Alive_Ice7937

Alive_Ice7937 t1_iwyr8j1 wrote

The two part french film Mesrine is based on the life of a notorious french gangster. The two films cover his life over the course of about 30 years. Film one being during his twenties and film 2 being in his 30s/40s. The films were shot in reverse chronological order. This was to allow Vincent Casselle to manage his weight easier. Starting out playing the older overweight Mesrine and then gradually losing the weight as he was playing the younger Mesrine. Taking the weight off in a controlled rate was easier than putting it on apparently.

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Alive_Ice7937 t1_iuhujos wrote

>Thing, and MacReady is indeed having that conversation with a being that doesn't even understand what a noose is. Brilliant to create that kind of ambiguity.

Given the way the other characters that have been replaced act it seems that the Thing also acquires the knowledge of whatever it assimilates. (Otherwise it couldn't perfectly imitate the behaviour to fool the others). So if Blair was The Thing at that point it knew what a noose was. And if it's still just Blair then him ignoring it still makes sense. So a thing imitating him and ignoring it wouldn't be giving itself away since its consistent with Blair's previous behaviour.

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