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TMTYR Episode #57: You’re 50 Percent Right (Blade Runner 2049)

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br2049posterWe wanted to get a quick podcast out here, so we convened in Seth’s dining room to record our reactions right after seeing the movie. Apologies for the poor audio quality and frequent dog interruptions, but there you go.

(And then Seth forgot to post the darn episode.)

The long and the short of it is that if you enjoyed the original Blade Runner, you’ll enjoy this one.

Spoilers start at 7:21

Notes:

How to Pronounce Denis Villeneuve
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U14yAM0lLKM

Shorts:
2036: Nexus Dawn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgsS3nhRRzQ
2048: Nowhere to Run
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZ9Os8cP_gg
Blackout 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrZk9sSgRyQ

TMTYR Episode #56: Heeere’s Batty! (Blade Runner)

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Wrapping up the Summer of PKD, the Pavement Pounders endured Blade Runner and whine about it for a bit. And two of three Pavement Pounders enjoyed the novel on which it’s based, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

And Seth can’t seem to pronounce “Voight-Kampff”.

Rankings!:

Colin/James/Seth:

  • book
  • movie
  • Bonus Rankings! (PKD films we’ve done):

    James:

  • Total Recall
  • Minority Report and The Adjustment Bureau
  • Blade Runner
  • Paycheck
  • Screamers and Total Recall remake
  • Next
  • Colin:

  • The Adjustment Bureau
  • Minority Report
  • Total Recall
  • Paycheck
  • Next
  • Total Recall remake
  • Blade Runner
  • Screamers
  • Seth:

  • Minority Report
  • Total Recall
  • The Adjustment Bureau
  • Total Recall remake
  • Blade Runner
  • Paycheck
  • Next
  • Screamers
  • Notes:
    One of those Top 10 lists with Blade Runner on it:
    https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2013/oct/16/top-10-sci-fi-movies

    Which cut should be watched?:
    http://nerdist.com/blade-runner-35th-anniversary-which-cut-should-you-watch/

    Great (and positive) analysis of the film’s visual style:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tbvMzqk3F4

    Which is canon to Denis Villenueve?
    http://screenrant.com/blade-runner-2049-original-movie-canon/

    Nerdwriter video on Blade Runner:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXRlGULqHxg

    Lessons from the Screenplay video on Blade Runner:

    https://youtu.be/_tbvMzqk3F4

    Jason and Myke revisit Blade Runner with John Siracusa:
    https://www.theincomparable.com/myke/28/

    Sci-Fi Onscreen episode on Minority Report:
    http://www.scifionscreen.com/episode-101-minority-report-2002/

    TMTYR Episode #55: Teddypocalypse (Screamers)

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    As the Summer of PKD winds down, the Pavement Pounders discuss yet another bad adaptation of one of his stories, this time 1995’s Screamers, based on the 1953 short story “Second Variety.”

    Tune in and watch Peter Weller mail in his performance, and watch as the 1995 PC video game cutscene level graphics make you think, “Where did that $20 million budget go?”

    Rankings!:

    Colin/James/Seth:

    • Story
    • Movie

    Notes:

    No notes this time.  It wasn’t worth the effort.

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

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    adjustment-bureau-poster
    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 #53: No, I Mentioned the End Credits (Next)

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    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