>>5930071>>5901927>>5902098>>5920846The Thing (1982) holds up really well, it is an extremely prescient film. Not only is there a strong Cold War theme, relevant to today, but the opening scenes include Kurt Russell playing chess against a computer (with a strangely female synthetic voice, the only female presence in the entire film). When Kurt Russell loses his chess match to the female computer, he destroys it. Which is in fact a miniature foreshadowing of the entire theme of the film with the alien and unnatural assimilation / imitation of human lifeforms etc.
The opening shot ofThe Thing, appears entirely innocent and natural (the antarctic landscape, a snow sledge / husky dog... which is then being chased and shot at by a marksman from the side of a helicopter - the sniper knows it is far from natural despite its deceiving appearance, as it has been taken over and corrupted by the horrible flesh contagion monstrosity of the alien being).
This opening shot of assimilated animals was very much in my mind, as I watched this innocent looking nature documentary trained generated footage of wolf puppies from OpenAI Sora
OpenAI Sora, Wolf Puppies
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jspYKxFY7Sc 