Yeah exactly, it seems like a such a shame that The Thing (1982) didn't find its audience until years later. Because I feel like that's as close as we got to seeing a John Carpenter film with a big budget and it was great.
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John Carpenter > Steven Spielberg
In the first half of the film the audience is meant to think that Ripley is a heartless bitch, especially the airlock scene when she refuses to let the landing party return aboard. I've always thought that her saving the cat was a great narrative device to show us that she isn't this cold, heartless person. She was doing what was necessary to save as many members of the crew as possible.