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Uncle_Sasquatch t1_iugrc7q wrote

Reply to comment by parkwayy in The Thing (1982) -- the scene with MaReady checking on Blair in the cabin by darthvirgin

I watched this again just last night. We were laughing about the whole, "what is it they're even researching?" thing. And how an Antarctic research station has a bunch of guns behind glass and a flamethrower.

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badger81987 t1_iuiu37k wrote

Typically weather research.

>And how an Antarctic research station has a bunch of guns behind glass and a flamethrower.

They only have the one revolver, likely a personal possession. The flamethrowers would have been for ice and snow clearance.

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