Episode 252: The Thing About the Thing

Who Goes There, the classic 1938 Sci Fi novella by John W. Campbell Jr., has inspired three films, the Howard Hawkes produced 1951 The Thing From Another World, John Carpenter’s 1982 The Thing and most recently the 2011 The Thing ... prequel? What makes a story so compelling that is cinematically revisited every three decades? How do the earlier films hold up over time? How does the newest film compliment and compare with it predecessors? This week the Regular Joe’s go to polar extremes and examine what lurks below the ice. There are SPOILERS, but hey the newest of these films is seven years old. It time to get your Thing on. Also what’s in the Box and a quick take on Random Topics. Thanks for listening!