THE BLOB Vs. THE THING

[NuclearMisfit]

who would win this?

My bet would be on the Thing due to the fact that its in Anartica and the Blob is destroyed by cold. If the Thing played its cards right and stayed where it was and let the blob come to him then the blob wouldnt make it there.

If the Blob managed to make it to Anartica somehow and survived the cold climate all the Thing would have to do is make physical contact with it and it would become a blob also but that would be suicide.

[Haddonfield]

If were talking a fight against each other, The Thing does have the upper hand when it comes to the climate...however the Blob has the whole sneak attack thing going for it.

Movie wise, I like the Blob more.

[Antonio]

THE THING (Original): B+
THE THING (Remake): B+
THE BLOB (Original): B
THE BLOB (Remake): B+

Movie-wise, they're neck-in-neck...but creature-wise, I'd say that THE BLOB would pretty much wipe out anything.

[Cronos]

the Thing all the way

[KillerKlown]

As only one cell from The Thing could take over an organism, The Thing could just piss on the blob and assimilate it.

NuclearMisfit, the cold wouldn't kill the blob - it would just put it into suspended animation (Like the mini-blob the preacher keeps in the jar), so it would be a stalemate if the fight was in Antarctica, as the cold has the same effect on The Thing... That and it's piss would freeze, so that fucks my idea up as well! ;)

[NuclearMisfit]

Originally posted by KillerKlown
As only one cell from The Thing could take over an organism, The Thing could just piss on the blob and assimilate it.

NuclearMisfit, the cold wouldn't kill the blob - it would just put it into suspended animation (Like the mini-blob the preacher keeps in the jar), so it would be a stalemate if the fight was in Antarctica, as the cold has the same effect on The Thing... That and it's piss would freeze, so that fucks my idea up as well! ;)

I always thought it was flames and heat what fucks up the thing and cold fucks up the blob? I dont think there would be a winner to this match it would just end up being a duel since after the thing would make contact with the blob would take its weakness and become suspended in animation.

[KillerKlown]

Originally posted by NuclearMisfit
I always thought it was flames and heat what fucks up the thing and cold fucks up the blob? I dont think there would be a winner to this match it would just end up being a duel since after the thing would make contact with the blob would take its weakness and become suspended in animation.


Well, *Spoilers* in the film the charred remains they brought back from the Norwegian camp back to life and took over Bennings. So perhaps fire isn't that effective against it.

Besides, The Thing already suffers from the same weakness as the blob. After all, the Norweigans dug it up after being buried in the ice after millions of years.

[Shadow Whisper]

Wow I just gave the title of this thread in a response to a vs thread in the general section.

First, could the Thing even assimilate the Blob?

Contray to popular belife it takes more than one cell or even a touch for the Thing to take over an organisim. It takes a certain minimum mass to take over another organisim.

Example from movie:
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Dog handeler is in contact with dog Thing at begining of the movie but is never turned into one.

Lets say that that the both the Blob and the Thing were at the largest size depicted in their movies. At its largest the blob was the size of a small block or town square. At its largest the Thing appears to be about 8ft tall. Probably enough mass to assimilate the Blob.

Even with enough mass would the Blob be an organisim that Thing could even take over to take over? A deleted scene from the thing brought into question wether the Thing could take over plants at all. If the Thing could not take over a less developed orgaisim such as a plant then the Blob, which is more like a giant single celled organisim, may also be imune (provided that such imunity exists).

Another potential barrier that the Thing would have to overcome is that the Blob secreats a corrosive or its very composition is corosive, at least against organic material. The seen several times through out the movie and is best depicted in scene where the Blob has a woman by her long hair only to lose her when it inadvertantly burns/eats off the portion of hair it was hanging on to. This corosive trait could make it impossible for the Thing to take over the Blob as any of its organic material from the Thing that entered the Blob may not survive long enough to take over the Blob. This brings up the next question.

Could the Blob kill the Thing?

Maybe. It would depend if the Thing could be harmed by the Blob's corosive trait. If so, then it may be possible for the Blob to simply eat the Thing without any negative consequence. If however the Thing was resistant to the Blob's corrosian It could go either way.

[KillerKlown]

Originally posted by Shadow Whisper
Contray to popular belife it takes more than one cell or even a touch for the Thing to take over an organisim. It takes a certain minimum mass to take over another organisim.


Yeah, but I believe what Dr Blair was implying was this one cell would have to enter the body through some means - *spoilers* at the beginning of the film when the Norwegians were trying to shoot the dog, it was madly licking Clarke. I interpreted this as The Thing desperately trying to replicate itself by spreading it's cells, BUT this wasn't the case, as The Thing's cells couldn't enter Clarke's bloodstream.

[sarah1980]

THE THING

[Tagia_Romero]

"The Thing". Never has the aura of dread been so apparent.

[edit]

The Thing.

[skweemkween]

I went with The Blob but keeping in mind that really both answers would mean The Blob would end in the long run. Going with Shadow Whisper's theory. I mean if The Thing was strong enough to assimilate The Blob - then it essentially BECOMES The Blob. Plus, the Blob's voracious appetite to consume many, many lifeforms almost insures it would win the match. Granted, The Thing did grow in massive size

SPOILERS



towards the end of the movie, it seems almost a safe bet that The Blob could quadruple that. Hmmmm.....you know, it's possible they are two heads of the same coin. Maybe their planets share a moon or something like that.

[Ripper1888]

I think that The Thing would kick The Blob's ass

[MickeyKnox]

The Thing

[fevers]

The Thing.

[EVILxxx]

It's really a question of who would survive the attack. If the Thing wanted to replicate the blob he would have to touch it. But the blob obsorbs anything it comes in contact with. But seeing as the blob is a shapless mass That melts away it's victims, I don't see how the thing could win.

[Jason Voorhees]

The Thing would win in a fight. I like its movies better, too.

[Boba Joe]

The Thing

[Misery]

Assuming your talking about the remakes:

I didn't particularly enjoy either of them, but The Blob costed me about half the price, and it was slightly more enteraining.

[jagged halo]

This thread is tempting something to horrible to contemplate.

[Nice Marmot]

Funny, this survey could have been posted in the comic book section as well. "It's clobberin' time!"

[Jess]

The Thing fo' shizzle. I hate The Blob. It's too...boring.

[Moviefan1234]

The Thing