This time we discuss the 1981 Caldecott-winning children’s book Jumanji, by Chris Van Allsburg, adapted into the 1995 Robin Williams movie of the same name, and expanded into the new Jumanji franchise started by Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle.
Rankings!:
The guys are joined by their good buddy Michael Simshauser to discuss Kurt Vonnegut’s 1961 short story “Harrison Bergeron,” and the 1995 movie of the same name, as well as the short film, 2018 from 2009. Colin still doesn’t like Vonnegut.
Rankings!:
Michael: short story / short film / full length movie
Colin: short story / short film / full length movie
James: full length movie / short film / short story
Seth: short film / short story / full length movie
Notes:
“Harrison Bergeron” story: http://www.tnellen.com/cybereng/harrison.html
Teaching 2081 site: https://www.teaching2081.org/
Michael’s blog: http://literarysquareeyes.blogspot.com/
Michael’s blog Twitter: https://twitter.com/book2tvshow
We didn’t realize that the stuff about Nerve Attenuation Syndrome would be so prescient when we recorded this a couple of months ago, but now it seems to be. Meanwhile, James is stuck on a cruise ship in South America (but he’s not sick).
So enjoy our brief discussion on a movie Colin inexplicably enjoys.
Rankings:
Colin:
Movie
Story
James:
Story
Movie
Seth:
Story
Movie
As the Summer of PKD winds down, the Pavement Pounders discuss yet another bad adaptation of one of his stories, this time 1995’s Screamers, based on the 1953 short story “Second Variety.”
Tune in and watch Peter Weller mail in his performance, and watch as the 1995 PC video game cutscene level graphics make you think, “Where did that $20 million budget go?”
Rankings!:
Colin/James/Seth:
Notes:
No notes this time. It wasn’t worth the effort.
