This month, we keep things close to home, which makes sense given that last month we were quite far from home. We go small like we’ve never gone before, diving into a local adaptation of R.U.R., or Rossum’s Universal Robots, by Karel Čapek.
It’s not necessary to have gone to our local theater for the new adaptation, as it’s really quite close to the original. The 1920 play is worth reading, only takes a couple of hours, but it’s very much of its time. We talk director/adapter Matthew Zrebski about the changes he made and their impact on the story being told. So even if you didn’t get to see the new version, you can still enjoy the conversation and look into a creative’s mind.
Really this just gave us an excuse to talk about an extremely influential piece of SF history.
In this episode, we discuss the new Adam Sandler movie (okay, it came out March 1st, but it was new for us!) Spaceman, based on Spaceman of Bohemia, by Jaroslav Kalfar. It’s an interesting adaptation of an interesting book, but don’t go in looking for an action movie.
It’s not necessary to read the book to enjoy the movie, but you do miss quite a bit of background.
We saw Dune: Part Two, then grabbed dinner, then got together to discuss our thoughts on the second half of Villeneuve’s Dune adaptation. We all loved it and welcome any other SF adaptations he wants to do in the future.
This month, we keep things close to home, which makes sense given that last month we were quite far from home. We go small like we’ve never gone before, diving into a local adaptation of R.U.R., or Rossum’s Universal Robots, by Karel Čapek.
