Is trust between people doomed in a world of imitations? | 'The Thing' (1982) d. John Carpenter

Films for Today
20/07/2025 29 min

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Episode Synopsis

Following recent conversations on the prospective emergence of novel formidable entities (namely AI), this week's episode examines John Carpenter's 1983 sci-fi classic The Thing, to contemplate what human societies might do when seamlessly infiltrated by evil. We also briefly discuss:Alien (1979) d. Ridley ScottVideodrome (1983) d. David CronenbergHellraiser (1987) d. Clive BarkerJurassic Park (1993) d. Steven SpielbergOppenheimer (2023) d. Christopher NolanEx Machina (2014) d. Alex Garland

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