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.
While James was away in South America, Colin’s younger son, Tim, joined us for a discussion of H.G. Wells’s The War of the Worlds, along with several adaptations, including the radio play, the classic movie, the 2005 remake with Tom Cruise, and the 2019 BBC limited series.
Rankings!
Colin: 2005/novel/Radio Play/1953/2019
Tim: novel/Radio Play/2005/1953/2019
Seth: Radio Play/2005/1953/novel/2019
Radio play is available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9q7tN7MhQ4I
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.
On The Beach, by Nevil Shute (feat. Michael Simshauser)
(Content warning: discussions of suicide and euthanasia)
Michael Simshauser, our favorite Aussie and longtime friend of the pod, joins us for a long awaited discussion of Nevil Shute’s On the Beach and its two film adaptations from 1959 and 2000.
We do try to keep the conversation on the lighter side despite the book being somewhat dour (though it’s also sweet and shows people being good to each other). There’s an early attempt by me to do an Aussie accent, as requested by friend of the show Phil Nichols. You can judge how successful I was. (Michael was nice to me, and I think I did okay.)
Rankings:
Michael: Book, 1959 movie, 2000 movie
Colin: 2000 movie, book, 1959 movie
James: book, 2000 movie, 1959 movie
Seth: book, 2000 movie, 1959 movie
Hilarious “Waltzing Matilda” video Michael mentioned:
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.
The screenplay for The Last Voyage of the Demeter has been passed around Hollywood since the late 90s. It’s finally in theaters, and the screenwriter, Bragi Schut, joins us to talk about the new movie, based on a brief chapter of Bram Stoker’s Dracula. (Chapter 7 “Captain’s Log” if you want to read it.)
We all had a great time at the movie and we hope you enjoy this insightful conversation with Bragi.
Find Bragi on the Mythos Comics FB page: https://www.facebook.com/MythosComics
It’s summer, and Shark Week, so the guys take on Steve Alten’s 1997 novel Meg: A Novel of Deep Terror and its 2018 action movie spectacle starring Jason Statham.
This time, the guys hop in the way back machine to 1909 and William Hope Hodgson’s short story “A Voice in the Night” and its small screen adaptation (Suspicion S1.E24) and big screen Japanese adaptation (Matango, or Attack of the Mushroom People!).
We neglected to rank them, which is surprising.
Maybe we were distracted by Kathy’s amazing dessert mushrooms!
