Just The Thing
Writers Joel Jessup and Chris Regan reimagine cult and classic movies by adding John Carpenter's The Thing into the story. Not even the two hosts understand why they are doing this but they'll figure it out, one movie at a time.
Just The Thing
Circuitry Man and Circuitry Man II: Plughead Rewired
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This week on Just The Thing, we're heading into the low-budget wasteland of early '90s straight-to-video sci-fi as we drop John Carpenter's shapeshifting nightmare into Circuitry Man and its bonkers sequel, Circuitry Man II: Plughead Rewired.
Joel and Chris explore these forgotten cyberpunk curios, discussing killer cyborgs, brain-addling biochips, post-apocalyptic world-building, and why low-budget sci-fi so often punches well above its weight. Along the way, they celebrate the weird charm of direct-to-video cinema and ask the question that really matters: what happens when a creature that can become anyone encounters a world obsessed with replacing humanity with technology?
Come with us on a journey back to a time when the choice of which movie to rent was based solely on an imaginative VHS cover.
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