A ghost tries to kill an alien

[Numbersguy]

Both are hard to kill, but which one will come on top?

John Raimi

The Thing

They fight in a suburb of China

Raimi starts in his ghost form

The Thing has already infected a crane

Raimi knows how to kill The Thing, but doesn't know what The Thing is or how it works

 

[Numbersguy]

Bump

 

[ApiesDeathbyLazors]

>Non-Corporeal, he can't interact with anything on the physical world and nothing on the physical world can interact with him

How is the Thing supposed to win here at all?

 

[Numbersguy]

If too much time passes, he goes to heaven... is like 5 minutes the time he lasts

 

[ApiesDeathbyLazors]

So John possesses the Thing and wins. No win-con.

 

[Numbersguy]

The Thing has no mind on its own, it is just a bunch of cells... plus John hasn't possesed something like it

 

[ApiesDeathbyLazors]

So it's specifically mental possession then? That doesn't seem very likely considering dude can possess objects. As for dude never possessing anything like the Thing before it's probably not as big a deal as all that considering the conclusions reached in this thread. The Thing is probably similar enough to earth lifeforms to be possessed.

Now let's say we play devils advocate. Assuming the Thing is immune to John's possession, then it's probably the Things win. Cranes are water birds meaning the Thing will be shedding microscopic particals into the local water supply, succsessfully assimilating a majority of the local animal population. I guess dude could just possess objects and what not to stay around, but then the Thing could just burn down the town and move on.