The Thing (1982) with Dave H

In this one, Friend of DeSoto and entertainment lawyer Dave H swings by to discuss one of the scariest movies of all time, The Thing, directed by John Carpenter.   [Reminder: Lindsey had to step back from the show for personal reasons, so until Jeff finds a permanent cohost we'll be swapping between various properties with different guests. Check in if you'd like to participate, or if you know someone who'd be a good guest at: [email protected] ]   Dave H will return soon to discuss Star Trek: Lower Decks. Get in on the fun by sending your thoughts to: [email protected]   Please join our Discord server and get to know the fam!  https://discord.gg/vtJnpkhd     Jeff's podcasts   Shattered Worlds RPG Everything is Awesome with Jeff and ? Omniversal Escapades (Jeff's livestreaming RPG show)   James Lark (composer, podcaster) wrote the theme song for the show Licensed for show use, copyright 2024 Here's James website for all his activities:  jameslark.co.uk   Recommendations   Comedy Bang! 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"i just cannot believe all this voodoo bullshit" i love Keith David! he was in precinct 13, they live, fire king in adventure time groovy computer program describing cells this computer is extremely sophisticated if it can project something and describe it in simple terms like that guy says we should burn them "you cant burn the find of the century. thats gonna win somebody the Nobel prize" oh dude its goopin the boys talk out in the Thiokol - Blairs journal says the things are still alive uh oh Bennings got absorbed they torched him theyre using so much fuel odd that Garry isnt taking charge everyone seems to defer to Mac action packed bit where Blair is losing it. he killed the dogs, messed up the computers tractor and the choppers locking Blair into the toolshed "trusts a tough thing to come by these days. why dont you just trust in the lord." Blair says to watch Clark closely theyre gonna make a blood serum test paranoid mess after the blood packs are found to be damaged Windows tries to get a gun they decide Mac should hold the weapons whoa Mac decides theyre gonna drug Garry Clark and Copper with morphine "Nobody trusts anybody now. We're all very tired." everyone should prepare their own meals and eat out of cans in case a single particle could take someone over Fuchs finds Macs ripped up coat guys go out to find him they check on Blair "I hear funny things out here." Fuchs bought it. did he burn himself? "were going to my shack. What for? Cus when i left yesterday i turned the lights off." lights are on "Childs, what if were wrong about him? then were wrong" "anybody touches me and we go" thing eats Coppers hands and then goes full nightmare they cook it but the head escapes spider head peeks out Mcready decides to tie everyone up and test their blood "you see when a man bleeds, its just tissue. the blood of one of you things wont obey when its attacked" mac heats up a wire and plans to cook the different samples to see if they react whoa they cooked Palmer and he did the fun stuntman fire walk, rushed through a wall then exploded apparently they stop needing to use the fire extinguisher "i know you gentleman have been through a lot, but when you find the time id rather not spend the rest of this winter tied to this fucking couch!" Blair got out. someone mustve let him out theres a secret lair underneath the shed? hes made himself a spaceship? now theyre hunting Blair Childs leaves the camp and then the power goes out the thing wants to freeze and wait for rescue Mac blows up the little ship they break in using a little tractor to use the fuel theyre lighting everything up room by room great lighting in the generator room omg its so nasty when Blair invades Garrys face and drags him off Mac is worried, hes got a stick of d and a lighter damn that thing can roll underground, shit now its a sandworm dinosaur "yeah, fuck you too" so nasty it blows big Mac survives, hes outside, hes drinkin "how will we make it?" "maybe we shouldnt" "why dont we just wait here a little while? see what happens." Childs takes a drink and the bumbums come in howd the guy live being frozen "because hes a space guy'"