym led zep 3 and 4 were loved at release

@Big Guy Jimmy glad i'm not the only one who caught the nod to Jethro Tull xD

Same thing with black sabbath black sabbath

all in all
you're just a
-nother brick in
the wall


I'm leaving this message because I thoroughly enjoyed this video. Shame what happened to the prequel.

I like how no one talks about the original 😢

Well, pretty hard to live up to the 1982 one, wich is for me the greatest horror/sci-fi ever put on film.

But i still enjoyed the sequel/prequel of 2011, yeah the CGI effects somewhat ruined the awesome real models they created, and that were supposed to be used, but overall it's a decent flick.

@Turbulent Thrombosis Yeah, because the guy who lies and then tells people to shut up is fun at parties... I was just pointing out a fact, I don't see why you felt the need to be so hostile.

@Bladabladabloo you must be fun at parties

@Turbulent Thrombosis The Thing 2011 happened.  It exists, and your denying of reality isn't going to change that.  Just because you don't like something, doesn't mean it doesn't exist.

Completely expected. Go to the bathroom film yourself taking a shit then put a name on it. You have a 2020 blockbuster.

@Epsilon Xenos ya I know I was being sarcastic sorry

@Zashera Khan The Prequel is called "The Thing" it was released in 2011, don't watch it, it sucks.

Harbinger down is better

@Epsilon Xenos seen it! Wish I hadn't! Both suck

Watch Harbinger down, it's the same concept and I even think John Carpenter was part of it's creation.

Really good movie but it'll never come close to the thing but it's miles better than the prequel.

@Amuro Ray that's why when I judge the film's quality I try to leave the effects out of it because I've seen the original puppets and models and know that it was a stupid circumstance of bureaurocratics that hurt the film. damn shame bc Studio ADI produces some banger stuff in the workshop

I think it’s good that I haven’t seen that movie

Damn it Kenny, why are you always commenting on the videos I watch!!!!! Baka!!!!!!

@Amuro Ray yeah, the story of that movies development uosets me everytime, the sheer amount of wasted potential is phenomenal

@Bootmam Bill that film got screwed over by the executives. Did you know the director had practical effects made but the studio threw them out?

Will they make the same mistake regarding the Frozen Hell version that's coming?


MacReady was no murderer. He was acting in self-defense.

If MacReady was forced to shoot through a crowd of people to defend himself he wouldn't be happy about it. But he would be happy he defended himself

Tbf, Clark probably thought the same thing.

I think something nobody thinks about is that Mac was already given the idea he could be rushed at any moment at multiple points as he was actually trying to take control and make the right decision.

Now if that were you in that scenario, especially after being left alone to freeze in the cold due to being framed without knowing so, I think you'd be on edge enough to kill in order to try and keep things together to go against the thing

@Amuro Ray No Doubt, But i guess he just didnt have the time to take the proper shot.

@Amuro Ray  Not only that  but you can clearly see clark charging him with a scalpel with the intent to cause grave bodily harm. Definately justified self defense.

@Xen Slayer I thought everyone knew this???

They were violating his NAP by potentially being the Thing.

@dbsommers1 <b>homicide</b> is better than “killing”

@dbsommers1 *homicide* is better than “killing”

And murder is a legal term. It's called 'killing' which murder can fall under. And it was indeed self-defense,


Probably one of my favorite things about this movie was also the fact that no one acted stupid in this movie for the sake of plot convenience like in a lot of other horror movies. For most of the movie everyone were actually making pretty sound decisions considering the circumstances they're in (isolating the base so the alien couldn't escape, trying to use a blood test to identify it, keeping MacReady out after he starts seeming mad sus), and the bad decisions you do see them make you can still see why they might do it.

Actually, the Norwegians definitively did!

I hate that "mad sus" is a genuine choice to use for that sentence to make sense.

They didn't always make perfectly sound decisions, but it's reasonable given the circumstances they were in.

But that is the point. As the video here states, paranoia was a part of the movie's theme. Why would anyone then tell a group of people, of which no one doesn't trust eachother with any kind of information about themselves, that they are chasing the monster? For all they know, the people they speak to could also be the monster, which would then hunt that person down.

sorry to necro this but after watching it the only thing i thought was really dumb was the multiple times a character alone would chase the thing without letting ANYONE else know


the way that the critics brought up their distaste for how realistically the characters acted really shows how out of touch a lot of people today choose to be

One thing I would have given critics back in the 80’s is they at least lived in a culture that prioritised the idealized, safe outlook on inoffensive, non-thought challenging media given the lingering fear that the common perception of communism gave them and the much more present and newer terror of the AIDs epidemic. That might be why critics stigmatized movies like this that were far ahead of their time and held up mirrors to the most troubling aspects of society. I’m sure that plenty of people back then (in fact, many people today even) would rather muffle those kinds of ideas in an effort to give the problems they’re based off less overall presence

Funny coincidence that EmpLemon used clips of 2019 Joker in this video, one of the most relevant examples of critics once again denigrating their own purpose by berating a piece of media possessing the kind of quality that should be hailed by cinema enthusiasts

@Paper Thin my bad, i forgot that those “reviews” were from then. it’s still kind of jarring that that mentality still thrives in Hollywood, though

@Beebup these werent critiques made in 2020 though. Why do you refer to these critics like they arent from the 80s?

@Paper Thin i say today like “current times” or “nowadays” kind of deal

Im sorry, but what do you mean by "today"?

And considering how horrible the inner workings of Hollywood are (which people have become aware of because of people like Weinstein being exposed) it makes you wonder if those critics were simply made uncomfortable due to seeing a familiar reflection of themselves.


Just a quick reminder that the 2011 reboot of The Thing was supposed to be a love letter to the original, with practical effects and all, but the producers said "you know, CGI is popular, that's what the kids want, so that's what you're going to do" and they scrapped ALL of it. <br>Somewhere, out there, exists a cut of that film with practical effects. All we've been left with is some... thing posing in it's place.

Just a quick reminder that the 2011 reboot of The Thing was supposed to be a love letter to the original, with practical effects and all, but the producers said "you know, CGI is popular, that's what the kids want, so that's what you're going to do" and they scrapped ALL of it.
Somewhere, out there, exists a cut of that film with practical effects. All we've been left with is some... thing posing in it's place.

@Colin Grant pretty sure it's a prequel set in the Norwegian base that originally dug up The Thing

One could say the butchered remake we have now is a mere imitation of what truly was meant to be. An imposter.. alien.


I love the inept logic of "it's inplausible, why won't they band together" - can you group up if grouping up can result with being stabbed in the back?<br>To have a common enemy you have to know the enemy to begin with.

I love the inept logic of "it's inplausible, why won't they band together" - can you group up if grouping up can result with being stabbed in the back?
To have a common enemy you have to know the enemy to begin with.

Exactly. Group up in pairs of two? One or both could be the monster. In pairs of three? One monster could still overpower two people. The only criticism that's valid is that MacReady didn't do the blood test until it was already too late, but given the circumstances its not realistic that they would think of the perfect solution off the bat.


The Among Us comparisons aren’t a coincidence, the game was straight up inspired by this movie.

@Roberto Guardado Finally, someone made an ACTUAL comparison that is true.

@AxxL why did you censor the word channel

@Kate Jaceldo Based?
And what in paricular would it be based on?
I wonder huh?

@Random Internet User nah mate. He's just a self promoter

There's nothing like someone bringing cringe into your favorite horror film. 'SO IT"S LIKE AMUNG US????? THAT'S SO EPIC!!! :DDDD'

Zoomers finding out about "The Thing" - DUH of course!

@AxxL <br>Its funny because it isnt true

@SevenShooter changelings, the blob could technically be an alien, xenomorph rounds, etc. I wasn't saying otherwise, just that the game does in fact have playable aliens.

@Bali Killer since when? Either way, it's based off the game "Mafia" but in space

@SevenShooter SS13 has player controlled aliens though lmao

among us is just trouble in terrorist town as a standalone game

@Draws space station 13 doesn't have player controlled aliens. It's based off the Mafia game

@AxxL can we take a moment to appreciate that this guy censored the word "channel"

Ain't this just like TITT from garrys mod?

@Draws Among us is just space station 13 but actually playable

Unfortunate Spacemen > Among us

you literally fight a shapeshifting monster
and Outpost 13 map

I'd say that the changelings in ss13 are similar, but that's about it.

@Random Internet User He's trying to advertise his channel by doing these "bait" comments, just ignore him

@Draws Was just about to say that, especially OneyPlays video on it where they sabotaged an game and kept shifting the blame getting random players punished instead.

It also has the same story

Underrated upon release, Masterpiece upon belief

@Morbidly Obese Wizard among us is very stripped down space station 13

@AxxL I want to believe this comment is some kind of incel joke mocking Chads or something, But considering I have found the exact same comment from you from somewhere else, The chances of this being a One off joke is non existent

i do say the Unfortuate spaceme is also inspired by it .

Apparently the original idea was from when the devs were kids they'd use cards to determine the impostor and tag people to 'kill' them (something along those lines)

then the rest of it was definitely added in from The Thing

Among us is inspired by Space Station 13. Space station 13 is inspired by the thing.


Oh so what your saying is,

A man pushed the limits of special effects, plot, health and budget and made a film way ahead of its time...

And everyone hated it...

Uhhh yeah there is a reason is called ahead of his time, if aliens gave us the ultimate perfect tecnology how are we supposed to used it when we don't even know what it is?


