In this episode, I respond to some Movie Monday: Westworld feedback from Goblin’s Henchman and Joe Richter of Hindsightless, and share my initial thoughts on the Westworld TV series from 2016.

If you’d like to be a paranoid android, why not try The Gaslight Club by Stoo Goff https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/335302/the-gaslight-club

Find the Movie Monday Letterboxd list here https://letterboxd.com/the39thman/list/movie-monday-1/

At the special request of Goblin’s Henchman, the movie for May goes out to Geoff. It’s 1982’s classic neo-noir sci-fi Blade Runner, directed by Ridley Scott, based on Philip K. Dick’s novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep. That episode will air on May 25th, so please send in your submissions by the 23rd if you’d like to be included in the show.

Also, be sure to check out With Wife and I. My wife, Isla, suggested we take turns choosing movies to watch together, then share our thoughts with anyone who cares to listen. Find it wherever you get your podcasts.

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For April’s Movie Monday, we watched the 1973 sci-fi western Westworld, written & directed by Michael Crichton.

This episode features contributions from:

(in order of appearance)

Jason Connerley of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast (podcast)

Goblin’s henchman (podcast, blog) and the UmberBulk of the Southwest Sofa Crew

Joe Richter of Hindsightless (podcast)

Lex Mandrake of Dank Dungeons (itch, YouTube) & Jorphdan of Jorphdan’s Jocular Junction (YouTube, jorphdan.com)

M. W. Lewis of The Worlds of MW Lewis (podcast)

Darkfluid of The Silver Key (podcast) & Q

Joseph Gill of The Dekahedron RPG Podcast

Find the Movie Monday Letterboxd list here https://letterboxd.com/the39thman/list/movie-monday-1/

At the special request of Goblin’s Henchman, the movie for May goes out to Geoff. It’s 1982’s classic neo-noir sci-fi Blade Runner, directed by Ridley Scott, based on Philip K. Dick’s novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep. That episode will air on May 25th, so please send in your submissions by the 23rd if you’d like to be included in the show.

Send submissions to ⁠spencer.freethrall@gmail.com⁠ or look me up on Discord as FreeThrall

Also, be sure not to miss my other movie podcast, With Wife and I. Isla and I take turns choosing movies to watch together, then share our thoughts with anyone who cares to listen. In our latest episode, we pit Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein against Luc Besson’s Dracula. You can find it wherever you get your podcasts.

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Starting with some feedback for March’s Movie Monday, The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension, from Joe Richter of Hindsightless and Jason Connerley of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast.

Then some RPGs that have piqued my interest:

Flail: an old-school fantasy brawler from Games Omnivorous https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/games-omnivorous/flail-an-old-school-fantasy-brawler

FatherFog, a fairy-tale horror RPG from Tuesday Knight Games https://www.tuesdayknightgames.com/products/fatherfog0e?srsltid=AfmBOop6eoLBV6crKZMW1QtRaSxM8U_H07IpU-HT77wnUDolDvAMspXf

Keeper’s Call by J. P. Coovert

I also take a look at Vermis III: Old Curses & Buried Horrors by Plastiboo https://hollow-press.net/products/vermis-iii-old-curses-buried-horrors,

Blade Runner RPG: Replicant Rebellion & Asset Pack from Free League

Find the Movie Monday Letterboxd list here https://letterboxd.com/the39thman/list/movie-monday-1/

The movie for April is the 1973 sci-fi western Westworld, written and directed by Michael Crichton. That episode will air on April 27th, so please send in your submissions by the 25th if you’d like to be included in the show. Send to ⁠spencer.freethrall@gmail.com⁠ or look me up on Discord as FreeThrall.

Also, be sure not to miss the new podcast I’m involved with, entitled With Wife and I. My wife, Isla, suggested we take turns choosing movies to watch together, then share our thoughts with anyone who cares to listen. In our latest episode, we pit Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein against Luc Besson’s Dracula. You can find it wherever you get your podcasts.

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For March’s Movie Monday, we watched gonzo sci-fi comedy The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension from 1984, directed by W. D. Richter and starring Peter Weller, Jeff Goldblum, John Lithgow, Ellen Barkin, and Christopher Lloyd.

This episode features contributions from:

(in order of appearance)

Joe Richter of Hindsightless (podcast)

Goblin’s henchman (podcast, blog) and the UmberBulk of the Southwest Sofa Crew

Evil Jeff of Minions & Musings (podcast) with Minion Bravo

Jason Connerley of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast (podcast)

M. W. Lewis of The Worlds of MW Lewis (podcast)

Darkfluid of The Silver Key (podcast) & Q

Find the Movie Monday Letterboxd list here https://letterboxd.com/the39thman/list/movie-monday-1/

The movie for April is sci-fi western Westworld form 1973, written and directed by Michael Crichton. That episode will air on April 27th, so please send in your submissions by the 25th if you’d like to be included in the show.

Also, be sure not to miss the new podcast I’m involved with, entitled With Wife and I. My wife, Isla, suggested we take turns choosing movies to watch together, then share our thoughts with anyone who cares to listen. You can find it wherever you get your podcasts.

“Warning” by Lieren of Updates From the Middle of Nowhere

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I begin this episode by sharing a couple of late submissions for last Movie Monday’s The Golden Voyage of Sinbad from M. W. Lewis of The Worlds of MW Lewis, and Darkfluid & Q. I also have some feedback from Joe Richter of Hindsightless.

This is followed by an unboxing of Limithron’s Pirate Borg Starter Set: Trapped in the Tropics, and an unexpected tin of delicious Palestinian dates from Donatedirectly.com.

Find the Movie Monday Letterboxd list here https://letterboxd.com/the39thman/list/movie-monday-1/

The movie for March is The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension from 1984, directed by W. D. Richter and starring Peter Weller. That episode will air on March 30th, so please send your submissions by the 28th if you’d like to be included in the show.

Also, don’t miss the latest episode of With Wife and I. My wife, Isla, suggested we choose movies from our youth to see how well they hold up. You can find that wherever you get your podcasts.

If you enjoy actual plays, be sure to check out The Lucky Die and The Sprouting from Blighthouse Studio.

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For February’s Movie Monday, we watched The Golden Voyage of Sinbad from 1973, a fantasy adventure directed by Gordon Hessler and featuring stop-motion effects of Ray Harryhausen.

This episode features contributions from:

(in order of appearance)

Jason Connerley of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast (podcast)

Goblin’s henchman (podcast, blog) and the UmberBulk of the Southwest Sofa Crew

Joe Richter of Hindsighless (podcast)

James Knight, Tyranner the Dwarf, and Ellen the Elf of the Southwest London Sofa Gang

Find the Movie Monday Letterboxd list here https://letterboxd.com/the39thman/list/movie-monday-1/

The movie for March is The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension from 1984, directed by W. D. Richter and starring Peter Weller. That episode will air on March 30th, so please send in your submissions by the 28th if you’d like to be included in the show.

Also, be sure not to miss the new podcast I’m involved with, entitled With Wife and I. My wife, Isla, suggested we take turns choosing movies to watch together, then share our thoughts with anyone who cares to listen. You can find it wherever you get your podcasts.

“Warning” by Lieren of Updates From the Middle of Nowhere

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This is an off-the-cuff episode, wherein I cover a variety of things.

Free PDFs:

Cairn: Barebones Edition by Yochai Gal https://yochaigal.itch.io/cairn-barebones-edition

Intergalactic Bastionland: Beyond Into The Odd: Playtest by Chris McDowall https://open.substack.com/pub/bastionland/p/bastionland-goes-intergalactic?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web

Books:

Promethean Horrors: Classic Tales of Mad Science by Xavier Aldana Reyes for British Library Tales of the Weird

The Uncanny by Sigmund Freud

It Was All A Dream: An Anthology of Bad Horror Tropes Done Right by Brandon Applegate

Films:

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) dir. Rouben Mamoulian

The Black Cat (1934) dir. Edgar G. Ulmer

Black Pit of Dr. M (1959) dir. Fernando Mendez

The Plague of the Zombies (1966) dir. John Gilling

Theatre of Blood (1973) dir. Douglas Hickox

Frightmare (1974) dir. Pete Walker

Messiah of Evil (1974) dir. Willard Huych, Gloria Katz

Phantasm (1979) dir. Don Coscarelli

Weapons (2025) dir. Zach Cregger

RPG Material:

Cosmic Dark by Graham Walmsley

The No-Prep Gamemaster: Train Your Brain to Run Tabletop Roleplayng Games Second Edition by Matt Davids https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/524180/the-no-prep-gamemaster-train-your-brain-to-run-tabletop-roleplaying-games

Cloud Empress Core Boxed Set by Watts

Honourable Mentions:

Dave Aldridge of dPercantile (podcast)

Weird Studies podcast Episode 86: On E.T.A. Hoffmann's “The Sandman” https://open.spotify.com/episode/5LwYzcmq29EJXXa9C5SSH4?si=vDE7gzUfQQay5i-gWK8uXQ&context=spotify%3Ashow%3A7MtLPVWIcFbl5XPsMiF9f8

Scott Doward of The Good Friends of Jackson Elias (podcast)

Andy Goodman of Grizzly Peaks Radio (podcast)

Jen Fridy at GrimHumor https://www.jenfridy.com/

Find the Movie Monday Letterboxd list here https://letterboxd.com/the39thman/list/movie-monday-1/

This month’s Movie Monday is The Golden Voyage of Sinbad from 1973. Directed by Gordon Hessler and featuring stop-motion effects of Ray Harryhausen. That episode will air on February 23rd, so please send in your submissions by the 21st if you’d like to be included in the show.

Also, be sure not to miss the new podcast I’m involved with, entitled With Wife and I. My wife, Isla, suggested we take turns choosing movies to watch together, then share our thoughts with anyone who cares to listen. You can find it wherever you get your podcasts.

“Warning” by Lieren of Updates From the Middle of Nowhere

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I begin this episode by talking about two Kickstarters I recently backed.

Tanya Flocker’s The Thunder Perfect Mind (ending February 10th) https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/floaker/the-thunder-perfect-mind?ref=discovery&term=the%20thunder%20perfect%20mind&total_hits=1&category_id=34

Three Sail Studio’s Gallows Corner - A Peasants’ Revolt RPG https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/threesailsstudios/gallows-corner-a-peasants-revolt-rpg?ref=nav_search&result=project&term=gallows%20corner&total_hits=1

This is followed by some Movie Monday feedback from Evil Jeff of Minions & Musings (podcast), Joe Richter of Hindsighless (podcast), and Mirke of Mirke the Meek (podcast).

Find the Movie Monday Letterboxd list here https://letterboxd.com/the39thman/list/movie-monday-1/

This month’s Movie Monday is The Golden Voyage of Sinbad from 1973. Directed by Gordon Hessler and featuring stop-motion effects of Ray Harryhausen. That episode will air on February 23rd, so please send in your submissions by the 21st if you’d like to be included in the show.

Also, be sure not to miss the new podcast I’m involved with, entitled With Wife and I. My wife, Isla, suggested we take turns choosing movies to watch together, then share our thoughts with anyone who cares to listen. You can find it wherever you get your podcasts.

Leave me an audio message via ⁠https://www.speakpipe.com/KeepOffTheBorderlands

You can email me at ⁠spencer.freethrall@gmail.com⁠ or look me up on Discord as FreeThrall

You can find me in a bunch of other places here ⁠https://freethrall.carrd.co⁠