Schrödinger's Replicant

It’s summer once again Beloved Listeners, but there’s no Summer of the Rings this year - instead, we’re kicking off the hotter months with Matty’s birthday and an Unusual Double Feature: The Thing and Blade Runner, which both came out on June 25th, 1982! The Sneople get right into the thick of it comparing these two films, which both discuss the fear of The Other and losing yourself to something you don’t understand in very different ways. They then move on to Blade Runner 2049, why it failed to live up to the (albeit flawed) original, and why The Thing and Blade Runner both have such staying power after almost 40 years. They also rightfully dunk on one of the reviewers who dared say that The Thing wasn’t good when it first released. Who’s overwrought NOW, huh??? Be warned that this is a spoiler-filled discussion of a few movies which all have great twists, so if you have not see either The Thing or Blade Runner before and want to go into them blind, they recommend viewing the films first!