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Nosebleeds for Everyone! (“Button, Button” and The Box)

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Nosebleeds for Everyone! ("Button, Button" and The Box)
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Taking another work of short fiction, this time the guys discuss Richard Matheson’s short story “Button, Button,” adapted to a 1986 Twilight Zone episode of the same name, and also adapted to the 2009 movie The Box.

Rankings!

Colin/James/Seth:

  • short story
  • Twilight Zone
  • movie

Notes & Links:

Funny or Die comedy short: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7rzIwrEqpw

CBS Radio Mystery Theater adaptation with an unfortunate name: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSKT-REprtw

TMTYR Episode #48: Robot Rocky (Real Steel)

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Real Steel posterBrace yourself for a hard-hitting gut punch of a knockout movie, and also for Seth’s best attempts to destroy the universe with the worst possible puns and Dad jokes, because this time out, the Pavement Pounders discuss Real Steel, loosely based on the Richard Matheson short story “Steel,” as well as the Twilight Zone adaptation of the story.

Pounder Rankings!:

Colin/James/Seth:

  • Movie
  • Story
  • Twilight Zone

Notes:
Robot or Not? Pronunciation:
https://www.theincomparable.com/robot/92/

Sci-Fi Nerd: Guilty Pleasures (Real Steel):
http://www.scifimoviepage.com/sci-fi-nerd-guilty-pleasures-real-steel-2011-sometimes-corny-is-good/

Cinema Siren review:
http://cinemasiren.com/cinema-siren/real-steel-jackman-throws-down-this-years-guilty-pleasure/

Deleted Scene details:
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2016/11/something-kind-of-cool-and-creepy-was-cut-from-real-steel
Interview with Shawn Levy about the mix of practical and CG effects (NSFW language):
http://collider.com/shawn-levy-real-steel-sequel-interview//

Deleted Scene details and Sequel?
http://collider.com/real-steel-2-details-shawn-levy/#atom-origin

Review:
https://literaryanalysis.net/2011/10/15/movie-review-real-steel/

Breakdown of Real Steel visual effects:
https://www.fxguide.com/featured/real-steel-case-study-in-cgi-live-action-integration/
https://www.cnet.com/news/puppeteers-cg-meet-to-create-real-steel-robots/

More on the visuals:
http://ew.com/article/2012/02/23/oscars-real-steel-visual-effects/

Behind the Scenes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tkACOzHTfE