These two movies define their genres and each got to that place in different ways.
In 2008 Marvel Studios gambled everything on a recovering addict and a visionary director and what they managed to deliver changed the world. IRON MAN started it all for what would become the MCU and without Robert Downey Jnr crushing his role of Tony Stark I’m not sure we get the MCU as we know it.
I was blown away watching this in the cinema (on my own) and knew I was watching something very special, just how special it would become I had no idea.
When it was released in 1982 THE THING went up against everyone’s favourite alien in ET and it didn’t end well. Bad box office and poor reviews saw THE THING move on quickly only to find cult status on VHS release. Today it is arguably the best alien horror movie ever made and still hold up today.