TMTYR Episode #23: Dawn of the Apron (The Stepford Wives)
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In Episode #23, the Pavement Pounders are joined by Emily (James’s better half) to discuss Ira Levin’s 1972 novel The Stepford Wives and its two film adaptations, from 1975 and 2004.
Big thanks to Emily for suggesting the topic, and to Roger at TheGeekLikes.com for seconding it.
Content warning: This podcast contains some frank discussions on sexuality. Nothing wildly inappropriate, explicit or off-color, but just accurate terms being used. Probably not for young audiences.
TMTYR Episode #22: No Penalties, No Time Limit, No Award (Rollerball)
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In Episode #22, the Pavement Pounders take up Michael Simshauser’s suggestion of the 1975 dystopian sports movie Rollerball, based on the William Harrison short story “Rollerball Murder,” and also give some due condemnation to the 2002 abomination of a remake.
It’s two hours of movie from 70 minutes of material! With bonus amazing classical music thrown in! Weird night vision panned! Extra violence requested!
Pounder Rankings!:
Seth/James:
Rollerball (1975)
“Rollerball Murder”
Rollerball (2002), a distant third
Colin:
No penalties, no time limit, and no award. Colin has abstained from the vote.
Notes:
Thanks again to Michael (@remotesimmie) for the suggestion!
TMTYR Episode #21: Word Salad With the Pavement Pounders (Supercut!)
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Now that we’ve been doing this about a year, we figured it was high time to put together a supercut of us being idiots. So if you’ve joined us recently, here’s your chance to see what you’ve missed.
Colin insists on adaptational fidelity and disagrees with Seth! Seth admits or doesn’t admit he’s wrong! James says “That’s what she said!” That’s pretty much what you get from us.
(Our regularly-scheduled April episode –Rollerball!– will be out in a couple of weeks.)
TMTYR Episode #20: A Lot of Novel Stuff in There (Total Recall Novelization)
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For a special April Fools’ Day episode, the Pavement Pounders change things up and discuss the book adapted from Total Recall, namely the novelization of the film, written by Piers Anthony, who was gracious enough to respond to a query about the process for writing it.
Warning: Colin geeks out to within an inch of his life. He seems to be stable now.
How many bosoms were there? Was it Quaid or Quail? Just how many kids did Benny claim to have? And why didn’t Richter lose his arms?
TMTYR Episode #19: False Mammaries, or Sleeping With the Enemy (Total Recall)
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In Episode #19, the Pavement Pounders discuss the Philip K. Dick short story “We Can Remember it For You Wholesale” and the two films (1990 and 2012) titled Total Recall adapted from it.
The virtue of blood squibs discussed! The tri-mammary problem under consideration! Many too many Ahhnold impressions done! See you at the paaaahty!
Pounder Rankings!:
Colin/James/Seth:
1990 film
story
2012 film
Notes:
Thanks to Megan, Lisa, and Malc for contributing to the conversation on Facebook!
TMTYR Episode #18: No Ifs, Ands or Robuts (Leonard Nimoy)
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In honor of Leonard Nimoy, the Pavement Pounders briefly discuss two episodes of The Outer Limits, both starring Nimoy, and also discuss the Eando Binder short story I, Robot on which the episodes were based.
No, we’re not discussing the Isaac Asimov story collection or the Will Smith movie. That’ll have to wait for later. It was only logical.
TMTYR Episode #17: An Awful Waste of Space (Contact)
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For Episode #17, fittingly a prime number, the Pavement Pounders discuss Contact, by Carl Sagan, and the 1997 film adapted from it. Big thanks to Rem from The Sci-Fi Movie Podcast for recommending it!
Full Spoiler alert! Asterisms discussed! Swedish Radio Astronomy considered! The Drake Equation pondered! And also the crucial question of why, for the love of God and the sanity of Seth, don’t movie people run like real people run?
Alternate titles:
What happens on Vega stays on Vega
Vega Vacation!
I’m Getting Only Vega Messages
Pounder Rankings!:
Colin/James/Seth:
movie
book
(Unanimity is rare, but it has to happen sometimes. It’s probably in the Drake Equation.)
TMTYR Episode #16: Two Out of Three Idiots Can't Be Wrong (Minority Report)
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Episode #16 is here and brings with it visions of the future. This time, the Pounders discuss “The Minority Report,” by Philip K. Dick, and the 2002 Tom Cruise film Minority Report adapted from it.
“In gloomy half-darkness, the three idiots sat babbling.” – Philip K. Dick, “The Minority Report”
Was there ever a more apt description of this particular podcast? Will we all agree on which was the better presentation of this material? Or will there be…a Minority Report?
TMTYR Episode #15: A Heinlein Timeline (Predestination)
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Ringing in the new year with a brand new film, the Pavement Pounders discuss the new film Predestination, currently in limited theaters and video on demand. The film is adapted from Robert Heinlein’s 1959 short story “-All You Zombies-“.
Boys will be boys, and the Pavement Pounders got caught in a temporal underwear discussion loop. It’s not pretty. Seth could’ve edited it out, but for all we know, that would unravel the fabric of reality. Get it? Fabric? I’ll be here all week.
TMTYR Episode #14: Double the Marley, Double the Fun! (A Christmas Carol)
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Merry Christmas to all!
In honor of the holiday, the Pavement Pounders read Charles Dickens’ 1843 novella A Christmas Carol and watched four adaptations: Scrooge (1951, starring Alastair Sim), The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992, starring Michael Caine), A Christmas Carol (1999, starring Patrick Stewart), and Scrooged! (1988, starring Bill Murray).
We also discussed other versions we’d seen and gave some general Christmas-movie-viewing recommendations.
Thanks to everyone who listened this year. Our first episode was recorded in December 2013, so we’re officially a year old now!
Don’t forget to go check out our friends at The Sci-Fi Movie Podcast, as they’ve got a special Christmas episode up today.
Pounder Rankings!
Colin:
A Christmas Carol (1999)
Scrooge (1951)
The Muppet Christmas Carol
Scrooged!
James:
The Muppet Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol (1999)
Scrooged!
Scrooge (1951)
Seth:
Scrooge (1951)
The Muppet Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol (1999)
Scrooged!
Favorite adaptations (Top Three):
Seth:
A Christmas Carol (1984, George C. Scott)
The Muppet Christmas Carol
Scrooge (1951)
James:
A Christmas Carol (1984, George C. Scott)
The Muppet Christmas Carol
Scrooged!
Colin:
A Christmas Carol (1999)
A Christmas Carol (1984, George C. Scott)
The Muppet Christmas Carol
Other versions watched by any or all Pounders:
1901 silent film
1935 Seymour Hicks film
1949 TV Adaptation (narr. by Vincent Price)
1970 Albert Finney musical Scrooge!
1971 animated short (Scrooge voiced by Alastair Sim)
In Episode #23, the Pavement Pounders are joined by Emily (James’s better half) to discuss Ira Levin’s 1972 novel The Stepford Wives and its two film adaptations, from 1975 and 2004.
In honor of Leonard Nimoy, the Pavement Pounders briefly discuss two episodes of The Outer Limits, both starring Nimoy, and also discuss the Eando Binder short story I, Robot on which the episodes were based.
