“Unnecessary” is a common rebuff for sequels and prequels, as if art itself is actually necessary (maybe as nourishment for the soul, but not in the same way say, chemotherapy or quitting smoking is necessary). So The Thing is Matthijs van Heijningen Jr’s prequel to the John Carpenter film everyone knows and loves, or should knowContinue reading “The Thing (2011)”
Category Archives: Science fiction
Stereo
Is abstract thought possible without language? David Cronenberg’s first full-length feature, the silent (save for voiceovers) STEREO, explores this very question with telepathist test subjects isolated on the brutalist commuter campus of the University of Toronto, Scarborough. As Steven Pinker put it in The Stuff of Thought, “We know that human thoughts are stored in memory* inContinue reading “Stereo”
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