We’ve got two follow-up movies this year, A Christmas Story Christmas on HBO Max and Spirited! on Apple TV+. Opinions differed on the quality of the movies.
This time, the guys discuss the classic 1924 Richard Connell short story “The Most Dangerous Game” and several adaptations sharing the name (or at least 90% of the name).
This is Part One of at least a two-part series covering the many, many adaptations of this story.
Rankings!
Colin/James/Seth:
The guys do a quick reaction/breakdown of the new movie Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, which was adapted from a Funny or Die parody trailer.
Trailer available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcNuiri2dV0
Movie available here: https://therokuchannel.roku.com/watch/066097da82ed5762966888a59b151058/weird-the-al-yankovic-story
Rankings!
Colin/James/Seth: Movie/Trailer
Our friend Phil Nichols joins us for a discussion of Ray Bradbury’s 1962 novel Something Wicked This Way Comes and its 1983 theatrical adaptation. There may also be mention of another adaptation (oooh, spooooky!)
Rankings!:
Phil/Colin/James: Book/Movie
Seth: Movie/Book
Notes/Links:
Pants in the Boot: https://www.theincomparable.com/pants/ (Episodes #27-30 discuss differences in housing)
Bradbury 100 episode on Bradbury’s October works: https://soundcloud.com/user-323858140/bradbury-100-episode-35-ray-bradburys-october
We were delighted to interview Bragi Schut, who wrote the original screenplay that the new Samaritan movie is based on. He’s also authored a comic of the same name, currently available as two issues from Mythos Comics.
Bragi’s Twitter:
https://twitter.com/bragischutjr
Mythos Comics:
https://www.facebook.com/MythosComics/
The Last Voyage of the Demeter:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Voyage_of_the_Demeter
Spread graphic novel:
https://imagecomics.com/comics/series/spread
The Monster Blood Tattoo Series:
For International Talk Like a Pirate Day (2022), the guys do a quick episode on Gideon Defoe’s The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists, adapted into The Pirates! Band of Misfits (it was retitled in the U.S.).
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One of the first titles I ever planned on us covering, yet somehow it’s taken more than eight years to find our way back to it. It’s Harry Harrison’s 1966 novel Make Room! Make Room!, loosely adapted into the classic 1973 movie Soylent Green.
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Seth’s son Ethan joins the team, along with Jonathan Watkins from Cinema Sins, to discuss the new movie The Black Phone, adapted from the 2004 Joe Hill short story of the same name.
Rankings!
Jonathan/Ethan/James/Colin/Seth: Movie/Story
If we hadn’t been on the B-6, we may not have covered George Saunders’s story “Escape From Spiderhead” and its Netflix adaptation, Spiderhead.
No rankings this time.
This time the guys tackle the new adaptation of Firestarter. Unfortunately, James was ill and not able to join us. The good news is that Deanna Chapman from Chat Sematary stopped by for the discussion.
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Chat Sematary Links:
