Film Studies – The Thing

The RPG Academy: Faculty Meetings

Listen & review on Apple Podcasts.

Welcome to a edition of Film Studies. Today we’re looking at the 1982 Classic John Carpenter’s The Thing.

Released in 1982, The Thing is a remake of 1951’s The Thing from Another World, both of which are based on a short story called Who Goes There written by John W. Campbell published 1938. The script was written by Bill Lancaster and directed by John Carpenter. The movie’s most notable stars are Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley and Jed, the dog!

As usual, we review this film and discuss ways it could inspire tabletop RPG adventures, characters or practices.

Our academic team is completed by Lloyd Gyan (@druggeddwarf) of Modiphius Games. Tom Cantwell (@BeskarTom) of The RPG Academy and Al Nicholas (@BigAlTheLawyer)

Tabletop RPG settings systems, setting and luminaries mentioned included:

• ALIEN rpg
• Dread RPG
• Ten Candles
• Final Girl
• Die Laughing RPG
• FIASCO
• Action 12 Cinema RPG
• Everyone is John
• Werewolf
• Brindlewood Bay
• Cthulhu Dark

Let us know, ahead of the recording, if this movie inspired you some tabletop RPG adventures.

Maybe we will discuss your contribution on the show.

Please consider contributing to my Patreon, making a modest donation via Paypal or even support your show at no extra cost via your purchases on DriveThru RPG.

Email: TheRpgAcademy@gmail
Twitter / Facebook / Website

RPG Academy Film Studies is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.