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:
TMTYR Episode #98: You Can't Handle the Who! (The Grinch, feat. Roger Anderson)
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Roger from The Kitchen Counter Podcast joins the guys for a discussion of Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas, including the original TV special, the Jim Carrey remake, the 2018 Benedict Cumberbatch movie, and the recent TV musical abomination.
Time Codes:
Grinch book: 13:08 Grinch TV Special: 19:34 Sandwich planning: 24:16 James’s “An Old Fashioned Christmas”: 35:36 Carrey: 38:16 Cumberbatch: 46:42 TV Not Special: 54:19 Rankings: 1:04:35 Roger’s Sandwich taste test: 1:11:39 Taste test at Seth’s house (with geese flying over): 1:14:00 Bloopers: 1:19:08
Rankings!:
Roger: TV special / book / 2018 movie / 2000 movie / TV musical Colin: TV special / book / 2000 movie / TV musical / 2018 movie James: TV special / book / 2018 movie / TV musical / 2000 movie Seth: TV special / book / 2018 movie / 2000 movie / TV musical
TMTYR Episode #66: Soldier From the Futuristic Tomorrow (Soldier/The Terminator)
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This time, the Pavement Pounders dig into the Outer Limits episode “Soldier,” adapted by Harlan Ellison from his story “Soldier from Tomorrow.” Why? Well, because of that little legal case that resulted in “Acknowledgement to the works of Harlan Ellison” in the end credits of The Terminator. We rule definitively on whether there was a case.
After recording this episode, we were saddened to hear of Ellison’s passing. We’ll try to hit a bit more Ellison in his honor in our next episode.
And for no reason, we still rank things!
Rankings!:
Colin/James:
Terminator
Soldier from Tomorrow (story)
Soldier (TOL episode)
Seth:
Terminator wins!
Show Notes:
Just how similar are Soldier and Terminator? James submits this into evidence (Seth quoted right along with the entire Terminator scene, word for word): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQqGAaMw7-o&app=desktop
This time, the Pavement Pounders dig into the Outer Limits episode “Soldier,” adapted by Harlan Ellison from his story “Soldier from Tomorrow.” Why? Well, because of that little legal case that resulted in “Acknowledgement to the works of Harlan Ellison” in the end credits of The Terminator. We rule definitively on whether there was a case.