Alpo Posted April 26, 2023 Share Posted April 26, 2023 Actually the 94-page novella that that movie was based on. Free download. https://www.fadedpage.com/showbook.php?pid=20230440 > Who Goes There? was adapted as the film The Thing from Another World (1951), The Thing (1982), and The Thing (2011). It is about a group of American researchers, isolated in their scientific station in Antarctica towards the end of winter, discover an alien spaceship buried in the ice, where it crashed twenty million years before.< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted April 26, 2023 Share Posted April 26, 2023 Thanks! The 1951 movie is one of the classics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Okie Sawbones, SASS #77381 Posted April 26, 2023 Share Posted April 26, 2023 I liked the Kurt Russell version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 Posted April 26, 2023 Share Posted April 26, 2023 In the 1951 version James Arness was The Thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Coffinmaker Posted April 27, 2023 Share Posted April 27, 2023 Ah phooey. Pettifogger be me to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Bascomb, SASS # 47,494 Posted April 27, 2023 Share Posted April 27, 2023 In the original (1951-- the best) version, was the reporter ("Holy cats! We've found one! We've found a FLYING SAUCER!") played by Richard Deacon? I recall seeing it as a first run at our local theater. I was 8 at the time. Left a big impression..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted April 27, 2023 Author Share Posted April 27, 2023 16 minutes ago, Bad Bascomb, SASS # 47,494 said: played by Richard Deacon? Douglas Spencer Aside from being bald and having glasses, I don't see a big resemblance to Richard Deacon Actually I think he looks more like Peter Sellers as the president in Dr Strangelove Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted April 27, 2023 Share Posted April 27, 2023 1 hour ago, Colorado Coffinmaker said: Ah phooey. Pettifogger be me to it. He who hesitates gets the Lime Jello with Grated Carrots Salad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted April 27, 2023 Share Posted April 27, 2023 I liked the 1982 version of The Thing. When that dog's head popped off, I damn near jumped out of my seat. The 1951 version was okay, but by the time that I was able to appreciate Sci Fi during my "informative years", the special effects of a 1951 movie paled in comparison of any 1965 movie. Not only that, but the none of the four tv stations aired it...well maybe channel 44 but it was UHF an always came in fuzzy. First time I saw it was on Dr Paul Bearer's Saturday broadcast. The 2011 versions isn't worth mentioning...even though I just did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted April 27, 2023 Author Share Posted April 27, 2023 1 hour ago, Subdeacon Joe said: He who hesitates gets the Lime Jello with Grated Carrots Salad. Only at a Mormon potluck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted April 27, 2023 Share Posted April 27, 2023 35 minutes ago, Alpo said: Only at a Mormon potluck No, Baptist and Presbyterian too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loophole LaRue, SASS #51438 Posted April 27, 2023 Share Posted April 27, 2023 3 hours ago, Alpo said: Douglas Spencer Aside from being bald and having glasses, I don't see a big resemblance to Richard Deacon Actually I think he looks more like Peter Sellers as the president in Dr Strangelove Ha! "Swede" from Shane LL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Gauntlet , SASS 60619 Posted April 27, 2023 Share Posted April 27, 2023 It was one of John W. Campbell's few stories; he went on to SF fame as the editor for decades of Astounding/Analog magazine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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