#m.t. garry

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t h e t h i n g, 1982 🎬 dir. john carpenter

'l'm just letting you know we're taking a chance. lf we get caught in a white-out, you can scratch one doctor and one pilot.' - macready

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Character Description Age || Actor Age at time of movie release || My Headcanon

Mac: 35 || 31 || 31 (i think it's funnier if he's younger than Childs, even by a year)

Garry: 46 || 52 || 49 (he has a 30 year military career like he didn't start at 16 come on)

Childs: 33 || 27 || 32

Blair: 50 || 48 || 50

Fuchs: 25 || 31 || 26 (he's so young and the smartest bitch around?? good for him)

Copper: 45 || 53 || 49

Palmer: 27 || 39 || 30 (lol at this difference)

Nauls: 22 || 26 || 24 (baby boy, baby)

Norris: 44 || 39 || 42

Bennings: 38 || 38 || 38 (they got it exactly right lmao)

Clark: 24 || 34 || 28 (24??? you gotta take a nap or something man look at yourself)

Windows: 21 || 27 || 23 (baby boy, baby2)

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The Music Tastes of US Outpost #31

R. J. MacReady: CHICAGO BLUES

Childs: HARD ROCK

Blair: BAROQUE-ERA CLASSICAL

Palmer: 70'S PUNK

Windows: ACID ROCK

Nauls: FUNK

Clark: COUNTRY

Dr. Copper: TRAD POP

Fuchs: ROMANTIC-ERA CLASSICAL

George Bennings: BOSSA NOVA

Norris: OLDIES RADIO FORMAT

M.T. Garry: Doesn't listen to music

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The thing if it was freaky

R.J Dickgready

Dr Bussy

Palmed ass cheeks

Windex Condom

George Bootyings

M.T Glazed Garry

Getting Nauled in The Ass

+18s

Copper Strap On

Vance Nutrris

Creamy Clark

Fucks

[whistlingstarlight]

Okay first part in what I guess could be considered a character analysis series? As I've said before, the characters in The Thing are all incredibly written and all have very distinct dynamics with each other and I want to talk about them.

I'm going to start off talking about Garry, as whilst he's not the main character I think he's one of the most interesting characters in the film.

M.T. Garry is the station manager of Outpost 31, leading the team of American scientists during their research in Antarctica.

We first meet Garry when the Norwegians invade the camp, aiming to kill the "dog" they've been pursuing. Garry quickly proves himself both a quick thinker and a good shot, shooting the Norwegian directly in the eye. Despite the death being necessary as far as the American team knows, Garry is shown to be remorseful for his actions, indicated by the silent look he gives Palmer after the latter jokes about Garry finally being able to use his gun.

Garry's next key scene is after the Bennings-Thing has been killed. He's absolutely devastated by Bennings' death, mentioning they'd been friends for ten years, and whilst it's clear he doesn't quite understand what's going on, he goes along with Mac's plan to burn the remaining specimens without hesitation. This scene gives us an insight into Garry's more emotional side, as well as showing he's willing to let others take charge when he doesn't know what to do.

Another example of this is when Blair attacks Windows and destroys the radio room. Garry is shown with his gun in hand, clearly ready to use it if necessary, but he again allows MacReady to take charge and detain Blair with minimal violence.

Garry, along with Dr. Copper, becomes a prime suspect when the blood reserves are sabotaged. Whilst he's quick to defend himself and seems to try and deflect blame onto Copper, everything he says is truthful and any attempts to shift blame are simultaneously unintentional and justified, as whilst it's never confirmed who did sabotage the blood, it's clear it wasn't him.

He's the first to notice Windows panicking, again showing he's quick to respond to sudden situations. Whilst he does threaten to shoot Windows after he arms himself, he makes it clear he doesn't want to kill him, allowing Mac a chance to talk Windows down before he shoots. This is Garry's most pivotal scene, as after several occasions of following his orders, this is when he officially gives up leadership of the base to MacReady. He knows he's suspicious, even though he's later proven to be human, and knows they won't get anywhere with a leader nobody trusts.

Later, when MacReady is suspected to be a Thing, Garry -along with the rest of the team- turn on him. However, this isn't a frustrating moment even from an audience perspective. We as the audience haven't seen MacReady for some time at this point, and whilst unlikely it's not out of the realm of possibility he has been assimilated. After Mac kills Clark in self-defense, Garry willingly -albeit reluctantly, vocalising his doubts- goes along with the blood test. After both the test is proven to work and Mac is proven human, Garry's loyalty to MacReady returns.

When the majority of the team have been killed and Blair all but proves himself a Thing, Garry is one of the last men standing. He follows MacReady's final plan, to destroy the base and any leftover aliens with it, even though he knows he won't be making it out alive.

Garry dies in the generator room whilst setting up detonators, when the Blair-Thing ambushes him from behind, gruesomely assimilating him mouth-first to prevent him calling out to Mac or Nauls. Whilst this contradicts his earlier scenes which show him to have decent reflexes and a strong awareness of his surroundings, by this point the survivors are all exhausted and slowly freezing to death, which would explain his slower response.

The last we see of Garry is his faceless corpse being unceremoniously dragged away by the Blair-Thing, attached to its arm.

