So what had happendid to Kate, yo?
Freeze to death? Hopeful for a sequel?
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I think she had the same fate that MacReady and Childs did in the 1982 movie and that is that she froze to death.
shareChilds was an alien. Watch it again, he doesn't breath at the end. Only Mac does.
shareWatch the movie with the director's commentary. JC and KR left it unanswered purposely. They couldn't even decide if such a perfect imitation would know it wasn't the actual person it was imitating (i.e. you yourself wouldn't know you didn't have HIV infection without a blood test revealing it - hence, Windows' reaction to his own blood test).
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Although not considered canon to his original film (due to not being made), Carpenter supported the ideas presented for the cancelled USA miniseries "Return Of The Thing"...which the script reveals in it's first segment that both of the characters' frozen remains are still human. His endorsement of the abandoned project is likely to be the only "real" evidence we are gonna get. Because the project was canned, you can take it or leave it and stay at 50/50 odds for both characters ;)
i.e. you yourself wouldn't know you didn't have HIV infection without a blood test revealing it
I am pretty sure when you start showing the symptoms, you'd know there is something wrong with you, even if you don't go for a blood test.
Just like that creature replicating people will start question his abilities to not breath or rip open to reveal 6 legs/arms. share
Watch the movie with the director's commentary. JC and KR left it unanswered purposely. They couldn't even decide if such a perfect imitation would know it wasn't the actual person it was imitating (i.e. you yourself wouldn't know you didn't have HIV infection without a blood test revealing it - hence, Windows' reaction to his own blood test).
You'd know. In both films thing people where deliberatly sneaking around to capture more hosts. Something you woulden't do if you were a perfect human being with only your regular memories intact.
I think both Childs and McReady were humans. Other wise since they were alone they would have attacked each other, the way the thing typically attacks. If they were both things there woulden't be a point in having the conversation unless the things can't detect each other which seems kinda silly if it implies the possability of freidnly fire attacks by mistake.
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"Childs was an alien."
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No, he was still human!
You could see at the end that Childs was still wearing his right earring and according to the 2011 prequel, the monster couldn't assimilate anything inorganic.
The prequel holds no barring in the universe carpenter created. Watch the scene. Childs doesn't breathe.
shareOk it's the second time i read you say that when it's not true at all. Childs does breathe at the end, you see it clearly several times before he sits down and even during the conversation, so i suggest you rewatch the movie you tell us to rewatch before telling us to rewatch the movie you have never rewatched.
Rewatch the movie.
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Bearing* imdb really needs an edit button.
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Any chance you could make that link clickable please ? :)
I'm not sure I can on ios=[
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Unreliable info...it's not even presented as a quote, but something a 3rd party said. Post Office, anyone?
Maybe one day someone will get lucky and get carpenter to talk.
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