Collative Learning | THE THING (1982) - 13 theories explored, you decide @collativelearning | Uploaded July 2024 | Updated October 2024, 7 minutes ago.
Interpretations of John Carpenter's The Thing vary wildly. This video gathers and explores all the major theories and offers some new ones of my own.

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00:00 Introduction
00:39 1. It's a girl !!!
10:05 2. Racial invaders
18:33 3. Ultimate consumer / capitalist
22:25 4. Communism / cold war
29:20 5. Spirituality vs nihilism
35:50 6. Aids / covid
39:38 7. Dangers / limits of science
47:00 8. Danger of denial
50:25 9. Power of the individual
53:52 10. Importance of responsibility
56:33 11. Tactical Intelligence
1:03:37 12. The great trust dilemma
1:11:40 13. An imitation world