Throughout the film, Garry shows himself to be a capable and level-headed leader, enough to know when he's not the right man for the job. He's never shown abusing his authority (whilst harsh towards Windows at times, Windows seems unpopular with most of the crew thanks to his abrasive personality), and seems to respect his crew enough not to force them to follow a leader they no longer have faith in. He's an excellent change of pace from asshole authority figures in media who take advantage of their position (see his counterpart in the 2011 prequel, Dr. Halvorson). He's not always a nice man, but he is a good man.

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Can someone knowledgeable on Thing info tell me where Garry’s initials being M.T. came from?? Norris’ full name is in the original short story and Mac and Bennings have their full names stated in films.

Seriously where did M.T. Garry come from I’ve looked at scripts and stuff and can’t find it. Is it in the novelization?

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Turma do Anglo-CID VS The Thing (O Enigma de Outro Mundo, 1982)

Pra começo de conversa, nem queria botar o mesmo título pra dois ou três (acho) posts que já fiz anteriormente. Retórica é uma palavra carregada de preconceito e sei como é difícil raciocinar quando as coisas ficam ruins na prática. Fica até parecendo que é pra qualquer um de nós quando nos envolvem na ofensa ou no acidente, mas na verdade nunca foi. Desculpa se isso atinge pessoas que mais uma vez não têm e/ou nunca tiveram nada a ver com isso. Pra mim esse nunca foi o foco, digam se isso é defeito ou qualidade. Ou nenhum dos dois...

Randal VS R.J. MacReady

William VS William "Wilford" Blair

Raul VS Thomas Kent Nauls

Marcelo VS David Palmer

Edson VS Keith Childs

Chico VS Dr. Richard Copper

Hércules VS Charles Vance Norris

Nino VS George Bennings

Danilo VS Richard Clark

Alisson VS Joel Polis Fuchs

Diogo VS Comandante M.T. Garry

Lucas VS Thomas G. Windows

Não sei se John Carpenter incluiu os nomes oficiais dos personagens junto aos seus sobrenomes, mas posso jurar que vi essa nomenclatura em alguma fonte oficial. Se os nomes oficiais dos personagens não provêm de alguma fonte oficial, por favor me enviem um e-mail ou entrem em contato comigo. Grato pela atenção.

Diogo é o líder dos justiceiros, assim como Garry é o primeiro em comando e chefe geral em Outpost 31.

Lucas gosta de rádio e comunicação, embora não possua o dom da fala.

William sacava rápido as coisas, mas tinha atitudes um pouco precipitadas. Embora inteligentes.

Randal é a cara de R.J. MacReady. As atitudes e comportamento diferem apenas.

Marcelo tem um "Q" do personagem Palmer.

Hércules lembra Charles Norris em praticamente tudo. Quase tudo. Inclusive o fato de ser gordo...armas, estilo de combate, atitudes, jeito, etc. Norris é o segundo em comando.

Edson foi bastante parecido com Childs durante o Colégio e até hoje, pelo fato de ser bastante suspeito.

Chico tem um "Q" de Tio Chico de "A Família Addams". E "Q" de doutor também.

Raul se parece bastante com Nauls, mas não em tudo.

Danilo lembra Clark. Inclusive o gosto pelos animais.

Alisson contrapõe Fuchs exatamente por tudo.

Nino é o único capaz de rivalizar com George Bennings.

Essa seção é pra quem já assistiu ou viu...

[jar-of-ectoplasm]

hope u guys are ready to hear me be annoying about the thing

anyway here are my first name headcanons for the characters that weren't given one:

r.j. macready; ryan james macready simply because he looks like a ryan

m.t. garry; martin thomas garry

fuchs; jonathan (john) fuchs, he just looks like a john to me

childs; duane childs

windows; kenneth (kenny) windows bc of the r.e.m. song what's the frequency kenneth and he's my silly radio man

nauls; charles (charlie) nauls

dr. blair; robert blair

dr. copper; william (bill) copper

I think clark and palmer go by their first names :)

[filmjunky-99]

t h e t h i n g, 1982 🎬 dir. john carpenter

'Somebody got to the blood... sabotaged it.' - copper

'Well, who's got access to it?' - macready

'I guess I'm the only one.' - copper

'And I've got the only key.' - garry

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okay wait how did Garry's keys make it back to him?

Bennings gets got -> Windows drops the keys and bolts -> Palmer or Norris take them and sabotage the blood supply -> ??? -> Garry has them back

they either

came up to him like "Hey chief, you didn't give these to me, but I'm returning the keys :) Nothing suspicious :)", which is very unlikely

or alternatively put them back on the ground for Windows to find, who probably was just glad they didn't go missing and returned them to Garry as normal and acted like he never lost them (which would explain why he ran away, as it would appear he was the only one who could've gotten to them outside Copper and Garry)

or maybe they stealthily clipped them back on Garry's belt when he was preoccupied with his boyfriend close friend dying in a horrible and painful way so he didn't notice, and Windows completely forgor about them until the fridge scene

which also lmao @ Garry completely forgetting he gave them to Windows in the first place. peepaw has horrible memory

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