TMTYR Episode #29: We Mean No Harm to Your Planet (Jumper)
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For Episode 29, the Pavement Pounders discuss Steven Gould’s excellent novel Jumper and its lackluster 2008 film adaptation. Just read the book series!
Huge thanks to Steven Gould for replying to our tweet, and also to Edward, Matthew, Nick, and John for responding on Facebook. You, too, can find us on social media (our website has all the deets).
TMTYR Episode #28: Deaunt Chaynj Ennithnng (A Sound of Thunder, feat. Phil Nichols)
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(Ironic Title Translation: Don’t Change Anything. You’ll get it once you’ve read the story.)
In honor of what would have been Ray Bradbury’s 95th birthday, the Pavement Pounders discuss his well-known short story A Sound of Thunder with Phil Nichols, Senior Advisor to the Center for Ray Bradbury Studies at Indiana University. Also under consideration is the episode of Ray Bradbury Theater adapted from the story, and the troubled 2005 feature film adaptation.
Huge thanks to Phil for joining us from the U.K. and bringing something that’s normally sorely missing from our discussions: actual knowledge!
TMTYR Episode #27: Interview with The Heinlein Society's Keith Kato
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Sorry folks, no clever title this time, and no actual new book/movie review featuring James, Colin and Seth. Instead, Seth was lucky enough to get Keith Kato of the Heinlein Society on the phone to chat about the Society, R.A.H. himself, his work, rumors of future adaptations, and even some tidbits about Predestination, which the Pounders discussed earlier in 2015 and is probably still their favorite episode.
(A portion of this interview was cut out and put into the Starship Troopersepisode, so make sure to go back and listen to that.)
A huge thank you to Keith for responding so quickly and being willing to take the time to answer our questions. Look up The Heinlein Society in the links below and we hope you enjoy the discussion.
In Episode #26, the Pavement Pounders were delighted to be joined by Nicholas Jensen to talk about Starship Troopers, the Robert Heinlein novel and the Paul Verhoeven film of the same name (if not the same content).
This podcast also features a brief segment from a longer discussion with Keith Kato of The Heinlein Society. The full interview, minus the Starship Troopers part, will be released as Episode #27 in the coming weeks.
In Episode #25, the Pavement Pounders discuss the much-maligned 2004 film I, Robot, based (or is it?) on Isaac Asimov’s classic novel/anthology of the same name. This completes our Robot obligations after previously covering Eando Binder’s short story “I, Robot.”
Also under consideration is the alternate universe version of the movie that we unfortunately never got. Lousy Many Worlds Hypothesis, keeping us from having nice things!
Also, we’ve hit the quarter mark! Woo! Stick with us for another eight years or so and we’ll make 100 episodes! Also to be celebrated is that James has taken one more step toward geekdom since he hadn’t previously read I, Robot. Cash, checks, and baked goods are acceptable gifts for this kind of occasion.
For a special attempt at relevance, the Pavement Pounders discuss Jurassic World, currently chomping through box office records and in no way in need of their endorsement. Still and all, they discuss in what sense (if any) the movie is adapted from the original Jurassic Park novel, just to give lip service to the whole “Reader” thing in their title.
Slowness of aging T-Rexes discussed! Lack of a clear protagonist dissed! Emergence of Indomitus-Rex’s traits disbelieved!
No rankings this time, though all the Pounders believe this movie is a more worthy sequel than any of the previous ones. Worth seeing as a popcorn movie. Ish.
Sci-Fi OnScreen podcast (http://www.scifionscreen.com/), mentioned in the show and possibly soon coming out with a contrary opinion (based on Facebook posts).
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.)
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.