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January 05, 2012

Couple of Funny "The Thing" Videos
— Ace

First, a claymation parody of The Thing, with Penguins. I guess this Penguin is already known by some. He's called Pengu or something.

Then, The Thing musical.

Thanks to @exjon and @verumserum

Posted by: Ace at 09:16 AM | Comments (60)
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1 I've seen Pingu with my nieces.

Posted by: Mikey NTH at January 05, 2012 09:17 AM (hLRSq)

2
IInd

Posted by: Soothsayer at January 05, 2012 09:18 AM (sqkOB)

3 IIRC, Pingu was big in Portugal. I think we got ice cream treats at the zoo there.

Posted by: Y-not at January 05, 2012 09:18 AM (5H6zj)

4 Did we ever learn what made ace sick and is he better now?

Posted by: Y-not at January 05, 2012 09:19 AM (5H6zj)

5 Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable failure.
-or-
Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable traitor.
-or-
Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable dictator.

I can't decide!

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) says 'No' to RINO Romney at January 05, 2012 09:20 AM (8y9MW)

6 I can't see Youtube videos since my wife blocked YouTube with the safety minder.

Posted by: Truman North at January 05, 2012 09:21 AM (I2LwF)

7 Pingu rocks. My daughter loves it. It's created in France.

Posted by: Sassy at January 05, 2012 09:22 AM (E4jka)

8 I love Pingu. If I had kids, I would play Pingu vids for them. That "The Thing" video is brilliant.

Posted by: holygoat at January 05, 2012 09:22 AM (XnwWl)

9 I can't see Youtube videos since my wife blocked YouTube with the safety minder.

What were you watching?

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) says 'No' to RINO Romney at January 05, 2012 09:22 AM (8y9MW)

10 Picking locks....especially handcuff locks....will be a very useful skill in President Fore's next term.

Posted by: wheatie at January 05, 2012 09:22 AM (oPkw3)

"I have to tell you, he is a decent person, and a person that you do not have to be scared as President of the United States.Â”

-John Fucking McCain, October 2008 speaking about Princess Barry, the same John McCain telling Gingrich to 'toughen up'. Fuck that asshole and his capid vunt daughter.

Posted by: Ms Choksondik, hoping for a Rick Perry miracle at January 05, 2012 09:23 AM (fYOZx)

12 #5: All of the above?

Posted by: Joffen at January 05, 2012 09:23 AM (zLeKL)

13 6 I can't see Youtube videos since my wife blocked YouTube with the safety minder.

Grounds for divorce.

And oh yeah, "HAHA!!!"

Posted by: EC at January 05, 2012 09:23 AM (GQ8sn)

14 Heh. What was I watching? I don't even the fuck know. Probably looking for ONT fodder.

Posted by: Truman North at January 05, 2012 09:23 AM (I2LwF)

15 Was the prequel any good?

Posted by: Dr Spank at January 05, 2012 09:23 AM (lVGED)

16 Kurt Russell was hawt in The Thing.

Posted by: wheatie at January 05, 2012 09:24 AM (oPkw3)

17 Another frivolous thread? How are we going to be PREPARED if we don't talk politics 24/7 !!!

Posted by: Moron Serious Issues Compliance Commission at January 05, 2012 09:25 AM (Y+DPZ)

18 Posted by: Truman North at January 05, 2012 01:23 PM (I2LwF)

Download Chrome, but don't set up a desktop icon for it.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) says 'No' to RINO Romney at January 05, 2012 09:26 AM (8y9MW)

19 Believe it or not, that claymation Thing video was sort of scary in and of itself.

Which just goes to show you how fucking disturbing the ACTUAL movie still is.

Posted by: Jeff B. at January 05, 2012 09:26 AM (hIWe1)

20 O/T: (don't mean to crap on the thread) I just got off the phone with the office of Steve King (R-IA), member of the House Judiciary Committee. The person said that he hadn't had the chance to talk with Mr. King about Obama's actions yesterday but he expect he will soon. He said he expects Mr. King to look into these "serious Constitutional issues". I mentioned impeachment, and the rep said that "all options are on the table." I don't put much into that, but it's promising at least.

