The Woking Dead (The War of the Worlds, by H.G. Wells), with Tim Kuskie
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While James was away in South America, Colin’s younger son, Tim, joined us for a discussion of H.G. Wells’s The War of the Worlds, along with several adaptations, including the radio play, the classic movie, the 2005 remake with Tom Cruise, and the 2019 BBC limited series.
Rankings!
Colin: 2005/novel/Radio Play/1953/2019
Tim: novel/Radio Play/2005/1953/2019
Seth: Radio Play/2005/1953/novel/2019
Radio play is available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9q7tN7MhQ4I
TMTYR Episode #78: It's Easier to Count on the Little Man (The 10th Victim)
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This time, the boy discuss another title from Reel Future, Robert Sheckley’s “The Seventh Victim,” adapted to La Decima Vittima (The 10th Victim) in 1965.
TMTYR Episode #69: Silver-Clad Lady Fantasy Dream (Buck Rogers)
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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!:
Colin/James/Seth:
1979 movie/series
novella
Planet Outlaws
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
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
As the Summer of PKD winds down, the Pavement Pounders discuss yet another bad adaptation of one of his stories, this time 1995’s Screamers, based on the 1953 short story “Second Variety.”
Tune in and watch Peter Weller mail in his performance, and watch as the 1995 PC video game cutscene level graphics make you think, “Where did that $20 million budget go?”
As the first entry in the Summer of PKD, the Pavement Pounders discuss the 1953 short story “Paycheck” and the 2003 film of the same name, starring Ben Affleck.
(This is an effort to economize on precious time, as the three of us will have a difficult time getting together over the summer.)
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).
As the Summer of PKD winds down, the Pavement Pounders discuss yet another bad adaptation of one of his stories, this time 1995’s Screamers, based on the 1953 short story “Second Variety.”
As the first entry in the Summer of PKD, the Pavement Pounders discuss the 1953 short story “Paycheck” and the 2003 film of the same name, starring Ben Affleck.