“Yes, I know. I know who’s the Thing and who’s not in the very end,” he said during an interview with ComicBook.com. But if you were hoping for any elaboration, then keep on hoping. “Nope,” Carpenter added when probed for more information. “Cannot tell you. Sorry,”
It was pretty much the same answer he gave SYFY WIRE last summer: “I know, but I’m not telling you … I just feel like it’s a secret that must be kept. The gods came down and swore me to secrecy.”
Yeah, definitely think the thing is terrified and desperate and also that they’re separate beings.
But I just found out that the 2011 movie and the 2002 video game are supposed to be canon, at least the 2002 video game. Everyone is claiming that John Carpenter explicitly stated it was canon, which would answer the childs question definitively, but I haven’t found that interview that everyone is talking about yet.
I’m going to do more research before I rewatch the movie I think and try and figure out how Canon the other entries into the series are first.
Great excuse to go read a bunch of essays and analyzes and watch interviews about a movie and lore I love