1:20
"totally devoid of either warmth or humanity"

Sir, this is a horror film.

While it is a really dumb criticism a horror movie can have humanity

@plasticweapon <br>Holy shit that's such a great point about it -- the plot and setting are directly related to the tone and themes on an allegorical scale.

@plasticweapon
Holy shit that's such a great point about it -- the plot and setting are directly related to the tone and themes on an allegorical scale.

@Ian McManus its fine if you enjoy slashers but dont be like these critics who have no idea what they Are talking about when it comes to movies

@Factualhat I enjoy slashers but critics at the time were brain dead

@Windwalker88 ight thanks for the suggestion

@Factualhat haha dude, find Eberts Friday the 13th movies if you want a good laugh

@plasticweapon  Speaking of warmth, isn't Antarctica colder than a Yeti's turd?

"sir, this is a horror film"<br>that's not the point either, it's a story that doesn't allow room for warmth or humanity because you can't trust anybody. not to get too literal, but they're trapped in antarctica with a monster. not much room for warmth or humanity there.

"sir, this is a horror film"
that's not the point either, it's a story that doesn't allow room for warmth or humanity because you can't trust anybody. not to get too literal, but they're trapped in antarctica with a monster. not much room for warmth or humanity there.

Translation: they want the heroes, the human, to win.


Imagine going to the cinema, and having to choose between Blade Runner, E.T, Poltergeist and  The Thing.

I saw all 4 movies in the theater when they came out.

ET was cute, I guess. Have never felt the urge to watch it again.

Poltergeist - I found this boring overall but I did like the Indian burial ground idea. Never saw this movie a second time and I only think about it on Thanksgiving when my sister-in-law, Carol Ann, visits.

In my opinion, Blade Runner and The Thing are amongst some of the finest movies ever made and I have seen each over 50 times.

To each his own, of course.


Wait a minute, if each cell can be a separate monster and split off from other instances of the Thing, and with some theorizing that Macready himself could have been a Thing and fairly early on at that, is the suggestion then that the Thing finds itself in conflict with itself? An imitation doesn't know just by looking which of the crew are also initiations so each instance is also in a state of paranoia about the others?

That would add such an extra layer to the movie if the monster doesn't even know who to trust. Whoa.

I think I’ve heard it said the thing has been shown to deliberately attack other “things,” if it means it can allow it to deceive people and to survive and further the cause.  And yes I think it’s been established that each thing can recognize a kindred thing.

But that’s kind of an interesting take

Very very late, but I need to archive this comment because that’s brilliant.


Among Us in Terrorist Town by John Carpenter is my favorite horror franchise. It truly is the Dark Souls of Japanese Soap Operas

I wish I could read the phrase among us normally

It’s also like Push the Button from Jackbox

Sheesh, by Damn Daniel Featuring Pewdiepie is on the Soundtrack, OMG I love it


"It's once again that time of year when we revisit the horror genre."<br>So... everyday?

"It's once again that time of year when we revisit the horror genre."
So... everyday?

Let me guess, this will be a future topic on your channel, correct?

Daddy in the street, senpai in the sheet.

CZs! Been watching you for a few years now, I did not realize you were an EmpLemon fan too!


The Thing was one of those classics that were reviled by critics at first and got the love it deserved as time went on.

We've got the same taste in YouTube videos. Only your comments attracts likes 😂

Lmfao I just saw your comment on the osu mania talent show video

I feel like one day that'll be the case for The Last Jedi. Maybe not please don't hurt me YouTube


"The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown." -H.P. Lovecraft

@antipsychotic dont buy chinese manufactured clothing

Horror is an extremely reactionary genre which is why it's very based.

@RE4VER boy i haven't seen this comment before. Really breaking new ground lmao

@antipsychotic conforming to social norms will always effect people of all generations

@Atomic Kat just because racism was socially accepted at the time doesn't suddenly mean it was okay to be racist back then. racism is still bad regardless if everyone around you openly accepts it or not

@Floppa VEVO Whether he was racist or not is irrelevant, he was correct.

@Postal Dude Wait, that was supposed to be bantz you were handing out? Didn't notice.

you guys are really arguing if a racist is racist he is a great write you can enjoy his writing without agreeing with him

@Postal Dude SAYS THE GUY WHO NAMED HIMSELF POSTAL DUDE, your series is literally all about being an edgy tryhard. Would you rather Lovecraft use his cat as a suppressor?

@Postal Dude Actually, that was a family cat he adopted, he didn't name it.

But yes, he was racist, which is based, and only makes him cooler.

@Atomic Kat i'm not, its just always funny to see how buttmad lovecraft fans get when you mention the fact he was a racist which continues to provide amusing self serious responses to this day

I think I'm not the only one like it around here, but I don't get scared by unknown, bc, well... I don't know it...I got scared by knowing more and more... Bc reality is way worse than any fiction...

Explains his relationship with non whites


There’s an extremely acclaimed theory about the Thing:<br>An advanced alien race which had already developed space travel, discovered a strange creature on a different planet, which had the ability to amalgamate and perfectly imitate any organism it consumes. The aliens decide to study it and maybe use it in one way or another. However, the Thing samples somehow escaped, wiping out the entire alien race. What was left of that race tried to escape and colonize other planets as their home. The Thing once again managed to hijack one of the ships. The crew members pulled an Among Us and died off, one by one, being assimilated by the Thing. The last alien finds a planet, Earth. The alien then decides that destroying the monstrosity that wiped out its race is more important than its life. It crashes headfirst into the planet, but the Thing survives and assimilates the alien, then bursts outside, but freezing in the Antarctic expanse, later to be found by the Norwegians, and ultimately the Americans.

There’s an extremely acclaimed theory about the Thing:
An advanced alien race which had already developed space travel, discovered a strange creature on a different planet, which had the ability to amalgamate and perfectly imitate any organism it consumes. The aliens decide to study it and maybe use it in one way or another. However, the Thing samples somehow escaped, wiping out the entire alien race. What was left of that race tried to escape and colonize other planets as their home. The Thing once again managed to hijack one of the ships. The crew members pulled an Among Us and died off, one by one, being assimilated by the Thing. The last alien finds a planet, Earth. The alien then decides that destroying the monstrosity that wiped out its race is more important than its life. It crashes headfirst into the planet, but the Thing survives and assimilates the alien, then bursts outside, but freezing in the Antarctic expanse, later to be found by the Norwegians, and ultimately the Americans.


As a wise man once said "A person is smart, people are dumb."


"ToTAllY dEvoiD oF eiThEr wArmTh anD HuMaNitY", the movie is literally a lovecraftian nightmare which takes place in the ices of Antarctica, and you expect it to be warm and feel-good? Starlog shut up

Honestly that sounds like a compliment for a horror movie to me. "Totally devoid of warmth and humanity. Outstanding!"

@popopop984 I mean different strokes for different folks, but the story is primarily about Paranoia, the villain can be anyone, even those you think you know well, maybe it could have built up the interpersonal relationships between the characters more before the monster got going, but as a movie it does have a limited amount of time that can be devoted to scenes, and in that regard I think it fleshed out the important characters well enough.

The story is meant to make you THINK about humanity. How would we act in this scenario

@uranium54321 Wym? It's full of warmth (alcohol) and humanity (12 straight dudes). There's just no cheesey sex scenes because this is a good movie.

The film has plenty of warmth.... didn't they see the flamethrowers?!

@popopop984 It's not meant to be entertaining and enjoyable on a visual/narrative level. A bunch of people get super paranoid and die in fear isn't exactly meant to be heartwarming. It's enjoyable in more of a cerebral way, putting yourself in their shoes, thinking of how you would act, or what they should have done differently. Asking who's right, who's wrong, and who's just crazy.

It's more of a philosophical 'entertainment', much like all those thought experiments of "What's the most painful way to die?" or "What are the odds of something terrible happening to me?" The answer isn't really something you want to know, it won't be satisfying, but in some morbidly curious way it would be interesting.

@Taylor It’s more like I could never enjoy something without any warmth in it. Like why would I? So I get fear and depression or something? It’s a fair critique. How can something be entertaining yet just be pure despair and fear fuel

A film literally set in the cold about an alien is criticized for a lack of warmth and humanity. Damn.

Yeah the point of the movie is that there is no hope in the movie and that there is no way that the people in the thing would not survive

Well most psychological horror movies are full of warmth and humanity, idk why this one isn’t


I just realized that your suggestion that what allows him MacReady to act without the same kind of attachment to their (former) teammates when taken over by the thing is that MacReady was always the outsider of the group, is actually foreshadowed and established right at the beginning; everyone else lives in dormitory-like living accomodations within the compound, but MacReady lives in a house on stilts. He's quite literally an outsider.

@Zorro9129 while the rest are playing minecraft on discord


Unrelated but I'm amazed on the variety of topics you have uploaded to the channel. From YouTube geographic to YTPs to this, it's outstanding.

oh boy, I see people are pissed that you exist.

Justin, you said it best brother.<br>And hey look, Emp-ai noticed you!

Justin, you said it best brother.
And hey look, Emp-ai noticed you!

@35volts he's 44 years old, lives off government wages, and jobless

Justin senpai how do I become a man of culture like you

no, No, JUST NO! I commented literally the same thing FIRST but of cooourrse because you are "jUsTin Y" YOU ARE THE EFFIN ONE WHO GETS THE LIKES AARRRGH

This guy is the one of  if not the only famous youtubers that become famous not by making videos but by commenting

@Kang Dedededede Justin Y. Watches all, sees all, knows all, and comments where he is least needed

@Juan Stamos id take these any day over a ytp

I'm sure validation from Justin Y. is one of the most rewarding things someone like EmpLemon can experience.

You gonna just stand there or give me a hug?

@Robert Zhang is that a cool cat reference?

Really goes to show that you don't need to make multiple channels that cater to a specific genre of video; it's all about the creator themselves.

I've seen Justin's comments around since I was a child I wonder if hell keep commenting after I'm dead

How much time do you spend watching youtube a day?

Justin.. Please stop.. The accident was 10 years ago.. This won't bring her back.<br>Please, Justin.. just stop

Justin.. Please stop.. The accident was 10 years ago.. This won't bring her back.
Please, Justin.. just stop

Wait but you don't watch the videos when you comment.

@Juan Stamos Yeah I agree, while I still find his newer content captivating its missing the trademarked Emplemon flair that made his videos editing style unique. Theres almost no jokes or memes in this video aside from the sponsored segment. Thats what I liked about his newer vids, He used his experience from making YTPs and infused it with emotional storytelling. It doesnt even have to be funny, I just want him to use his editing style and flow more.

@Build a Home For My Knees they don't but he used to make jokes in his older commentary videos and he used to be funny i'm just wishing he could make jokes again cause he seems like a funny guy based on his previous works from 2018 and 17 and 16

@Yo-man yeah and i get that honestly i dont expect him to do youtube poops anymore if he doesn't want to

but i just wish he would throw in a funny or 2 in his videos cause there is a severe lack of humor in these newer videos

Hell yeah, I’ve been lurking on his channel for many accounts since 2014. I’m glad he’s gotten so big

@Ethereal its already got more likes than emplemons own comment

obligatory "here before it gets popular" Justin Y. comment

@Juan Stamos he doesn’t enjoy making them tho

JUSTTINNNN MA BOYYY. Everyone asks, who is justin. Nobody asks how is justin?

@Juan Stamos I still think he incorporates a lot of high quality edits into his work that make me think that what he is doing now is even better.

yeah but he doesn't make ytps anymore unfortunately


"Totally devoid of either warmth or humanity"<br>What? Did they expect flowers and sunshine in a horror film?

"Totally devoid of either warmth or humanity"
What? Did they expect flowers and sunshine in a horror film?

Midsommar: <b>nervously looks around</b>


"MacReady, the main protagonist, murders an innocent crewmember."<br>Clark, attempting to kill him with a scalpel: 👁👄👁

"MacReady, the main protagonist, murders an innocent crewmember."
Clark, attempting to kill him with a scalpel: 👁👄👁


I've known about this move before among us, but let me just say that playing on the Polus map with one impostor is basically just the movie but interactive.

It's also a game mode in Space Station 13.

@anoon or disguise as one of the crewmate


Man, Roger Ebert just has awful taste in everything.

@Hydrogoniise
And there are even more like him, not just one or two, but many.
Plus, you’re no better than a guy if ya disrespect him in death, so I give my condolences, but he sure wasn’t a good man imo.

Before mass communication, not as many options to listen to

@LordVader1094 there's many shitty critics like him. In fact I argue it comes with the territory

Actually one of the few critics that backpedalled and gave tthe film a lot more merit the second time he reviewed it.

I watched his show for years but even as a child I disagreed with him many a time

@Not Freeman wow thanks for the addition bro. What a fresh and hot take

@Cherrycola scorsese is absolutly right on superhero movies btw

He’s a caricature of the stereotypical snob. Is an art “critic”, from Chicago/NY/LA, thinks religious people are stupid, loves Michael Moore, and compares every movie to Citizen Kane (sounds like the average redditor). That’s like the qualities a film critic would have in a TV show where they were making fun of film critics.

He’s like if you took Martin Scorsese’s opinion on Marvel Movies and made that into a full person, but even then Scorsese  actually has talent. The only movie Ebert actually worked on was Beyond the Valley of the Dolls... not the worst movie but I mean

I’m not trying rag too much on the guy. Rest In Peace

@Anon Spartan to be fair he did regret dismissing videogames later in his life

I didn't know about that history lore, pretty insightful! I remembered he shit on Labyrinth which killed Jim Henson's cinema career outside of the Muppets and he apparently ended Carpenter's big budget career. He claimed video games weren't art while praising a medium with no interaction, only consumption. Miserable old man.

Yeah, makes you wonder how he got such a big name despairing having some of the worst opinions.


17:20 I think its negative reception actually proves how inconsistent media criticism is in general over decades. Each individual aspect of a work can be astoundingly good, but if the audience or a critic gets a certain feeling that violates the zeitgeist, it completely taints their perception of it, and aspects that someone 50 years removed would identify as 'objectively good,' become objectively bad in that moment. In many (not all) cases, we might not even be able to articulate exactly why people in general would review it worse in a certain time because the differences can be so subtle. Many great artists never receive international acclaim and renown within their lifetimes. It stands to reason that there are films, games, music regarded as bad now, that 50 years from now will be considered prophetic and shining examples of their medium.

We see it in games like Final Fantasy XIII, Banjo: Nuts & Bolts, Dear Esther, Zelda II, Super Paper Mario, which were very much victims of their times; each beautiful graphically, beautiful musically, not containing any extreme game-breaking issues, but because of a perception or feeling usually relating to when they were released, the genre or story relative to the series they are within, the general expectations within the medium by the audience at that time, they are reviewed poorly by players and critics alike. Many or maybe most people have come completely around on Super Paper Mario since the series has drifted further from its roots, and it became so apparent how well SPM carried the torch of its series by comparison. Zelda II is more the reverse where it was praised in reviews at release yet is now often dismissed (strangely due to difficulty, when beloved games like Dark Souls that epitomize difficulty and steep learning curves are praised for it). I think we're starting to see the very beginnings of it with FFXIII, now that the open-world genre has become so prevalent, with people feeling like they're practically drowning in choice of what to do in a game, and ironically find FFXIII to be a breath of fresh air by comparison. We'll probably see it eventually with Nuts & Bolts if a true Banjo-Threeie comes (and maybe even without it), re-contextualizing it as a spinoff game rather than 'the last Banjo game.'

I mean it's between this thing and Souvlaki (1993)


there will Never Ever be another horror movie as surreal as The Thing


I believe Blair was already assimilated when they went to ask him about Fuchs, he was getting ready to neck himself when Norris-thing got to him, or Palmer-thing if he had already been assimilated too.

Nah, Blair was assimilated already by the time he had locked himself in his office. He wouldn't have had enough time to grab all the spare parts from the helicopter and tractor to make his craft if he didn't get assimilated until around the time Fuchs death happened. I mean, it's pretty much assumed that Blair is the shadow figure passing the lab and who got to Fuchs. Blair destroying the radio and vehicles was all a ploy and distraction to make it look like he was keeping anyone from leaving but you have to consider the fact that, Blair-thing already had other plans for getting to society. He destroyed all the equipment to prevent anyone at Outpost 31 from contacting the outside world and warning them. That way, he successfully isolated everyone and could then assimilate or kill the rest and then bail. This also helps his backup plan if the main plan fails. If it did fail, then they would still be cut off and by the time help came to check on them, all humans would've died from freezing to death and the thing could freeze and lie dormant until found and THEN attack. Therefore, Blair had definitely been assimilated early on, assumed by most to be off screen, my thought being by the dog and before the Palmer/Norris wall shadow assimilation. The dog, when walking down the hallway, could've been just coming from attacking Blair. But yeah, it just makes so much more sense that way. It would be way too much of a coincidence if Blair had destroyed the vehicles and stuff as a human to stop the thing from leaving and then a day or so later as Blair-thing, end up using that to it's advantage. Anyways, cheers!


I don't know how one can be taken seriously when criticizing a group of men living in one of the most morale-breaking, physically dangerous places on Earth for being simple-spoken and quick to panic/turn on each other. Alaska's suicide rate is insane, and that's (mostly) outside the Arctic circle and without a shapeshifting murder-alien.


The most heroic part of the crew was when McCready told them that they need to blow it up, even when it will cost them their lives.


9:50 all of which was completely understandable in the situation. He rightly should have viewed his life and the life of his crew as far less valuable than destroying the thing. It would have wiped out all life, making any of their other efforts entirely inconsequential. Human nature is horrible, sure. But this was an act of self preservation that couldn't be obtained by acting with more kindness.

I do appreciate your analogy as it applies to the context of real tribal warfare, but it falls short if your to take the film literally.


Still my favorite horror film of all time.

Like you said it was ahead of its time.


I think we can all agree that The Thing is one of the greatest film ever created


In regards of public reusage of Carpenter's idea I kinda like "God Eater" - when anime meets The Thing meets Fallout.<br>I always wondered where they got idea of all-devouring cells creating their own versions of what they eaten, only after The Thing I realized it was this movie except alien dominated the planet and humans adapted parts of it as a weapon.

In regards of public reusage of Carpenter's idea I kinda like "God Eater" - when anime meets The Thing meets Fallout.
I always wondered where they got idea of all-devouring cells creating their own versions of what they eaten, only after The Thing I realized it was this movie except alien dominated the planet and humans adapted parts of it as a weapon.


So if I'm understanding this correctly, official movie critics and reviewers have <b>always</b> sucked at their job. Glad to know that particular stupidity hasn't gone away from people

So if I'm understanding this correctly, official movie critics and reviewers have *always* sucked at their job. Glad to know that particular stupidity hasn't gone away from people


I remember a few years back I finally watched The Thing after years of being terrified of it and it's reputation. But when I watched it I actually had a good time and thought it was very good. What helped me was the fact that by the time I had watched the movie I had already spent a few years head first in being a Fan of Dead Space, a video game with a very similar premise. As a cosmological horror that's spent eons assimilating and devouring all life and civilizations in its path sets it's sights upon humanity, except instead of infiltration, it uses desecration.


I just notice this was uploaded on my birthday lol


It's probably safe to say that the critics were influenced by their time, and since The Thing has managed to outlive them and still holds up today, then that would mean it was by definition ahead of its time.


The Thing has the most perfect theme; isolation, Paranoia and Distrust.


"..totally devoid of either warmth or humanity" that´s kinda the point with the film.


Still hate that people act like Among Us is the first "Who is the Murderer" game. Fucking Trouble In Terrorist Town, Murder and Morbus did it before (and that's just the G-Mod variety of games) and Morbus has (or rather had) literally shapeshifting aliens in it..

Witch-hunt was a table top too. Or was it called  Salem trials?

But yeah among us is just annoying at this point

Space Station 13 has had a changeling gamemode for years.

Morbus is just a Multiplayer game of The Thing with the serial files shaved off

@Bacon Sir myb I was referring to notflu

Dont even forget Town of Salem, and the first game in that genre is Werewolf.

I dont think anyone thinks among us is the first. Wtf is this strawman

well more people know about among us than morbus

The shape shifting alien helped inspire the necromorphs from the Dead Space series

@Matthew Yi and then you have stuff like Town of Salem and similar "vote out" games

@Bacon Sir Yes, it was created by a Soviet Psychology Professor of the University of Moscow in 1986 before Plotkin made it into Werewolf because the Mafia wasn't as culturally significant during that time.

I believe Mafia was the original version of the game


Loved when mentioning how isolation really does to the mind as you use Pink Floyd’s the wall to depict that


I saw this movie the night before Wilford Brimley died. It really showed me how good of an actor he can really be, and made me forget that he also spawned the "diabeetus" meme, at least until I checked the credits and saw his name. As Blair, he made a perfect example of a Lovecraftian character, as he loses all hope and goes mad over learning what the Thing can really do. Rest easy, Brimley.


2:25
Siskel and Ebert. Easily the two most beloved movie critics of all time.

But if you go back and look at a lot of their reviews for classic films, you’ll see that a lot of the time, they were just objectively wrong. Sometimes only one of them was, and the other would call them out, but still.

It just goes to show, that no matter how popular someone is, no matter how highly their opinions are regarded, they can still be unequivocally f*cking wrong.

I believe they are both overrated, it's easier to criticize than it is to create


I got scared by this movie through just the images of the monsters burned into my mind at 11 years old. Now it’s the paranoia that terrifies me.


Hilariously enough, my opinion of The Thing is like that of society’s. My dad made me watch it with him when I was 14, and I hated it because it creeped me out and I thought it was too pessimistic. Now, years later, it’s one of the few horror movies I actually enjoy, and i enjoy greatly.

@Tusk in Radar <br>That’s what happens when you get Twitter 🤢

@Tusk in Radar
That’s what happens when you get Twitter 🤢

@Zorro9129 His Roblox girlfriend probably broke up with him 😔

@Joseph Stassup You could use religion, no need to be <i>that</i> cynical.

@Joseph Stassup You could use religion, no need to be _that_ cynical.

@Joseph Stassup might wanna reverse a bit on that cynical nihilistic outlook, not everyone is just jaddedly out for themselves like that to be clear. You do you, but hey man, people aren't actually that hollow.

I'd say the thing is fairly optimistic because we can kill it

I think I first watched this when I was like 13, I really loved it for the psychological horror aspect(I'm actually a Psych major now), and it gets even better the more you realize how "real" it actually is

It's kind of relieving when you find out all Saints are sinners too. Police men work only for a check, your public safety is just a trade. Politicians are slime, all act only at the whim of their party. Even Mr. Rodgers has some dirty laundry I'm betting. That's what the movie makes me think, that everyone is still carnal, still just trying to survive. At whits end, when you're at death's door, no one is worth more to you than yourself.

@TheSamuel As a 14 year old, I can confirm Memerio is truly one of a kind

A non pessimistic 14 year old, that's a new one.


The Thing's source material comes from a book called "Who Goes There?" and it's a great read!


Honestly amazing how you’ve progressed through the years, I remember finding your channel the last year it would be normal to go trick or treating although my mum couldn’t afford a costume I got to spend the night with shit loads of ytp. Ik u didn’t make it but the best ytp ever made was that 90s computer ad thing. Can’t remember the name but pure gold

All right here on ur finger tips that’s the name


My favorite movie of all time. For me, it's perfect from beginning to end. It ends on the same paranoia as the theme.


Dunno why everyone is making vids about my fav horror movie of all time, suddenly, for some reason, all at the same time this year...<br>But I am eternally grateful. My obsession with Kurt Russell and his films have become a sort of inside joke amongst my home and workplaces, so it's nice to see stuff like this popping up.

Dunno why everyone is making vids about my fav horror movie of all time, suddenly, for some reason, all at the same time this year...
But I am eternally grateful. My obsession with Kurt Russell and his films have become a sort of inside joke amongst my home and workplaces, so it's nice to see stuff like this popping up.

I think there was a few things leading to this :p

It's quite a tonal difference between his Disney films and The Thing.

I think that it's because "Among us" is popular right now, and this game is based on "The thing".

Definitely not because Halloween, i assume


Everyone asks “who’s the thing” but nobody asks “how’s the thing”

Read <i>"The Things",</i> a short story that tells the events of the movie from the thing's point-of-view.

Read _"The Things",_ a short story that tells the events of the movie from the thing's point-of-view.

@jbcooler ninja ...or perhaps... the Thing IS diabetes???

@Angrily Screaming Hot Dog bruh now the thing has diabetes karma

Is winning, look what it's happening in Chile

Sounds like something a alien imposter would say...

It's because we already know.<br>They're assimilating the Diabeetus guy, y'know, the usual.

It's because we already know.
They're assimilating the Diabeetus guy, y'know, the usual.


I'm honestly baffled to find out probably one of the most inovative films in sfx, camera work, and mystery story telling was hated by viewers and petty critics. Who goes into a horror movie and complains it had too much horror lmao


Lame af that people are like "it's just like among us." Like have some self awareness.

@lasarousi Wow, it's like there just children or something. Crazy 😱

@lasarousi I don't understand your comment.

@Yoshi92 the point is that the game mechanic already existed, TTT ie, being good or bad has nothing to do, it's just annoying to see children preach in something they literally don't know about.

@bootleg MS Do you have reading comprehension

@Infinite07 yeah I was talking about the imposter. It's like the thing.

@Good_Watch so is the impostor in among us

@Infinite07 its actually a shape shifting alien like the thing.

@Kurt maybe. but I can ask any boomer or female friend to join Among Us.<br>With TTT its too complicated for those kinda ppl. 😜

@Kurt maybe. but I can ask any boomer or female friend to join Among Us.
With TTT its too complicated for those kinda ppl. 😜

Well the thing is about one impostor trying to kill it’s fellow humans and among us is about one impostor trying to kill its fellow humans

@Yoshi92 It's a shitty, dumbed down version of Trouble in Terrorist Town.

@Mate Product Well, I had absolutely no interest in the game. I said "why would I play this shit, it's not even a real game".
Then a friend gifted it to me, so ofc I had to download and be their 10th player.
If you have 9-10 people that you know well, this game is an absolute blast. If you can't gather that amount of friends, it's no real fun, at least for me. Whenever we drop under 9 players, I'm out.

Just sharing this in case you haven't played it yet, but hang around online with a bunch of friends anyways. 👍

@Mate Product Well, I had absolutely no interest in the game. I said "why would I play this shit, it's not even a real game".
Then a friend gifted it to me, so ofc I had to download and be their 10th player.
If you have 9-10 people that you know well, this game is an *absolute blast.* If you *can't gather that amount of friends,* it's no real fun, at least for me. Whenever we drop under 9 players, I'm out.

Just sharing this in case you haven't played it yet, but hang around online with a bunch of friends anyways. 👍


Random observation: I love how the thing combines two sub genres of horror, body horror and psychological horror.


Roger Ebert Gave Anaconda 4 stars and called Alien a haunted house in space....he can get bent

Alien was a haunted house in Space.  Even Ridley would say so.


This man makes some of the most underrated content on youtube, one of the most comfy viewing vids i have ever watched this month worth the wait


I want practical effects to come back. This really is a passion project. In fact, I guess I really want the passion to come back


Always putting out the best docs/analysis videos on youtube, great job Emp!


One of the greatest horror sci-fi films of all time, reviewed by one of the most entertaining narrators of all time, and the only scary thing about this was that it got taken down within 1 hour of being uploaded. Keep at it emp, maybe you'll get a break someday.


The blood scene in this film was genius on so many levels, and it caught me off guard for multiple reasons


I'm so glad you covered this film! Was just watching it last week to get my spook on, and it's incredible how relevant the film really is!


How did you go through all the inspirations or possible meanings for the film, but not once mention the story it was based off of by John W. Campbell (titled "who goes there")?

It wasn't some cold war allegory, or human psychology study that suddenly struck John Carpenter with inspiration.

It was a story he read that was written in 1938.

