The Thing [Blu-ray] [4K UHD]

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million was spent on Rob Bottin's creature effects, a mixture of chemicals, food products, rubber, and mechanical parts turned by his large team into an alien capable of taking on any form. He said the scripts were "awful", as they changed the story into something it was not, and ignored the chameleon-like aspect of the Thing. The reaction from the exclusively male exhibitors was generally positive, and Universal executive Robert Rehme told Cohen that the studio was counting on The Thing's success, as they expected E. The team also imprisons Blair in a tool shed after he sabotages all the vehicles, kills the remaining sled dogs, and destroys the radio to prevent escape.

The characters aren't super fleshed out, but that works with the film (they don't know who to trust, and in the same way we don't either since we barely know them). Data recovered from the Norwegian base leads the Americans to a large excavation site containing a partially buried alien spacecraft, which Norris estimates has been buried for over a hundred thousand years, and a smaller, human-sized dig site. We reviewed the Region free UK Ultra HD Blu-ray release of The Thingon a JVC-DLA N5Ultra HD 4K projector with a Panasonic DP-UB9000 Dolby Vision HDR10+ 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray player. Cundey suggested that the sets should have ceilings and pipes seen on camera to make the spaces seem more claustrophobic.

Finally, the compression on the disc appears to be really strong – boasting a healthy bitrate of between 40-60mbps (even peaking into the 100s mbps), meaning no artefacts or macro blocking were seen at all. The effect of the Norris-Thing's head detaching from the body to save itself took many months of testing before Bottin was satisfied enough to film it. It was set to go to print for theaters when the producers, Carpenter, and executive Helena Hacker decided that the film was better left with ambiguity instead of nothing at all. This new ending tested only slightly better with audiences than the original, and the production team agreed to the studio's request to use it.

His torso is opened from chest to stomach in the formation of a mouth with sharp teeth along the edges. Clennon was originally intended to be in the scene, but due to his shadow being easily identifiable Carpenter decided to use Warlock instead. Russell was the last actor to be cast, in June 1981, by which point second unit filming was starting in Juneau, Alaska. He was cast for his everyman persona which would allow audiences not to notice his absence from the story until the right time.

John Carpenter was first approached about the project in 1976 by co-producer and friend Stuart Cohen, but Carpenter was mainly an independent film director, so Universal chose The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) director Tobe Hooper as they already had him under contract. Ennio Morricone composed the film's score, as Carpenter wanted The Thing to have a European musical approach. Slime from the puppet would leak onto Anderson during the two days it took to film the scene, and he had to wear a helmet to protect himself from the explosive squibs simulating gunfire.

This new 4K edition offers up the very best video presentation seen to date and while the audio issues may be problematic for some, the overall package is still an easy recommend for all but the most fastidious of Thing-heads. As the character has some comedic moments, Universal brought in comedians Jay Leno, Garry Shandling, and Charles Fleischer, among others, but opted to go with actor David Clennon, who was better suited to play the dramatic elements. The remains of the malformed humanoid assimilate an isolated Bennings, but Windows interrupts the process and MacReady burns the Bennings-Thing.

Another scene featuring a snowmobile chase pursuing dogs was removed from the shooting script as it would have been too expensive to film. Filmmakers have noted its influence on their work, and it has been referred to in other media such as television and video games. He removed scenes from Lancaster's script that had been filmed, such as a body suddenly falling into view at the Norwegian camp, which he felt were too clichéd. Lancaster said that 37 was excessive and would be difficult for audiences to follow, leaving little screen time for characterization. Carpenter's friend John Wash, who developed the opening computer simulation for Escape from New York, designed the computer program showing how the Thing assimilates other organisms.