I’m Apathy (The Cabin at the End of the World/Knock at the Cabin)

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Colin’s older son, Peter, joins us for a discussion of Paul Tremblay’s 2018 novel, The Cabin at the End of the World, recently adapted into the 2023 M. Night Shyamalan film Knock at the Cabin.
Full spoilers for both.
Rankings!
Peter:
  • Movie
  • Book
Colin:
  • Movie
  • Book
James:
  • Movie
  • Book
  • No, wait, Book/Movie (swayed by Seth)
Seth:
  • Book
  • Movie

Notes:

https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2023/02/is-knock-at-the-cabin-good-for-the-gays

The Most Dangerous Game, Part Two (Cigarettes Kill!)

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Picking up a dangling thread from last year, the guys discuss a few more adaptations (or “adaptations”) of “The Most Dangerous Game.”

Covered this time are A Game of Death from 1945, Hard Target from 1993, Surviving the Game from 1994, and The Hunt, from 2020.

No rankings this time. But we all liked The Hunt best.

Colin/James/Seth:

  • 2020 Quibi series “movie”
  • story
  • 1932 movie
  • 50 feet of crap
  • 2022 movie

They Double-Bought Everything! (A Christmas Story Christmas, and Spirited!)

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We’ve got two follow-up movies this year, A Christmas Story Christmas on HBO Max and Spirited! on Apple TV+. Opinions differed on the quality of the movies.

The Most Dangerous Game, Part One

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This time, the guys discuss the classic 1924 Richard Connell short story “The Most Dangerous Game” and several adaptations sharing the name (or at least 90% of the name).

This is Part One of at least a two-part series covering the many, many adaptations of this story.

Rankings!

Colin/James/Seth:

  • 2020 Quibi series “movie”
  • story
  • 1932 movie
  • 50 feet of crap
  • 2022 movie

Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

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The guys do a quick reaction/breakdown of the new movie Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, which was adapted from a Funny or Die parody trailer.

Trailer available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcNuiri2dV0

Movie available here: https://therokuchannel.roku.com/watch/066097da82ed5762966888a59b151058/weird-the-al-yankovic-story

Rankings!

Colin/James/Seth: Movie/Trailer

Something Wicked This Way Comes, by Ray Bradbury (feat. Dr. Phil Nichols)

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Our friend Phil Nichols joins us for a discussion of Ray Bradbury’s 1962 novel Something Wicked This Way Comes and its 1983 theatrical adaptation. There may also be mention of another adaptation (oooh, spooooky!)

Rankings!:

Phil/Colin/James: Book/Movie

Seth: Movie/Book

Notes/Links:

Pants in the Boot: https://www.theincomparable.com/pants/ (Episodes #27-30 discuss differences in housing)

Bradbury 100 episode on Bradbury’s October works: https://soundcloud.com/user-323858140/bradbury-100-episode-35-ray-bradburys-october

Bonus! Inteview with Bragi Schut, creator of Samaritan

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We were delighted to interview Bragi Schut, who wrote the original screenplay that the new Samaritan movie is based on. He’s also authored a comic of the same name, currently available as two issues from Mythos Comics.

Bragi’s Twitter:

https://twitter.com/bragischutjr

Mythos Comics:

https://www.facebook.com/MythosComics/

The Last Voyage of the Demeter:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Voyage_of_the_Demeter

Spread graphic novel:

https://imagecomics.com/comics/series/spread

The Monster Blood Tattoo Series:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monster_Blood_Tattoo_Series

Rated Arrrr! The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists

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For International Talk Like a Pirate Day (2022), the guys do a quick episode on Gideon Defoe’s The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists, adapted into The Pirates! Band of Misfits (it was retitled in the U.S.).

The Pirates book with Seth's hand for reference.
The Pirates book with Seth’s hand for reference. It’s a combination of a large-ish hand and a very small book.

Rankings!:

Colin:

  • Movie
  • Book

James:

  • Book
  • Movie

Seth:

  • Movie
  • Book

Sol-er Power (Soylent Green/Make Room! Make Room!)

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One of the first titles I ever planned on us covering, yet somehow it’s taken more than eight years to find our way back to it. It’s Harry Harrison’s 1966 novel Make Room! Make Room!, loosely adapted into the classic 1973 movie Soylent Green.

Rankings!:

Colin:

  • Movie
  • Book

James:

  • Book
  • Movie

Seth:

  • Book
  • Movie

The Black Phone, by Joe Hill (feat. Ethan Heasley and Jonathan Watkins)

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Seth’s son Ethan joins the team, along with Jonathan Watkins from Cinema Sins, to discuss the new movie The Black Phone, adapted from the 2004 Joe Hill short story of the same name.

Rankings!

Jonathan/Ethan/James/Colin/Seth: Movie/Story

Discussing adapted Sci-Fi at its best—and worst

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