Well, "The Thing" from the 1982 film (if that's what you guys are referring to) has a few different transformations. It does kill the humans and look, speak, and act like them. It would be pretty cool if you would be able to have the name of the person you killed above your head, same avatar, and have the same name in the chat. It would also be pretty cool if you could injure it, like in the movie, and it will look different.