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Jul 16, 2017 at 21:29 comment added Hack-R @FuzzyBoots Right, I knew that Jackson was the patient, but I wasn't sure if he was the thing in white that the first group of military people in the movie described (the ones from my script quote, not the later scientists from the book passage, who came to the town later in the movie as well). But anyway you've convinced me that it was Jackson who they saw afterall. I just don't know why they called him a "thing". Guess they were freaked out.
Jul 16, 2017 at 21:23 comment added FuzzyBoots @Hack-R. And Jackson does show up in the script, although his first name isn't given.
Jul 15, 2017 at 23:36 comment added FuzzyBoots @Hack-R: It is from the book. Basically, they saw someone or something in white, and were suddenly struck with the disease. As for why they'd be spooked, they were surrounded by dead people and suddenly they see moving white material and are seized by sudden pain as they stop breathing and their blood congeals...
Jul 15, 2017 at 22:24 vote accept Hack-R
Jul 15, 2017 at 22:11 comment added Hack-R @RoboKaren ha! OK I had to Google the name to get that reference, but I take it you don't care for the LOTR director of the same name
Jul 15, 2017 at 22:02 comment added RoboKaren Wouldn't you be afraid of an old guy named, Peter Jackson, especially if he is threatening to make a couple of films out of your cherished childhood book series?
Jul 15, 2017 at 22:00 comment added Hack-R Thanks much. I noticed that all of this is in quotes (yellow formatting) but it doesn't look like the movie script. Is this from a book version or something? I think you must be right but it's a little confusing. I take it that Craine and Shaw were the 2 men who came later by helicopter; not the 2-3 original guys I was thinking of. If they were just talking about that old "Sterno" drinking guy, then why did they refer to him as a "thing" and why would a bunch of military men have been afraid of him? I'll go ahead and upvote and will probably accept as the answer after I figure this out.
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