The question of "do you know you're infected with the thing?" is something I always think about when I watch this movie. Another thing to look at with this theory is Norris. I think he is one of the earliest ones to get infected if not the first in the group. We get that little scene towards the beginning of the movie with the infected dog wandering around the camp and then going in someone's room. We only see a silhouette of the person in the room and maybe before HD it was much harder to tell who that is. I think its clearly Norris in that room.
Later in the movie, there is a moment when Norris is asked to take charge of things and Gary hands him his gun but Norris turns it down and doesn't want the responsibility. So if we assume that Norris is infected, why did he turn it down?
It could be that the thing wants to hide and by turning down the gun it only gains more trust from the others.
It could be that Norris who doesn't know he is infected really doesn't want the responsibility but the thing doesn't understand what the gun is? Like the thing is "in the backseat" of his mind but can take over whenever they want.
tkmoney t1_iujqxs4 wrote
Reply to comment by Petal_Chatoyance in The Thing (1982) -- the scene with MaReady checking on Blair in the cabin by darthvirgin
The question of "do you know you're infected with the thing?" is something I always think about when I watch this movie. Another thing to look at with this theory is Norris. I think he is one of the earliest ones to get infected if not the first in the group. We get that little scene towards the beginning of the movie with the infected dog wandering around the camp and then going in someone's room. We only see a silhouette of the person in the room and maybe before HD it was much harder to tell who that is. I think its clearly Norris in that room.
Later in the movie, there is a moment when Norris is asked to take charge of things and Gary hands him his gun but Norris turns it down and doesn't want the responsibility. So if we assume that Norris is infected, why did he turn it down?
It could be that the thing wants to hide and by turning down the gun it only gains more trust from the others.
It could be that Norris who doesn't know he is infected really doesn't want the responsibility but the thing doesn't understand what the gun is? Like the thing is "in the backseat" of his mind but can take over whenever they want.
IDK its fun to think about