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Arachnotherapy! (Spaceman of Bohemia)

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<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="7Z5y6IB2I2"><a href="https://pavementpodcast.com/archives/podcast/arachnotherapy-spaceman-of-bohemia">Arachnotherapy! (Spaceman of Bohemia)</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://pavementpodcast.com/archives/podcast/arachnotherapy-spaceman-of-bohemia/embed#?secret=7Z5y6IB2I2" width="500" height="350" title="&#8220;Arachnotherapy! (Spaceman of Bohemia)&#8221; &#8212; Take Me To Your Reader - a Pavement Pounders Podcast" data-secret="7Z5y6IB2I2" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://pavementpodcast.com/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script>

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.

Rankings!

• Colin: movie/book
• James: book/movie
• Seth: book/movie

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Dune: Part Two

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<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="tdjErV9j8H"><a href="https://pavementpodcast.com/archives/podcast/dune-part-two">Dune: Part Two</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://pavementpodcast.com/archives/podcast/dune-part-two/embed#?secret=tdjErV9j8H" width="500" height="350" title="&#8220;Dune: Part Two&#8221; &#8212; Take Me To Your Reader - a Pavement Pounders Podcast" data-secret="tdjErV9j8H" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://pavementpodcast.com/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script>

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.

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Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Season One

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<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="jz4FWukV7z"><a href="https://pavementpodcast.com/archives/podcast/percy-jackson-and-the-olympians-season-one">Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Season One</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://pavementpodcast.com/archives/podcast/percy-jackson-and-the-olympians-season-one/embed#?secret=jz4FWukV7z" width="500" height="350" title="&#8220;Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Season One&#8221; &#8212; Take Me To Your Reader - a Pavement Pounders Podcast" data-secret="jz4FWukV7z" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://pavementpodcast.com/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script>

The guys follow up their coverage of The Lightning Thief by discussing the first season of Percy Jackson and the Olympians.

Rankings:

Colin/James/Seth: book/series/a very large gap/movie

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Those Meddling Satyrs: The Lightning Thief, by Rick Riordan, Part One (2010 movie)

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This is the first of two episodes we’ll do on The Lightning Thief. In this one, we just discuss the book and 2010 movie. We’ll get to the series next month once it’s complete.

Rankings!:

James/Colin/Seth: book/movie (duh)

A couple of links:

My blog post that I resurrected and commented on:

https://pavementpodcast.com/the-lightning-thief-movie-how-to-badly-adapt-a-book-a-case-study/

Rick Riordan’s reminisces about the movie:

https://rickriordan.com/2018/11/memories-from-my-tv-movie-experience/

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The Shepherd, by Frederick Forsyth (and 2023 short film)

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A quick end of the year episode about the new Disney+ short film (40 minutes), Shepherd, based on the Frederick Forsyth novella of the same name. I believe the story is more well known by folks in Britain and former Crown Colonies than it is to American audiences; this was certainly our first experience of the story, and it’s quite delightful.

All the best holiday greetings to all of you, and I hope you have a great New Year.

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So Many Transfusions! (Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

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This time, the guys discuss Bram Stoker’s classic horror novel, Dracula, and two of its direct adaptations, the classic 1931 Universal movie, and 1992’s lavish Bram Stoker’s Dracula, directed by Francis Ford Coppola. We also mention quite a few other direct or slightly indirect adaptations.

Rankings!

Colin: 1931 film, book, 1992 movie

James: Audible version, 1931, 1992

Seth: Book, 1931, 1992.

FYI, the Dracula part of Chirp Audiobooks’s Two Horror Novels starts at Chapter 131.

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The Crystal Egg, by H.G. Wells (feat. Phil Nichols)

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This time, the guys welcome back Dr. Phil Nichols to talk about the recent adaptation of H.G. Wells’s “The Crystal Egg” by the Planet Zoom Players, as well as briefly touching on the Tales of Tomorrow adaptation from 1951.

Rankings:

Colin: PZP adaptation, story, Tales of Tomorrow

James: PZP adaptation, story

Seth: PZP adaptation, story, Tales of Tomorrow

Phil: story, PZP adaptation, Tales of Tomorrow