The Making of 'The Thing' Page #4

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Windows, you and Palmer

tie everybody down real tight.

- What for ?

- For your health.

Let's rush him !

He's not gonna blow us all up !

No, no, wait a minute.

Wait a minute.

Let's do what Mac says.

l mean, he wasted Norris

pretty quick, didn't he ?

That's close enough, Clark.

- He ain't tyin'me up.

- Then l'll have to kill you.

Then kill me.

l mean it.

l guess you do.

- This is bullshit, Mac !

- Finish it, Palmer.

They're dead, Mac !

- Windows ?

- Yo ?

You tie up Palmer over here.

We're gonna draw a little bit

of everybody's blood.

'Cause we're gonna find out

who's the thing.

Watching Norris in there

gave me the idea that...

maybe every part of him

was a whole.

Every little piece

was an individual animal...

with a built-in desire

to protect its own life.

You see, when a man bleeds,

it's just tissue.

But blood from one of you things

won't obey when it's attacked.

lt'll try and survive;

crawl away

from a hot needle, say.

Now you.

That's good.

All right, move back.

Over there.

l guess you're okay.

All right, put that on

and watch them.

Now l'll show you

what l already know.

That's a crock of sh*t.

Let's try the Doc and Clark.

Now Clark.

Then Clark was human, huh ?

Which makes you

a murderer, don't it ?

Palmer now.

This is pure nonsense.

lt doesn't prove a thing.

l thought you'd

feel that way, Garry.

You were the only one that

could have got to that blood.

We'll do you last.

Get away from me !

MacReady, burn it!

What is it ?

Get him, get him ! Just shoot!

MacReady, shoot!

- Get it, Mac !

- Get it!

Windows ! Blast him !

Get me outta here !

Windows !

Damn ! Get me outta here !

MacReady!

- Get in here !

- Quick, come on ! Hurry up !

lt's coming back ! Burn it!

Burn it, for God's sake !

- Burn it! Burn it!

- Hurry up, MacReady!

Let's do it.

Get me outta here ! Cut me loose !

Cut me the hell--

Come on, get me outta here !

Come on, get me outta here !

Cut me loose, damn it!

l know you gentlemen

have been through a lot,

but when you find the time,

l'd rather not spend

the rest of this winter...

tied to this f***ing couch !

Childs...

we're goin'out

to give Blair the test.

lf he tries to make it back

and we're not with him,

burn him.

Mac, the door is open.

How'd he get out ?

The door was bolted from the outside.

Blair ?

Hey, Blair! You down there ?

We got something for ya !

Blair's been busy

out here all by himself.

- What is it ?

- Something he's been making.

lt's a ship of some kind.

He stole the parts

from the helicopter.

Smart s.o.b. He put it together

piece by piece.

Where was he

tryin'to go ?

Anyplace but here.

Hey, you guys, come here.

Come here.

l think l saw Childs outside

the main entrance of the camp.

- What's he doing outside ?

- l don't know.

Got a flare ?

He got back inside

and blew the generator.

ln six hours,

it'll be 100 below in here.

Well, that's suicide !

Not for that thing.

lt wants to freeze now.

lt's got no way outta here.

lt just wants to go to sleep

until the rescue team finds it.

What can we do ?

What can we do ?

Whether we make it or not,

we can't let that thing freeze again.

Maybe we'll just warm things up

a little around here.

We're not gettin'

outta here alive...

but neither

is that thing.

Generator room.

Generator's gone.

Any way we can fix it ?

lt's gone, MacReady.

All right. We gotta bring this

whole place right down into the ice.

Garry, plant yours

in the old storage room.

Nails, down by the generator.

Oh, God.

How's it comin'in there ?

l said, ''How's it--''

Yeah, f*** you too !

You the only one who made it ?

Not the only one.

Where were you, Childs ?

Thought l saw Blair.

l went out after him...

and got lost in the storm.

Fires got the temperature up

all over the camp.

Won't last long though.

Neither will we.

How will we make it ?

Maybe we shouldn't.

lf you're worried about me--

lf we've got any surprises

for each other,

l don't think we're in much shape

to do anything about it.

Well... what do we do ?

Why don't we just...

wait here

for a little while,

see what happens.

Yeah.

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