How smart are they? The things, I mean
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preachcaleb — 3 years ago(November 02, 2022 01:19 PM)
Whenever caught, it just stands there and screams while transforming, sometimes not even attacking. It's very panicky and dumb once identified.
To be fair, even the smartest humans can panic and act very dumb when their survival is at stake.
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preachcaleb — 3 years ago(November 03, 2022 01:13 PM)
It seems to be at its most vulnerable when it's in the middle of replicating. The scene with the dogs was similar. It didn't do much other than howl, and by the time it even tried to escape, it was too late. It got torched again.
I also don't think it can kill humans that easily. It had Windows by the head, and it still took a while for him to die.
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preachcaleb — 3 years ago(November 03, 2022 04:53 PM)
Windows still wasn't dead. He was screaming and flailing and trying to fight back. It wasn't an easy kill.
Funnily enough, Windows at first was frozen in panic. Just like the Thing was as Bennings. It happens. Even to aliens.
And yes, 3 dogs. If it struggle for 6 minutes to kill 3 dogs, it'd take it even longer to kill 7 humans.
Not tougher than a human?
Let's not change the subject here. No one said that.
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preachcaleb — 3 years ago(November 03, 2022 06:32 PM)
It still took a while for Windows to die. It wasn't a quick easy kill.
Yep, struggle. It took the thing 6 minutes to kill and absorb 3 dogs that weren't even attacking it. It took so long, Childs had time to get dressed, go get the flamethrower, and then kill it. Heck, the thing wasn't even done killing or absorbing the dogs when it got fried.
There's no way it'd be able to kill 7 humans "very easily."
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preachcaleb — 3 years ago(November 03, 2022 07:03 PM)
Watch the language, son. No need to be rude. Even in disagreement, one can still be a gentleman.
Let's not change the subject here. No one said that.
Please don't lie. You literally said that:
I know what you're saying, but these things can kill a human very easily
It killed Windows extremely easily:
Even Windows wasn't killed very easily. After nearly a minute, he was still moving.
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preachcaleb — 3 years ago(November 03, 2022 07:24 PM)
Don't be rude. It's very unattractive. Plus, the scene with Windows proves even killing one human isn't very easy.
Yep, Windows was still moving. The Thing is surrounded and at a disadvantage because he was tied up and had a flamethrower aimed at him. Yet, it still took over 30 seconds to kill Windows rather than finish him off "extremely easy" and attack either MacReady or any of the tied up people. And even after that, Windows wasn't dead or fully assimilated.
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kuatorises — 3 years ago(December 19, 2022 03:50 PM)
I'm inclined to agree their intelligence depends on how advanced the host. Does that mean if one of them gets an arm (or anything else) cut off, the appendage is "dumber" because it's a smaller less formed creature? Like the spider head?