If John Carpenters The Thing existed in the DC universe just how deadly would it be?
If say it managed to infect a few people in Gotham city and began to spread?
Would the justice league be able to stop it in time?
Would they even notice before it’s too late?
And could it infect most superheroes?
It would be DCeased all over again, but even more fucked up.
Can Superman get infected?
I forget but I know The thing would have no way to pierce his skin
But if it could get into his mouth wouldn’t supes get infected?
He’ll couldn’t the thing just cough in his face and later the The cells get to his brain and covert him?
Its dead within seconds because there are billions of people with fire, light and just plain death-inducing powers.
The thing can travel through saliva,that's the easiest way to get infected by the movie rules
The Thing ain’t shit in the DC universe. It relies on deception to spread, but that’s out the window when Lex or any other smart guy can just whip up a scanner to pick it out of a crowd
Not sure if you have seen the film but The Thing isn’t going to go fight dupes head on like a dragon ball villain
The Thing is a predator that hides in plain sight
It infects humans and animals and will spread as far as possible
And it will do all this without being noticed as it it is the perfect mimic
It could infect you and it would act like you perfectly as it slowly and secretly infects other humans and animals
The Thing can hide as any creature not just humans even with a scanner how you gonna find them all in a big city?
And your downright fucked when it starts infecting sea creatures
>The Thing can hide as any creature
It LOOKS like them, but it’s just a biomass of alien dna
>Can a scanner find them all
Yes. Hardly a technical feat for the DC universe
>You’re fucked when it infects sea creatures
It needs time to assimilate prey, and I think Atlantis can help with Quarantine
They did an Alien autopsy in the movie showing that every part of the creatures in infected was copied perfectly
The only way to tell a Thing apart from a human is to give it a blood test
Also I swear DC has done a plot like this before and it was not as simple as just scanning everyone
Also it can assimilate most prey pretty easily depending on the size of its prey
Most prey are turned in the spam of minutes
Plus the Thing can do it discreetly like coughing on people or putting parts of it’s self into non infected beings food and water
Did you watch the movie? The Thing isn't discreet. It never subtly assimilated anyone and as soon as it tries a metahuman it's probably getting fucked.
The Thing would win ez. No one would notice it at first (unless BS reason). It spreads super fast. It gains more super powers the more people with special powers it gets. The only survivors would be the ones that can GTFO from the planet. Alternative is to enclose the continent and send it to the moon.
There are several villains with outright apocalyptic endgoals that go completely fucking unnoticed in setting because they're subtle or because they spread too quickly, making them effectively unstoppable. Fuck off with this "muh omniscient DC" faggotry.
Yes it dose
It only got discovered be because of the dogs the Thing didn’t realise other dogs smell it out
The Thibg managed to infect like three dudes before it was put in the dog cage and no one knew a thing
>Did you watch the movie?
Did you? The Thing *never* tried to openly infect anyone. In literally all of the media for it, it vastly preferred waiting until a victim was alone and then quickly and quietly infecting them. It only ever went full rambo if it's attempts at disguise or infection were already blown, at which point an individual instance had no need to remain subtle.
>and as soon as it tries a metahuman it's probably getting fucked.
Metahumans still get sick, they still get grossly I'll and need medicine. And besides that, if the Thing lands anywhere not the Arctic, most of the world is dead in days.
All it takes is one psychic seeing it or one speedster getting away when it tries to eat him or trying someone like Supes and it's all over.
People like to wank this saliva shit, but it's method of attack in the whole film is literally attacking once it gets someone alone.
>All it takes is one psychic seeing it or one speedster getting away when it tries to eat him or trying someone like Supes and it's all over.
The only instance of the Thing this would work on is the original book version (where it was psychic itself) and that one version that was obsessed with 'unifying' souls. Going by the actual films, the Thing is indistinguishable in mindset from its victims until it's eating your face. Not even mentioning that your psychics could also be infected.
And Supes can't do shit if the Thing gets say, one of the Flashes or powerful magic users.
>People like to wank this saliva shit, but it's method of attack in the whole film is literally attacking once it gets someone alone.
Blair was infected by literally touching the long-dead and long frozen corpse of the alien Thing and then bringing said point to his lip. You heavily underestimate the speed of infection. Even a single scratch would be enough.
