Comments on: Dr. Carrington of The Thing Dies

By: Terry W. Colvin

Terry W. Colvin — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 04:35:46 +0000

I hold The Thing and Them! in high regard and watch each every time rerun. Too bad the CGI generation for the most part is missing out on good plots, dialog, acting, and well-edited filming.

By: Nachzehrer

Nachzehrer — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 11:27:58 +0000

I wonder if they named him after the psychical researcher Hereward Carrington?

By: twblack

twblack — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 18:16:02 +0000

That was a good movie.

By: caddo21

caddo21 — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 07:45:25 +0000

I Imdb’ed that movie about a year ago to see what else those actors appeared in after that movie and found out sadly that most had passed on. When I got down the list to this actor I thought for sure he would have been the first to go as he portrayed the older character but Wow, he was still kicking!

That movie always impresses me even today, the monster had VERY LITTLE screen time which made him more terrifying.

The acting was VERY understated and when the actors started their lines before the others finished his or her’s, was very accurate the way people communicate in real life, especially under stress.

Dr. Carrington, I have to disagree was portrayed as “mad”, that was a departure from the classic “mad” scientist. Watch it again and you will see that he doesn’t ever show mental illness, on the contrary he always asks his fellow scientist’s opinion on each step as they go.

It was a triple agenda, not just good verses evil, but the Military VS. the Scientist’s VS. the Alien, each with their own agenda.

By: Lee Pierce

Lee Pierce — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 01:51:16 +0000

I was nine years old when “The Thing” came out. It scared the begeezis out of me. Cornthwaite was excellent as was most of the cast. Many of the actors in the flick had long careers in Hollywood.

By: One Eyed Cat

One Eyed Cat — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 21:43:53 +0000

Seem to be losing quite a few this year already.

Sad,

By: Jeremy_Wells

Jeremy_Wells — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 21:39:36 +0000

Sad. I remember watching that on “Chiller Theatre” with my mom when I was a kid (before Elvira became hostess).
On the frozen homin front though, I seem to remember another movie from the mid 80’s, “Iceman” (?) about a frozen Neanderthal being thawed and observed in an Arctic lab.
Anyone else remember it?