History Film / TheThing2011

* VomitDiscretionShot: During the autopsy when Henrik is found inside the alien's body, Juliette gags and runs out of the room. [[spoiler:It's likely that the Griggs-Thing assimilates her right after, as it is with her in the hallway right before she makes her way toward the bathroom where Kate later finds the bloody shower and fillings.]]

* VomitDiscretionShot: During the autopsy when Henrik is found inside the alien's body, Juliette gags and runs out of the room.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:We don't have any clue what happened to Kate at the end of the film, whether she made it to the Russian station or ended up freezing to death in the attempt. We ''do'', however, find out that Lars and the Huskey-Thing were simply hiding while the climax took place.]]
** The script reveals that [[spoiler: Kate will freeze to death]].
** Not necessarily. In the script's ending she's on foot, whereas in the movie she has a fully functional vehicle and plenty of fuel at her disposal.

* WoundedGazelleGambit: [[spoiler: Edvard acts dazed and stunned by the Flamethrower explosion in order to get closer to two of the station workers.]]

* HateSink: The film makes reasonably clear that at no point are we supposed to sympathize with or like Dr. Halvorson. [[spoiler: He's not even the Thing, [[FinalBoss not until the film's climax of course]], he's just a [[SmugSnake snide]], unhelpful DrJerk with a [[ItsAllAboutMe fragile ego and issues with not being the person in charge]].]]

''The Thing'' is a horror film from 2011, starring Creator/MaryElizabethWinstead, Creator/JoelEdgerton, Creator/AdewaleAkinnuoyeAgbaje, and Ulrich Thomsen.

* AlienAutopsy: After the alien that emerged from the ice is incinerated to death, Dr. Sander Halverson orders an autopsy to be done on the remains. This allows everyone present at the autopsy to discover its most recent victim at the time, Henrik, in the process of being absorbed by the creature, as well as [[ChekhovsGun establishing some facts that would become important later on]][[note]]Kate finds a titanium plate ''outside'' of Henrik's arm, foreshadowing that that the Thing [[spoiler:can't absorb and imitate inorganic material]] and allowing her to eliminate suspects just by checking to see if they have [[spoiler:dental fillings and/or body piercings]]. Kate also takes and examines a tissue sample under a microscope and sees the alien's still living cells absorbing Henrik's cells and taking on their appearance, causing her to deduce that the Thing can imitate the life forms it assimilates and realize that the Thing is still among them in the form of a human..[[/note]]

* AlienAutopsy: After the alien that emerged from the ice is incinerated to death, Dr. Sander Halverson orders an autopsy to be done on the remains. This allows everyone present at the autopsy to discover its most recent victim at the time, Henrik, in the process of being absorbed by the creature, as well as [[ChekhovsGun establishing some facts that would become important later on[[note]]Kate finds a titanium plate ''outside'' of Henrik's arm, foreshadowing that that the Thing [[spoiler:can't absorb and imitate inorganic material]] and allowing her to eliminate suspects just by checking to see if they have [[spoiler:dental fillings and/or body piercings]]. Kate also takes and examines a tissue sample under a microscope and sees the alien's still living cells absorbing Henrik's cells and taking on their appearance, causing her to deduce that the Thing can imitate the life forms it assimilates and realize that the Thing is still among them in the form of a human..[[/note]]

* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Sanderson]].

* NothingIsScarier: The Thing's original form within the ice block is vaguely insectoid, but we never get a very good look at it. Since it's a shapeshifter, it's probably not its "original" shape anyway, assuming it even has one. (Interestingly, it doesn't appear to be mimicking the saucer's pilot alien either if we consider canon its discarded model.)

* BlackDudeDiesFirst: {{Subverted}}. The resident black guy is [[spoiler:directly set-up as The Thing's first victim, but it completely ignores him after breaking free. He later survives a seemingly fatal helicopter crash, and ultimately doesn't end up dying until the mid-point[=/=]climax of the movie where ''all'' the secondary characters get slaughtered]].

''The Thing'' is a horror film from 2011, starring Creator/MaryElizabethWinstead.

* HateSink: The film makes reasonably clear that at no point are we supposed to sympathize with or like Dr. Halvorson. [[spoiler: He's not even the Thing, he's just a snide, unhelpful jerk with a fragile ego and issues with not being the person in charge.]]

* JerkAss: Dr. Sander Halvorson [[spoiler:though of course [[AssholeVictim he gets his.]]]]

** In the original, Garry the base commander was the biggest suspect for being the Thing. [[spoiler: He turns out to be human, but here Edvard, Thule Station's commander, ''is'' the Thing. The Thing changes up tactics between the two films and decides to simply frames Garry rather than assimilating him.]]

** In the blood test scene from the original, [[spoiler: Palmer]] has an extremely matter-of-fact reaction to his blood about to be tested because [[spoiler: he's The Thing and of course knows he will fail.]] In the remake, [[spoiler: Edvard]] has a similar reaction to Kate's fillings test, and doesn't even bother to show her his teeth for similar reasons.

* ChekhovsGunman: It is mentioned early on in the film at Thule Station's helicopter is being refueled at Halley Research Station. At the end of the film, it and its pilot, Matias, show up only to find the camp destroyed and [[spoiler: Lars]] the only present survivor.

* LetsSplitUpGang: After the Thing is fully revealed and everyone believes Kate, the expedition still ends up splitting into teams of two even after it's been made abundantly clear this is a terrible idea. It turns out that [[spoiler: ultimately nothing bad comes of this tactic, but it was still rather careless on their part.]]

* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: Most if not all of the trailers for the prequel have footage that clearly shows that [[spoiler: Griggs, Juliette, and Edvard are all assimilated and replaced by the Thing during the film.]] This is particularly egregious as it turns out they were the ''only'' characters that were secretly assimilated by the Thing. Also, recent television spots very briefly show [[spoiler: Carter being lit on fire by Kate in the snowmobile at the ending of the movie.]]

** Earlier in the movie, they split up to search for The Thing after it has just escaped from the ice. [[spoiler: Henrik is murdered by the thing and it is implied this is when it assimilated Griggs.]]

* PoorCommunicationKills: To admittedly sort of unjustifiable levels. [[spoiler: Carter and Jameson just '''refuse''' to tell everyone what they did with Lars or that he's perfectly fine even after they are questioned about it multiple times and it could have helped to defuse some of the tension their escape caused. Even when Kate knows Carter is human and it's just the two of them, he ''[[IdiotBall still]]'' [[IdiotBall answers ambiguously when she asks him where Lars is. (Even though Lars if now one of the only people in camp left alive and they could use his help, not to mention they are essentially just abandoning him alone at the now practically destroyed camp while leaving him no realistic means of escape)]]]]