I'll just put it this way:

The original The Thing >> This movie >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The 2011 "The Thing" prequel

Working with clay is a pretty clever idea.  I just realized it might be fun to do with a tabletop RPG, especially if it was a pretty tough/violent system, so you could model the damage as it happens.

Claymation > CGI

it's done by the same guy who did the original pingu thingu. i guess he had to take down the previous vid and remake it with cats cos the pingu lawyers came a-knocking

Right, Copper didn't wear glasses from what I remembered, maybe they should have had a cat with a nose ring. Either way, this was one of the most awesome things I've ever seen!!

It's a shame that Blair didn't suffer the heart attack, if only because I wanted to believe that the cat with the wire-rim glasses was Wilford Brimley.