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For their 75th episode, the Pavement Pounders welcome back their very first guest, James’s lovely wife Emily, or as he calls her, Her Fordship. Under discussion is Emily’s choice, Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World and its two television adaptations. There’s a fair bit of us talking over each other. Blame it on the soma. Rankings! Emily: … Continue reading TMTYR Epi...

To celebrate their 5th podcasting anniversary, the Pavement Pounders continue with what they’ve been doing. Namely, working through Reel Future. This time, it’s This Island Earth, the 1952 novel by Raymond F. Jones, and its 1955 film adaptation. Show Notes Exclusive Pounder Rankings! (Yes, we forgot to record it): Colin/James/Seth: Book Movie

Continuing their march through Reel Future, the Pavement Pounders discuss HG Wells’s “The Empire of the Ants,” and the very poor 1977 adaptation. Pounder Rankings!: James/Colin/Seth: story movie Notes: Seth’s new podcast Brief & Not so Brief (RSS feed): http://hugospodcast.com/feed/podcast/brief

Merry Christmas! This time, the guys talk about It’s a Wonderful Life, and the christmas card (yes, it’s true) it was based on, “The Greatest Gift,” Rankings (omitting audiobook references)! Colin: Movie Story James: Story Movie Seth: Movie Story Notes: Mental Floss “25 Wonderful Things about It’s a Wonderful Life”: http://mentalfloss.com/article/6079...

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.) Rankings!: Seth/James/Colin: &#823...

Once, again, the Pavement Pounders are joined by Dr. Phil Nichols to discuss some Ray Bradbury. This time, it’s The Halloween Tree, the book, the television film, and the Colonial Radio Theater production. Rankings!: Phil: Radio Theater Movie/Book tie Colin: Radio Theater Book Movie James: Book Radio Theater Movie Seth: Radio Theater Book Movie

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: 1979 movie/series novella Planet Outlaws Over the next … Continue re...

The Summer of the Twilight Zone continues with the classic episode “Nightmare at 20,000 Feet,” written by Richard Matheson and based on his story of the same name. And he wasn’t done there! He also penned the screenplay for the Twilight Zone: The Movie segments adapting the same story. Colin came up with a new … Continue reading TMTYR Episode #68: Ricky, Billy, Johnny (Nigh...

The Summer of the Twilight Zone has begun, with the Pavement Pounders picking another Harlan Ellison story to discuss. This time it’s “Paladin” or “Paladin of the Lost Hour,” adapted into Season 1, Episode 7b of the revived Twilight Zone from the 80s, an episode starring Seth’s favorite entertainer, Danny Kaye. Rankings!: Colin: Twilight Zone … Continue re...

This time, the Pavement Pounders dig into the Outer Limits episode “Soldier,” adapted by Harlan Ellison from his story “Soldier from Tomorrow.” Why? Well, because of that little legal case that resulted in “Acknowledgement to the works of Harlan Ellison” in the end credits of The Terminator. We rule definitively on whether there was a … Continue reading TM...

This time, the Pavement Pounders are once again joined by Phil Nichols (*Dr.* Phil Nichols, if you please!) to discuss the new HBO Films adaptation of Fahrenheit 451. No one will be seated for Seth’s explanation (definitely canon) of what “The Nine” is. Hold onto your butts! Rankings!: Phil: book Truffaut film HBO movie Seth: … Continue reading TMTYR Episode #65: Great Stuf...

The Pavement Pounders return to cover something currently playing in theaters, Ready Player One, based on the 2011 Ernest Cline novel. (None of us hated the book. Or the movie. Feel free to listen to the podcast linked below if you did. Or you could listen to us not go overboard either praising or denouncing the … Continue reading TMTYR Episode #64: I’ve Had That Feeling (Ready Pl...

April Fools! Once again we’re back with a reverse adaptation. This time as a tie-in with our previous Trek-centric episode, we discuss James Blish’s novelization of the TOS episode “Arena.” Enjoy!

