From: drsteerforth@yahoo.com   
      
   On Sun, 5 Jun 2022 08:21:32 -0700 (PDT), Mark Leeper   
    wrote:   
      
   >June 25 is the fortieth anniversary of the release of JOHN   
   >CARPENTER'S THE THING (not to be confused with THE THING FROM   
   >ANOTHER WORLd (1951) or THE THING (2011)).  Given that it is forty   
   >years old, and based on a story that is about seventy-five years   
   >old, THERE WILL BE SPOILERS!  Briefly, this is a logic puzzle mixed   
   >with an alien invasion story.   
      
   You reminded me that the monster in "The Thing From Another World" was   
   played by James Arness, Marshall Matt Dillon of "Gunsmoke" fame.   
      
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