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

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An elderly Caucasian man with a gray mustache and gray receding hair faces the camera with a neutral expression.

A. Wilford Brimley takes on the role of Blair a doctor who works out what’s hell is going on and he’s not very happy with what he discovers. His is yet another excellent performance as we see him begin to lose his mind. Universal's UHD release of The Thing has been long anticipated and the disc does not disappoint. The video and audio presentations are veryexample -- leap off the screen with very impressive definition, well beyond the Blu-ray. A few softer focus shots appear throughout, inherent to the

Do we really need to talk about the film also coming at the tail end of one of the greatest director's runs in cinema history ( Assault on Precinct 13, Halloween, The Fog, Escape from New York, this), whilst at the same time representing somewhat of a departure for a filmmaker used to doing most things himself (writing, composing, etc)? Art director John J. Lloyd oversaw the design and construction of all the sets, as there were no existing locations used in the film. Cundey suggested that the sets should have ceilings and pipes seen on camera to make the spaces seem more claustrophobic.

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. Model maker Susan Turner built the alien ship approaching Earth in the pre-credits sequence, which featured 144 strobing lights. Drew Struzan designed the film's poster. He completed it in 24 hours, based only on a briefing, knowing little about the film. Do we really need to mention yet again, its history and its dismal box office in a summer that is undeniably the greatest period of cinema releases ever, one that sees most of those releases still talked about reverentially nearly forty years later? Universal morphs The Thing onto the UHD format with a solid all-around 2160p/HDR UHD presentation. The picture reveals noticeable permeate many scenes inside, playing almost as a foreboding warning signal that does more than chill the listener but portend the terrors that are

A twelve-man research team stationed in Antarctica finds an alien being that has fallen from the sky and has been buried for over 100,000 years. A research team based out in the snowy wilds of Antarctica find themselves besieged by a terrifying, shape-shifting creature which has found its way into their base. follow. And Universal does not disappoint. The full HDR color spectrum offers a more vivid color output. The snowy vistas seen outside, notably at chopper, the picture appears in fine form, offering a stable, filmic quality that holds to a fine grain structure that captures the inherent cinematicBehind the Chameleon: The Visual Effects of THE THING – Interviews with Visual Effects Artists Peter Kuran and Susan Turner, Special Make-up Effects Artist Rob Burman, Brian Wade and Stop Motion Animators Randall William Cook, and Jim Aupperle (25:26, 1080p) Keith David plays the role of Childs another strong character and rival / ally of MacReady, the two work well together. An elderly Caucasian male with a long white mustache. He is wearing a cowboy hat and striped waistcoat while holding a microphone. He is standing in front of a screen.

DISC TWO: 2016 2K Scan of the Interpositive (1:48:34) Supervised and Approved by Director of Photography Dean Cundey So where does this new edition stand in relation to those previous releases, specifically the Arrow release which this reviewer still owns, picture wise? Principal photography began on August 24, 1981, in Juneau, Alaska. Filming lasted about twelve weeks. Carpenter insisted on two weeks of rehearsals before filming as he wanted to see how scenes would play out. This was unusual at the time because of the expense involved. Filming then moved to the Universal lot, where the outside heat was over 100 °F (38 °C). The internal sets were climate-controlled to 28 °F (−2 °C) to facilitate their work. The team considered building the sets inside an existing refrigerated structure but were unable to find one large enough. Instead, they collected as many portable air conditioners as they could, closed off the stage, and used humidifiers and misters to add moisture to the air. After watching a roughly assembled cut of filming to date, Carpenter was unhappy that the film seemed to feature too many scenes of men standing around talking. He rewrote some already completed scenes to take place outdoors to be shot on location when principal photography moved to Stewart, British Columbia. A scene with MacReady absentmindedly inflating a blow-up doll while watching the Norwegian tapes was filmed but was not used in the finished film. The doll would later appear as a jump scare with Nauls. Other scenes featured expanded or alternate deaths for various characters. In the finished film, Fuchs's charred bones are discovered, revealing he has died offscreen, but an alternate take sees his corpse impaled on a wall with a shovel. Nauls was scripted to appear in the finale as a partly assimilated mass of tentacles, but in the film, he simply disappears. Carpenter struggled with a method of conveying to the audience what assimilation by the creature actually meant. Lancaster's original set piece of Bennings's death had him pulled beneath a sheet of ice by the Thing, before resurfacing in different areas in various stages of assimilation. The scene called for a set to be built on one of Universal's largest stages, with sophisticated hydraulics, dogs, and flamethrowers, but it was deemed too costly to produce. A scene was filmed with Bennings being murdered by an unknown assailant, but it was felt that assimilation, leading to his death, was not explained enough. Short on time, and with no interior sets remaining, a small set was built, Maloney was covered with K-Y Jelly, orange dye, and rubber tentacles. Monster gloves for a different creature were repurposed to demonstrate partial assimilation.

A research facility in Antarctica comes across an alien force that can become anything it touches with 100% accuracy. The members must now find out who's human and who's not before it's too late.