This time, the guys discuss The Wandering Earth, the blockbuster Chinese film based on Cixin Liu’s story of the same name.
Rankings!
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This time, the Pavement Pounders take a look at three John Scalzi short stories adapted into episodes of Netflix’s Love, Death & Robots.
No rankings this time. Just enjoy the robot goodness.
Notes:
Pepsi commercial similar in style to “Three Robots”:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kf1A8Ukk5Us
For their 75th episode, the Pavement Pounders welcome back their very first guest, James’s lovely wife Emily, or as he calls her, Her Fordship. Under discussion is Emily’s choice, Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World and its two television adaptations.
There’s a fair bit of us talking over each other. Blame it on the soma.
Rankings!
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Notes:
Spark’s Notes Video about BNW:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raqVySPrDUE
To celebrate their 5th podcasting anniversary, the Pavement Pounders continue with what they’ve been doing. Namely, working through Reel Future. This time, it’s This Island Earth, the 1952 novel by Raymond F. Jones, and its 1955 film adaptation.
Show Notes Exclusive Pounder Rankings! (Yes, we forgot to record it):
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Continuing their march through Reel Future, the Pavement Pounders discuss HG Wells’s “The Empire of the Ants,” and the very poor 1977 adaptation.
Pounder Rankings!:
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Notes:
Seth’s new podcast Brief & Not so Brief (RSS feed):
http://hugospodcast.com/feed/podcast/brief
Merry Christmas! This time, the guys talk about It’s a Wonderful Life, and the christmas card (yes, it’s true) it was based on, “The Greatest Gift,”
Rankings (omitting audiobook references)!
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Notes:
Mental Floss “25 Wonderful Things about It’s a Wonderful Life”:
http://mentalfloss.com/article/60792/25-wonderful-facts-about-its-wonderful-life
Continuing through Reel Future, the Pavement Pounders discuss the 1985 film Re-Animator, based on HP Lovecraft’s story “Herbert West-Reanimator.” It does not receive universal acclaim.
After the main episode, stay tuned for an interview with comics and graphic novel artist JL Giles. (Interview begins at 41:34 if you want to skip straight there.)
Rankings!:
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Notes:
Spectology link for Ballad of Black Tom:
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-g2xgm-9b51d4
Redletter Media Re:View:
http://redlettermedia.com/re-animator-and-from-beyond-review/
JLGiles’ links:
https://twitter.com/JLGiles
https://gumroad.com/l/iaUvN
https://www.patreon.com/JLGiles
Once, again, the Pavement Pounders are joined by Dr. Phil Nichols to discuss some Ray Bradbury. This time, it’s The Halloween Tree, the book, the television film, and the Colonial Radio Theater production.
Rankings!:
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For a very groovy episode 69 (not deliberate, but appropriate), the Pavement Pounders discuss Armageddon 2419 AD by Philip Francis Nowlan, basis for several adaptations, including Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979 movie/series) and Planet Outlaws (1953 edit of the original 30s movie serial).
Rankings!:
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Over the next year, we’re going to try to hit the following titles from the anthology Reel Future. Let us know which you’d like to see first:
Empire of the Ants (1977), based on The Empire of the Ants, by HG Wells
Re-Animator (1986), based on Herbert West–Re-Animator, by HP Lovecraft
This Island Earth (1955), based on This Island Earth, by Raymond F. Jones
The Illustrated Man (1969), based on The Illustrated Man, by Ray Bradbury
The Tenth Victim (1965), based on The Seventh Victim, by Robert Sheckley
Damnation Alley (1977), based on Damnation Alley, by Roger Zelazny
Millennium (1990), based on Air Raid, by John Varley
Notes:
Rifftrax episode on Planet Outlaws:
https://www.rifftrax.com/planet-outlaws
UK Show Talking about the 1979 movie/series:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeRpwJSMRlc
Radio Serial:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K02T2eEaggg
Seth’s son, Ethan, swimming the 400m Freestyle almost a minute faster than Buster Crabbe’s Gold Medal time from the 1932 Olympics (Ethan took the bronze at the Junior Pan Pacifics in Fiji):
https://youtu.be/4RQuh5gmayc?t=44s
The Summer of the Twilight Zone continues with the classic episode “Nightmare at 20,000 Feet,” written by Richard Matheson and based on his story of the same name. And he wasn’t done there! He also penned the screenplay for the Twilight Zone: The Movie segments adapting the same story.
Colin came up with a new ranking system, which thoroughly confused Seth. (Here’s a clip from our Stepford Wives episode showing Colin has a history of confusing his co-hosts.)
Rankings!
(“Billy” = 60’s TZ episode, “Ricky” = Matheson story, “Johnny” = TZ the Movie segment)
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Notes:
Jim Carrey impersonates The Shat:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFq7TLrByO0