A COPY. It LOOKS like the organism, it isn’t going to be able to use powers, assuming it consumes a Meta.
Faggot the minute it’s discovered the JLA and even villains can super science a quick solution
This thread happens once every few months, and the same thing happens EVERY TIME; horrorfags get pissy when they get told their monster/killer isn’t a big deal in other fiction
Jesus dude calm down
It’s just a movie bro
Where in the film does it tell you what the Thing's thinking?
And if your second point is true, that's still not the creature itself doing it. Every time it does something in the film it's done via violent attack either when caught or when it's alone with its current prey.
If you can’t handle debates or mild confrontation, you need to go back
>A COPY. It LOOKS like the organism, it isn’t going to be able to use powers, assuming it consumes a Meta.
No, a full Thing-infected is completely identical to the original, right down to personality and general behavior. Assuming it consumed a Meta, theyd still habe whatever powers they had orior to being Thing'd.
>Faggot the minute it’s discovered the JLA and even villains can super science a quick solution
By the time they even discover it, it would literally be too late. It would've already disseminated into too much of the biosphere to save the planet. That was the point of the film's. If the Thing ended up anywhere but Antarctica, that would be GG.
Ignore it. It's the same autist who believes DC is completely omniscient and omnipotent (it isn't) and has a hateboner for all of horror because there's shit in there that stomps DC.
You're just making things up. We don't know how Blair was infected. The Thing becomes a very good copy but it will have be trackable to super science and psychics. Only an idiot would think the Thing is a 100% perfect copy, if it was then it wouldn't have any of its abilities.
Really? Your the one freaking out that people think The Thing could wipe out the DC universe everyone else is just discussing shit
>Where in the film does it tell you what the Thing's thinking?
We can infer from the overall behavior of the infected victims. If the Thing was actively doing anything out of the ordinary from the original identity, it would be noticeable. It isn't and it otherwise completely acts like the original person, right down to their personality quirks. Pretty certain even the actual creators have said that the Thing itself is fundamentally unknowable and that the victims might not even be aware that they're compromised.
>And if your second point is true, that's still not the creature itself doing it. Every time it does something in the film it's done via violent attack either when caught or when it's alone with its current prey.
Except that this is wrong. The Thing never goes for violent attack as a rule. Several non-infected characters disappear, and next thing we know they're now Things.
Not the other user but you're clearly the autist here at how upset you are over this. When you take into account the DC and Marvel universe, things like this are not threats, the avatar of the red alone could just will it to death
>You're just making things up.
Good argument.
>We don't know how Blair was infected.
Except we do. That moment is literally the only time he's anywhere near the Thing to have been truly infected, and fits with the general idea that the Thing is invasive enough that even a few surviving microbes are capable of taking over a host body.
>The Thing becomes a very good copy but it will have be trackable to super science and psychics.
No, because it would be entirely indistinguishable from the original victim.
>Only an idiot would think the Thing is a 100% perfect copy, if it was then it wouldn't have any of its abilities.
Incorrect. In the book, the group have to deal with Thing-infected cows. Except they've already been drinking the Thing-cow's milk. They worry they've all been infected (naturally), but it soon gets revealed that the Thing perfectly copies the victim to such a degree that the milk is juat perfectly ordinary milk. Not even a single microbe out of place.
How do you know that a psychic wouldn't be able to tell?
>Not the other user
You do realize we can see the IP count, right? If you're going to lie after getting BTFO'd, at least try to make an effort.
No they wouldn’t have the powers. The cells mimic, they don’t assimilate traits. The Thing is more a mass hive mind of cells that can assemble its biomass to look like other things, using consumed flesh as building blocks. Every part of it is the thing. It’s just a more complicated Clayface. You’re the one who can’t handle different fiction making the thing looks mid tier threat by comparison. Do you even realize the shit that has threatened the DC universe? Also don’t start boogeymanning me. Even people with limited comic knowledge can tell you the same
I wasn’t even that harsh on you, you over sensitive pussy
He’s actually right. This isn’t me. He was already part of the discussion, and he’s calling you out
Because all indications (from both the books and movies) show that the Thing copies the victim perfectly, 100%. Brainwaves aren't fucked (which theyvwould be if it were a simple alien puppeting a meatsuit replica), blood looks otherwise identical to original person unless heated, scans read positive. The Thing replicates things so well that even biological functions (like milk production) are perfectly reproduced.
