Spoilers The Ending of Carpenter's The Thing

[Tosk]

The acid blood probably would be a stumbling block--but who can say?

The Alien's own body is (of course) immune to the acid. The Thing assimilates and duplicates lifeforms. Corrosive blood doesn't seem like it would be too difficult to overcome.

 

[Matthew Raymond]

Make it a video game, then all you need are the voices and likeness rights. The old PS2 sequel game rocked, but one today - done Alien Isolation style with Russell, David and Winstead - would be a must-buy.

The already made a video game for The Thing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thing_(video_game)

 

[Solariabsg25]

The game was okay, but some of the aspects didn't work, like blood-testing someone who's shown to be clear but 30-seconds later you reach a scripted point where they thing-out.

A modern remake however for the current gen would rock.

 

[Tosk]

The already made a video game for The Thing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thing_(video_game)

That's the game that Nightowl already mentioned in the post you quoted.

 

[Vorpal_Blade]

^ Because the alien's body can't imitate anything non-organic. And it can't pierce its own ear and put the earring in, since there's no time to do that.

I pierced my own ear when I was in my 20s and I poked the earing through my ear in maybe 2 seconds. Plenty of time to do it.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

^ In freezing cold weather? When you have only seconds to spare, otherwise you might be detected?

 

[sojourner]

Well, at least the ear would already be numb.