The Making of 'The Thing' Page #3

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You guys gonna listen to Garry,

let him give the orders ?

He could be

one of those things !

Windows, wait a minute.

Just take it easy.

Put the gun down.

Put it down.

- Garry, you don't want to hurt anybody.

- Get back.

On the floor.

lt's on the floor.

l don't know about Copper,

but l give you my word,

l did not go near that blood.

But l guess you'll all

feel a little easier...

Norris, l can't see

anybody objecting to you.

l'm sorry, fellas,

but l-l-l'm not up to it.

- l'll take it.

- Like hell you will.

lt should be somebody a little

more even-tempered, Childs.

All right.

l know l'm human.

And if you were all these things,

then you'd just attack me right now.

So some of you

are still human.

This thing doesn't want

to show itself.

lt wants to hide

inside an imitation.

lt'll fight if it has to,

but it's vulnerable out in the open.

lf it takes us over,

then it has no more enemies,

nobody left to kill it.

And then it's won.

There's a storm

hitting us in six hours.

We're gonna find out

who's who.

All right, Doc, Garry and Clark move

over there away from the others.

Norris, you and Childs shoot 'em up with

morphine. Tie 'em down and watch 'em.

-Fuchs, you start workin'on a new test.

-l need Doc's help.

Yeah, you don't want

to drug me.

Mac, l'm not a prisoner!

Here, let me do it. You're gonna

break the needle in my arm.

No, Doc. He's doin'a real fine job.

l'm gonna hide this tape

when l'm finished.

lf none of us make it, at least

there'll be some kind of record.

Storm's been hitting us

hard now for 48 hours.

We still have

nothing to go on.

One other thing.

l think it rips through your clothes

when it takes you over.

Windows found some shredded long johns,

but the name tag was missing.

They could be anybody's.

Nobody--

Nobody trusts anybody now.

And we're all very tired.

Nobody trusts anybody now.

There's nothing else l can do.

Just wait.

R.J. MacReady, helicopter pilot,

U.S. Outpost Number 31.

You come up

with anything yet ?

One or two ideas.

But, MacReady,

l've been thinking.

lf a small particle of this thing is

enough to take over an entire organism,

then everyone should

prepare their own meals.

l suggest we only

eat out of cans.

All right.

Who's that ?

Anybody see Fuchs ?

Somebody blew out

a fuse in the lab.

Lights were out for an hour.

Any one of us could have gotten to him.

All right,

we gotta find him.

Nauls, why don't you

come with me and we'll look outside.

Palmer, you and Windows

check the inside.

l ain't goin' with Windows.

l ain't goin' with him.

l'll go with Childs.

- Hey, f*** you, Palmer!

- l ain't goin' with you !

- Who says l want you goin' with me ?

- All right, cut the bullshit!

Windows, you come with us.

Norris, you stay here.

Any of them move, you fry 'em.

You hear anything at all,

you cut loose on the sirens.

We all meet back here

in 20 minutes, regardless !

And everybody watch

whoever you're with,

real close.

Hey, Blair!

Blair, have you seen Fuchs ?

l don't want to stay out here anymore.

l want to come back inside.

Funny things.

l hear funny things out here.

- Have you come across Fuchs ?

- lt ain't Fuchs.

lt ain't Fuchs.

l'm not gonna harm anybody,

and there's nothing wrong with me.

And if there was,

l'm all better now.

l'd like to come back inside.

You got my promise.

We'll see.

Hey, wait a minute.

Wait a minute, man.

l want to come back inside.

Don't you understand ?

l'm all right. l'm much better.

l won't harm anybody.

You gotta let me

come back inside.

Hold it!

ls it Fuchs ?

Yeah.

Why would it burn him ?

Flare. Maybe he tried

to burn it.

Maybe he burned himself...

before it could get to him.

Great! Now what are we

gonna do ?

You go inside.

Tell the others we found Fuchs.

We'll be in

as soon as we can.

- Where are we goin' ?

- Up to my shack.

- What the hell for ?

- 'Cause when l left,

l turned the lights off.

How long have they

been out there ?

Forty, forty-five minutes.

We better start closing off

the outside doors.

Hey! All of you come here !

Open up ! Open up this door!

Open up ! Open up !

Close that door.

Where's MacReady ?

- l cut him loose of the line

up by his shack.

- Cut him loose ?

Yeah. We were up

checkin'around his place.

l found this.

Look.

lt was stashed

in his own oil furnace.

Wind must have dislodged it,

but l don't think he saw me find it.

l made sure l got ahead

of him on the towline on the way back.

l cut him loose.

- MacReady ?

- He's one of them.

- When did it get to him ?

- l don't know.

lt could have been

anytime, anywhere.

- lf it did get to him.

- Look, Childs, come on !

- When the lights went out!

- That would have been the perfect time.

Right! You said guys were missing.

And, Windows, where were you ?

Palmer, l told you

to shut the f*** up !

Where were you

when the lights when out ?

That's what it wants.;

to pit us against each other!

Guys ! lt's MacReady.

Shh !

- Let's open it.

- Hell no !

- Do you think he's changed

into one of those things ?

- He's had plenty of time.

- Nothing human could have made it

back here without a guideline.

- Let's open it now!

- Why are you so damn anxious

to let him in here ?

- 'Cause it's so close !

- May be our best chance

to blow it away!

- No !

- Just let him freeze to death outside.

- What if we're wrong about him?

Why, then we're wrong !

Supply window!

All right, all right.

We got no choice now!

Damn it!

He's got the keys !

What's goin'on ? The towline snapped.

That's bullshit, Childs.

He knows damn well l cut it.

You're a dead man, MacReady!

Or a dead

whatever the hell you are !

Anyone messes with me

and the whole camp goes.

Come on, Childs, burn me.

Put those torches

on the floor and back off.

Back off. Way off.

- You a**hole.

- You'd have done the same thing.

Don't argue with him.

Where's the rest ?

So help me, l mean it!

lt's cool, MacReady.

lt's cool, man ! Come on !

Yeah, yeah, man.

Just relax.

Anybody touches me,

and we go.

He's not breathin'!

Go untie the doc.

Get him in here.

And bring the others.

From now on, nobody

gets out of my sight.

Lay him there.

So you sweethearts...

were about to have yourselves

a little lynching party, huh ?

l might just have to put an end

to you on general principles, Childs.

Did it occur to the jury that

anybody could have stuck some

of my clothes up the furnace ?

We ain't buyin'that.

Quit that bickering over there !

Windows, wheel that

defibrillator over here !

Put some gel

on those paddles !

You're gonna have

to sleep sometime, MacReady.

l'm a real

light sleeper, Childs.

lf anyone tries

to wake me--

Clear!

- Clear!

- Clear.

- We're on fire, MacReady!

- Get back ! Just wait!

- We're on fire !

- Just wait!

All right, go !

Windows !

Windows, get in here !

You gotta be f***in'kidding.

- What do you got in mind, MacReady ?

- A little test.

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