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** The prequel will reveal what the Thing's true form is (as seen in the giant block of ice). According to set reports, originally they were going to just show a silhouette, but decided to go ahead and reveal what it really looks like.
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[[WMG: The prequel will have a really bleak ending]]
Considering the state of the Norwegian camp in Carpenter's film, it's logical to assume that the prequel film will end with [[spoiler: everyone dying after burning the base to the ground in a last ditch attempt to kill the thing, only to fail. With everyone dead, the thing will then take the form of the dog seen in the beginning of the original movie, and run off into the snow.]] But then again, it's possible that [[spoiler: Kate Lloyd will descend into the crashed UFO to try and find some way of stopping the Thing. She fails, but manages to hide from it until it somehow flees to the surface, and runs away. Kate hides in the UFO, then eventually leaves, and manages to flee to safety, the only survivor of both films.]]
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* Weed is not a psychadelic drug. Although to be fair, Palmer doesn't exactly strike me as averse to lsd.
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The remarkably similar plot of Ridley Scott's hit, coupled copious amounts of mind twisting narcotic smoke and alcohol, warps Macready's antisocial dislike of the rest of the camp into a fulfilment fantasy wherein he has a JUSTIFIED excuse to burn and kill the men that he's sick and tired of spending the last 3 years with, their forms understandably distorted in warped into asymetrical and anatomically impossible abominations by the psychadelic effects of the weed. The trip ends with Childs, the teammate closest to him in personality and the only one he liked, sharing a drink with him as heroes, as his fantasy fades to black and he groggily stumbles back to reality...
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[[WMG:The entire movie was Macready's Hallucination after watching ''Alien'' and smoking too much of Palmer's weed.]]
Well, think about it. ''Alien'' was a popular film that was just released 3 years ago back then, and would be on HUGE demand at lonely military bases to keep the men there in-touch with present pop-culture.
Freshly pissed off from losing to (and wrecking) Chess Wizard, Mac buys some weed off his apprentice pilot Palmer, burrows the tape from Nauls (who is sick of watching the same film for 3 years, and is excitedly listening to his copy of "Superstitious" which his sister just mailed him), pops back into his cabin, gets drunk, pops the tape in, and lights a phat...
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--> "Hey Mac, wanna watch {{Jaws}} with us?"
--> And that's how the film {{Leviathan}} happened.
Well, think about it. ''Alien'' was a popular film that was just released 3 years ago back then, and would be on HUGE demand at lonely military bases to keep the men there in-touch with present pop-culture.
Freshly pissed off from losing to (and wrecking) Chess Wizard, Mac buys some weed off his apprentice pilot Palmer, burrows the tape from Nauls (who is sick of watching the same film for 3 years, and is excitedly listening to his copy of "Superstitious" which his sister just mailed him), pops back into his cabin, gets drunk, pops the tape in, and lights a phat...
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--> "Hey Mac, wanna watch {{Jaws}} with us?"
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** This is one of the mysteries that Carpenter decided to just let the fans speculate on.
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** [[http://thethingfan.11.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?t=1261 There is a rather noticeable rift between those who think that things can infect and those who think they have to assimilate en-mass]]. And a few of us who believe there are a wide range of assimilation possibilities. Assuming a "one cell assimilates another" scenario, all assimilation methods would become exponentially more rapid as more of the body is assimilated.
*** "Slow Assimilation" would work as an infection, from contact with one single cell, or Thing slime/blood etc. At first, like any infection, you wouldn't know it's started. But, then, you may start feeling weird and start getting a bit sick as the Things ravage your immune system and take over your body. It really picks up speed as it approaches significant fractions of the body. At the 1/2 mark, it becomes an instant assimilation of the other half of the body. Blair and Norris are often presumed to have been assimilated this way. It may be possible that all of the mend had some thing cells on them and that Mac and Childs would be assimilated by the end of the movie, or later. The main obstacle to this type of assimilation is that the cells have to burrow through the dead skin layers to get into the body, or come into contact with soft tissues or open wounds. One of the upsides to this type of assimilation is that there would be no torn clothing from an attack.
