THE THING 4K UHD BLU-RAY REVIEW

Review of the 4K UHD Blu-ray release of John Carpenter's The Thing. This is a great release and if it doesn't look great on your system you'll need to investigate your HDR setup.

[Blood_fog]

The Thing is my favourite film of all time and to see a home presentation as good as this one really did bring a tear or two to my eyes.

[braviafeed]

This film is perhaps the greatest example of the Sci-Fi Horror genre ever committed to film. It's an absolute masterpiece. Nice review.

[danhardcastle]

Would definitely be interested to hear your thoughts on "The Shawshank Redemption". As well as having a superb "making of" documentary, "The Thing" also has one of the all time great commentary tracks (my other favourite is on "Conan the Barbarian") if you are interested in that kind of thing - no pun intended. Thanks for the review!

[CheeringOwls]

Lovely review of the The Thing, I purchased it and I am more than pleased with the 4k transfer of the movie. It`s a movie I really enjoy watching anyway so having it now in 4k is a huge bonus.

[kevinintheusa]

The Thing is my favorite movie of all time. PERIOD. I saw it in the theater on its original run and I loved it. I bought it on VHS, DVD, Blu Ray, and now I will pick it up on 4K and I don't even have a 4K player. Yet.

[frasercliff]

Probably the best reviewer on YouTube. Indepth and knowledgeable as always. Well done sir.

[CoinOpTV]

The Thing is such a clasic and I enjoyed the 4K transfer - had an audio dropout on my disc around 57 min mark and had to return it gonna wait and pick it up again around the Black Friday sales along with Shawshank

[ijslandernl]

Thanks for the review, John. For several years The Thing has been my most-anticipated 4k Blu-ray release. Several John Carpenter movies had already been released on 4k Blu-ray over the years and I've always wondered why this classic had not been released yet. As The Thing is an absolute masterpiece, I had expected it to be one of the very first 4k Blu-rays to be released. Well, all of that doesn't matter anymore, now that it's finally here and maybe it's even a good thing we had to wait this long, as it gave them enough time to release something incredible, instead of quickly releasing a disappointing, rushed 4k transfer. In my opinion this movie is just a must-own. I've got the Special Edition which also includes the 2011 prequel.
I've got that 4k Blu-ray release of The Shawshank Redemption as well. Yet another classic that arrived on the format last month. I'd be interested in hearing your thoughts about it.

[Celestialrob]

John, your videos are getting better and better and are now, IMHO, the gold standard on YouTube.

I love this film and have owned it on VHS, Laserdisc and DVD. I’ll be getting the 4K once my bank account has recovered from my splurge in August.

Thanks for what you’re doing. I’d basically like you to review anything.

See you in Shawshank, Rob

[moomcmoosson]

The Arrow release was made from the same 4K master i believe and it's pretty damn good. Much better than the old Universal Blu-Ray. That might be why some reviewers didn't see as much of a difference between the Arrow Blu-Ray and the new 4K. But like you say, sometimes you gotta fiddle around with the equipment to get everything out of a 4K release, which can be annoying to many folks.

[RobertR]

Watched the 4k release on my JVC RS4100. I've never seen the film look this good. The vividness of the colors was impressive. Superlative SF/Horror film.

[johnuchiha]

Movie Collector please review the 4K It Comes at Night, Logan Lucky and the Blu Ray of The Devil All the Time.

[danielparker]

Another excellent review John. I saw this movie on the big screen upon its release. The special effects were ahead of its time and were quite amazing to watch at the time. Carpenter's score was also excellent as it was in Halloween. I was thinking that when the US team went to the other camp and what they found there was a perfect setup for a prequel and sure enough one was finally made which is about the initial discovery of the alien ship in the ice and the subsequent overrunning of the scientific camp by the alien creature. Also the ending was the perfect tie in to John Carpenter's film with them chasing the sled dog and trying to shoot it before it reached the US camp. Even using Carpenter's iconic theme at the end to further tie it in. All in all both can be viewed back to back as if it were one movie. The only thing that I felt John Carpenter's film should have had was one or maybe two female characters but that is just my opinion. The prequel did have a female character. Still Carpenter's films remain a legend in screen horror over all. I wonder what The Thing's movie take in is now since it has gone to video and gained even more in its popularity among horror fans. Keep up the good reviews and yes I would like to know your take on The Shawshank Redemption. Buh bye for now.

[billg]

Another excellent review, man. Your knowledge of how films should look and sound is amazing. Looking forward to Clockwork Orange!

[robertromero]

Perfect timing, John. I watched this last night, and thought it was great. I couldn't understand the negative comments about the sound. Sounded fine to me. Colors and dynamic range were very nice.

[jkoblivion]

I could hear John for endless hours regarding the art of cinema screening...wait a minute..i'm already doing that!
As always thank you for your hard work showing us all the details.

[Dis-Emboweled]

Fun fact; John Carpenter's The Thing is a "remake" of The Thing of another World based on the Novella called "Who goes there" by John W. Campbell Jr. John Carpenter's version is almost a page by page representation of the Novella. One of my favorite movies because of that.

Another top notch review.

[chroma]

Hope you and the mrs are doing well John. Keep up the great work I always look forward to your chats

[Gothic]

Another brilliant review - you should have your own film tv show. I too am a huge John Carpenter fan. I have got so many versions of the Thing including Video Disc, VHS, DVD. The new Universal 4K compliments previous Arrow 4K release.

Thanks.

[ianclark]

Hi John, great review as always. The extras on the Arrow release are excellent, as are the extras on the Scream Factory release. The combined extras between theme are well worth having. As I mentioned previously, this 4K edition of The Thing is outstanding and it’s great to hear your recommendation.