dudinax t1_iugxvf6 wrote on October 31, 2022 at 6:41 AM

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

I always assumed the thing infected the ship and (indirectly) caused the crash.

gomjabar2 t1_iuh1nqk wrote on October 31, 2022 at 7:39 AM

It knew how to construct similar under Blair's cabin. Also my personal idea is that luckily it didn't make itself something small (like a cockroach) and just hide out till spring.

smappyfunball t1_iuh3s7m wrote on October 31, 2022 at 8:12 AM

I assumed the craft it was building under the shack was just to get it to civilization, not back to space. I doubt it could build an interstellar ship from helicopter and snow plow parts

smapdiagesix t1_iuhxqmx wrote on October 31, 2022 at 1:53 PM

not with that attitude no

SchrodingerMil t1_iuitvme wrote on October 31, 2022 at 5:33 PM

It couldn’t have hid as a roach or something due to the cold of Antarctica. You have to remember it was frozen when the Norwegians found it.