A quick end of the year episode about the new Disney+ short film (40 minutes), Shepherd, based on the Frederick Forsyth novella of the same name. I believe the story is more well known by folks in Britain and former Crown Colonies than it is to American audiences; this was certainly our first experience of the story, and it’s quite delightful.
All the best holiday greetings to all of you, and I hope you have a great New Year.
This time the guys pick up Peter Benchley’s 1974 bestseller, Jaws, adapted into the Original Summer Blockbuster(TM) directed by Steven Spielberg.
Pounder Rankings!:
Colin:
– Movie
– Book
James:
– Movie
– Book
Seth:
– Movie
– Book
Notes & Links:
LFTS Jaws video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzMwYb8Z5hA&t=653s
Behind the scenes of Jaws:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYtYIF_g-T4
Swim Calls:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrvEf7tmT5Q
About the last surviving “Bruce”:
https://www.npr.org/2019/08/09/745651910/jaws-shark-gets-his-bite-back-a-love-story
Restoration of The Orca:
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/return-of-the-orca#/
In Episode #23, the Pavement Pounders are joined by Emily (James’s better half) to discuss Ira Levin’s 1972 novel The Stepford Wives and its two film adaptations, from 1975 and 2004.
Big thanks to Emily for suggesting the topic, and to Roger at TheGeekLikes.com for seconding it.
Content warning: This podcast contains some frank discussions on sexuality. Nothing wildly inappropriate, explicit or off-color, but just accurate terms being used. Probably not for young audiences.
1970s boringness discussed! 2000s incoherence explored! Serious, serious hotness mismatches panned!
Will our rankings be Roger or non-Roger? Will our vectors be Victor?
Pounder Rankings!:
Emily/James/Colin/Seth/Roger:
That’s 100% Roger. Something must’ve been in the water, I guess…
Notes:
In Episode #22, the Pavement Pounders take up Michael Simshauser’s suggestion of the 1975 dystopian sports movie Rollerball, based on the William Harrison short story “Rollerball Murder,” and also give some due condemnation to the 2002 abomination of a remake. 
It’s two hours of movie from 70 minutes of material! With bonus amazing classical music thrown in! Weird night vision panned! Extra violence requested!
Pounder Rankings!:
Seth/James:
Colin:
Notes:
This time out, the Pavement Pounders review the 1969 Nebula Award-winning novella A Boy and His Dog, by Harlan Ellison, and the 1975 Hugo-winning film adaptation of the same name.
We did it so you don’t have to. This one comes with a content warning: If you’re uncomfortable with a story involving a lot of language and discussion about rape and sexuality, you might want to give the story a miss. The film has far less language but a fair bit of nudity. So you can just tune into our discussion and save yourself the trouble.
Special Thanks to Emily for letting us dirty your dishes and poop on your floor.
Pounder Rankings!:
Colin:
James:
Seth:
Notes:
In Episode #7, the Pounders return to their classic format, discussing the 1975 cult classic Death Race 2000, based on Ib Melchior’s 1956 story “The Racer,” and also the 2008 remake/prequel Death Race with Jason Statham.
Pounder Rankings have been cancelled for this episode, because we couldn’t figure out how to recommend the story or either film. But here are some general thoughts:
“The Racer”: Not the worst story you’ll ever read, and it’ll only take you a half hour to read. Find it in an anthology linked below.
Death Race 2000: Sylvester Stallone is pretty awesome. David Carradine is very David Carradine. There are also bare chests of various descriptions.
Death Race: Loud and stupid, just the way you probably expected.
Notes:
