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Get Ready For The Deepest Dive On The Thing (Patreon)

Published:
2020-10-13 16:16:00
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2021-03

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To gear up for Halloween, we're shaking things up and are proud to announce The Deepest Dive on The Thing! Obviously we can't limit the conversation to just John Carpenter's masterpiece horror film from 1982. With The Deepest Dive, we're creating the best, most thorough discussion of The Thing on the internet and we need your help! We'll be reading your comments submitted on Patreon throughout the three-week discussion covering...

10/21 - The short story Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell (also available on Audible, eBook) and 1951 film The Thing from Another World (available on Prime Video)

10/27 - The Thing (John Carpenter, 1982)

11/4 - The Thing video game (2002), The Thing: Infection at Outpost 31 tabletop game, and prequel film The Thing (2011), Among Us and The Thing's cultural impact

Thanks for participating in The Deepest Dive of The Thing, we know it's different and isn't primarily focused on video games. We look forward to reading your comments along the way!

Thanks to the following Patreon supporters for their generous support of MinnMax at the $50 tier! Get your name on the list right here - https://www.patreon.com/minnmax

The BAM! Box

Iam8bit

Mirko Arico-Torreno

Zachary Pligge

Rebekah Lang

BeatenDownBrian

Bryan with a Y

Captainstubs1

mark seliga

Jawarhello

Ludwig Roque

Andrew vala

jesse vitelli

SaMiami83

Thomas Hoster

Ssnake24

Yarrow

William Garcia

SpiralInYourEyes

Richard Smuts

Spider_Dan

Alex Payne

Preetham Yarlagadda

Jt Fels

Steve Bamdad

Kris

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Get Ready For The Deepest Dive On The Thing

We here at MinnMax are shaking things up and are proud to announce The Deepest Dive on The Thing! Obviously we can't limit the conversation to just John Carpenter's masterpiece from 1982. With The Deepest Dive, we're creating the best, most thorough discussion of The Thing on the internet and we need your help! We'll be reading your comments submitted on Patreon throughout the three-week discussion covering... 10/21 - The short story Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell (also available on Audible, eBook) and 1951 film The Thing from Another World (available on Prime Video) 10/27 - The Thing (John Carpenter, 1982) 11/4 - The Thing video game (2002), The Thing: Infection at Outpost 31 tabletop game, and prequel film The Thing (2011), Among Us and The Thing's cultural impact If you're a Patreon supporter at any tier, you can submit a comment for us to read during our discussions on The Deepest Dive and unlock the podcast version of every discussion! https://www.patreon.com/minnmax Buy MinnMax merch here - https://minnmax.com/merch Follow us on Twitter - https://twitter.com/minnmaxshow Go behind the scenes on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/minnmaxshow Follow us on Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/minnmaxshow Please support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/minnmax Thanks to the following Patreon supporters for their generous support of MinnMax at the $50 tier! Get your name on the list right here - https://www.patreon.com/minnmax The BAM! Box Iam8bit Mirko Arico-Torreno Zachary Pligge Rebekah Lang BeatenDownBrian Bryan with a Y Captainstubs1 mark seliga Jawarhello Ludwig Roque Andrew vala jesse vitelli SaMiami83 Thomas Hoster Ssnake24 Yarrow William Garcia SpiralInYourEyes Richard Smuts Spider_Dan Alex Payne Preetham Yarlagadda Jt Fels Steve Bamdad Kris

Comments

Anonymous

The thing about, “The Thing”, is that it’s a thing about a thing that is not the thing you think it is.

Anonymous

I haven't read/watched/played any of this so this should be fun.

Anonymous

The Thing is one of my all time favorite movies. I feel like alongside Alien it's a real masterpiece of sci-fi horror, and even scratches some of that lovecraft itch. I've watched the prequel too, but I'm definitely using this deep dive as an excuse to read the original short story and watch The Thing from Another World. If anyone's interested there's also a pretty good short story published in Clarkesworld Sci Fi/fantasy magazine that retells the plot of John Carpenter's movie from the point of view of The Thing. Cheers! http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/watts_01_10/

Anonymous

I can't wait. John Carpenter's The Thing is my second favorite horror movie ever only beaten by John Carpenter's Halloween. I have never seen the original movie though so i'm looking forward to finally checking that out for this.

