Tag Archives: 1958

Fungal Furor! (A Voice in the Night/Matango)

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This time, the guys hop in the way back machine to 1909 and William Hope Hodgson’s short story “A Voice in the Night” and its small screen adaptation (Suspicion S1.E24) and big screen Japanese adaptation (Matango, or Attack of the Mushroom People!).

We neglected to rank them, which is surprising.

Maybe we were distracted by Kathy’s amazing dessert mushrooms!

The story is available to read for free here:

https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Voice_in_the_Night

And the Suspicion episode is here:

https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Voice_in_the_Night

And Matango is available on Tubi: (we could not find any version available that wasn’t dubbed)

https://tubitv.com/movies/454502/attack-of-the-mushroom-people

Literal Screen Presence! (Immortality, Inc., by Robert Sheckley/Freejack)

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The guys discuss Robert Sheckley’s 1958 novel, Immortality, Inc. and its 1992 film adaptation (starring Mick Jagger), Freejack.

Leg two of the Tri-Sheck-Ta is in the books!

Rankings!

Colin: Book/No Award

James: Book/Movie

Seth: Book/Movie

Shot With a Happy Ending (The Prize of Peril, by Robert Sheckley)

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This time, the guys take on some Robert Sheckley in non-English adaptations, namely the 1970 German TV film Das Millionenspiel and the 1983 French film Le Prix Du Danger. Both of these films were adapted from Sheckley’s 1958 short story “The Prize of Peril.”

Of course, we engaged a couple of our friends who were native speakers to help break down the movies. So huge thanks to Cora Buhlert for her excellent breakdown of the German movie, and Emmanuel Dubois for helping us with the French movie.

No rankings this time, just a fun time all around.

Links!:

Cora’s blog: https://corabuhlert.com

“Hit Parade”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zu4YR_s9bGQ

TMTYR Episode #100: Yeah…We Watched It (Dr. Strangelove & Fail-Safe)

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For episode #100, we discuss Red Alert, by Peter George, and Fail-Safe, by Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler, then talk about the adaptation of the former, Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, and the two adaptations of Fail-Safe, the 1964 film and the 2000 live teleplay.

Rankings!

Colin:

  • Fail Safe (2000)
  • Fail Safe (1964)
  • Red Alert
  • Fail Safe (novel)
  • Dr Strangelove
  • James

  • Fail Safe (2000)
  • Red Alert
  • Fail Safe (1964)
  • Dr Strangelove
  • Fail Safe (novel)
  • Seth

  • Dr Strangelove
  • Fail Safe (1964)
  • Red Alert
  • Fail Safe (2000)
  • Fail Safe (novel)
  • TMTYR Episode #60: Tangentially Inspired (Eagle Eye)

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    The Pavement Pounders ring in 2018 with Isaac Asimov’s short story “All The Troubles of the World,” which was exactly how much adapted into the 2008 film Eagle Eye? You’ll have to listen to find out.

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    Rankings:!

    Unfortunately we had a 51% probability of rankings, but an abort recommendation.

    Notes:
    Full text of the story:
    http://www.mcguiremarks.com/uploads/3/9/7/9/39793909/isaac_asimov-all_the_troubles_of_the_world_(1).pdf

    Roger Ebert’s Review:
    https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/eagle-eye-2008

    Seth’s appearance on Random Trek “The Thaw”:
    https://www.theincomparable.com/randomtrek/168/

    TMTYR Episode #3: Pretty Fly for a White Guy (The Fly)

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    In Episode #3, the Pavement Pounders, children of the 1980s, switch things up and go for a well-known film that came out during their formative years, 1986’s The Fly, starring Jeff Goldblum.

    The 1957 George Langelaan short story of the same name is also considered, as is the very faithful 1958 silver screen adaptation.

    Cats are disintegrated!  Bacon Man, the invincible and tasty superhero, is born!  Animatronic spiders rule the day!

    Pounder Rankings!!

    Colin:

    • 1986 film
    • 1958 film
    • short story

    James:

    • 1986 film
    • short story
    • 1958 film

    Seth:

    • 1986 film
    • short story
    • 1958 film

    Notes: