<Li> McReady: expedition second - in - command, meteorologist, present at alien excavation . McReady appears in the 1982 adaptation, now with the name "R.J. MacReady" and the occupation of the helicopter pilot . His characterization is changed to an antisocial alcoholic . MacReady reappears in the video game and the comics based on the film . </Li> <Li> (Vance) Norris: muscular physicist . Norris appears in the 1982 adaptation, though he is given Kinner's fate . Norris here is portrayed as meek and overweight and has much of Kinner's characterization . </Li> <Li> Pomroy: livestock handler </Li> <Li> Ralsen: sledge keeper . </Li>

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