*** "Aggressive Assimilation" is where a Thing has little time in which to assimilate someone else. So, it attacks them and tries to inject them with as many Thing cells as it can. This may also include "Predatory Assimilation", where the Thing engulfs the target. This is the main reason one would find torn clothing from the assimilated. Bennings is a prime example of this. If the Thing has equal or greater biomass to the target, this is basically an instantaneous assimilation.
*** "Ingestive Assimilation". This is a more of a middle-of-the road assimilation type. It deals with what happens if one is unfortunate enough to eat a Thing, or encounters a Thing that is too small for an aggressive assimilation. Basically, once the Things are in the mouth, they would attack the soft tissues, where they have quick access to the blood vessels. From there, it becomes a jumpstarted Slow assimilation. Outside the body, a mosquito Thing or mouse Thing may bite a person and then inject their entire biomass into them. Again, this becomes a slow assimilation from that point. But, unlike a more traditional slow assimilation, the increased starting biomass of the Things means that it will be completed faster than the infection model.
*** "Slow Assimilation" would work as an infection, from contact with one single cell, or Thing slime/blood etc. At first, like any infection, you wouldn't know it's started. But, then, you may start feeling weird and start getting a bit sick as the Things ravage your immune system and take over your body. It really picks up speed as it approaches significant fractions of the body. At the 1/2 mark, it becomes an instant assimilation of the other half of the body. Blair and Norris are often presumed to have been assimilated this way. It may be possible that all of the mend had some thing cells on them and that Mac and Childs would be assimilated by the end of the movie, or later. The main obstacle to this type of assimilation is that the cells have to burrow through the dead skin layers to get into the body, or come into contact with soft tissues or open wounds. One of the upsides to this type of assimilation is that there would be no torn clothing from an attack.
*** "Aggressive Assimilation" is where a Thing has little time in which to assimilate someone else. So, it attacks them and tries to inject them with as many Thing cells as it can. This may also include "Predatory Assimilation", where the Thing engulfs the target. This is the main reason one would find torn clothing from the assimilated. Bennings is a prime example of this. If the Thing has equal or greater biomass to the target, this is basically an instantaneous assimilation.
*** "Ingestive Assimilation". This is a more of a middle-of-the road assimilation type. It deals with what happens if one is unfortunate enough to eat a Thing, or encounters a Thing that is too small for an aggressive assimilation. Basically, once the Things are in the mouth, they would attack the soft tissues, where they have quick access to the blood vessels. From there, it becomes a jumpstarted Slow assimilation. Outside the body, a mosquito Thing or mouse Thing may bite a person and then inject their entire biomass into them. Again, this becomes a slow assimilation from that point. But, unlike a more traditional slow assimilation, the increased starting biomass of the Things means that it will be completed faster than the infection model.
*Conversly, who's to say that IT isn't a Thing?
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* Lampshaded by Carpenter in the DVD commentary. And much debated amongst the fans.
** Jossed by Carpenter's original plan to have Mac shown to not be a thing after being rescued.
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** This does carry some weight, as the Things seem to be more worried about their own survival than assimilating everything they come across. Otherwise, Clark would've been the first assimilated human.
** Jossed by Carpenter's original plan to have Mac shown to not be a thing after being rescued.
* Alternatively, Childs is the Thing, and may indeed be calling a truce with Mac for being a worthy foe or something.
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* The ship is shown in the Ice to be effing huge. It's basically the same size as the saucer section of the Enterprise. So, there are some theories that the ship was an interstellar luxury liner, like the Titanic.
* It is theorized that the pilot of the ship crashed the ship in Antarctica specifically to strand the Things there. Carpenter's take on the matter is that the ship was damaged and just happened to land there.
