La Jetée, by Chris Marker (12 Monkeys)

Following up on our previous episode (how the sausage is made, we did this in one session, which is why there’s no fancy greeting at the top), here’s our discussion of the 2026 Mike Flanagan series adaptation of Carrie. Rankings! Seth: 2026 series / book / 1976 film / 2002 TV movie / 2013 movie … Continue reading Carrie, by Stephen King, Part Two (2026 series) →

We really thought we could fit in all of Carrie into one episode, but by the time we got to talking about the Flanagan series, we’d already been going for over an hour. So we split the episode into two. Part Two will post in a week or two. In this episode, we discuss the … Continue reading Carrie, by Stephen King, Part One (book and 1976/2002/2013 movies) →

We continue our Graphic Novel adaptation series with Scott Pilgrim, by Bryan Lee O’Malley, the movie Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, and the limited series Scott Pilgrim Takes Off. Rankings! Colin: Movie, Series, Book James: Movie, Book, Series Seth: Movie, Book, Series

Continuing with the summer of graphic novels and comics, we cover Judge Dredd, the 1995 movie, and Dredd, the 2012 movie, both adapted from the character and world of 2000AD comics. Rankings: Colin: movies/book James: 2012 movie/1995 movie/book Seth: 2012 movie/1995 movie/book Anthrax “I Am The Law!” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_Pga70f_YQ

Starting our series of comic/graphic novel adaptations with a whimper from a Kryptonian (entirely computer graphics) dog, we dive into the new movie Supergirl, at least somewhat based on Tom King’s Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, after talking generally about comics for really quite some time. Rankings!: Unanimous: Book/movie

This time we discuss 12 Monkeys, the Terry Gilliam film adapted from La Jetée, an experimental short film. Rankings! Colin/James/Seth: Feature Film / Short Film

The time has come again for us to talk about a weird, slow science fiction movie, so I reached out to my favorite guest for such films, Ben DeBono from The Sci-Fi Christian. Thanks to Joe Smith for suggesting it, and to the Oregon  Museum of Science & Industry for screening it during this year’s … Continue reading Solaris, by Stanislaw Lem (feat. Ben DeBono) →

Peter Kuskie, who joined me for the Hugos There episode on Project Hail Mary, joins us for a discussion of the new movie, with some brief discussion of the book as well. For more book discussion, refer back to the Hugos episode. The movie is a terrific adaptation and a great experience in the theater. … Continue reading Project Hail Mary, by Andy Weir (with guest Peter Kuskie) →

Following up on our previous episode, we cover the latest season of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Sea of Monsters, which is by almost any measurement a better adaptation than the movie. I’d been sick a looong time and wasn’t quite out of the woods at the time of recording, so make some … Continue reading The Sea of Monsters, by Rick Riordan, Part Two (Disney+ series, season two) →

We return to Percy Jackson and the Mystifying Adaptations with Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, the 2013 movie based on The Sea of Monsters, by Rick Riordan. Will this movie right the ship and kick of the remaining three movies into a successful and beloved quintilogy? (It will not.) We’ll reconvene next month for the … Continue reading The Sea of Monsters, by Rick Riordan, Part One (2006 book/2013 movie) →