The Thing - Skepticism Towards Extraterrestrial Claims
MacReady:
I don't know. Thousands of years ago it crashes, and this thing... gets thrown out, or crawls out, and it ends up freezing in the ice.
Childs:
I just cannot believe any of this voodoo bullshit.
Palmer:
Childs, happens all the time, man. They're falling out of the skies like flies. Government knows all about it, right, Mac?
Childs:
You believe any of this voodoo bullshit, Blair?
Palmer: [[w:Chariots of the Gods?|Chariots of the Gods]
Childs, Childs... ], man. They practically own South America. I mean, they taught the Incas everything they know.
Garry:
So, come on now, MacReady, Norwegians get ahold of this... and they dig it up out of the ice.
MacReady:
Yes, Garry, they dig it up, they cart it back, it gets thawed out, wakes up - probably not the best of moods - I don't know, I wasn't there!
Nauls: [skates in with ripped long johns]
Which one of you disrespectful men been tossing his dirty drawers in the kitchen trash can, huh? From now, I want my kitchen clean, all right? Germ free!
Childs:
So how's this motherfucker wake up after thousands of years in the ice?
Bennings:
And how can it look like a dog?
MacReady: [motions to Blair]
I don't know how. Cause it's different than us, see? Cause it's from outer space. What do you want from me? Ask him!
Childs:
You buy any of this Blair?
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