TTP #108 - There's SomeThing About Macready

This week Patsy and Ashes welcome good friend and all-around awesome dude Jeremy MacFarlane- host of In The Mountains of Cinema Madness- to talk about an amazing character from one of the greatest films of all time, RJ MacReady from 1982's The Thing! They talk about his origins in the 1938 source material to his portrayal in John Carpenter's masterpiece and how they differ. They also discuss the ambiguous ending, and the gang presents one of the greatest battles ever conceived in the mind of a human being! All this and more on Throwdown Thursday!

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