* The fact that the Things are extremely susceptible to fire, and pretty much immune to all other forms of damage would mean that the Predators would have to hunt them with plasma-casters only. The plasma-casters are notoriously difficult to use against moving targets. Young Predators, and even those shown hunting the humans in the Predator movies, wold bee too inexperienced to even consider hunting the Things. Thus, if the Things were a product of Predator engineering, it would be for the older, more experience sharpshooters to prove themselves and brag about. Wolf from AvP 2 would be the kind of Predator who hunts the Things.
* It is theorized that the pilot of the ship crashed the ship in Antarctica specifically to strand the Things there. Carpenter's take on the matter is that the ship was damaged and just happened to land there.
* The fact that the Things are extremely susceptible to fire, and pretty much immune to all other forms of damage would mean that the Predators would have to hunt them with plasma-casters only. The plasma-casters are notoriously difficult to use against moving targets. Young Predators, and even those shown hunting the humans in the Predator movies, wold bee too inexperienced to even consider hunting the Things. Thus, if the Things were a product of Predator engineering, it would be for the older, more experience sharpshooters to prove themselves and brag about. Wolf from AvP 2 would be the kind of Predator who hunts the Things.
*The theory is somewhat backed up by some fan speculations. It could explain why Blair-Thing didn't just run off and escape, or why he just stood there and let Mac blow him up. He was still some part Blair, and wanted the Things to lose. It could very well lead to some interesting Thing vs Thing situations.
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* [[DidNotDoTheResearch The Things are not virus]]. They are cellular life forms. A thing is a cell. A shapeshifting cell.
* The thing was intended to represent cancer. Carpenter had a stomach cancer scare just before making the movie.
* The thing was intended to represent cancer. Carpenter had a stomach cancer scare just before making the movie.
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* There are more variants to both sides of this than can be counted. It's one of those "ask 100 people and you'll get 100,000 opionions" kind of topics...
* Maybe the prequel will address this issue?
* Maybe the prequel will address this issue?
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** The things convert living cells into other Thing cells. The precise mechanisms for this is unknown, but quantum computing is suspected to be involved. The origional Thing could have simply been an alien who contracted a disease of some sort.
** The giant tumor with the eyes and "tongue flower" is the Thing's true form. It's an ambulatory form of cancer.
** The Thing's true form is a single cell. Rather unassuming and unimpressive.
** Every Thing form you see is the Things' true form.
** [[http://thethingfan.11.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?t=165 The Thing was originally designed as a cute little pet that could adapt to any living condition and wouldn't die on little Grrkekk's]]... And then it [[GoneHorriblyRight evolved]].
** The giant tumor with the eyes and "tongue flower" is the Thing's true form. It's an ambulatory form of cancer.
** The Thing's true form is a single cell. Rather unassuming and unimpressive.
** Every Thing form you see is the Things' true form.
** [[http://thethingfan.11.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?t=165 The Thing was originally designed as a cute little pet that could adapt to any living condition and wouldn't die on little Grrkekk's]]... And then it [[GoneHorriblyRight evolved]].
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** Jossed by the game, which has Mac having survived.
** Jossed by the game, which has Mac having survived.
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* Doesn't really make much sense. Especially considering that one being assimilating another has to inject some of their biomass into the target. So, they're essentially all clones. Note that Palmer's blood seems to try to go back to him once it's back on the floor. It looks like it's trying to get away from Mac and "go back home". Also, there are little details, like Palmer and Norris looking at eachother when someone suggest that Mac has been infected, as if to say "I didn't infect him, did you?".
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* Bennings Thing tried to talk, but it came out in as a Thing howl. He also doesn't attack. He just runs outside and assumes a submissive posture. Perhaps he was trying to say "Alright! You caught me! Please, let me live! I won't assimilate anyone else!"
* More accurately, the Things understood humans all too well. They knew that if they outed themselves, the others would torch them, rather than listening to what they have to say.
* More accurately, the Things understood humans all too well. They knew that if they outed themselves, the others would torch them, rather than listening to what they have to say.
