The Thing 2011 - Colin's death [DELETED SCENE]
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Science Fiction & Fantasy Stack Exchange users link it as the primary source for the cut suicide scene when discussing why it was deleted and how it connects to the 1982 film.
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What it is
A 77-second deleted scene from the 2011 prequel The Thing, showing the character Colin taking his own life. It is an uploaded clip of the cut footage with no commentary.
What people said
Cites Wad Cheber · 2015-06 · Science Fiction & Fantasy Stack Exchange · on “Radio operator's throat in The Thing (1982) and The Thing (2011)”
I am reluctant to say that anything about the prequel is better than the original movie - John Carpenter's film is a classic, and in my opinion, the best horror/science fiction movie ever made; whereas the prequel is mediocre at best. Pretty much everything about the original is superior to the prequel. This, however, might be the only exception to that rule. The 1982 film doesn't really give us much information about what happened in the Norwegian camp, including the unfortunate individual with the horrendous wounds to his wrists and throat. The Norwegian camp is merely a backdrop, and we only spend about 5 minutes there. Everything we see is there purely for dramatic effect and to shock us
Cites Wad Cheber · 2016-01 · Science Fiction & Fantasy Stack Exchange · on “Why was Colin's suicide scene deleted?”
The suicide scene itself was indeed deleted, but we do see Colin's body in the mid-credits scenes. [LINK] [LINK] [LINK] [LINK] These images are from The Thing (2011), I promise.The related shots [LINK] in The Thing (1982) are similar, but slightly different The reason they cut it was related to the special effects problems that plagued the production. When Edvard-Thing transforms, his arms fall off and become mini-Things. The idea was that his legs also broke off and became mini-Things. Colin locks himself in the storage room, and finds that one of the mini-Things, in the form of Edvard's calf and foot, is in the room with him. You can hear the sound effect of the leg-Thing scuttling around
Cites Daft · 2016-01 · Science Fiction & Fantasy Stack Exchange · on “Why was Colin's suicide scene deleted?”
In The Thing (2011) [LINK] , we last see Colin hiding in the communications room. It transpires that Colin snaps and takes his own life (I don't blame him) . The next time we see him is in The Thing (1982) [LINK] , when McCready finds his body [LINK] while investigating the Norwegian camp. It didn't take much searching online to find Colin's deleted death scene: Do we know why it was cut?? I think it's a little odd for a few reasons: It's a massive link between the two movies. It's the death of one of only 14 characters in the entire move. The scene itself is just over 1 minute in length. It's a pretty powerful scene in it's own right. Without that scene, the audience is just left to assume
Cites RichS · 2020-09 · Science Fiction & Fantasy Stack Exchange · on “Can the Thing infect non-living biomatter?”
You asked two related questions here. Would it assimilate dead organisms? (e.g - dead dogs) Would it assimilate non-living biomatter? (e.g. - food and compost) Would it assimilate dead organisms? The answer to the first question is no, the Thing is either incapable or uninterested in assimilating dead organisms. In a deleted scene from the 2011 movie, Colin commits suicide by slicing his wrists rather than allow himself to be assimilated. Although this a deleted scene and therefore non-canon, we see his body in the 1982 movie when the Americans visit the Norwegian camp, so his suicide is canon. The Thing had a few days to assimilate Colin's body, but did not. From that we can assume it was e