Tag Archives: 2011

TMTYR Episode #64: I’ve Had That Feeling (Ready Player One)

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rpo-posterThe Pavement Pounders return to cover something currently playing in theaters, Ready Player One, based on the 2011 Ernest Cline novel.

(None of us hated the book. Or the movie. Feel free to listen to the podcast linked below if you did. Or you could listen to us not go overboard either praising or denouncing the book.)

We had a bit of trouble getting this podcast set up, and so Colin’s audio is less than ideal. But sometimes you just don’t have the connection to the OASIS server that you hope you’d have.

Tune in to the blooper reel if you want a taste of what it’s like to edit James and try and keep our podcast clean.

Rankings!:

Colin:

  • Book
  • Movie

Seth:

  • Movie
  • Book

James:

  • Movie
  • Book

Article referenced on the pod:
https://io9.gizmodo.com/why-it-took-ready-player-one-eight-years-to-become-a-mo-1824033088

372 Pages We’ll Never Get Back: (only listen if you truly hated the book)
http://372pages.com/

All the people decrying 80s nostalgia as the new worst thing ever:

TMTYR Episode #54: Fedoraportation! (The Adjustment Bureau)

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The Summer of PKD continues, this time with The Adjustment Bureau, the 2011 adaptation of “Adjustment Team.” Have the Pavement Pounders finally found a good one?

(Yes. Yes they have.)

Rankings!:

Colin/James/Seth:

  • Movie
  • Story

Notes:
Read the story for free here:
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Adjustment_Team

Next month’s homework, “Second Variety”:
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/32032

TMTYR Episode #48: Robot Rocky (Real Steel)

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Real Steel posterBrace yourself for a hard-hitting gut punch of a knockout movie, and also for Seth’s best attempts to destroy the universe with the worst possible puns and Dad jokes, because this time out, the Pavement Pounders discuss Real Steel, loosely based on the Richard Matheson short story “Steel,” as well as the Twilight Zone adaptation of the story.

Pounder Rankings!:

Colin/James/Seth:

  • Movie
  • Story
  • Twilight Zone

Notes:
Robot or Not? Pronunciation:
https://www.theincomparable.com/robot/92/

Sci-Fi Nerd: Guilty Pleasures (Real Steel):
http://www.scifimoviepage.com/sci-fi-nerd-guilty-pleasures-real-steel-2011-sometimes-corny-is-good/

Cinema Siren review:
http://cinemasiren.com/cinema-siren/real-steel-jackman-throws-down-this-years-guilty-pleasure/

Deleted Scene details:
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2016/11/something-kind-of-cool-and-creepy-was-cut-from-real-steel
Interview with Shawn Levy about the mix of practical and CG effects (NSFW language):
http://collider.com/shawn-levy-real-steel-sequel-interview//

Deleted Scene details and Sequel?
http://collider.com/real-steel-2-details-shawn-levy/#atom-origin

Review:
https://literaryanalysis.net/2011/10/15/movie-review-real-steel/

Breakdown of Real Steel visual effects:
https://www.fxguide.com/featured/real-steel-case-study-in-cgi-live-action-integration/
https://www.cnet.com/news/puppeteers-cg-meet-to-create-real-steel-robots/

More on the visuals:
http://ew.com/article/2012/02/23/oscars-real-steel-visual-effects/

Behind the Scenes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tkACOzHTfE

TMTYR Episode #12: Speak Softly and Carry an Electrified Pitchfork (The Thing)

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ThingPosterIn Episode #12, the Pavement Pounders discuss John W. Campbell’s 1939 novella “Who Goes There?” and the three films (at least loosely) based on it, including 1951’s The Thing (From Another World) and the 1982 and 2011 films titled The Thing.

Colin is right about something!  Seth accidentally defends the Star Wars prequels!  James forgets to plug in the mixer!

(We ended up only getting the recording on the laptop mic.  It’s never happened before, at least since Jurassic Park…)

Pounder Rankings!:

James:

  1. “Who Goes There?”
  2. The Thing (1982) and The Thing (2011), combined into one film
  3. The Thing (From Another World)

Colin:

  1. “Who Goes There?”
  2. The Thing (1982)
  3. The Thing (2011)
  4. The Thing (From Another World)

Seth:

  1. The Thing (1982)
  2. The Thing (2011)
  3. The Thing (From Another World)
  4. “Who Goes There?”

Notes: