Getting into the analytical frame of mind

I. Hate. This. Essay.

Is this analytical enough? I'm trying not to just re-tell the story. Also, do you think I need to find a source, or am I saving my ass by saying "it is generally believed?"

During the Jupiter Mission section of the film, man loses control over the very tools put in place to assure the success of the mission and the safe keeping of the astronauts. By having this essential piece of technology fail and endanger both the mission and the inhabitants of the space station, killing most of them in fact, Kubrick suggests that perhaps our society’s dependence on complicated tools is dangerous. Kubrick’s view may not have been that far off. In 1999, there was a huge scare when the media publicized the possibility of total failure of all computer systems when the year changed from 99 to 00. Some of the bigger conspiracy theorists believed that this glitch would cause banks to shut down and planes to fall out of the sky. We can assume that before this time, most of the general population did not think their lives were so dependent on technology. Much like Kubrick’s protagonist Dave Bowman did not know how to react upon learning of HAL’s fallibility, the general public panicked when confronted with the possibility that their technological tools might fail.