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* Throughout the film, Childs has a navy blue parka, which he never changes throughout the movie. However, when he shows up for the final scene, he is wearing a beige coat. A necessary change in outfit for Childs' visibility in that scene? Maybe. But given the level of detail in other parts of the film, maybe not quite. Also, Blair had a beige coat that, under frost and firelight, could easily match the color of Childs' coat in the final scene. Furthermore, Blair is one of the first to be infected, through contact with the Thing's cells. Of course, Childs suddenly changing coats is not sufficient evidence InUniverse to convict, so to speak. At this point, Mac only has a few things to go on - the finer details of Childs' story explaining his absence from the climactic shootout, and Childs' reaction to the bottle of whiskey that Mac was drinking. Childs' excuse is basically that he saw a shadowy figure in the generator room holding a flare and went outside to investigate, and sure enough, we saw an unidentified figure leaving the compound earlier in such a manner as Childs described himself, followed by the lights turning out, as well as a shot of the open door Childs was guarding. All fine - except for the fact that the generator room was a)underground, b)not visible from the door Childs was guarding, and c)located such that Childs would have to leave his post to go ''inside'' to investigate it. Mac knows all of this, but needs one final strand of proof. And so he gives Childs the whiskey bottle, knowing that if he reacts poorly to the offer (remember, to stay in character, Childs can't know whether Mac is the Thing or not), Childs is in the clear and the Thing succumbed to the fire. Childs accepts it without blinking and takes a swig. Mac chuckles, because now he knows that his enemy is not more than two feet away from him.
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* [[http://thethingfan.11.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?t=39 The whole point of this long-running discussion on Outpost 31]]
* [[http://thethingfan.11.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?t=39 The whole point of this long-running discussion on Outpost 31]]
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* Throughout the film, Childs has a navy blue parka, which he never changes throughout the movie. However, when he shows up for the final scene, he is wearing a beige coat. A necessary change in outfit for Childs' visibility in that scene? Maybe. But given the level of detail in other parts of the film, maybe not quite. Also, Blair had a beige coat that, under frost and firelight, could easily match the color of Childs' coat in the final scene. Furthermore, Blair is one of the first to be infected, through contact with the Thing's cells. Of course, Childs suddenly changing coats is not sufficient evidence InUniverse to convict, so to speak. At this point, Mac only has a few things to go on - the finer details of Childs' story explaining his absence from the climactic shootout, and Childs' reaction to the bottle of whiskey that Mac was drinking. Childs' excuse is basically that he saw a shadowy figure in the generator room holding a flare and went outside to investigate, and sure enough, we saw an unidentified figure leaving the compound earlier in such a manner as Childs described himself, followed by the lights turning out, as well as a shot of the open door Childs was guarding. All fine - except for the fact that the generator room was a)underground, b)not visible from the door Childs was guarding, and c)located such that Childs would have to leave his post to go ''inside'' to investigate it. Mac knows all of this, but needs one final strand of proof. And so he gives Childs the whiskey bottle, knowing that if he reacts poorly to the offer (remember, to stay in character, Childs can't know whether Mac is the Thing or not), Childs is in the clear and the Thing succumbed to the fire. Childs accepts it without blinking and takes a swig. Mac chuckles, because now he knows that his enemy is not more than two feet away from him.
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** In the original short story, ''Who Goes There?'' it's natural form is [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe a blue guy guy]] with three [[RedEyesTakeWarning malevolent red eyes eyes]] and [[PrehensileHair tentacles for hair.
on it's scalp.]]
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* Infected creatures have a hive mind of cells, but act and think independently of each other. It's the only explanation for the events of the film. When the blood leaves the infected human's body, it's now an independent creature and acts in self-preservation. There's simply no way, per the laws of physics, that individual cells are acting with any intelligence, but for the Thing to be carrying out any modifications of the human brain would require far more intelligence than it demonstrates. What seems most likely is that the cells in each infected creature have some level of intelligence, possibly similar to a human's but unlikely to be greatly intelligent (or else it would've realized that humans would kill themselves for a cause), and this intelligence is in parallel to the (still functioning) brain, taking a chance when it could.
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[[WMG: The Thing deliberately landed in Antarctica.]]