Posted by: Joffen at January 05, 2012 09:27 AM (zLeKL)

21 Is Ann Coulter on Team Mittens now?

If he wins NH big time, I'm investing in whoever makes those Trojan vibrators that blow your hair back

Posted by: kbdabear at January 05, 2012 09:28 AM (Y+DPZ)

22 _{Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable failure.
-or-
Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable traitor.
-or-
Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable dictator.}_{I can't decide!}

Keep typing until you work it out

Posted by: Jack Torrance, popsicle at January 05, 2012 09:28 AM (Lpgtj)

23
Brian Dennehy played the Blob in The Blob.

Posted by: Soothsayer at January 05, 2012 09:28 AM (sqkOB)

24 "Thing" prequel sucked harder than Meghan McCain at a jelly doughnut factory.

Posted by: EC at January 05, 2012 09:28 AM (GQ8sn)

25 Saw The Thing on cable a couple months ago. It still stands up really well and it's still shocking, in a good way. And I still don't recognize Wilford Brimley without his beard.

Posted by: joncelli, who didn't graduate from Va Tech. Nope. at January 05, 2012 09:28 AM (RD7QR)

26 >>25 Is Ann Coulter on Team Mittens now?

Yes, for quite a while, actually.

Posted by: Y-not at January 05, 2012 09:29 AM (5H6zj)

27 Repubs could learn a lesson from Campbell. We need a "rule-of-four" for the POTUS with the TOTUS.

Posted by: The Robot Devil at January 05, 2012 09:29 AM (136wp)

28 Pixy no support Chrome, so you will have problems with comments.

Learn your HTML tags and you'll be fine.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) says 'No' to RINO Romney at January 05, 2012 09:29 AM (8y9MW)

29 The problem with the original The Thing is that it wasn't scary.

Posted by: Dr Spank at January 05, 2012 09:30 AM (lVGED)

30
I recently downloaded and installed a plugin for FireFox called 'Download Helper'

Welcome to 2008

Posted by: Soothsayer at January 05, 2012 09:30 AM (sqkOB)

31
I use Orbit, myself.

Posted by: Soothsayer at January 05, 2012 09:31 AM (sqkOB)

32 Is that Pingu related to this Pingu?

http://tinyurl.com/28x3sag

Posted by: chemjeff at January 05, 2012 09:32 AM (s7mIC)

33 Is Ann Coulter on Team Mittens now?

If he wins NH big time, I'm investing in whoever makes those Trojan vibrators that blow your hair back

Yeah, she has been for some time. Prior to that she was pushing hard for Christie to run.

Jen Rubin already has a Trojan vibrator that she named "Little Mitty". You might consider investing in whoever makes Energizer batteries instead, because somebody started buying them by the case late Tuesday night.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at January 05, 2012 09:33 AM (SY2Kh)

34
ahhhh, so I'm not the only who is dubious about the really really really good jobs report for December...

Posted by: Soothsayer at January 05, 2012 09:33 AM (sqkOB)

35 33 The problem with the original The Thing is that it wasn't scary.

I disagree. When the open the door to the plant nursery and the Thing is standing right there... I jumped every time.

Posted by: The Robot Devil at January 05, 2012 09:34 AM (136wp)

36
the jobs report came in almost double what was 'expected'

something icy stinks in Denmark

Posted by: Soothsayer at January 05, 2012 09:34 AM (sqkOB)

37
"...the skeptics are out. ADP employment change for December came in much stronger than expected, at 325,000 jobs created, well above the consensus of 175,000.

Charles Biderman of TrimTabs.com called to say that he had a hard time believing that there were that many jobs created.

The reason: his data on withholding taxes indicate that incomes are down year over year, and also sequentially (month to month). "Incomes are declining, the economy is weakening, and we are not growing jobs by 300,000...who knows what the real numbers are, but you can't have 300,000 jobs created with slowing growth in withholding collections. If you had 300,000 new jobs you'd have a spurt in withholding collections.""