Riley

Just wanted to say I found The Thing From Another World on the Internet Archive for free, also found the story as a .pdf. In case anyone needed some help finding resources!

Anonymous

I couldn't take the captain in the movie seriously because he looks like Ryan Stiles

Anonymous

Alrighty Cohorts(or possibly not?), this might be a relatively long comment but here we go: So working chronologically starting with Who Goes There, I like how at the beginning of the novella that it focused on the specifics of how a human sounded in the Antarctic environment, almost preparing you for paranoia that the rest of the story portrays. Also, the way that the scientist talks about life from nature seems very modern. He says that just because life takes a certain form, that doesn't necessarily speak to the intention of the lifeform (although he was wrong in this specific case). He mentioned that they suffered from something innately human: the fear of things that are different from you. I thought that was a pretty progressive view to see in a story of that time. I also enjoyed how the story never had a distinct change in perspective so you never truly got a grip on who was human and who was an imitation. It added a lot to the suspense. Oh, one last odd, yet kind of interesting thing. I was wondering why John W. Campbell would choose Antarctica of all places for the setting of his story. I searched "1938 Antarctica" to see if there was anything significant that came up and I happened upon articles about a German Antarctic expedition that took place in 1938 (the year of the story's initial release). This specific expedition was the third one by the Germans and there was territory that was disputed between them and the Norwegians in an effort to increase Germany's production of whale fat.....or was it?? But yeah just an interesting little tidbit I found. Now, as far as The Thing From Another World is concerned, I found it interesting that they chose to change the location to the Alaskan arctic and the north pole. It seemed like they wanted to use as much of the military as possible since WWII had just ended and Hollywood was looking to capitalize on the fondness the American people felt for the military after the war. I laughed when I saw the discount Frankenstein's Monster-looking alien they used but I was actually impressed when the oil to the compound got cut off and everyone's breath was visible. I'm having a ball with this deep dive yall. Im glad we did this!

Anonymous

To start off, John Carpenter's "The Thing" is one of my favorite films ever, second only to the original "Alien". I had never read the original story or seen "The Thing from Another World", so this Deepest Dive was very exciting for me. I really enjoyed "Who Goes There?" by John W. Campbell Jr. I loved how methodical the author was with the science behind everything, lending more weight to the "science" behind the science-fiction. I was intrigued by the seemingly psychic aspects of the original version of the creature with it invading the dreams of the humans. I thought the story also conveyed the sense of horror and paranoia well. It makes the reader not sure who they can trust, which is an important factor of the story. It was a great story and I can see how it provided a fantastic basis for the media adaptations to follow. As for "The Thing from Another World" directed by Christian Nyby, I thought it was a fine film. It held up pretty well and I enjoyed watching it. However, it was surprising to me how much had changed from the original story to this version. I was especially disappointed with the change of the design/concept of the titular "Thing". Nothing about this film version captures the terror of the creature from the original story. While I think the film itself has a fair amount of creepiness and suspense to it (especially for the time it was made, despite limited technology), it's disappointing that the creature is reduced to a super-strong "carrot" and average movie monster when the original creature is so much more interesting. With that major change, it makes the movie a fun film, but a fairly poor adaptation of the original material in my opinion. I also agree with Dylan about some of the other changes to the film, including his mention of the American-military-ized nature of the film version, as well as recognizing other aspects to make it appeal to a broader audience, such as the romance subplot. I'm really looking forward to hearing everyone's thoughts, and excited for the weeks to come. Thanks!

Anonymous

Is it just me or did they go through (kill) 14 people who happened to be "Things" very quickly? I was shocked at how fast that portion of the Novella went as I expected more of a resistance from the converted men.