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Surviving "The Thing": High n' Dry Episode #72
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Join us, Ryan Baron North and James Crosslin, as we toast to the indelible Michael Landon and fight to survive the terror of John Carpenter's "The Thing." Grab your favorite tipple or toke, and get cozy as we weave through a tapestry of family values and survival instincts, with a nod to our friends in Glasgow for hitching a ride on this global podcast journey.
Strap on your snow boots and parkas; we're dissecting the grit and sheer willpower of Wilford Brimley's character amidst the Antarctic unknown, and tipping our hats to his off-screen diabetes management—a true testament to life imitating art. But it's not all frostbite and insulin; we're peeling back the layers of Keith David's mesmerizing performance and debating the timeless question, "What would Kurt Russell do?" as we examine the often baffling decisions made by the characters when confronted with an intergalactic foe.
Finally, let's probe the philosophical mind-benders and epistemological conundrums "The Thing" lays bare, from the solipsism of Russell's character to the laughable '80s tech predictions and the bone-chilling biology of an alien organism primed for planetary domination. Ready to confront the inescapable? Laugh in the face of cosmic dread with our darkly humorous outlook on fighting the good fight—or perhaps throwing in the towel when the universe sends shape-shifting extraterrestrials our way. Tune in to the High and Dry Podcast, where the lines between sci-fi thrills and existential thought experiments blur, all while getting wasted.
Chapters
1. High and Dry Podcast (00:00:00)
2. "The Thing" Movie and Wilford Brimley (00:12:40)
3. Themes in 'The Thing' Movie Discussion (00:17:49)
4. The Thing Movie and Character Decisions (00:37:17)
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