Posted by: Soothsayer at January 05, 2012 09:35 AM (sqkOB)

38 Learn your HTML tags and you'll be fine.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) says 'No' to RINO Romney at January 05, 2012 01:29 PM (8y9MW)

Posted by: yep, what he said at January 05, 2012 09:36 AM (4B2Vg)

25 Is Ann Coulter on Team Mittens now?

If he wins NH big time, I'm investing in whoever makes those Trojan vibrators that blow your hair back

They should come out with an "Ann Coulter Special Edition" model. .....Since she likes plastic dickheads.

The Coulter Edition: It flips and flops! It spins! It twists and turns! It will contort to fit!

Posted by: wheatie at January 05, 2012 09:37 AM (oPkw3)

40 >>>Jen Rubin already has a Trojan vibrator that she named "Little Mitty". You might consider investing in whoever makes Energizer batteries instead, because somebody started buying them by the case late Tuesday night.

You might not have noticed this, but she's always been exceptionally complimentary towards Rick Santorum as well. In fact, she was mocked by many (Dave Weigel in particular) for giving Santorum so much press -- including lengthy interviews she posted on her blog -- back when he was supposedly just an afterthought of a candidate.

If you check her blog out right now, she hasn't changed her tune one bit (proving that it wasn't just one of those "support someone up until the point they threaten Mitt" things). She's probably thrilled the choice has come down to those two.

Posted by: Jeff B. at January 05, 2012 09:37 AM (hIWe1)

41 I saw a distinct uptick in demand for GI Joes with the Kung Fu grip.

Posted by: Billy Ray Valentine at January 05, 2012 09:38 AM (t+2xb)

42 Obama is not The Thing because he doesn't pretend to be things he's not because he isn't an alien because he'd never attack a government program.

Posted by: WalrusRex at January 05, 2012 09:40 AM (jUZRg)

43 33 The problem with the original The Thing is that it wasn't scary.

Posted by: Dr Spank at January 05, 2012 01:30 PM (lVGED)

Yep. John Carpenter fixed that in the remake. Fixed it right.

Posted by: maddogg at January 05, 2012 09:40 AM (OlN4e)

44 If you check her blog out right now, she hasn't changed her tune one bit (proving that it wasn't just one of those "support someone up until the point they threaten Mitt" things). She's probably thrilled the choice has come down to those two.

I sure she is thrilled in the sense that she doesn't believe (and for good reason) that Santorum's campaign will have any legs.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at January 05, 2012 09:41 AM (SY2Kh)

45 42
the jobs report came in almost double what was 'expected'

something icy stinks in Denmark
Posted by: Soothsayer at January 05, 2012 01:34 PM

So begins the fictional economic reports for the re-election of King Barry. Look soon for those "prosperity montages" on every nightly news report.

I worked for a retailer over the holiday, the crowds weren't overwhelming even with anything and everything marked down.

Posted by: kbdabear at January 05, 2012 09:42 AM (Y+DPZ)

46 The musical? Get it a wheelchair.

Posted by: maddogg at January 05, 2012 09:43 AM (OlN4e)

47 This Christmas season set a record for returned items even with all the discounts and markdowns.

Who are you going to believe, the government statistics or your own lying eyes?

Posted by: kbdabear at January 05, 2012 09:44 AM (Y+DPZ)

48 Stop with the scrolling marque in the name line. Every time someone starts that shit it locks up the blog.

Posted by: Vic at January 05, 2012 09:50 AM (YdQQY)

49 >> The problem with the original The Thing is that it wasn't scary. The Hawks version was the first horror movie my dad ever saw. The theatre was about 1/2 mile from his house and he was terrified walking back home in the dark.

Posted by: The Chap in the Deerstalker Cap at January 05, 2012 09:51 AM (qndXR)

50 50s Thing was great. 80s Thing was good, but I don't really care for ultra-gore. The paranoia was well done, though.

Just saw 2011 Thing. (mild spoilers) More gore, more alien ship stuff, less paranoia, more damsel in distress. "Alien in Antarctica" feel.