Well before the cold war even started.

Seems uncharacteristically shortsighted of you to not touch on the source material for a movie like this, emps.


this has been one of my favorite movies for years, glad it's finally getting the attention it deserves


The Thing is a masterpiece and still holds up amazingly well today. My favourite horror and sci-fi film and always there as one of my favourite go-to films to watch. Ebert saying the story and people were secondary, total dummy. The whole film is about the people and their developing distrust and suspicion of each other regardless of the special effects.


This is most certainly one of the best videos that's ever been uploaded to Youtube and I wish you, EmperorLemon, all the success & money in the world. You certainly deserve it, comparing you to other Youtube videomakers.


It must have been heartbreaking for the film to bomb after spending a year practically living the project and suffering hospitalisation. I'm glad it was retrospectively recognised.


This is undoubtedly one of the greatest movies ever made


Well Emp, you convinced me to fork over $7 to buy the movie so I could watch this video. I hope you’re happy

A man of culture in both anime and horror

@OVAH Lord lol no. Main cast is way better and the fights are better and overall is paced better

I'm shocked there are people that have never even seen it before.

Wasn’t expecting to find my favorite JoJo/Konosuba YouTuber here.

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Already own both the original and remake. I liked both, but feel more attached to the original. I like practical effects in cinema, especially in Sam Raimi's "The Evil Dead".

@Nicholas Kremin thanks for spreading it on a public YouTube video, now it's taken down.

He should be. The thing is a baller movie

By “fork over $7” you mean “went to movierot”

The fact you haven’t watched it is a crime.

One of the best spending decisions you'll ever make.

I mean you could have spent 5 minutes online and found it here: https://archive.org/details/thethingt00
But good on you for not pirating

@cockroachafro I will completely back that argument <3

I'd argue its the best movie of all time and this Emp Lemon review is a gift to humanity if even one person watches it.

How about you make a way too expensive The Thing stop motion video next? 😅

It's worth it, The Thing is an amazing movie :)


Isolation is one of the most safe things one can have. I have been socially isolated since 8 August 2000.  I go weeks without seeing another human.  I feel very safe indeed.  It is lonely.  I will not lie.  But loneliness is far milder an emotion than the horrible emotions humans can inflict on us.  Isolation is not as bad as people are lead to believe.


man, that claymation bit at the end was one of the hardest nostalgia hits i've ever experienced


My favorite part of John Carpenter's The Thing is that none of the human characters are stupid.


I still have yet to actually watch The Thing but I’m never anything less than blown away by the artistry I see just in pictures and clips. It’s why I think I’m never tired of videos like this!


Now here's a question the crashed ship was it the Thing's or did it hijack it after assimilating the crew?


Fantastic review and analysis, The Thing is one of my favorite movies :)


I've watched this movie 5 times this year alone. Never gets old.


As good as your YTPs were, I will be forever glad you branched out into the stuff you do now. These videos are the best


oh hey i remember you from that death grips samples video, heya

Say God with reverence or else it is sinful

Me too man emplrmon does a great damn job

Why are you everywhere? From Death Grips to Clippings and now here?

Loved it when I was a kid for the ytps still love it for a different reason

Your channel is pretty good too bandstand.

@netizen cant tell if thats sarcastic or not

God i love ur channel too! Huge sample head!

if you like it now, you should have seen it before the downward spiral

i love your pfp

and i love you jesus christ

Thought I'd only see you in music stuff but guess you'll be everywhere


10:41 - The leaders you want in times of crisis are not the leaders you want in times of peace, and vice versa. In spite of his paranoia, MacReady makes for the best leader given the situation, because he can act without hesitation or remorse. It may not lead to the best outcomes in hindsight, but in the critical moments it allows the group to move forward and reassess on both a collective and individual level. In situations where the stakes are lower and the time is less valuable, acting quickly and decisively is unlikely to lead to the best possible outcome. You would rather have a leader that takes the time to weigh the pros and cons and anticipate possible consequences.


Well you convinced me to watch this for Halloween and I all I have to say is thank you.


I just watched The Thing for the first time and it’s now one of my favorite movies. I was literally wringing my hands as I watched it, it was AMAZING.


It's amazing what kind of content you make. I cannot wait for what you'll have for us in the future


I wouldn't call the guy he shot "innocent." He literally was trying to stab McReady from behind because he suspected him. <br>But awesome video as always man. you keep makin em - we'll keep watching <3

I wouldn't call the guy he shot "innocent." He literally was trying to stab McReady from behind because he suspected him.
But awesome video as always man. you keep makin em - we'll keep watching <3

If he killed mcready  they would be quickly consumed

@Diego Decuadro Mansilla Excellent point.

@Diego Decuadro Mansilla I'm not saying it wasn't dumb. I'm saying it's good writing. Not every character will make genius decisions.

@Ken Pierce yes and?. My point is that if you were to stab the thing while disguised as human it would act hurt but in reality it would do next to nothing since to truly hurt the thing you have to use something that hurts it at the celular level like fire or acid

@Diego Decuadro Mansilla Member that the thing only showed itself as alive the second time it got hit with the defibrillator? Cause I do. <br>It acts out as if it's dead to not cause any suspicion, which gives the crew the time to get a flamethrower and torch it. The exact reason why in the blood test scene McReady wanted to test Copper and Clark as well, even though they were dead.

@Diego Decuadro Mansilla Member that the thing only showed itself as alive the second time it got hit with the defibrillator? Cause I do.
It acts out as if it's dead to not cause any suspicion, which gives the crew the time to get a flamethrower and torch it. The exact reason why in the blood test scene McReady wanted to test Copper and Clark as well, even though they were dead.

@Avery Hepburn yes i agree that people make illogical decisions under stress but i am not claiming that somebody is good or bad , just that the action taken was dumb

@Ken Pierce yet the thing woudnt have been in much trouble , it migth act how a human would act if it was stabbed but it woudnt have the same effect. Kinda like with the heart atack scene, the thing acted like it had a heart atack or maybe it had one but the thing didnt die from it

@Diego Decuadro Mansilla Wrong! If a thing gets "wounded", it'll act how the original organism would've act. Thus if McReady was a thing, it would've act out to try to maintain it's cover.

@Diego Decuadro Mansilla people often make illogical decisions under fear. The two men at the end of the day were just trying to survive. There was no good guy or bad guy in that situation.


Knowing that the crew didn't know what the monster looked like gives me a whole new appreciation for my favorite movie of all time.


“There is no cohesion within the male group at Carpenter’s Antarctic research station”

Geez louise, have professional film critics always sucked at their jobs?!

“There is no cohesion within the male group at Carpenter’s Antarctic research station”

Geez louise, have professional film critics _always_ sucked at their jobs?!


I really really liked your bit where you compared the theme of paranoia in the film and compared it to the state of the world in the 80's, it was a really interesting juxtaposition I didn't consider.


Emp, I trusted u so I watched the movie before I watched this video and u managed to terrify me in every possible way. Thank you.


You are genuinely one of the best youtube content creators out there. Your videos are always interesting and a joy to watch


It’s similar in themes to the novel, lord of the flies.  Especially interesting is how both pieces of media create such an unnerving atmosphere.  The thing does it with special affects and lotf does it with word choice


Damn, Emp is still pumping out the highest tier content on this whole platform.


Outstanding video. Excellent job analyzing the movie, I haven’t heard anyone talk about it like this before


The Thing, The Mist, and The Shining are horror personified: humanity at it's worse.

We should make a horror movie simply called “The The”<br>It’ll become the most morbid horror movie ever conceived

We should make a horror movie simply called “The The”
It’ll become the most morbid horror movie ever conceived

@Julius Jahn a great but depressing example as well!

@A Possibly Heretical Alpha Legionnaire  That's why I think we will destroy ourselves somehow. I didn't think about the 'unique' aspect.

@Al W And also the fact that "the" implies it's unique
It implies there's only one
Only one thing is necessary to destroy us all, only something as unique as humanity poses the biggest threat to itself

@Vincent Tapia It seems it may have something to do with the ambiguity of the words following 'The'. The unknown is terrifying to us by our very nature.

@Guilherme Almeida oh yeah. Thanks for reminding me. It's funny. All the best horror movies have "the" in the title.


The edit at 14:36 is amazing. It looks good and symbolizes Blair losing his mind and dooming himself, 10/10 work


Amazing film analysis. Subscribed. Heres a movie idea: 1984 'Threads'. its an amazingly facinating film with not enough people talking about it.


I love the variety of source materials you use in these videos; I think it really adds to what you're saying, especially when knowing some of their context. Specifically I really like how you've been incorporating clips from The Wall in some of your work; I'd love to see you review that sometime. Great job.


I've been binge watching horror gore movie clips recently and I think it is God's will that one of my favorite YouTubers started covering this subject too all of a sudden.


My theory for Blair is that he believed he was infected, and tried to hang himself to keep from turning, but then the thing took him over completely, removed the noose but didn't know it was an object of murder/suicide so it left it up.

I saw someone argue that the thing is attempting to use reverse-psychology. Blair-thing wants to work on the ship and does not want to get back in the base so it intentionally makes itself sound overly suspicious

@vClapem maybe it depends on how many cells infect you. 1 can take hours to take over and organism, but several cells can do it in minutes.

The thing doesn’t slowly take over people tho evident by all the scenes where the thing visually was taking someone over


The fact that you have been putting classic Knox claymations in your videos of late speaks to my soul, Mr. Lemon.


