So, we don't need to worry any more. The "Thing" can be defeated with
an old Kirby vacuum cleaner with a hose attachment and sharpened end for
penetration.
Chuck Norcutt
On 5/19/2011 6:00 PM, Andrew Fildes wrote:
> The Thing was played by Arness, a dwarf and a deflating vacuum
> cleaner bag in that order. It was one of a huge set of 'dangerous
> aliens' movies that reinforced the generalised paranoia of the early
> Cold War - a part of the McCarthyist era. The other one that is
> remembered well is The Blob. The other subset were the 'dangerous
> mutations' movies with monsters created by radiation - which
> heightened fears of nuclear war or experimentation. Significantly,
> the head of that class was Japanese - Gojira, which became Godzilla.
> Andrew Fildes afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
> On 20/05/2011, at 2:01 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>
>> Oh, wow! I don't know these other films but I very much remember
>> "Them" and "The Thing". Scared the daylights of of me as a kid.
>> But I didn't know James Arness was in "The Thing". I'll have to
>> round up a copy somewhere and give another look. :-)
>
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