There is absolutely no reason why psychics would detect it.
No, we can infer that the Thing is clearly thinking its own thoughts considering it assimilates and attacks people and tries to build a spaceship.
The Thing in the book and the Thing in the movie are two completely different things.
>No they wouldn’t have the powers.
Why? Because you say so? Not an argument.
>Do you even realize the shit that has threatened the DC universe?
Do you even realize what a shit argument this is?
>no-no, I'm not the same guy even if I have the exact same posting style and the poster count literally isn't going up!
Wrong, Blair was on his own for most of the film.
That means nothing. Use some basic common sense, if the Thing becomes a perfect copy, it is no longer the Thing.
The hell are you talking about? All J’onn has to do is read its mind and say “oh that’s clearly not Bruce because it’s thinking about eating Flash over there”
It has instincts and will, though. It makes zero sense that psychics couldn't detect it.
>No, we can infer that the Thing is clearly thinking its own thoughts considering it assimilates and attacks people and tries to build a spaceship.
The creators disagree with you. The Thing is entirely natural up until it ceases to be. And we don't know what was going on in Blair's head at the time, so he's not a good example.
>The Thing in the book and the Thing in the movie are two completely different things.
Doesn't really matter. One inspired/is an interpretation of the other.
Not only do you suck at calling out samefag, you suck at debating. The burden of proof is on you to prove the thing can copy abilities. Hell we don’t even have evidence of it stealing memories because no one was asked personal questions. It only had knowledge from observing the staff as the sled dog, and used that and their paranoia to blend in.
>Wrong, Blair was on his own for most of the film.
Most of the cast was.
>That means nothing. Use some basic common sense, if the Thing becomes a perfect copy, it is no longer the Thing.
Why? Because you say so? Not an argument.
How does this matter when unless it's literally in the goddamn Arctic (which is just a retread of the book/movie plot), msot of the planet Wil ble long gone before they can even mount a vague attempt to try scanning people?
You're arguing from a whiteroom all-prep scenario when that's not what this is. This is basically but without Anti-Life memery.
>Not only do you suck at calling out samefag, you suck at debating.
Man, you really love your ad-hominem non-argument don't you?
>The burden of proof is on you to prove the thing can copy abilities.
Why do I need to 'prove' your negative for you? Powers never come up as a thing in the Thing's setting.
>we don’t even have evidence of it stealing memories because no one was asked personal questions.
I'm not sure how you expect it to behave exactly like the original individual (mannerisms, speech, and all) if it couldn't copy memories, or fake doing so to such a degree that it would be indistinguishable from the alternative.
Yes and not once was anyone ever shown to become infected from anything less than an assault by the Thing, even the guy bit by the dog.
Well no, because its not an exact copy. If you had 2 identical humans and one was infected, one would have abilities the other doesn't, some element that distinguishes it, not an exact copy. End of discussion unless you're trolling or autistic
Most things have instinct and will. Humans have it. Brainiac has it.
user the thing needs time to process victims, it’s not instantaneous. They even caught it mid process and killed it. Furthermore it only does well by hiding and relying on people pointing fingers at each other. The minute it’s discovered, it’s fucked. This isn’t about prep time, it’s about basic quarantine and people who have invented shit like fucking time travel finding a solution to identify and neutralize it.
This thread is going exactly how I said it would. Why can’t you horrorfags understand that different fiction has different rules? This isn’t saying the thing isn’t scary or a bad movie, it’s acknowledging that when dumped in DC it’s not that big of a deal. This is like those threads where you bitched about Freddy Kruger vs the JLA but where too dumb to realize people like Dr Destiny were already a thing
>Yes and not once was anyone ever shown to become infected from anything less than an assault by the Thing, even the guy bit by the dog.
Most people who were infected were offscreen for like a couple minutes and were never shown as being assaulted by a Thing.
>Well no, because its not an exact copy. If you had 2 identical humans and one was infected, one would have abilities the other doesn't, some element that distinguishes it, not an exact copy.
This is extreme levels of reaching, to the point this may as well be a satire of a post.
I have no idea why capeshitters are so prone to disingenuously lying their asses off and failing to be genuine in debate.
That’s not proving a negative. You made the claim that it could, and now are failing at supporting it. And like I said, it copied mannerisms by observation as the dog, not by consuming