John Carpenter's The Thing...The Perfect Horror Movie?

[Mahatma]

Originally Posted by Todd Tomorrow

The character's different outlooks was just part of general characterisation. One gets addicted to the sun, which is a nice idea, but there is nothing very challenging there. I don't see how the (scientifically preposterous) idea of restarting the sun would be a 'metaphor' for societies decent into chaos. We can infer that circumstances on earth would be apocalyptic in case of such an event, but what is thought provoking about that ? And yes, the clunky religious overtones at the end, but you wisely shot that down yourself already.

I'm not saying the film needs to be deep, it's an enjoyable ride, exciting and very stylish, but a bit of new agey music and imagery does not make for a thoughtful film alone.

Please don't take this as disparaging,but what do you find thought provoking in 2001?I hope you don't just get on the bandwagon and refer to that movie just because it's the thing to do...

I'll check out Upstream color-although it has received very mixed reviews on IMDB.

PS:For the record:I love 2001.Think it's a seminal work of art.