The time has come again for us to talk about a weird, slow science fiction movie, so I reached out to my favorite guest for such films, Ben DeBono from The Sci-Fi Christian.
Thanks to Joe Smith for suggesting it, and to the Oregon Museum of Science & Industry for screening it during this year’s film festival.
Found this image on Reddit, comparing the last shot of Tarkovsky’s Solaris and Rembrandt’s “The Return of the Prodigal Son.” And I’m still pretty stoked to have picked up on this imagery. Huzzah for Survey of Art!
Flubber Colonoscopy! (The Absent-Minded Professor/Flubber, based on "A Situation of Gravity," by Samuel W. Taylor
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This time we picked up a very hard to find story, “A Situation of Gravity,” by Samuel W. Taylor, which was adapted into the 1961 movie The Absent-Minded Professor and the 1996 remake Flubber.
The story was originally published in the May 22, 1943 issue of Liberty magazine. We couldn’t find that. It was also anthologized in Taylor’s book Take My Advice, Mr. President. We also couldn’t find that. But one of our local librarians traced us down a scan of the story from the anthology. Let us know if you have an easier time finding it. If not, enjoy the episode without the reading!
Rankings!
James: Story/1996 movie/1961 movie
Colin: 1961 movie/1996 movie/Story
Seth: 1961 movie/Story/1996 movie
Let us know if you were able to find the story. It’s truly difficult to find.
TMTYR Episode #97: A Nation of Stagnation (Harrison Bergeron, feat. Michael Simshauser)
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The guys are joined by their good buddy Michael Simshauser to discuss Kurt Vonnegut’s 1961 short story “Harrison Bergeron,” and the 1995 movie of the same name, as well as the short film, 2018 from 2009. Colin still doesn’t like Vonnegut.
Rankings!:
Michael: short story / short film / full length movie Colin: short story / short film / full length movie James: full length movie / short film / short story Seth: short film / short story / full length movie
TMTYR Episode #68: Ricky, Billy, Johnny (Nightmare at 20,000 Feet)
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The Summer of the Twilight Zone continues with the classic episode “Nightmare at 20,000 Feet,” written by Richard Matheson and based on his story of the same name. And he wasn’t done there! He also penned the screenplay for the Twilight Zone: The Movie segments adapting the same story.
Colin came up with a new ranking system, which thoroughly confused Seth. (Here’s a clip from our Stepford Wives episode showing Colin has a history of confusing his co-hosts.)
Rankings!
(“Billy” = 60’s TZ episode, “Ricky” = Matheson story, “Johnny” = TZ the Movie segment)
The Summer of the Twilight Zone continues with the classic episode “Nightmare at 20,000 Feet,” written by Richard Matheson and based on his story of the same name. And he wasn’t done there! He also penned the screenplay for the Twilight Zone: The Movie segments adapting the same story.