BestFluffyPancakes t1_iugm9h5 wrote on October 31, 2022 at 4:11 AM

I thought it absorbed the intelligence of the people it assimilated. If it didn't, couldn't you spot it by asking, "What's the name of your wife?" or, "What did we have for dinner last night?"

pjs1975 t1_iugs1ar wrote on October 31, 2022 at 5:19 AM

Maybe while it's copying someone, it's exactly copying everything, knows what they know, but once it changes, it can no longer remember that version of itself because it's no longer structured that way. Also when it's just blood getting into someone's food or whatever, there's no way it's that smart right?

SplinterPizza t1_iuilal8 wrote on October 31, 2022 at 4:36 PM

>Maybe while it's copying someone, it's exactly copying everything, knows what they know, but once it changes, it can no longer remember that version of itself because it's no longer structured that way

We can only go off what the film shows us.

And nothing suggests this in the film. It's relatively straight forward. It's perfect doppelgangers. Once they find out who is the Thing it doesn't make sense for it to switch back to that disguise.