Continuing the Summer of PKD, the Pavement Pounders discuss the short story “The Golden Man,” loosely adapted into the 2007 Nicolas Cage vehicle Next. Somewhere, somebody enjoys this film. Just not us. Will the story fare better?
Bonus points for anyone who counts how many times Colin says “nucular.”
Pounder Rankings!:
Colin:
- Story
- Movie
James:
- End Credits
- Story
- Movie
Seth:
- Story
- Movie
Notes:
Why Seth was not “begging the question”:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvm6goJQbFI
PDF version of the story:
https://www.jerkersearcher.com/sffaudio_pdfs/TheGoldenManByPhilipK.Dick.pdf
Review of the story:
https://philipkdickreview.wordpress.com/2014/05/17/the-golden-man/
Wikipedia article for the movie (interesting history of the screenplay):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next_(2007_film)
Somebody likes the movie!:
http://screencrush.com/nicolas-cage-gifs-next/
But not everyone:
http://www.avclub.com/review/next-3492
PKD in adaptation:
http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/17114/looking-back-at-the-9-movie-adaptations-of-philip-k-dick
Seth’s New Podcast, “Hugos There”:
https://hugospodcast.com