Stumbling toward the finish line of Reel Future, the Pavement Pounders discuss Roger Zelazny’s “Damnation Alley” and its 1977 film abomination adaptation.
The movie’s plot makes little sense. We fixed it for you.
Rankings!:
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Notes:
Galaxy magazine “Damnation Alley”:
https://archive.org/details/Galaxy_v26n01_1967-10_modified/page/n5
Continuing through Reel Future, the Pavement Pounders discuss the 1985 film Re-Animator, based on HP Lovecraft’s story “Herbert West-Reanimator.” It does not receive universal acclaim.
After the main episode, stay tuned for an interview with comics and graphic novel artist JL Giles. (Interview begins at 41:34 if you want to skip straight there.)
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Seth/James/Colin:
Notes:
Spectology link for Ballad of Black Tom:
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-g2xgm-9b51d4
Redletter Media Re:View:
http://redlettermedia.com/re-animator-and-from-beyond-review/
JLGiles’ links:
https://twitter.com/JLGiles
https://gumroad.com/l/iaUvN
https://www.patreon.com/JLGiles
For a very groovy episode 69 (not deliberate, but appropriate), the Pavement Pounders discuss Armageddon 2419 AD by Philip Francis Nowlan, basis for several adaptations, including Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979 movie/series) and Planet Outlaws (1953 edit of the original 30s movie serial).
Rankings!:
Colin/James/Seth:
Over the next year, we’re going to try to hit the following titles from the anthology Reel Future. Let us know which you’d like to see first:
Empire of the Ants (1977), based on The Empire of the Ants, by HG Wells
Re-Animator (1986), based on Herbert West–Re-Animator, by HP Lovecraft
This Island Earth (1955), based on This Island Earth, by Raymond F. Jones
The Illustrated Man (1969), based on The Illustrated Man, by Ray Bradbury
The Tenth Victim (1965), based on The Seventh Victim, by Robert Sheckley
Damnation Alley (1977), based on Damnation Alley, by Roger Zelazny
Millennium (1990), based on Air Raid, by John Varley
Notes:
Rifftrax episode on Planet Outlaws:
https://www.rifftrax.com/planet-outlaws
UK Show Talking about the 1979 movie/series:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeRpwJSMRlc
Radio Serial:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K02T2eEaggg
Seth’s son, Ethan, swimming the 400m Freestyle almost a minute faster than Buster Crabbe’s Gold Medal time from the 1932 Olympics (Ethan took the bronze at the Junior Pan Pacifics in Fiji):
https://youtu.be/4RQuh5gmayc?t=44s