That ending has been argued and dissected forever! I mean forever!

My conclusion matches Russel's assessment in that the movie comes full circle reestablishing the paranoia and mistrust that the movie started with. We'll never know whether McReady or Childs are The Thing so we end up back to square one...coming full circle and for me that's a great ending and a great structured movie.

The Thing is a classic not just of the Horror Genre, but of movie making itself. The actors, directing, story, and obviously the EFX's make The Thing a movie that will be treasured for generations to come.


Screw YouTube for staggering this video; it's so good! I love this movie, and it makes me so happy that you've done an introspective on it, Emp. Thank you :)


Dear Emp,
This comment more than likely will go unnoticed, but I just wanted to say, I sincerely thank you for referencing L4D2, and for making an underrated movie get what it deserves.
-sunbu♡


rob is the real hero of this film by spending a whole year at work and even getting hospitalized because he was working waaaay too much

and he was 23 at the time. i need to get off my ass, holy shit


I can't fathom this isolation thing. We never locked down in Florida and we're fine. I never ever thought that I would see Florida be a bastion of sanity in my lifetime.


I generally don't care for movies made in the 80s. But I watched The Thing for the 1st time recently and it holds up terrifically. Extremely unnerving practical effects & the story has terrific pacing with interesting characters making interesting choices.

I didn't find parts of it needed to be looked over like a lot of older movies bc that "was the style of the time". There's nothing cheesy or goofy about it. Nothing to make you think it's from a different decade (except the technology they use in the story, but even then they're on a remote arctic outpost so it fits the vibe).

It's just a damn good and terrifying movie (in both direct visual horror and making you question your own perception of reality and morality) that sadly has only become more relevant now than it ever was.

TBH I don't really care for the other 3 movies that beat it at the box office, I find them more to be products of their time. The Thing feels timeless. And I don't know how they did it so well, but the upscaling on the blu ray version looks fantastic, like it was shot today.


every single one of your videos are all incredible. keep it up, youre one of the best channels out there!


This movie deserves every YouTube video it gets about it


If you ever feel useless just remember that the practical effects in the 2011 prequel were replaced with cgi

@GG Channel Studio interference, the director and vfx artists didn't know that the execs replaced all of the practical effects until they watched the movie themselves.

@toongrowner1 what prevented them from using it?

@Cryo Judgement You clearly never saw what the actual practical effects looked like. Watch the Behind the Scenes of it, they're terrifying.

It still bothers me that we'll never see the version of the movie with complete practical effects.

@Man Ray I guess fair enough. For me the biggest thing about the prequel is that the thing acts out of character.
I can't get over the helicopter scene, that was imo plain dumb. It should've known it would be it's demise. You can't tell me that in however long it existed it never learned that it doesn't mix great with fire, besides the operative knew that if the helicopter crashed there would be fire, effectively killing itself. Also it would've had a better chance of surviving on the ground if let's say Kate was able to get it to land.
You've got a point with the Edvar scene however,  I didn't consider that it probably was the last one and had to do something.

Cheers

@Man Ray I disagree with you, but you actually made a point without insults or anything like that so you get props for that

@Ken Pierce On the contrary I really enjoyed the intense pacing of the film. There was almost no room to breathe as the thing was relentless in its assault, opting for unfettered aggression against the humans. The helicopter scene is puzzling at first glance aye, but consider the fact that the thing might have known that its cover might have been blown by Kate in the first place, or that it was crashing the helicopter to make its way back to the space craft it rode in on rather than risk having to try to take out an entirely separate base. And the thing with Edvar? Did you suppose the thing wanted to be put on a table away from other humans. To essentially put itself on a platter to be fried like a can of worms? It made the right decision to stay attached to the humans and use them as a sort of shield to prevent being burnt. The only reason the thing is ever vulnerable is because of the risk of being burnt up. There's no reason to be an imposter if it is able to use its incredible strength and horror to destroy any resistance.

In short I am satisfied with the ferocity it displayed in the takeover of this research station, and it gives more credence in the 1982 version to act more cautiously having learned from previous errors. However this is just my take on things. I enjoyed it, was sold on the whole movie, and therefore it is easier to justify the things behavior for me.

@Man Ray The 2011 "prequel" can be more classified as a "remake", and a bad one at that as well. What ruined it for me (aside from the CGI) was that the monster acted really weird. The infamous helicopter scene for example. Why the fuck would it transform right there? Wasn't it able to sit out the trip to wherever they were heading? Wouldn't it know the explosion would've killed it?

Also, take the Juliette-thing scene, right? Why did it need an elaborate transformation? Why couldn't it just swiftly kill Kate? She literally had her back turned to it!  Maybe it learned and did it right with Bennings? Who the fuck knows! Now let's talk about Edvar. Here, the thing is unnecessary aggressive. Like they weren't even able to reach the table they wanted to put him on. I thought it was vulnerable when out in the open, only using it's shape shifting abilities when it has no other choice. Here it's just OMG, gotta kill all the people! Also the final boss, gotta give it to them, that thing is straight up nightmare fuel (which they probably were going for) until it transformed in it's less scary yet final form. gfu

@jgfulmer it takes place days/hours before the original. It shows the things origins and how it destroyed the previous research station

You realize by 2011 technology advanced so much the effects no matter how well shadowed the effects were would be scrutinized by how unrealistic and less scary they would've been. They wouldve recieved hate mo matter what they chose the lesser of two evils.

Also a shame they where not allowed to use the three eyed alien pilot. That would have beeb such a nice ref to the original short story

@Man Ray it wasn't bad but the use of practical effects would've made the movie ten times better

They weren't that bad people. I love 2011 Thing.

Yeah. Everyone remember. You are not CGI. You are a practical effect. Everyone is their own practical effect

Yeah, the practical effects is what made the movie, I think that's why I like a lot of 80s movies

That was such a stupid decision to make.


I appreciate this movie even more, thank you for making this emp


Out of the few channels I still come back to youtube to watch regularly, yours are my favorite. My friend group has even adopted the downward spiral meme a small bit, and we allways queue up the hurricane mathew tribute on our music bot around hurricane season. Keep up the great work!


Sometimes I forget that emp is a master of cinematography and his transitions are amazing.


Wow As usual You have knocked it out the park! So many cogent points that ring so true during these tense times. Fantastic editing, Love your humor & up there with the best ads on YouTube.


The thing helped inspire the game among us. The alien sabotaging everything like the blood bank, the survivors having a meeting & they barely trust each other believing anyone could be “suspicious.” The movie even inspire the necromorphs from the Dead Space series

@Kurt <br>Nah, Among Us feels more like The Thing than Trouble in Terrorist Town

@Kurt
Nah, Among Us feels more like The Thing than Trouble in Terrorist Town

No, Among Us had nothing to do with "The Thing", it's a stripped down and kid friendly version of Trouble in Terrorist Town.


The puppets and the way they move and behave still give me goosebumps


I find it interesting when a movie was heavily criticized on its initial release but becomes a revered classic as time goes on. Stanley Kubrick's the Shining had faced similar criticism on its initial release ( hell the person who portrayed Wendy was nominated for worst actor at one point), but is now a horror classic.


The Thing is an amazing movie that proves the most important thing ever: Critics Are Idiots.


This channel is like a buffet, there is so much topics EmpLemon covers and it's amazing.. keep up the good work EmpLemon.


Rob Bottin later did the effects on Tim Curry on one of my favorite films Legend. You are really good at Video Essay Reviews Mr. Lemon. More of these please.


This was a great video, didnt realize how much our world now, somewhat reflects the 80s culture. Ive heard other people compare it, but not in the depth Emp did.


Just when I thought I couldn't like EmpLemon any more, he makes a video on a horror cult classic.


Videos like this are why you're my favourite channel, Emp.


an other great video by you mr emp. keep doing these type of videos cause i love them❤


Didn’t get around to watching this until now, (wanted to watch it as a companion piece to the actual movie) and it’s amazing! Emp you’ve got a great eye for literary analysis.


I dont think there has ever been a time where an emplemon video has disappointed me. Its so unbelievably impressive how he can make a video on something i have hardly heard of/never heard of at all and itll be so engaging throughout the entire video. Also love the manscaped ad


1) I will never understand audiences in 1982. The Thing is my favorite horror movie and quite possibly my favorite movie of all time! On the other hand, I have always found E.T. to be overrated. I watched it 5 times by the age of 9 wanting to like it and I just never did.
Poltergeist is good, though. Still need to see Blade Runner.
2) McCready didn't murder Clark, it was totally self-defense.


You have such a diverse channel! Love the work Emp


Hi Lemon.

Thank you for making this video. You are like the only Channel I can find on YouTube who truly makes content that 100% applies to my own personal situations.
I have been thinking the exact same way you portray the characters in the movie to think. You connect the movie so well with the real world its unbelievable.
I'm a person who has been hit really hard by corona, but I have not lost any friend, i have not been sick, i have not lost a family member, i have not lost a job, i have lost "nothing".

Only what you said: I have gained nothing new. I can't go to crowds. I can't socially interact. I feel like SoCiEtY needs to see this video. People dont seem to understand that there are bigger problems than a disease that can kill 30% of our world and leave the rest with broken lungs. I'd rather have my whole family wiped by that than by Depression caused by the isolation.

Thank you so much. I connect deeply with this video.


Something interesting came from my girlfriend watching it the first time, she was 100% sure MacReady was a Thing until the blood test because of how he acted. Different perspectives change the movie a lot.


Loved all of The Wall imagery, you should do a breakdown of that album/movie that would be really interesting


I've been seeing a lot of love for the thing recently, and I love it.


Thank you emp for introducing me to my favorite film of all time


The effects were gorgeous, really sunk you into the movie


>critics missing the mark<br>I guess some things never change.

>critics missing the mark
I guess some things never change.

@Timothytosser Except the thing is actually well written.

Yeah definitely with the last of us 2 critic consensus .

"Some thing" lol, did you make that joke on accident or was it on purpose


7:30 I wouldnt describe McReady as paranoid, I would describe him as a survivor who maintains his cool under pressure.


Man, imagine going to a theater and having to choose between E.T, Blade Runner or The Thing, geez that would be a dilemma!


Surprised the music wasn't mentioned. I really really like the theme of this movie. It's unsettling and somewhat reminiscent of a heartbeat.


So glad it got appealed! Love this kinda content emp


Not only is EmpLemon a good YouTube pooper, he’s also a good video essayist.

He's a former YouTube Pooper. I still enjoy YouTube Poops, and have since 2008.


It's not everyday i watch horror movies, but when i do, i want to feel uneasy, and feel psychologically traumatized, in the best possible way.<br>Stay scared, my friends.

It's not everyday i watch horror movies, but when i do, i want to feel uneasy, and feel psychologically traumatized, in the best possible way.
Stay scared, my friends.


Shoutout to the Starlog guy with that quote about The Thing being "totally devoid of either warmth or humanity"
Man went to see a horror movie and then had the balls to complain that it wasn't a cute Disney movie with a happy ending.
In doing so he wins the award for the single biggest example of missing the point


Good video Emp. Keep on coming out with this stuff. Also great use of l4d music.


I watched 2 minutes of this video then was like, I’ve never seen the thing, might as well, got nothing better to do, so I stopped watching this video and watched the movie and hoooo boooy that was a great film, thanks emp for showing me this masterpiece


EmpLemon, you are quite possibly the greatest youtuber ever. I don't think I've ever seen a youtuber make content like you make, I think we should all learn to appreciate what we have in you right now if you were ever to leave us...


Damn, the effort you put into the ad at the end is impressive. Also the rest of the video was incredible. God damn The Thing is amazing


In the theme of isolation I remember a kurzgesagt video about loneliness. "When you become chronically lonely, your brain goes into defense mode."


Yep, this is still #1 on my horror list. What could possibly be scarier than a monster that looks and acts just like everyone around you. Perhaps a killer that can get you in your dreams, but they pretty well ruined that with all the sequels LoL.


14:58

Theory: what if blair was tieing that noose to kill himself but in this scene he's completely fine. I believe he turned and it was too late; He was trying to kill himself before turning into the thing.


I love this movie so much! I have the blu ray copy and have seen it  7 times :D . Nice to see the movie getting some popularity since nobody i know has seen it.


hands down one of the best channels when it comes to handling sponsorships. Some come close - like knowledgehub - but lord you take the cake.


hands down my favorite film, thanks for making this video dude


The Thing is one of the only films that scares me every single Time I watch it, not just from the visuals but from just from the idea of the thing and also how much of the the things movements and sabotage is left out

Capitalize "Thing".  I had to re-read your first sentence because people commonly use the phrase "The thing is, ..."


"THEY WILL BE MET WITH FIRE AND FURY"<br>Fire and fury ensues

"THEY WILL BE MET WITH FIRE AND FURY"
Fire and fury ensues


Hopefully, the number of views this video received relative to the rest of your channel doesn't deter you from making this kind of content .. This was a really great video

It had a bunch of its original views shaved off because of Youtube fuckery, Emp got so pissed he made another video about it.

It got half a million views almost, only a fool or a corporate entity would consider that a disappointment for such a well put-together video.


You are literally the one channel I can go to and know that I will see a SHIT ton of popular YouTube creators, you are one of the best honestly


I watched the Thing as an adult and initially I thought how terrifying can practical effects be now? That spider head scene creeped me tf out! It's incredible!

Yeah, that was the final scene that convinced me that the movie was a masterpiece of cinema


Fun fact: The computer in the beginning, by the rules of chess, did actually make an illegal move, therefore cheating.


1982 critics: "this would never happen in a million years."<br>2020 critics: "this exact situation happened to me last week."

1982 critics: "this would never happen in a million years."
2020 critics: "this exact situation happened to me last week."


My dad told me a story of seeing this movie at a drive in, while living in the Colorado Mountains, he and his sister saw it at a late night drive in. He went back to his apartment and he couldnt stop being nervous about his german shepherd dog, after seeing the films monster effects in the kennel scene.


Breaking News! Your channel is wildly all over the place and nails it every time!


Emp could cover legitimately any topic and make it interesting and fun to watch.

he already did that with nascar there is nothing he cant cover


I loved this when I firsted watch it.what an amazing film!


15:52 amazing to see this track getting some love. I thought only robot voiced greentexters knew about it


I already love this movie now I love it even more


Out of all the sponsor shout outs I've seen, this one is the best. Good work.


Thanks for having me be a part of this ABSOLUTE KINO, Emp! The video turned out great!


Among us was definitely inspired by this awesome film, These are what they have in common.
1. There is an impostor trying to kill everyone
2. The impostor is an alien
3. The theme songs sound similar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsMH-sdznh8 - The thing Theme song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7oKN3IkO4M - Among Us theme song
4. The Characters have to find the Impostor before everyone is killed
5.The main characters go insane as they lose trust within each other.
6. There are Emergency meetings also in "The Thing" (Sort of)
7. The thing takes place in an Isolated Antarctic Research outpost in the middle of Antarctica, I think that the Polus map in "Among Us" is based on this location since the map is a Research lab which is in Isolated and snowy environment Just like in "The thing".
That's what I Found out about "among us" and "the thing"
So in conclusion, John Carpenter invented the Concept of Among us.


The blob was another disturbing "The thing" like movie that still scars me to this day


Even though it was trying to rip Off the premise of Alien they succeeded in making a truly horror inducing film full Of existential dread and body horror that no 9 year old should be allowed to watch. Thanks mom:/

It wasn't ripping off Alien at all. The original "The Thing" was made in the 30's and that's what the 80's version is based on. Alien by no means has a monopoly on the extraterrestrial horror genre.


quality content during the world wide downward spiral, thanks lemon


The Thing is still one of my favourite horrors that relates to body-horror. I am absolutely smitten by the special effects, even to this day. In a timeperiod where CGI is prefered to practical effects, I think it's important that we hail the films of ages past that are powerhouses when it comes to effects that aged really, really well - The Thing, Alien 1 (that chest burster, so good) and Lord of the Rings (specifically the battle for Helms Deep with the scale models of the keep) are just some of the films that can still make my skin crawl from the sheer talent.

Thank you for this unexpected but entertaining dive on a film I love.

@cockroachafro for real. film-making at its finest. I'm happy that today most of us realise the importance and the value of John Carpenter's The Thing.

Glad he 'shined the light' on the cinematography too as when  pointed out i finally realized just how essential it was for the practical effects to be as effective as they are.


It really is ironic that, in our own isolation, have explored the concepts of the Thing through "Among Us".


I LOVE this movie!  I have a Husky and he does that quiet slink around walk and it always freaks me out a little.


Such a fantastic ensemble film, its up there with "The Great Escape" & "12 Angry Men" for me


This rings true for a show on Netflix called Parasyte just on a larger scale; definitely set the groundwork for a lot within the genre


Now that I think about it, the anime parasyte, while it is compared to the thing, ultimately falls flat with me just because of how ridiculous they made the aliens.  The thing itself is scary yet totally fascinating because it most likely wasn't self aware, just an animalistic infection that melted organisms to ensure its own survival.  It could learn, but only for the explicit purpose to fool those around it and assimilate them to fulfill its primal objective of survival.   Compare that to parasyte where the infected talk normally for no reason, jump around like ninjas and are nigh invulnerable for no reason.  It takes away the real scariness by making the aliens less subtle and by turning them into knockoffs of Alex Mercer from the prototype games.


It's a shame this video got demonetized and taken down it's gonna have less views and it's one of emps best videos.


Love this movie so much, one of my favorite. Sick vid Lemon


Fantastic.

My favorite theory is that in the last scene, the black character is the final monster, due ti him drinking out of what were molotov cocktails the protag made


"... instant junk."

"... a wretched excess."

Calling those critiques is like calling an apple an orange. It's both unobservant and lazy.

The 80's version of The Blob also recieved a lot of flack back in the day due to being extremely brutal. Audiences back then just wanted another brainless slasher to turn their brains off.

@Ducks Rule Florida Not to be out here calling everyone names. I say that because they definetly aren't there to say which filmes are the best and highest quality.

Those are cut from longer reviews he was just showing that the conclusions were negative.

You are a fool if you belueve critiques exist in the professional world to do anything other than make money

@Succubastard 101 I completely agree with what you're saying. For as close-minded as they were could they at lest be more specific? Criticism is just insult without any real reason behind it.

Just like the protagonist of the movie feels so threatened by the monster, so does the audience of the early 80s feels creeped out by how different the movie is from the standards. They were so close-minded to the elements that made a movie "good" to them at the time, that the sight of something so terrifyingly new made them act more on instinct and to reject it, much like animals react to something they have never seen before. it wouldn't be until later that more open-minded audiences would start to fully appreciate the movie and to understand how innovative it truly was.

I agree. I’m sure E.T. is analyzed for its brilliant story telling too. Seriously, John Carpenter was dealt a bad hand, at least his work is getting the appreciation that it deserves.


I never realized how similar "nothing there" is to the thing. A flesh amalgamation just consuming. And being able to look human


Easily one of my favorite movies of all time


I could watch any documentary that has to do with John Carpenter's The Thing. It's just a damn good movie and totally tops the original The Thing from Another World.


I was always baffled by how the creature was able to act completely normal until caught and then it went simply bonkers. I wonder if Carpenter planned a inner logic to this, or it's simply the eruption of violence needed for each action sequence, and the creature's logic just dismissed as "don't bother trying to understand it, it's an alien"

I think the the Thing goes bonkers when discovered is because it knows how terrifying it is to other beings, and exploits it to the max.


Ah yes. The one movie that scared me out of anything back then and even now. It just made me even afraid to say goodnight to my parents. My mind would wander off saying to my self "is that person a thing?!". Truly terrifying.


What I like the most about the Thing is that it probably wasn't piloting the UFO it crash landed on to Earth - that was probably some other creature that tried to escape and it had consumed, sending the UFO careening through the galaxy


I love this video no matter how cursed it's been.


The Thing is a beautiful, horrific masterpiece. when Among Us got popular i thought it was about the Thing, but it is but without the monster. That's really cool


This is a pretty underrated movie in my opinion, a hidden gem


I knew it was only a matter of time till Emplemon would make a video on this masterpiece

I just watched The Thing yesterday so this is just perfect


I waited to watch this video since I was watching The Thing on Halloween with some buddies of mine.  Awesome movie and awesome analysis


"The Thing" is probably my favorite horror movie.


This might be the only good take I've seen on The Thing. Maybe I'm not looking in the right places, but most analyses seem shallow and unwilling to delve into the more uncomfortable philosophical spaces<br>Very good job

This might be the only good take I've seen on The Thing. Maybe I'm not looking in the right places, but most analyses seem shallow and unwilling to delve into the more uncomfortable philosophical spaces
Very good job


John Carpenter: <i>I will show you horror with Jim Henson puppets goddamnit</i>

John Carpenter: _I will show you horror with Jim Henson puppets goddamnit_

@caveman Problem is, variants of cgi are easily outdated as graphics and animation improve over time. You could argue this with 1993 Jurassic Park where the cgi is phenomenal and still ages well to this day, but that's mostly because the shots are so minimal and angled from a distance to avoid any graphical flaws. Even then, you can still notice some minor rendering imperfections of the dinos. The Jurassic world cgi effects are supposedly superior to that of the original, which indeed they are if we're just talking about texture wise, however, there is this optic-like instinct you have that it somehow looks ironically more fake than the original as a lot of people noticed, and you can't exactly put your thumb on why it does at first. This is simply because the dinosaurs where permanently animated in every shot regardless if just parts of the dino were shot, or up close, or from afar. Point is I think regardless how authentic cgi is, even in films like Avatar, I will still notice that it's been animated on a expensive software and green screened.

@Infinity Being <b>talking to you disney with lion king</b>

@Infinity Being *talking to you disney with lion king*

@caveman or overt. Too much cgi you'll forget the movie was live action

@Solid Soundwave You only notice cgi when it's bad.

@Solid Soundwave practical effects are best for horror. An American Werewolf In London exemplifies this.

Harsh truth but that’s pretty much what all the monsters were. Glorified puppets. Which somehow still look 1000 times more believable than cgi


This channel is wholeheartedly my favourite on this entire website


Wow, my class just talked about this topic TODAY and made comparisons with the red scare, but instead of 'The Thing,' it was the Salem witch trials. Unlike my teacher, this was interesting and didn't take a total of 10 hours to finish.


This film is a horror/Sci fi legend!!   Masterpiece.

For a movie to produce so much suspense, fear, doubt, disbelief.... That's great art.

Those practical effects are far superior in being terrifying than any computer graphic. This stuff is tangible man, you can touch it....

"The Thing" is truly despicably scary good. No, scary... Great!


If you love your enemy, you stay sane and things don't get any worse than they have to be.


I loved that the beginning of the movie was a 5 minute run of a dog just to realize that was no dog.


I literally hate body horror. Despise it. It’s rancid, I loathe it, yet this movie is one of my all time favorites. To quote a YouTuber whose name I forgot, a normal horror movie has a bunch of absolutely STUPID characters hiding behind chainsaws like a geico commercial, and they die but they could’ve lived if they were smart. This movie, you have a bunch of scientists and technicians who get to work and try to stop this alien as soon as possible, but once you see The Dogs™, you know there is ABSOLUTELY NO ESCAPE. You KNOW. So you’re glued to your old CRT, wondering who will get turned into the best use of practical effects next.


yeah: emp was definitely an honour roll student. superb video as always.


The funny part about all of this is now everybody is suddenly conscious of the paranoias those on the outskirts of society held...


You really can do any kind of video, I love it! I love your channel!!!


The couch scene gives me chills every time.


Some may call it “instant junk”, but me, I call it “eventual treasure”.


10:20 Now I kinda wanna see a zombie game where the zombies are not just brain dead, but they think and try and act like humans, maybe calling out for help or pleading for some sort of help, but if they get close they are forced by a virus to make them attack. It would make fighting zombies a LOT more difficult as like, these would be innocent people, suffering, but wanting help.


Love the movie, love your videos keep it up :) .


Remember when Blair is trying to talk McCready into letting him back on the base, Blair is highly sedated because they've given him morphine "to keep him calm" That's where his demeanor comes from.


If I'm awake with air in my lungs, it's time to revisit the horror genre.


I actually got my friends to sit down and watch this movie with me a few weeks back. One of them isn't even into horror, and he loved it. Glad you made a video on it, I hope more people watch this amazing movie because of it.


I absolutely love your content, and have for such a long time, but it genuinely fuckin sucks that YouTube continues to screw you over consistently


Favorite horror movie ever , between the best ones , Carpenter made me like horror movies .


Love this film, according to the late Bill Lancaster the screenwriter both McCready and Childs where both human, I like that idea


I’m glad that the video about The Shining wasn’t a one-off thing. I’m glad that you made another one EmpLemon

Um, I think it was VideoGameDunkey who made the video on The Shining.


Holy shit that end... Just goes to show that films like this that show even ONE aspect of the human mind will make sure it never really dies. Guarantee that in a decade or two, another video relating to The Thing will be made, somehow... Life imitates Art


I wasn't going to watch this because I haven't seen the thing before, until I realized it need more attention because of the takedown. So take my watch time Emp, your content is great, I bet the video will be too.


This review (and movie) couldn't possibly be more relevant than today.


The Thing and Blade Runner are both perfect examples of why you should never pay attention to what the critics think.

The big issue with critics is that they're still people and still vulnerable to peer pressure and the Overton window. When that window is against edgy stuff, they likely will be too and any critic who doesn't step in line (Just Reviews who does albums and pop songs) will be heavily ostracized and possibly even de-platformed too.


Ah yes, a classic. Good timing since we are being Isolated and Spooky month.


Macready’s lack of emotion and distance could be seen what Kurt Russell and John Carpenter envisioned, that Macready is a Vietnam veteran


Still a bit miffed that after all his good analysis, he still calls the supercell a virus. They are very different things.


This is one of the few times I watched the sponsorsgip segment fully. This man knows how to make his goddamn ads intersting


Superb review.  Possibly the best on The Thing.  Thank you.👍


Sometimes I wonder just how many Simpsons episodes Emp has seen to have such a wide variety of appropriate scenes at the ready to use.

Spongebob footage must be a close contender too.


This is an amazing channel that embodies YouTubes good ol days


There is something hilariously surreal about watching scenes from The Thing to the tunnel music from Mario.


it says something about how great the film is when people are still debating when where and how the monster is in every frame.


2020: “Fear is humanity’s greatest motivator.”<br>2021: “It still is.”

2020: “Fear is humanity’s greatest motivator.”
2021: “It still is.”


So grateful for the excellent content you pushed out in the last year Emp. It's really given me faith in the quality of youtube and youtubers again. Best wishes


My favourite movie reviewed by my favourite YouTube. A match made in heaven.


This is one of my all time favorite movies :)


Technically, the movie ended on an unsolved cliffhanger because Childs strayed off towards the end. He says he encountered a thing and killed it, but with no scene showing he did it’s likely he too became a thing.


just watched the movie so i could watch this video, it was actually really good


Good video on my favorite film. But I would just add that Carpenter was a lefty, and made that quite explicit. Just look at his comments about They Live which was a critique of Reagan and 80s unchecked capitalism. Comparing Trump to Macready would likely be seen as abhorrent by Carpenter.


One of the greatest horror movies ever , Carpenter is a master of The Thing , Halloween, and They Live


Two EmpLemon videos in a month?<br>The world truly has gone mad.

Two EmpLemon videos in a month?
The world truly has gone mad.


gotta love a spoiler warning for a movie that's almost 40 years old


Just watched this movie so I could watch this video, definitely worth it!


"totally devoid of either warmth or humanity :((("

Guys, I watched Frozen and it was devoid of horror and psychological torture, what a bad movie, right ?


I died at the among us roster lmao😂😂 good job empy


To be fair, Macready only killed Clark in self defense. Clark attacked first noobs.


The best thing about the thing is how human error is portrayed as more dangerous than a literal assimilating alien.


I don't know how you went from a ytp shitposter to one of the best video essay youtubers.