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A Wrinkle In Time, by Madeline L’Engle

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It’s unfortunately time to talk about the A Wrinkle In Time adaptations. We also discuss the book, of course, but I tried to pull back a bit since my fuller thoughts on the book are also covered in my Hugos There episode with Mandy Self:

https://hugospodcast.com/podcast/a-wrinkle-in-time-by-madeline-lengle-feat-mandy-self/

Rankings!

Colin/James/Seth:

  • book
  • very large chasm, perhaps a cloud of cosmic evil or negative energy or some BS
  • 2003 movie
  • 2018 movie

Caudal Fins All the Way Down (The Meg)

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It’s summer, and Shark Week, so the guys take on Steve Alten’s 1997 novel Meg: A Novel of Deep Terror and its 2018 action movie spectacle starring Jason Statham.

Rankings!

Colin: Movie/Book

James: Audiobook/Movie

Seth: Movie/Book

I’m Apathy (The Cabin at the End of the World/Knock at the Cabin)

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Colin’s older son, Peter, joins us for a discussion of Paul Tremblay’s 2018 novel, The Cabin at the End of the World, recently adapted into the 2023 M. Night Shyamalan film Knock at the Cabin.
Full spoilers for both.
Rankings!
Peter:
  • Movie
  • Book
Colin:
  • Movie
  • Book
James:
  • Movie
  • Book
  • No, wait, Book/Movie (swayed by Seth)
Seth:
  • Book
  • Movie

Notes:

https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2023/02/is-knock-at-the-cabin-good-for-the-gays

TMTYR Episode #98: You Can’t Handle the Who! (The Grinch, feat. Roger Anderson)

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Roger from The Kitchen Counter Podcast joins the guys for a discussion of Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas, including the original TV special, the Jim Carrey remake, the 2018 Benedict Cumberbatch movie, and the recent TV musical abomination.

Time Codes:

Grinch book: 13:08
Grinch TV Special: 19:34
Sandwich planning: 24:16
James’s “An Old Fashioned Christmas”: 35:36
Carrey: 38:16
Cumberbatch: 46:42
TV Not Special: 54:19
Rankings: 1:04:35
Roger’s Sandwich taste test: 1:11:39
Taste test at Seth’s house (with geese flying over): 1:14:00
Bloopers: 1:19:08

Rankings!:

Roger: TV special / book / 2018 movie / 2000 movie / TV musical
Colin: TV special / book / 2000 movie / TV musical / 2018 movie
James: TV special / book / 2018 movie / TV musical / 2000 movie
Seth: TV special / book / 2018 movie / 2000 movie / TV musical

Notes:

The Kitchen Counter: https://kitchencounterpodcast.com/
The Monster Demands a Sandwich: https://kitchencounterpodcast.com/the-monster-demands-a-sandwich/

Twitter Threads referenced:
https://twitter.com/hugospodcast/status/1336830346940174336
https://twitter.com/TKCpodcast/status/1336894202404225027

Sandwich images:

Roger’s “Reformed Grinch Sandwich”
Seth’s ingredients (photo by Seth)
Seth’s sandwich (photo by Seth)


TMTYR Episode #90: It’s Like Monster Herpes (Bird Box)

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And we’re back with another new episode! James is finally back in his house, and we’re on remote protocol, but picked a title we could all watch, and one we could do with Netflix Party! So that was fun. Bird Box, the 2018 movie, based on the 2014 book.

If you want to skip James’s tale of sailing all the way around South America, skip to 5:59. You jerk!

Rankings!:

James: Book/Movie

Seth: Book/Movie

Colin: Book/Movie

Colin with a COVID-19 improvised blindfold.

And now our Netflix Party chat. Warning, there’s literally no context to anything.

SethBoy
go time?

One Kuskie or The Other
Do eet!

One Kuskie or The Other
updated their user icon or nickname

One Kuskie or The Other
hard to believe she’s 50

SethBoy
She’s 50 and totally makes it with a hot 30 year old later on

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TMTYR Episode #65: Great Stuff With the Pigeon! (HBO Films’ Fahrenheit 451, feat Dr. Phil Nichols)

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Fahrenheit_451This time, the Pavement Pounders are once again joined by Phil Nichols (*Dr.* Phil Nichols, if you please!) to discuss the new HBO Films adaptation of Fahrenheit 451.

No one will be seated for Seth’s explanation (definitely canon) of what “The Nine” is. Hold onto your butts!

Rankings!:

Phil:

  • book
  • Truffaut film
  • HBO movie

Seth:

  • book
  • HBO movie
  • Truffaut film

James:

  • book
  • Truffaut film
  • HBO movie

Colin:

  • book
  • Truffaut film
  • HBO movie

Notes:
Phil’s site:
http://bradburymedia.co.uk/

TMTYR episode on the book and the Truffaut film:
http://pavementpodcast.com/podcast/episode-43-montag-shot-first-fahrenheit-451-feat-phil-nichols/

Hugos There episode on the book:
https://hugospodcast.com/podcast/hugos-there-podcast-12-fahrenheit-451-feat-roger-anderson/

Interview with Michael Shannon:
https://www.thedailybeast.com/michael-shannon-on-the-cautionary-tale-of-fahrenheit-451-we-gotta-stop-paying-attention-to-trump

io9 Article on the film:
https://io9.gizmodo.com/hbos-fahrenheit-451-translates-a-scifi-classic-for-the-1826201734

Tor.com review:
https://www.tor.com/2018/05/21/fahrenheit-451-movie-review-hbo-adaptation-ray-bradbury/

History of Bradbury and Fahrenheit 451:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEei_JGzRMQ

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: