Human Beings Exposed In The Thing From Another World

The advancements made in technology can often be exciting and therefore blinding to effects it causes in the surrounding world. The manufacture of technology and technical devices utilize excessive resources and power and can be hazardous to the environment. Throughout history, the concept of human beings abusing natural elements due to underestimating and overusing technology has been prevalent. Human beings are, by nature, meddlesome in unknown aspects of the environment and the consequences can be fatal. Due to the prevalence of human inquisitiveness in scientific and technological development, the literary and eventual film genre of science fiction has always been popular among the masses. In 1951, The Thing From Another World was

Due to the human curiosity and self-interest exhibited by the scientists and the United States Air Force crew, the alien is unleashed and wreaks havoc on earthly inhabitants.

The film begins in Anchorage, Alaska with the arrival of Ned “Scotty” Scott, a sardonic reporter, who was invited to the airbase by his old friend, Captain Patrick Hendy. Scotty arrives with the intention of reporting a story about the endeavours of the United States Air Force. After an apparent plane crashes near the airbase, Captain Hendy, his crew, and Scotty set out to a isolated research center in the Arctic to investigate the accident. However, upon the Air Force’s investigation, they realize that an unidentified flying object (UFO), has wrecked and embedded itself into the ice. Immediately, the Air Force crew displayed human instincts and were curious about the foreign object. They attempt to melt the ice surround the craft with thermite heat bombs, however,

They excavate the body still trapped in a large block of ice and prepare to fly it to a research center. However, a storm disconnects the communication between the crew and the Air Force commanders in Anchorage. Hendy insists that the body will not be disturbed without further instructions from the air force so the crew begins to work in shifts to guard the ice block. Eventually, Corporal Barnes guards the ice block, however, he is uncomfortable due to the body inside and places an electric blanket on the ice to avoid viewing it. The ice slowly melts and the Thing inside revives and breaks free. Barnes panics and shoots the creature but it still manages to escape into the North Pole. After escaping, the alien is attacked by sled dogs and loses an arm. The arm is recovered and the scientists begin to analyze its tissue components which reveal that the Thing is composed of vegetation and is therefore an advanced form of plant life. The men begin to realize the true threat the creature poses when its severed arm is heated and it begins to move after absorbing the dog blood it was covered in. The Air Force crew believes the Thing is a danger to everyone and is strongly against pursuing any scientific findings. However, Dr. Carrington is convinced that the alien can be reasoned with and can lead to knee and revolutionary scientific knowledge. Carrington secretly begins to experiment