When TheVirus first emerged, it did so on a planet with intelligent life. Although it could easily have survived on that planet alone by replacing its ecosystem completely (Thing cells could perform every role, from the bottom of the food chain to the top), it discovered a way to spread to other planets after consuming the intelligent inhabitants of its home world. Out of a desire to spread across the Universe, it created a map of all the stars with habitable exoplanets it could realistically reach and built specialized ships to send to them.
These ships weren't faster than light vessels, but the Things knew that they could survive indefinitely in the vacuum of space. The thousands of years they spent traveling to other worlds were no problem, but once they got there, they knew that they would want to replicate the process and travel even further. They deliberately crashed in the coldest, most barren parts of the planets they reached so that they could remain dormant until something smart enough to uncover them finally developed. By doing this, they ensured that they would not only be able to terraform the planet which they landed on, but also spread to others...
The attempt to take over Earth by doing this may have been one of the first attempts, or it could have occurred after the Things had been traveling through space doing this for millions of years. Either way, there were probably many other ships launched to other planets with the same goal. Their creators knew that a handful of Things would been an EasilyThwartedAlienInvasion, so they went for the option of throwing a lot of darts at the wall and hoping that one stuck in.
When TheVirus first emerged, it did so on a planet with intelligent life. Although it could easily have survived on that planet alone by replacing its ecosystem completely (Thing cells could perform every role, from the bottom of the food chain to the top), it discovered a way to spread to other planets after consuming the intelligent inhabitants of its home world. Out of a desire to spread across the Universe, it created a map of all the stars with habitable exoplanets it could realistically reach and built specialized ships to send to them.
These ships weren't faster than light vessels, but the Things knew that they could survive indefinitely in the vacuum of space. The thousands of years they spent traveling to other worlds were no problem, but once they got there, they knew that they would want to replicate the process and travel even further. They deliberately crashed in the coldest, most barren parts of the planets they reached so that they could remain dormant until something smart enough to uncover them finally developed. By doing this, they ensured that they would not only be able to terraform the planet which they landed on, but also spread to others...
The attempt to take over Earth by doing this may have been one of the first attempts, or it could have occurred after the Things had been traveling through space doing this for millions of years. Either way, there were probably many other ships launched to other planets with the same goal. Their creators knew that a handful of Things would been an EasilyThwartedAlienInvasion, so they went for the option of throwing a lot of darts at the wall and hoping that one stuck in.
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* If you look at it, it makes sense: until The Thing gets "Outted", it acts perfectly like a human. Why? Because it isn't in it's best interest to "override" the brain, so it basically lets the duplicate of the victim's nervous system behave as it normally would. Once outted, or in danger, The Thing overrides the nervous system and goes into active mode, which, unlike passive mode, has no actual intelligence. In active mode, it has only two prerogatives: kill and/or infect everyone nearby, and survival, when it can't infect it's intended victims. But once it goes into active mode, it can't go back: It infects, it remains in passive mode until it's no longer able to hide it's identity, and then goes active. Active is a last ditch effort: once outted it just tries to infect as many others as it can, and last as long as it can before it can be killed.
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* I always was under the assumption that the Thing doesn't so much "infect" people as it does perfectly imitate them, its primary intention in this case to be to get away from Antarctica, the best way to do so is to try to blend in. After all, the dog they let in started morphing and trying to eat the other dogs, so it certainly knew when it transformed.
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[[WMG:The Thing wasn't the pilot of the UFO - it was a bioweapon or animal in containment before breaking out and consuming the pilots]]
[[WMG:The Thing is just mimicking behavior of those it infects - it doesn't actually understand them.]]
Note whenever it shows its true form and kills someone. It doesn't speak, doesn't taunt the survivors, it just kills. The "I suspect myself of being infected" wasn't a ruse - it was using what they ''would'' say.
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[[WMG: The infected can't identify each other.]]
We know each one is an individual animal. Really, it makes the whole movie more interesting if the infected are trying to figure out whose human, while the humans are trying to figure out whose infected.
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[[WMG:Childs was the final survivor]]
Being uninjured at the end, he was the one that lived after the fires died down.
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The saucer was never the thing's ship, it was either a prisoner, or it was a stowaway.
[[WMG: The thing has a original form]]
We just never get to see it, but it has it's own physical identity. And likely ''absorbs'' and imitates it's prey rather than "infect them" like a virus. Of course this doesn't explain where the extra mass goes but...it does looks like it absorbs rather than "infect".
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TheThing is an even greater foil for the Necrons than the Tyranids. Think about it.
TheThing is an even greater foil for the Necrons than the Tyranids. Think about it.
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[[WMG: The thing was never meant to be a virus]]
It's ablility assimilate mammals is just a weird chemical reaction, and an aversion to NoBiochemicalBarriers. Given the right conditions, we could do the same thing to another alien species.
It's ablility assimilate mammals is just a weird chemical reaction, and an aversion to NoBiochemicalBarriers. Given the right conditions, we could do the same thing to another alien species.
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No real reason why, but it would explain why he seemed to be calling a truce at the end.
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[[WMG: The Thing was another Alien species that were used as hunting/training fodder for Predators]]
Seriously take careful look at the beginning sequence of the film itself. Rerun it or take some screencaps of the ship The Thing lands on earth in. Looks awfully a lot like a predator mini ship from the 1st Predator film doesn't it?. Also the ship appears far too small and thin for anything the real form of the thing (as is seen in the final scenes of the film) could fit in. possibly the Thing (kept in housed Viral form) is another form of young Hunter training species that are used by Predators just as the Xenomorphs are used in the AliensVsPredator films (the fact that the ship lands/crashes in Antarctica cant simply be coincidence). And while [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel pants crappingly scary]] even the hypothetical thought of Predators creating Thing/Xenomorph Hybrids is truly BadAss Awesome.
[[WMG: Only some Things are Evil]]
However the above theory leads to a 2 way (somewhat interconnected 3-way) theory when this troper was but a young lad many short previews of most of the Predator films, Comics, or related video games clearly stated that the Predators were a Bounty Hunting species and not just a [[ProudWarriorRace proud race of alien Hunters]] but a active somewhat law enforcement/mercenary species like [[StarWars Mandalorians]] who hunted the most dangerous alien criminals in the Galaxy/Universe for thrill seeking kicks and (presumably) giant loads of alien cash.
By this statement then that possibly could mean that the Thing from the film was in fact a escaped prisoner who was captured by a fully trained adult Predator (just the thought of a filmed scene of how the Predator managed to take the Thing down directed by [[JohnCarpenter John Frickin Carpenter]] No Less!! would be enough to send any fanboys knees knocking in anticipation) to be brought back to face justice under whatever the Things Species have for a legal system. However the Thing either in original or Viral form had somehow managed to free itself and attempted to assimilate/absorb itself into its captors body. Unfortunately for the Thing an adult Predators immune system is far more resistant then a mere Humans so in the struggle for control of the ship the Predator intentionally crashed the ship in the most remote place it could think of, in the area of the Xenomorph hive training facility in Antarctica so that. 1. if he/it dies then in only a few decades a new ship of Predator training recruits would find both their fellow hunters remains and.. 2. The frozen viral remains of the Thing so it still could be sent back for trial.
Technically this makes a fair amount of sense as this would make the films content more of a "Insane Slasher escapes from the asylum" plot that Carpenters earlier films were highly noted for. Finally (segewaying back to the theories name) this shows the possibility that not all of the Things are genuinely malevolent and are in the general benevolent and possibly exploratory species that use their cellular absorption ability to not conquer but to merely observe other sentient species by disguise (justifiable given their "True" UncannyValley like monstrous appearance) and as with the "criminal" Thing as a primary means of food ingestion and digestion.
This theory would be a definitely good plot point for any future films, ExtendedUniverse Books, Video Games, Comics..Etc. And it would be nice to have at least a couple of alien monsters on our side for once (Preferably some CuteMonsterGirls in the form of [[HeroeS Claire Bennett]] or MeganFox perhaps? ("wink" to the future producers)) which finally leads us to our final theory...
[[WMG: RealLife takes place in the Thing/Aliens/Predator universes and that HPLovecraft was Right..About EVERYTHING!!]]
If you think about it (but not too much) all of the named films take place in settings that either are in or as close to realistic places and time/eras no different then what you see outside on a regular basis. Even the futuristic setting of the Alien films arent that super fantastic not everyone has lasers or their own cutsey talking companion robot. And all of the even remotely implied or guessed backstories of the alien characters take place not just mearly far away from our own planet, but seemingly our galaxy as well.
All of this suggests that our universe mainly consists of EldrichAbominations and general biological un-humanoid horrors (the unnatural in appearance "Starbabies" from 2001 would also have to be thrown in there as formerly humanoid species that had no choice but to evolve themselves into this all powerful form (according to Arthur C. Clarke) in order to merely survive) that constantly wage inconceivably massive intergalactic war using other abominations as living bio-weapons and all other alien species are either by natural evolution or massive genetic engineering (the Predators could be either one of these) are all powerful warrior beings (this also explains Kryptonians and Daxamites however they mercifully kept their humanlike appearances) just for basic survival. Basically we all unknowingly just live in a [[CrapSackWorld Crapsack universe]] and just dont realize it yet.
This theory also helpfully explains the AliensVsPredator films and source material comics, If Xenomorphs (alien biomechanical creatures that can decimate entire civilizations by just breeding) are only used as training practice for their '''Children''' what in Gods name do their parents and grandparents Hunt? (and on a '''Regular Basis'''!!!).
*Hell screw Hunting! if their species ever went to actual full scale war what by the Hammer of Thor would that look [[BrainBleach like!!]].
This by its own merit also proves that legendary 1920s Horror writer H.P. Lovecraft was correct (or as close to factually correct as possible) about all of the creatures contained within his Cthulu Mythos connected story universe. Basically it proves that somewhere the Great Old Ones do exist and may genuinely be worshiped on other planets as gods. It also proves that all or most of the horror based ScienceFiction of the past 100 years was created by some artists, writers, or movie makers had "dreampt" these horrific creatures while they were asleep (in someway this is proven by Dutch modern artist HRGiger (who coincidentally designed the appearance of the Xenomorphs in the Alien films) who frequently had vivid and disturbing nightmares in which many of his drawn and painted creations appeared.) via long range telepathy (a process of alien communication frequently mentioned throughout early alien centured literature).
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[[WMG: The Thing was another Alien species that were used as hunting/training fodder for Predators]]
Seriously take careful look at the beginning sequence of the film itself. Rerun it or take some screencaps of the ship The Thing lands on earth in. Looks awfully a lot like a predator mini ship from the 1st Predator film doesn't it?. Also the ship appears far too small and thin for anything the real form of the thing (as is seen in the final scenes of the film) could fit in. possibly the Thing (kept in housed Viral form) is another form of young Hunter training species that are used by Predators just as the Xenomorphs are used in the AliensVsPredator films (the fact that the ship lands/crashes in Antarctica cant simply be coincidence). And while [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel pants crappingly scary]] even the hypothetical thought of Predators creating Thing/Xenomorph Hybrids is truly BadAss Awesome.
[[WMG: Only some Things are Evil]]
However the above theory leads to a 2 way (somewhat interconnected 3-way) theory when this troper was but a young lad many short previews of most of the Predator films, Comics, or related video games clearly stated that the Predators were a Bounty Hunting species and not just a [[ProudWarriorRace proud race of alien Hunters]] but a active somewhat law enforcement/mercenary species like [[StarWars Mandalorians]] who hunted the most dangerous alien criminals in the Galaxy/Universe for thrill seeking kicks and (presumably) giant loads of alien cash.
