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John Carptenter's The Thing is the GOAT movie. But it still gives me the heebie jeebies, practical effects are the best.

And it would 100% be able to assimilate the alien.

I still don't understand it fully. Can't it shapeshift and just infect you and turn into one? I imagine the acid blood wouldn't matter.

I've never seenthe movie but I suspect a Lovecraft creature doesn't care about acid blood

Xenomorph's wouldn't be considered biological to The Thing, since they're based on polarised silicon (they consume carbon-based life to generate their resin, a substance they secrete to build their hive structures, victim cocoons, etc. Basically, the facehuggers infest other organisms to copy their genetic structure, then the adult warriors process the leftovers into beeswax.).
So, the Thing couldn't, as in the 2011 prequel film American paleontologist Kate Lloyd discovers the creature is unable to mimic non-living/inorganic material such as metals or plastic, when she finds a small pool of blood with metal fillings; surmising the creature spat them out when it assimilated its victim.

knightmarexx posted...

Xenomorph's wouldn't be considered biological to The Thing, since they're based on polarised silicon (they consume carbon-based life to generate their resin, a substance they secrete to build their hive structures, victim cocoons, etc. Basically, the facehuggers infest other organisms to copy their genetic structure, then the adult warriors process the leftovers into beeswax.).
So, the Thing couldn't, as in the 2011 prequel film American paleontologist Kate Lloyd discovers the creature is unable to mimic non-living/inorganic material such as metals or plastic, when she finds a small pool of blood with metal fillings; surmising the creature spat them out when it assimilated its victim.

damn