Sunday's are typically a day off for most folks at Pole. On this Sunday, John Carpenter's movie "The Thing" was shown in the new station. I believe it is a yearly tradition to watch "The Thing" at station opening (and maybe again at closing) every year. Interestingly enough, the version of the Thing at the South Pole is in betamax and the betamax player is likely kept around just for this movie. After some work getting the movie to play, it seems to have been played one too many times, we all sat down to enjoy this classic. I could sit here and pick apart the entire movie, but then, it is fiction. One funny moment comes to mind when the Thing first appears, someone says, "Mac wants the Flamethrower!!".
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Needless to say, the entire TV lounge breaks into laughter. They have a flamethrower at a polar research station, where fire is one of the primary concerns for everyone's safety? Not to mention the fact that everyone is walking around in the movie with guns, prior to any known danger? Anyway, it makes for a good movie, unfortunately the beta tape cut out just as the Thing was getting loose and wreaking havoc on the station. Fortunately, there is a shipment of DVDs on its way and "The Thing" is among them. So The Thing tradition continues...
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