Joel and Chris celebrate their one-year podcast anniversary with a discussion on all they've learned from the movies of 1982!Do we deliver an incisive definitive answer as to why The Thing flopped in that year? Maybe? Do we take a look at the 1982 films we watched and also somehow end up talking about the 2001 film Swordfish? Yes! Chris remembers the time he was living in a horror film, Joel gets carried away with some cinema based roleplay, and they announce the subject of their next series!Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

Joel and Chris discuss Steven Lisberger's ground-breaking sci-fi epic Tron, and then try to put the creature from John Carpenter's The Thing into it.Cult masterpiece or weird experiment? Or both? And did they cast Dan Shor because he was easy to lift? Joel confesses his lamest prank ever,  Chris reveals their surprising Tron connection, and they plan 'Dogville: Tron Version'.Please subscribe, rate, and tell a stranger on the street about this show. END OF LINEMusic by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

Get ready for a Just The Thing like you've never heard before, as Joel and Chris discuss Wayne Wang's documentary-style indie detective film Chan is Missing, and then try to put John Carpenter's The Thing into it!Joel and Chris get very personal about their own experiences together at university  making guerilla films! They discuss Chris' Dad's obsessive videotaping!  They accidentally insult a lot of different high profile directors! This is a good one, folks.Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

Joel and Chris are joined by film analysts Alex Jessep and Matt O'Dwyer to discuss 1982's Blade Runner and put a Thing in there!The Thing. John Carpenter's The Thing.Alex and Matt are two of Joel's oldest friends, so who better to discuss Blade Runner, the ultimate film about friendship? Chris loves Harrison Ford's goofy persona, Joel realises it's not the ultimate film about friendship, Alex thinks Gaff is the worst detective and Matt wonders if you can replicate a replicant? A replireplicant?Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

Joel and Chris are joined by filmmaker and podcaster Ross Boyask to discuss 48 Hrs and put The Thing into it!We not only tackle Eddie Murphy's star-making action comedy but get Ross' insight into previous episodes and get ever closer to understanding why The Thing might flop in 1982!Joel controversially comes out against Director's Cuts and then almost immediately recants, Chris reads some Gross diaries, and Ross wonders what the noise of two pigeons being knocked together sounds like.Please check out Ross' podcast!Ross and Phil Talk Movies podcastAnd these are the writer's diaries...Larry Gross DiariesMusic by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

1982 season continues as Joel and Chris put John Carpenter's The Thing into First Blood! It's the second part of our Stallone mini-mini-series as we look at the surprisingly low-key first Rambo film and ask the question: masculinity?Chris is terrified by Australia, Joel does much less Stallone impressions than last time, and we start to put together our pitch for a 'The Thing' cinematic universe. Thingiverse?Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

It's the Just The Thing 2022 Christmas Special! Joel Jessup and Chris Regan are joined by Andrea Regan to discuss Santa Claus: The Movie, and put The Thing into it!Andrea's such a big fan of the film that she married Chris many years ago, just so she could get on this podcast.  Joel absolutely roasts Dudley Moore,  Chris reveals his anti-wooden toy agenda, Andrea explains how she's an elf in spirit, and we all discuss exciting revelations about Mrs Claus' real name. Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat AudioMusic by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

1982 Season continues as Joel and Chris discuss Rocky III!They've never seen any of the other films, and they don't know anything about boxing! Can they turn their relative ignorance into a pile-driving knockout blow of insight? Joel falls in love with the limpid eyes of the young Stallone, Chris ponders the very existence of Mr T, and they both engage in possibly their most shambolic attempt to get The Thing into a movie so far! Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat AudioMusic by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

1982 season continues as Joel and Chris are joined by author (and part-time Chris' brother) Peter Regan to discuss Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and put The Thing into its plot, somehow!Our first ever guest means a super-sized episode! Joel realises he can't pronounce oeuvre, Peter tries to steal Joel's vocal tic, and Chris discusses his chronic wig-blindness.Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat AudioThe Time After Time Episode of The People In The Dark PodcastPeter's Book, The Strange Case of Robert Louis StevensonMusic by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

In this special Halloween episode, Chris and Joel discuss 1982's Poltergeist. Was this the film that held The Thing's hands behind its back while E.T. beat it up?  Joel gives such a spooky opening that the audio quality drops horrifyingly! (It gets better.) Chris is most horrified by all the beer being wasted in the opening sequence. And we have a special Halloween quiz that is somehow the opposite of ASMR. RMSA? Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat AudioMusic by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio