Tag Archives: 2021

Chekhov’s Vomit (8-Bit Christmas)

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For Christmas 2021, the guys discuss Kevin Jakubowski’s hilarious 8-Bit Christmas and its 2021 HBO Max adaptation.

Rankings!:

Colin:

  • Movie
  • Book

James:

  • Book
  • Movie

Seth:

  • Book
  • Movie

 

Try Some Chrono-Bismal! (Needle in a Timestack)

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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.

Rankings!

Colin/James/Seth:

  • short story
  • movie

She’s The Invisible Man! (The Invisible Man, by H.G. Wells)

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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.

Rankings!

Colin/James:

  • 2020 film
  • novel
  • Alien Voices audio-drama
  • 1933 film
  • Hollow Man

Seth:

  • 2020 film
  • 1933 film
  • Alien Voices
  • novel
  • Hollow Man

 

The Marginal Value of Trolling (Stowaway)

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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

He Flapped His Butterfly Wings (The Map of Tiny Perfect Things)

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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