For Christmas 2021, the guys discuss Kevin Jakubowski’s hilarious 8-Bit Christmas and its 2021 HBO Max adaptation.
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The guys discuss Robert Silverberg’s 1966 short story, “Needle in a Timestack,” and the 2021 film adaptation of the same name.
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This time, the guys discuss H.G. Wells’s 1897 novel The Invisible Man and its 1933 film adaptation, as well as 2000’s Hollow Man and the 2020 film also named The Invisible Man.
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This time we follow up on Episode #50 by giving our instant reaction to the new 2021 film Dune.
Taking another work of short fiction, this time the guys discuss Richard Matheson’s short story “Button, Button,” adapted to a 1986 Twilight Zone episode of the same name, and also adapted to the 2009 movie The Box.
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Notes & Links:
Funny or Die comedy short: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7rzIwrEqpw
CBS Radio Mystery Theater adaptation with an unfortunate name: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSKT-REprtw
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hugospodcast
This time, the guys pick up a listener suggestion, from longtime listener Malc Foy, The Running Man, by Stephen King.
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Note: We’ve been having some trouble with our digital recorder. I tried to mitigate the static/distortion we got in a few places, but if you hear it, it’s not your headphones.
Bonus episode!
Premise:
Can a skilled home cook replicate a cookie recipe just from the name? Roger takes a crack at “S’Mores Blossoms” and we get to taste the results. Sorry it’s not video, but we’ve attached photo evidence of everything except James, who was evidently hiding in a corner with his milk stout.
Original recipe:
Roger’s recipe: Deconstructed Smores Blossom Cookies v2
Seth needed a break from reading, so for this episode, we watched the 2021 Netflix film Stowaway and compared it to “The Cold Equations.”
We also mentioned Cora Buhlert’s excellent response to the classic story, “The Cold Crowdfunding Campaign.” Highly recommended.
Notes & Links
Cora Buhlert:
http://corabuhlert.com/
“The Cold Crowdfunding Campaign”:
http://corabuhlert.com/2021/03/16/the-cold-crowdfunding-campaign-is-now-available-as-a-free-e-book/
Scott Manley’s YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxzC4EngIsMrPmbm6Nxvb-A
This time the guys discuss Tom Godwin’s 1954 classic short story “The Cold Equations” and tackle three of its adaptations: the 1980s Twilight Zone episode, the 1996 Sci-Fi Channel movie, both sharing the story’s title, and the 2014 short film titled The Stowaway.
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Notes & Links
Story: https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-cold-equations/
Movies:
Twilight Zone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-eVsAl6MRE
1996 movie: https://reelgood.com/movie/the-cold-equations-1996
2014 movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BL8GsHWtqc
Picking up a short title to keep Seth sane, and a cheery-ish one to keep Colin sane, the Pavement Pounders discuss Lev Grossman’s short story “The Map of Tiny Perfect Things” and the 2021 Amazon film of the same name.
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Rankings!
Colin: movie/story
James: tied!
Seth: movie/story
