Adaptation Podcast

Dorin and Kendyl just want to know more about Phiona in this episode on The Queen of Katwe by Tim Crothers. Question of the Week: Did you think that Phiona's story was too over-shadowed in this telling? Follow us! Blog: http://adaptationpodcast.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AdaptationPodcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/AdaptationCast Tumblr: http://adaptationpodcast.tumblr.com/ YouTube:...

Dorin and Kendyl spent more than a little bit of time discussing Grease Live !. Follow us! Blog: http://adaptationpodcast.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AdaptationPodcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/AdaptationCast Tumblr: http://adaptationpodcast.tumblr.com/ YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/adaptationpodcast  

Dorin and Kendyl were mega-impressed with Pete's Dragon (2016), but worry that it was too intense for the kiddies. Question of the Week: How does this movie come across for children? Does anyone else want to punch Karl Urban? Follow us! Blog: http://adaptationpodcast.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AdaptationPodcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/AdaptationCast Tumblr: http://adaptationpodca...

Jenn and Kendyl discuss the pros and cons of Nerve (2016), the film adaptation of Jeanne Ryan's novel. Question of the Week: Could there be a sequel to this film? What kind of story would you like to see it tell? Follow us! Blog: http://adaptationpodcast.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AdaptationPodcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/AdaptationCast Tumblr: http://adaptationpodcast.tumblr.com...

Adaptation expresses their (mild?) disappointment in Suicide Squad (2016) and try to keep their hopes up for future DC endeavors. Question of the Week: What do you think will happen first: DC making a well-received film or Marvel making a poorly-received film? Follow us! Blog: http://adaptationpodcast.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AdaptationPodcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/Adaptation...

In this surprise episode, Kendyl confesses and Dorin consoles as the two reveal how they felt about the 1984 and 2016 Ghostbusters films. Question of the Week: Did the media and internet opinions affect how you felt about the Ghostbusters remake? Do you think you liked it more or less because of it's poor reception? Follow us! Blog: http://adaptationpodcast.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/...

A packed episode leads to a lot of opinions--some on opposite ends of the spectrum--on Star Trek Beyond (2016), the film series as a whole, and how well it interprets the television series. Question of the Week: Do you think the next Star Trek movie is going to involve time travel? How could they do a storyline like that without it getting weird? Follow us! Blog: http://adaptationpodcast.com/ Face...

Covering all The BFG s in one episode, the hosts talk Roald Dahl, 1989, and 2016 versions, with an extra shot of farting corgis in for good measure. Question of the Week: Why does he collect dreams? Who gave him this job? Follow us! Blog: http://adaptationpodcast.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AdaptationPodcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/AdaptationCast Tumblr: http://adaptationpodcast.t...

Talking over Nerve by Jeanne Ryan, the hosts have a lot of questions about how the game works, how much pull the Watchers have, and how they get all their information. Question of the Week: What dares do you think the groups in other cities got? What about the other players in Seattle before the last one? Remember, one must have involved lime Jello! Follow us! Blog: http://adaptationpodcast.com/ F...

Getting ready for the 2016 remake, Dorin and Kendyl commentate Pete's Dragon (1977) and try to find accurately cute Elliot plushies. Follow us! Blog: http://adaptationpodcast.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AdaptationPodcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/AdaptationCast Tumblr: http://adaptationpodcast.tumblr.com/ YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/adaptationpodcast

Jenn, Ryan, and Kendyl discuss the best season yet of Game of Thrones ! Question of the Week: What are your predictions for next season? What's John's real name? How is Cersei going to fuck up next? Where will Dany land? Where is Arya headed? Follow us! Blog: http://adaptationpodcast.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AdaptationPodcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/AdaptationCast Tumblr: http:...

Adaptation covers the fifth season of ABC's Once Upon a Time , which started off promisingly before it crashed and burned. Question of the Week: How does True Love work in OUAT based on this past season? Do both parties need it to break a curse as we'd always believed, or can it be one-sided? Follow us! Blog: http://adaptationpodcast.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AdaptationPodcast Twitte...

This episode is a roller-coaster as Dorin and Kendyl begin by saying they enjoyed watching Me Before You (2016) and end by calling it a train wreck. Question of the Week: Can you recommend some books/television/movies with good disabled representation? Maybe even actually written by someone living with a disability? Follow us! Blog: http://adaptationpodcast.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/...

The Adaptation hosts discuss how the X-Men cinematic world has developed in X-Men:Apocolypse (2016) and then get into a very serious discussion about McKellen! Magneto versus Fassbender! Magneto. Question of the Week: What theories do you have about the end credits scene and what it's hinting at for the future of the series? Follow us! Blog: http://adaptationpodcast.com/ Facebook: https://www.face...

Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016) turns the hosts to discussions of time travel, colorful characters, and what exactly qualifies as an adaptation. Question of the Week: Does this film qualify as an adaptation? Did we really need this movie to be made? How frustrated are you with the time travel? Follow us! Blog: http://adaptationpodcast.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AdaptationPodcas...

Girls run the Supergirl world and we love it! We discuss the great female-centric relationships, the comic villains, and where Supergirl fits in the DC television universe. Question of the Week: What are your hopes and concerns for the move to the CW? Follow us! Blog: http://adaptationpodcast.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AdaptationPodcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/AdaptationCast Tumb...

Corey, Nicole, and Kendyl have a lot of feelings about Me Before You by Jojo Moyes. Through all the heavy concepts in the book, it's still gray as to how the book handles them. Question of the Week: What meaning did you attach to the title of the book—putting my needs before yours or the way I was before I met you? How does that play in to the themes of the book? Follow us! Blog: http://adaptation...

The hosts discuss the many heroes, twists, and ideologies of Captain America: Civil War (2016). Question of the Week: What else? Cap or Tony? Follow us! Blog: http://adaptationpodcast.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AdaptationPodcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/AdaptationCast Tumblr: http://adaptationpodcast.tumblr.com/ YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/adaptationpodcast

Adaptation watches Alice in Wonderland (2010) along with you to prep for the sequel. Follow us! Blog: http://adaptationpodcast.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AdaptationPodcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/AdaptationCast Tumblr: http://adaptationpodcast.tumblr.com/ YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/adaptationpodcast

Ryan and Kendyl discuss the 2016 adaptation of The Jungle Book . Question of the Week: Do the prominent actors voicing these characters distract or add to the movie? Follow us! Blog: http://adaptationpodcast.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AdaptationPodcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/AdaptationCast Tumblr: http://adaptationpodcast.tumblr.com/ YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/adaptationpod...

The huntsman takes a back seat in this discussion as Jenn and Kendyl cannot get enough of the fierce fairytale queens in The Huntsman: Winter's War (2016). Question of the Week: If the last shot of the movie is indeed setting up a sequel, what fairytale would you like to see incorporated in this world next? Follow us! Blog: http://adaptationpodcast.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Adaptatio...

The Adaptation staff had a really great time commentating Disney's The Jungle Book (1967) in preparation for the new "live-action" film. Follow us! Blog: http://adaptationpodcast.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AdaptationPodcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/AdaptationCast Tumblr: http://adaptationpodcast.tumblr.com/ YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/adaptationpodcast

The hosts are hot and cold in this discussion of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016). We can't love certain casting choices any more, but full-on hate others; we love certain plot points, but found others confusing. Question of the Week: Did this movie get you excited for more of the DC universe or did it discourage you from wanting to see future movies? Follow us! Blog: http://adaptationpod...

In discussing the film Allegiant (2016), the hosts discuss the flip in Tris and Four's judgement, the pure versus damaged perspective, and what all these changes mean for Ascendant . Question of the Week: With Tris being the only "pure" Chicagoan in the films, what implications does that have for the ways "pure" and "damaged" people are seen and treated? What implications does it have for the para...

The hosts gush once more over Agent Peggy Carter, the vibrant, loyal characters around her, and the excellent way the writers subverted our expectations this season. Follow us! Blog: http://adaptationpodcast.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AdaptationPodcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/AdaptationCast Tumblr: http://adaptationpodcast.tumblr.com/ YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/adaptationpod...