To see out what happened to Lars inThe Thing(2011 ) , fans will have to take in both John Carpenter ’s 1982 classic and the prequel of the same name . Lars ( Jørgen Langhelle ) ) is part of a crew of investigator at a Norwegian inquiry station called " Thule " studying a spacecraft buried in the Antarctic . While the ship is at Thule for observation , an foreign entity better out of its water ice - continue hull , disappear into the station and murdering Lars ' sled dog . The alien then begins find fault off the crew one by one , copying each cell from its victims to make a staring duplicate and quiet their peers into a sham sense of security measures before striking again .

After Henrik , a mutate Griggs , and Olav are bolt down , American palaeontologist Kate Lloyd ( repugnance queen Mary Elizabeth Winstead ) is define that no one else can leave behind the place for fear that once The matter is introduced to a larger population , it will be impossible to stop . However , when Juliette is revealed to be a extra , Lars down her with a flamethrower and also demands everyone quarantine until they can rule out the threat . Elsewhere , Dr. Halvorson ( Ulrich Thomsen ) and Carter ( Joel Edgerton ) are assimilate , while Kate flee in the snowcat for the Russian place , leaving a very paranoid Lars behind at Thule .

Lars Chases After The Dog Thing In The Helicopter

Lars believes himself to be the only member of the team will when Thule ’s helicopter returns with Matias , immediately arousing his suspicion . After making certain that Matias is n’t also a matter by forcing him to show him his teeth ( The Thing ca n’t absorb inorganic thing ) , he trust all is dependable when , much to his surprise , his dog leaps back to living and thrill into the tundra . Lars put Matias to expend his chopper for hunt the dog down and prevent it from make any other universe of world and scatter its horror beyond the atrocity that have happened at Thule .

devotee of Carpenter ’s motion picture should be wondering what happened to Lars ’s dog the entire movie , particularly if they hump what come next . The helicopter swooping over the darting husky , bullets piercing the snow , is howThe Thingopens , and if the two films share the same name were n’t confusing enough , this scene is a complete connecting tether between them . It also conveys Lars ' bravery and dedication to humanity because he knows a rifle wo n’t kill The Thing , but unlike most scientists in scientific discipline fable flick , he does n’t want to learn " the arrant being . " He just wants to test to destroy it by any means necessary .

Lars Dies In The Thing 1982

2011’sThe Thingfits into the original movie ’s timelinewhen the whirlybird scene opens Carpenter ’s film with a sled dog determined to outrun the eggbeater fan now have sex is conduct Matias and Lars , the only survivors of Thule ’s carnage . Firing his rifle at the creature , Lars tries to admonish the crew of the American research station about its intent but is eventually pip by the station commandant in ego - defense . Lars ' destruction is how the prequel truly ends , and on the same bleak line thatThe Thing(1982 ) endswhen MacReady ( Kurt Russell ) and Childs ( Keith David ) are n’t certain if either of them is human or The matter .

keep an eye on Carpenter’sThe Thingfor the first metre , there ’s an immediate closed book set up about the escape wiener and the Norwegian research post . Its prequel does a commendable job of filling in the narration blanks while adhering to Carpenter ’s esthetic , tone , and use of hard-nosed event . The Thingwas a box office bomb when it premiere in 2011 , but then again , so was its predecessor when it was released in 1982 , and it is now considered one of the fine skill - fabrication movies ever made . Perhaps in fourth dimension , the prequel will be appreciated for its attention to item and cleverly paying homage toThe Thingwith Lars ' stately forfeit .

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Lars points his gun at the fleeing dog in The Thing 2011