This time, the Pavement Pounders discuss the 1944 Fredric Brown short story “Arena”, which was adapted into a Star Trek TOS episode (S1E18), may have inspired the TNG episode “The Last Outpost” (S1E5), and there’s also an Outer Limits episode, “Fun and Games (S1E27).” Big thanks to Rich O’Donnell for sending us the suggestion! For … Continue re...

Following up on a suggestion from John Hagmann, the Pavement Pounders discuss Kazuo Ishiguro’s 2005 novel Never Let Me Go and its 2008 film adaptation, as well as Michael Bay’s The Island, which plays in a similar sandbox, only with more explosions and massive vehicular destruction. Thanks to John for reaching out and suggesting a … Continue reading TMTYR Episode #61: Ready to Mo...

The Pavement Pounders ring in 2018 with Isaac Asimov’s short story “All The Troubles of the World,” which was exactly how much adapted into the 2008 film Eagle Eye? You’ll have to listen to find out. You have been activated! Rankings:! Unfortunately we had a 51% probability of rankings, but an abort recommendation. Notes: Full text of … Continue reading TMTY...

Merry Christmas! For their fourth Holiday Special, the Pavement Pounders discuss A Christmas Story, the classic movie adapted from Jean Shepherd’s collected stories from In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash and other volumes, and also discuss the live TV musical that recently aired on FOX. Rankings!: Colin: Live TV special Movie Book James: Movie Book … Continue reading TMTYR...

This time, for a very late November episode, the Pavement Pounders discuss PD James’s The Children of Men and its 2006 adaptation, Children of Men. The movie and book were not universally loved by all of us, but it spurred a great conversation. Thanks so much to Dominic Coddington for suggesting the topic! Rankings: Colin/James/Seth/Dominic: … Continue reading TMTYR Episode #58: A Very...

We wanted to get a quick podcast out here, so we convened in Seth’s dining room to record our reactions right after seeing the movie. Apologies for the poor audio quality and frequent dog interruptions, but there you go. (And then Seth forgot to post the darn episode.) The long and the short of it … Continue reading TMTYR Episode #57: You’re 50 Percent Right (Blade Runner 2049) &...

Wrapping up the Summer of PKD, the Pavement Pounders endured Blade Runner and whine about it for a bit. And two of three Pavement Pounders enjoyed the novel on which it’s based, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? And Seth can’t seem to pronounce “Voight-Kampff”. Rankings!: Colin/James/Seth: book movie Bonus Rankings! (PKD films we’ve done): James: Total &#...

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, … Continue reading TMTYR Episode #55: Teddypocalyp...

The Summer of PKD continues, this time with The Adjustment Bureau, the 2011 adaptation of “Adjustment Team.” Have the Pavement Pounders finally found a good one? (Yes. Yes they have.) Rankings!: Colin/James/Seth: Movie Story Notes: Read the story for free here: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Adjustment_Team Next month’s homework, “Second Variety”: http://www.gutenberg...

Continuing the Summer of PKD, the Pavement Pounders discuss the short story “The Golden Man,” loosely adapted into the 2007 Nicolas Cage vehicle Next. Somewhere, somebody enjoys this film. Just not us. Will the story fare better? Bonus points for anyone who counts how many times Colin says “nucular.” Pounder Rankings!: Colin: Story Movie James: … Continue reading TMTY...

As the first entry in the Summer of PKD, the Pavement Pounders discuss the 1953 short story “Paycheck” and the 2003 film of the same name, starring Ben Affleck. (This is an effort to economize on precious time, as the three of us will have a difficult time getting together over the summer.) Rankings!: Colin/James/Seth: … Continue reading TMTYR Episode #52: De-Woo it! (Paycheck) &...

Fittingly, for Episode #51, the Pavement Pounders discuss an alien abduction movie, as Centauri kidnaps Alex Rogan in his intergalactic Predator Van to make him fight Xur and his Ko-Dan Armada. Yes, it’s another April Fool’s “Reverse Adaptation,” as we discuss the 1984 film The Last Starfighter and its Alan Dean Foster novelization. It’s a … Continue reading TMT...