# Let's talk about "The Thing"

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** movies\
**Created:** [February 15, 2023, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-the-thing/979840 "2023-02-15T18:03:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2023, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-the-thing/979840/25 "2023-02-15T21:59:33Z")

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Threads from just this decade:

> [@The Thing movie question: Spoilers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thing-movie-question-spoilers/966403):
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> As I recall it, they

> [@The Thread about The Thing (1982)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-about-the-thing-1982/951421):
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> My 15 year old daughter’s best friend was over this weekend and they wanted to watch a scary movie. They were perusing our various streaming services and finding a bunch of dumb slasher movies, and I said they should watch The Thing, so we all watched it together. They doubted me. What was this 40-year-old movie starring a guy with a beard? No CGI? What the… They LOVED it. Loved it. They talked about it all the next day. They’re smart kids, and I was impressed with how they talked in ter…

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