By this statement then that possibly could mean that the Thing from the film was in fact a escaped prisoner who was captured by a fully trained adult Predator (just the thought of a filmed scene of how the Predator managed to take the Thing down directed by [[JohnCarpenter John Frickin Carpenter]] No Less!! would be enough to send any fanboys knees knocking in anticipation) to be brought back to face justice under whatever the Things Species have for a legal system. However the Thing either in original or Viral form had somehow managed to free itself and attempted to assimilate/absorb itself into its captors body. Unfortunately for the Thing an adult Predators immune system is far more resistant then a mere Humans so in the struggle for control of the ship the Predator intentionally crashed the ship in the most remote place it could think of, in the area of the Xenomorph hive training facility in Antarctica so that. 1. if he/it dies then in only a few decades a new ship of Predator training recruits would find both their fellow hunters remains and.. 2. The frozen viral remains of the Thing so it still could be sent back for trial.
Technically this makes a fair amount of sense as this would make the films content more of a "Insane Slasher escapes from the asylum" plot that Carpenters earlier films were highly noted for. Finally (segewaying back to the theories name) this shows the possibility that not all of the Things are genuinely malevolent and are in the general benevolent and possibly exploratory species that use their cellular absorption ability to not conquer but to merely observe other sentient species by disguise (justifiable given their "True" UncannyValley like monstrous appearance) and as with the "criminal" Thing as a primary means of food ingestion and digestion.
This theory would be a definitely good plot point for any future films, ExtendedUniverse Books, Video Games, Comics..Etc. And it would be nice to have at least a couple of alien monsters on our side for once (Preferably some CuteMonsterGirls in the form of [[HeroeS Claire Bennett]] or MeganFox perhaps? ("wink" to the future producers)) which finally leads us to our final theory...
[[WMG: RealLife takes place in the Thing/Aliens/Predator universes and that HPLovecraft was Right..About EVERYTHING!!]]
If you think about it (but not too much) all of the named films take place in settings that either are in or as close to realistic places and time/eras no different then what you see outside on a regular basis. Even the futuristic setting of the Alien films arent that super fantastic not everyone has lasers or their own cutsey talking companion robot. And all of the even remotely implied or guessed backstories of the alien characters take place not just mearly far away from our own planet, but seemingly our galaxy as well.
All of this suggests that our universe mainly consists of EldrichAbominations and general biological un-humanoid horrors (the unnatural in appearance "Starbabies" from 2001 would also have to be thrown in there as formerly humanoid species that had no choice but to evolve themselves into this all powerful form (according to Arthur C. Clarke) in order to merely survive) that constantly wage inconceivably massive intergalactic war using other abominations as living bio-weapons and all other alien species are either by natural evolution or massive genetic engineering (the Predators could be either one of these) are all powerful warrior beings (this also explains Kryptonians and Daxamites however they mercifully kept their humanlike appearances) just for basic survival. Basically we all unknowingly just live in a [[CrapSackWorld Crapsack universe]] and just dont realize it yet.
This theory also helpfully explains the AliensVsPredator films and source material comics, If Xenomorphs (alien biomechanical creatures that can decimate entire civilizations by just breeding) are only used as training practice for their '''Children''' what in Gods name do their parents and grandparents Hunt? (and on a '''Regular Basis'''!!!).
*Hell screw Hunting! if their species ever went to actual full scale war what by the Hammer of Thor would that look [[BrainBleach like!!]].
This by its own merit also proves that legendary 1920s Horror writer H.P. Lovecraft was correct (or as close to factually correct as possible) about all of the creatures contained within his Cthulu Mythos connected story universe. Basically it proves that somewhere the Great Old Ones do exist and may genuinely be worshiped on other planets as gods. It also proves that all or most of the horror based ScienceFiction of the past 100 years was created by some artists, writers, or movie makers had "dreampt" these horrific creatures while they were asleep (in someway this is proven by Dutch modern artist HRGiger (who coincidentally designed the appearance of the Xenomorphs in the Alien films) who frequently had vivid and disturbing nightmares in which many of his drawn and painted creations appeared.) via long range telepathy (a process of alien communication frequently mentioned throughout early alien centured literature).
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