Nice bit (spoiler) about the teeth fillings. That's how they check for who's who in the 2011 prequel. The Thing can only replicate organic matter, not inorganic fillings. One good paranoia moment was when hero chick discovers some bloody fillings in the shower - so she knows somebody has been replicated, but doesn't know who.

Main criticism was they didn't give you any hope of guessing who was replicated. Movie tries to make you think it's person A, then tries to shock you with reveal of person B. But they never show any reason to suspect person B.

The way this should be done is - hero is with ally A and ally B hunting the Thing. Thing appears, they try to kill it, but have to run away. In the chaos of the battle and running away they briefly get split up. But find each other after a few minutes. But now the hero and the audience can't be sure ally A or ally B was replicated during the brief separation.

Or something to that effect. In the 2011 Thing they just always made the safest, least suspected person turn out to be replicated.

Partly the cast was perhaps too big with too many similar looking guys. A dozen sandy-haired, bearded Nordic types tend to blend in. Part of the fun of a movie like this should be trying to guess who's been replicated. Who stepped out alone and can't be trusted now.

Posted by: Clubber Lang at January 05, 2012 09:51 AM (QcFbt)

51 55 Stop with the scrolling marque in the name line. Every time someone starts that shit it locks up the blog.

Posted by: Vic at January 05, 2012 01:50 PM (YdQQY)

Should be cause for permanent banning! Zero tolerance policy.

Posted by: The Robot Devil at January 05, 2012 09:52 AM (136wp)

52 >>something icy stinks in Denmark
Posted by: Soothsayer at January 05, 2012 01:34 PM

>>So begins the fictional economic reports for the re-election of King Barry. Look soon for those "prosperity montages" on every nightly news report.

It's already all over ABC Radio News around the Rush show and others.
Calling it a big plus for TheWon's reelection chances, like you know, ah maybe a coordinated media meme.

.....just spitballin' here....

Posted by: ontherocks at January 05, 2012 09:55 AM (HBqDo)

53 @ comment #11, Howard Hawks version is a classic, a little melodramatic but still has its classic moments. However Carpenter's version was actually closer to the original story "Who Goes There?" by John Campbell. Right down to the names of the characters. Can't remember the names of the characters in the '51 version, were they the same as Carpenters' version?

Posted by: Batznratz at January 05, 2012 09:55 AM (anXB0)

54 Fuck that asshole and his capid vunt daughter.

I must really be half-asleep, I thought for a good 5 seconds trying to figure out the definition of "capid"...

Posted by: Lone Marauder, pre-denounced for your convenience at January 05, 2012 09:56 AM (/bVuS)

55 I must really be half-asleep, I thought for a good 5 seconds trying to figure out the definition of "capid"...

Posted by: Lone Marauder, pre-denounced for your convenience at January 05, 2012 01:56 PM (/bVuS)

Try another one: calignant munt

Posted by: Paulie Walnuts at January 05, 2012 10:01 AM (4q5tP)

"If I had kids, I would play Pingu vids for them. That "The Thing" video is brilliant."

My young daughter watches Pingu, found them herself.

Hopefully not this particular one. Actually scary.

Posted by: Bob from Ohio at January 05, 2012 10:09 AM (ROFkf)

57 @36
I was going to mention Bloody Pingu Toss.
I have the world record on that shit.As far as I know anyway.

Posted by: Roland THTG at January 05, 2012 10:28 AM (vL/+W)

58 "Get me off of this fucking couch"

Posted by: Things Frank Sinatra sang at January 05, 2012 12:05 PM (t/mAc)

59 Here is <a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWPx-fw0mI8>The THing</a> that I remember.

Posted by: 2SoonOld2LateSmart at January 05, 2012 07:29 PM (YFAMg)

60 You really make it seem so uderstandable with your presentation but I find this topic before really hard to understand. It seems too complicated and very broad for me.

Posted by: Wabi Sabi Love ePub at January 05, 2012 09:48 PM (cqRVE)

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