Establishing some facts

Rating: Null/10 (8 October 2004)

Just in case anyone didn't notice this, the thing liked the cold. It wasn't trying to get to a warm climate. It was trying to infect more people, regardless if they lived in Hawaii or Norway. MacReady specifically said that the only way for the thing to survive was to freeze again. That's exactly what the dog-thing was also trying to do. As long as it was frozen, it could basically experience immortality. This is an obvious variation from the novel.
However, I especially like the comment about the Norwegians. No disrespect to anyone who's Norwegian, but I would be pretty scared too if someone came up to me and started speaking Norwegian and carrying a pretty big gun, obviously being ticked off about something.
I was wondering: when both the dog(I'm sorry, I forget his real-life name!) and Palmer are transforming, it seems like they were in a lot of pain. As Jeff Goldblum's character in Jurassic Park established, evolution can be a very painful process, and I can't think of anything more painful than going through it in a few minutes. Maybe it's just me. What do other people think?
I'll send some more theories on Blair later!