The Thing story
The film tells the story of a group of American researchers in Antarctica who encounter the eponymous "Thing", a parasitic extraterrestrial life-form that assimilates, then imitates other organisms.
8 total · 5 major · 3 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| bio-mimicking life form | major | The Thing was a parasitic alien that consumed and imitated other organisms. |
| extraterrestrial being | major | The Thing came to Antarctica from outer space. |
| invasive life form from outer space | major | Blair speculated that the Thing planned to imitate a human to get off Antarctica and take over everyone in the wold. The rest of the story involved stopping The Thing from getting out, at any cost. |
| mistrust | major | Everyone suspected everyone else of being the Thing. |
| trust in a potential foe | major | time and again people struggles with whether to trust another person or not - they just might be The Thing |
| aliens meddling in ancient history | minor | It was mentioned, perhaps jokingly, that aliens gave technology to ancient South American peoples. |
| flying saucer | minor | The Thing crashed its flying saucer in Antarctica thousands of years ago. |
| sacrifice for one's people | minor | the remaining characters at the end agreed that they kill the thing even if they'd die themselves, to save mankind |