On The Beach, by Nevil Shute (feat. Michael Simshauser)
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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 Last Voyage of the Demeter (with screenwriter Bragi Schut)
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Spoilers abound!
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!
This time we hit Robert Mason’s 1989 military/AI novel Weapon, adapted to a pretty terrible 1996 movie named after the main character, Solo.
Colin reached out to the author and got him to do some Q&A, which we sprinkle in through this episode.
It’s a tricky eBook to find. I guess I found it from Barnes & Noble a while back, but right now I don’t see it in the store. The book is excellent and worth tracking down.
Colin references the afterword from the book that’s available on the author’s page:
This time, we hit 1994’s Timecop, based on the Dark Horse Presents character from the August, September, and October 1992 issues of Dark Horse Comics. There are splits, and messy time travel logic, and awesome performances from Bruce McGill and Ron Silver.
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.
