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TMTYR Episode #33: Bilateral Kidney Stones (Frankenstein)

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All things being equal, this episode would’ve been released for Halloween 2015. But 20th Century Fox decided to push Victor Frankenstein to Thanksgiving Weekend, so it’s Franksgiving, or Thankenstein from the Pavement Pounders!frankenstein_green

Under consideration this time are the classic 1818 novel Frankenstein, its equally classic 1931 adaptation, 1935’s Bride of Frankenstein, Mel Brooks’s Young Frankenstein, a couple of other adaptations, and the new film Victor Frankenstein.

Pounder Frankings, or Pounder Rankenstein!:

Colin:

  • 2004 miniseries
  • book
  • 1931 film

(though his favorite item was Young Frankenstein)

James:

  • Young Frankenstein über alles!

Seth:

  • book
  • 1931 film + Bride of Frankenstein
  • Young Frankenstein

Notes:

Read the book free!:
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/84

How Universal Re-Copyrighted Frankenstein’s Monster:
https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2011/10/24/how-universal-re-copyrighted-frankensteins-monster/

Crash Course Literature: Frankeinstein
Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyyrwoCec1k
Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRDjmyEvmBI

Heart in a box:
http://www.technologyreview.com/news/540861/transplant-surgeons-revive-hearts-after-death/

1910 Edison Company silent film:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcLxsOJK9bs

Mary Shelley: Grandmother of Science Fiction (The Great Courses):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUr32Ji69g8

Discovery Channel’s “Great Books: Frankenstein”:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uzHneTLuYE&spfreload=1

Legacy of Frankenstein: The Monster is the One in the White Lab Coat:
http://www.americanscientist.org/bookshelf/pub/legacy-of-frankenstein-the-monster-is-the-one-in-the-white-lab-coat

Aldini’s grim demonstrations:
http://www.peashooter85.com/post/65399622846/the-real-dr-frankenstein-the-mad-science-of
http://www.theguardian.com/education/2004/oct/07/research.highereducation1

Seth’s review of Frankenstein:
http://seth.heasley.net/blog/2010/10/frankenstein-by-mary-shelley/

List of Frankenfilms:
http://public.wsu.edu/~delahoyd/frankenstein.films.html

TMTYR Episode #30: Weir Science (The Martian, feat. Matt Anderson)

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For Episode #30, the Pavement Pounders are joined by Matt Anderson of The Sci-Fi Christian to discuss the new film The Martian, adapted from Andy Weir’s best-selling book.The Martian book cover

Seth totally forgets about the Earth’s magnetic field when discussing the radiation problem.  Also, his Windows laptop totally freezes up halfway through.  See if you can spot where it happens.  Editing FTW!

Huge thanks to Matt for joining us and keeping the ball rolling while Seth’s computer crapped out.

Rankings!:

Matt/James/Colin/Seth:

  • book
  • movie (but it’s close)

Notes:
Matt’s podcasts:
The Sci-Fi Christian (http://thescifichristian.com/)
Comic Book Time Machine (http://comicbooktimemachine.com/)

Guy takes some shots at the book, people freak out in the comments:
http://electricliterature.com/why-the-martian-movie-is-poised-to-be-better-than-the-book/

Awesome new space suits!:
http://io9.com/how-a-new-spacesuit-will-help-us-live-on-mars-1720390830

NASA tech in The Martian
http://www.nasa.gov/feature/nine-real-nasa-technologies-in-the-martian

XKCD, of course:
https://xkcd.com/1536/

How The Martian may have saved the space program
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/achenblog/wp/2015/05/05/andy-weir-and-his-book-the-martian-may-have-saved-nasa-and-the-entire-space-program/

Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy interview with Andy Weir:
http://geeksguideshow.com/2015/09/21/ggg169-andy-weir/

Adam Savage Interviews Andy Weir:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SemyzKgaUU

The Incomparable 187 “Man vs. Mars”:
https://www.theincomparable.com/theincomparable/187/

Liquid Water on Mars
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsaJ7ZvCjmY

Perchlorates on Mars
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7Iiz_b_lYU

The Martian and the religion of science:
http://io9.com/the-martian-screenwriter-says-its-a-religious-movie-bu-1733865987

NYTimes, “Let’s Not Move to Mars”:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/21/opinion/lets-not-move-to-mars.html?_r=1

Screen Junkies “Martian Movie Science”:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BP30-73Bd2g&list=WL&index=2

Martian deleted scene “Chem Cam”:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=3&v=bTRy9etXnfs

TMTYR Episode #24: Raptor Bromance (Jurassic World)

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TMTYR Episode #24: Raptor Bromance (Jurassic World)
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For a special attempt at relevance, the Pavement Pounders discuss Jurassic World, currently chomping through box office records and in no way in need of their endorsement.  Still and all, they discuss in what sense (if any) the movie is adapted from the original Jurassic Park novel, just to give lip service to the whole “Reader” thing in their title.

Slowness of aging T-Rexes discussed!  Lack of a clear protagonist dissed!  Emergence of Indomitus-Rex’s traits disbelieved!

No rankings this time, though all the Pounders believe this movie is a more worthy sequel than any of the previous ones.  Worth seeing as a popcorn movie.  Ish.

Notes:

TMTYR Episode #15: A Heinlein Timeline (Predestination)

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TMTYR Episode #15: A Heinlein Timeline (Predestination)
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Ringing in the new year with a brand new film, the Pavement Pounders discuss the new film Predestination, currently in limited theaters and video on demand.  The film is adapted from Robert Heinlein’s 1959 short story “-All You Zombies-“.Predestination_poster

Boys will be boys, and the Pavement Pounders got caught in a temporal underwear discussion loop.  It’s not pretty.  Seth could’ve edited it out, but for all we know, that would unravel the fabric of reality.  Get it?  Fabric?  I’ll be here all week.

Rankings!:

Colin/James/Seth:

  • Movie
  • Story

Notes:

announcements

Next Up: Predestination and Zombies?

Been a bit quiet here since Christmas, but we’re ringing in the new year with a good old-fashioned bit of “Wait, what?”Predestination_poster

Ethan Hawke’s new limited-release film Predestination will hit some theaters and video-on-demand this weekend, and since it’s based on a very short story (“-All You Zombies-“), we’ve chosen it for our first episode of 2015.

Warning #1: It’s not actually about zombies.

Warning #2: It’s on the weird side.  Way on the weird side.  At least the story is.  Tune in later this month and find out if the movie is equally bizarre.  (Or watch it yourself and let us know.)

In the meantime, head over to Blastr to get a look at the beginning of the film and read the story (linked in the article).  Then lob us a comment on Facebook or here about what you think.  We may be also recording this weekend, so if you get your comments in soon, we’ll use them.