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While Hawks's actual role in the film's production has long been debated, ''The Thing'' does exhibit his trademark touches, such as overlapping dialogue and an assertive female character -- Carrington's secretary, and Hendry's old flame, Nikki Nicholson (Margaret Sheridan) -- who neither screams, nor faints, nor becomes hysterical at any point in the proceedings. All screaming, fainting and hysteria is supplied by the male cast--and with good reason. The script is a quick patter of wisecracks and one-liners with minimal exposition, which keeps the plot moving at breakneck speed. For what it's worth, various cast members have offered conflicting reports through the years, with some maintaining that Hawks effectively directed nearly all of it and others claiming he only supervised the production. Of course, it could just be that Nyby, formerly Hawks's film editor, was so influenced by Hawks he merely imitated his style to the hilt.
A video game adaptation is released, some ''70'' years later, being a short indie game that [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhxEUHOVCKk can be completed in a dozen minutes]].
A video game adaptation is released, some ''70'' years later, being a short indie game that [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhxEUHOVCKk can be completed in a dozen minutes]].
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While Hawks's actual role in the film's production has long been debated, ''The Thing'' does exhibit his trademark touches, such as overlapping dialogue and an assertive female character -- Carrington's secretary, and Hendry's old flame, Nikki Nicholson (Margaret Sheridan) -- who neither screams, nor faints, nor becomes hysterical at any point in the proceedings. All screaming, fainting and hysteria is supplied by the male cast--and with good reason. The script is a quick patter of wisecracks and one-liners with minimal exposition, which keeps the plot moving at breakneck speed. For what it's worth, various cast members have offered conflicting reports through the years, with some maintaining that Hawks effectively directed nearly all of it and others claiming he only supervised the production. Of course, it could just also be that Nyby, formerly Hawks's film editor, was so influenced by Hawks that he merely imitated his boss's style to the hilt.
A video game adaptationis released, was released some ''70'' years later, being a short indie game that which [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhxEUHOVCKk can be completed in a dozen minutes]].minutes]].
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* ObstructiveBureaucrat: Well, Dr. Carrington tries to be one, at least. When the camp makes contact with headquarters and the General tells the crew to capture the Thing alive if possible and wait for reinforcements, the crew decides to pretend they did not heard that order while Carrington insists that they now have officially been ordered to die to a man to preserve the Thing and its knowledge, and the order ''must'' be carried out.
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* PragmaticAdaptation: The original novella used a [[StarfishAlien shape-shifting creature]] that ''ate its victims'' and [[ReplicantSnatching created copies of them]] that could then consume and alter others. The effects of the era made it impossible to film, so the producers changed the Thing into a blood-sucking shambling monster. The [[Film/TheThing1982 1982 remake]] -- made when [=SFX=] was better able to create effective-looking monsters -- was more faithful to the novella.
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* PragmaticAdaptation: The original novella used a [[StarfishAlien shape-shifting creature]] that ''ate its victims'' and [[ReplicantSnatching created copies of them]] that could then consume and alter others. The effects of the era made it impossible to film, so the producers changed the Thing into a blood-sucking shambling monster. The [[Film/TheThing1982 1982 remake]] -- made when [=SFX=] [=VFX=] was better able to create effective-looking monsters -- was more faithful to the novella.
