Theoretically, how would a deathmatch between these two creatures even work?
>>221171168Idk but these two movies really were the golden standard of practical effects before cgi took over
Been discussed here a few times in the past. Consensus is blob wins because basically acid wouldn't allow any thing cells to start absorption.
>>221171168Blob mogs hard
>>221171692which one of them is a space faring species? The Thing would assimilate a scientist and defeat the dumb slime beast
>>221171740anon, how did the Blob get to Earth?
>>221171763coomed out by a space whale
The blob always wins. Both are scary as hell though even if you had Freddy and Jason on your side.
>>221171168>A ball of acid that can eat anything versus an alien that can shapeshiftThe Blob mogs The Thing, it can't do any of it's pussy subertfuge or morph into anything that the blob couldn't subsume, and the blob will just get bigger and bigger the longer the encounter goes on. The Thing's only hope is that one minute part of it scampers off and is able to consume enough people and prep sufficiently to either kill The Blob or make a spaceship and get off-world
<Creature made of almost pure acidvs<Creature made of cells and fleshhmmmm tough one
>>221171168Blob is a mass of predatory viscous acid. The Thing would die just trying to infect/assimilate it. I don't even remember them saying if you could kill/damage the Blob, they could only stop it by freezing it which wasn't a truly long term solution. The Thing dies if you have some gasoline and a match. It has to hide in imitations just to survive
>>221171740The thing could POSSIBLY contain it but it's never really shown being defeated, just frozen/halted. IF the thing assimilated enough people and IF they could figure out cold was its weakness and IF they could all work together to somhow freeze it and lock it away somewhere, then yes the Thing could defeat the blob. However that's not a guarantee on any level. Need to take into account the current size of the blob, the fact that it just increases in mass with everything it consumes and logistics. It's also not a direct 1v1 because there, the thing has zero chance.
>>221171856Overheating the blob should easily destroy it too.
>>221171935A single cell of the thing would absolutely MOG a single molecule of blob acid. The thing cell can do much more and spread faster.
>>221171168Whoever wins...we lose...
>>221171935the thing has also never been defeated, only frozen/halted>but its weak to firethe things advantage is that it can split and lose parts of itself while the whole goes on
>>221172010tidf really working overtime tonight
>>221171168The Blob would win because as its acidic composition ensures that any cells from the Thing would be destroyed/dissolved and couldn't multiply fast enough!!!FACT!!!
>>221171717This.Blob would absorb and digest.>>221172058>Whoever winsThe Blob wins >we loseNope, the Blob was demonstrably defeated
>>221172010>>221172086Individual things have been destroyed with fire constantly. The only reason the original survived was because it froze where people couldnt get at it...with fire.
in a 1v1 on an infinite featureless open plain the blob easily wins unless the thing can assimilate the blob directly which is unlikelyon earth, the thing easily wins by assimilating the entire human population and their collective knowledge, then working to destroy the blob with technology it invents
>>221171168Blob beats ThingThing beats HumansHumans beats Blob
>>221171969It stuck itself in the nozzle of a flamethrower. I don't think it has much of a problem with high temperatures
>>221171692I can agree with that if the blob actually is acidic and doesnt really have cells to absorb. If the thing assimilated a human who knows how to defeat the blob then obviously it stands a chance, but 1 on 1 its Blob.
>>221171168The thing would just assimilate the blob. There's nothing indicating that the blob would be able to win.
>>221172121At the same time, the blob is consuming and growing ever larger. Unless you plan on just having it sit still until the thing is ready, then it will be hunting and consooming all the while getting bigger than Becky eating moon pies for brekfast, lunch and dinner. By the time the thing could assimmilate enough people, it could be the size of a city, maybe larger. It was never specified if there was an upper limit to how big it could get, so, see that mountain range, there's your blob now, hope you brought enough ice cubes.
>>221172147stopping the flamethrower sounds like the behavior of a flammable creature
>>221172121This assumes the Blob is static. It would be absorbing the biomass the Thing has assimilated or needs to assimilate. The Thing is on a strict timetable while the Blob can just sit back and consoom.
>>221172183The blob dissolves all organic matter. The Thing would die screaming
I didn't know there was a 1988 remake, how is it?
>>221172244Excellent
>>221172263Dude, hell yeah. Now I'm pumped to have something to watch
>>221172086Big true. The Norwegians torched the fuck out of it and its cells still survived.
>>221172202>>221172215the thing was capable of building a spaceship out of scrap after assimilating a few isolated humans. it has the accumulated knowledge of an unknown number of alien species.besides, since it can assimilate dogs, it could easily assimilate plant matter too. imagine a thing piloting a helicopter and airdropping a colony of things into the amazon rainforestit's simply more adaptable and intelligent than the blob
>>221172277Enjoy it's fun
>>221172277It's literally as good or imo better than the original although i still give the original it's props
>>221172280SOME of it's cells survived. They didn't finish the job
the blob killed everyone, the thing didn't, i'm going for the blob
>>221172305It is more adaptable and intelligent than the Blob. The whole thing really comes down to the growth rate of the Blob. If it's rapid enough the Thing could be in a position where the best move would be to just leave the planet. Which be a defacto loss. Is there anything that suggests it can assimilate plants? Think that might be a stretch.
>>221171168The Thing would need some next level plot armor to stand a chance against Blob boy, can't think of a worse matchup for it except the X Parasites from Metroid
>>221172102Based CTM. Also, there’s no indication that the Blob is even an organism by our standards, no indication that it even has “cells” for the Thing to infect.
>>221172132The Circle of Liiiiife.
>>221171168The ThingThe BlobThe FlyThe Holy Trinity of gory 80s horror remakes that start with The
>>221172244literally one of the best horror movies
>>221173181I still have trouble watching some of the scenes from all three of them.
>>221172865>The Thing would need some next level plot armor to stand a chance against Blob boy,It would just become the blob? That's the Thing's entire thing.
>>221171692>Consensus is blob wins because basically acid wouldn't allow any thing cells"Because of a plot armor I invented, this guy would win"
>>221171168whoever wins, we ooze
>>221173325/ooze/posting is pretty comfy
>>221171608>I know thingsthanks for your input,youtube historian zoomer
>>221173353Could this guy beat Gooey Gus?
>>221173323Acid dissolving tissue is now 'plot armor'?
>>221172132Thing goes in human, human goes into town.Blob's in the town, our blob.
Based nerding out thread. This is why I still frequent this shit hole. Well done, my fellow faggots.
>>221173822Blob consumes human with thing in itBlob dissolves it on contactBlob continues about it's way
>>221173822>You know me. Know how I earn a livin. I'll freeze this blob for yuh but it ain't gonna be easy. Bad blob. Not like goin down to the Antarctic and blowin up a Thing. This blob, swallow you whole. Little slitherin, little meltin, and down you go.
>>221173308Biological matter isn't exactly able to handle a single touch from the blob
>>221173822That’s a 20 foot’er……..25…..
>>221173323That's not what "plot armor" means.
>>221173181This is one of the all-time great trilogies you hear about like Indiana Jones and Star Wars
The Thing is smarter so it would nost likely win.
am i the only one who remember the old internet fan theory that the blob is an anti-thing weapon that's sent to sterilize thing infected worlds.
>>221175967The theory was xenomorphs and they're both stupid because the Thing could assimilate the non acid parts
