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It's every filmmaker's dream, and every young artist's Achilles' heel. The adaptation. The desire to tell another man's story in your own way, or else in the way you believe is the right way. But what can you do when the world outpaces you? Wha
How does an album make the transition to Broadway and from there to film? Also, why the hell is that film taking so long to get made? And where the hell would Lin-Manuel Miranda fit into this!? Find out on our season finale episode about the st
What makes for a successful collaboration between creator/illustrator and writer? Can you find the right balance between visual and verbal storytelling while also appealing to children? Should books for children make you cry? In this special ep
What constitutes horror in either video games or film? Can you translate a lack of free will in a traditional cinematic media? What is the best way to kill a Big Daddy mech? Take the plunge into these questions and more on today’s discussion ab
What are the makings of an exceptional female protagonist? Whatever happened to movies set in the medieval period? How do you pronounce Saoirse Ronan’s name? Join my quest to answer these questions on this episode about Tamora Pierce’s 'Song of
Do video game heroes need to have the moral high ground? How do you write for a silent protagonist? Can any movie break the dreaded ‘video game curse’? Journey into the unknown and the uncertain on this episode discussing director Fumito Ueda’s
The potential to feel empathy for an unusual band of felines, the differences between live performance and digital effects, the question of whether to sell a movie to either adults or children... and the quandary of whether or not that movie sh
The dramas found in a small British community, the differences between British and American culture, and the question of how to respectfully depict a character who may or may not be on the spectrum. These and other discussions on this episode a
What makes a comic book starring people with animal heads stand out as a literary masterpiece? How brutal can a depiction of the Holocaust get on the page? What happens when an author is determined not to have his work adapted? All this and mor
What came before us? Where did they go? When will they return? Join us in an episode chockfull of ancient aliens, existentialism, and geeking out about Guillermo del Toro. Today, we dive into H. P. Lovecraft’s ‘At the Mountains of Madness’.No
What do we think of when we talk about teenage angst? How much can one author and/or main character hate the cinema? How many times can I say the word 'society' in one episode? Find out on our first episode as we dive into the troubled history
How does an album make the transition to Broadway and from there to film? Also, why the hell is that film taking so long to get made? And how can we get Lin-Manuel Miranda in on this!? Find out on our season finale magnum opus episode about the
What is the most abstract way to adapt an abstract book full of abstract metaphysics which relies on abstract thought to understand and appreciate its abstractions? And how many more ways can I say the word ‘abstract’? Today, we join in the que
Anime vs. Manga vs. Live-action! Which one wins!? Well, considering how long it’s taking Hollywood to make it live-action, we’ll let you decide which of the former two is the superior version. On this special listener-requested episode, Ophé
Can an over-powered superhero really be that compelling? How do you adapt a comedy series while making sure that the comedy remains fresh? How can you conflate 12 episodes of world building and character development into a limited number of min
What makes for a successful collaboration between creator/illustrator and writer? Can you find the right balance between visual and verbal storytelling while also appealing to children? Should books for children make you cry? In this special ep
What constitutes horror in either video games or film? Can you translate a lack of free will in a traditional cinematic media? What is the best way to kill a Big Daddy mech? Take the plunge into these questions and more on today’s discussion ab
What are the makings of an exceptional female protagonist? Whatever happened to movies set in the medieval period? How do you pronounce Saoirse Ronan’s name? Join my quest to answer these questions on this episode about Tamora Pierce’s Song of
On this special bonus episode, join Harris Gale, Jackson MacGillivray, Dan Vadeboncoeur, and me as we join forces to identify all the Easter eggs hidden (and questionable decisions made) in Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of Ernest Cline’s Ready
What are the concepts associated with hard science fiction? Are we on the verge of another whitewashing controversy? How much patience can I have towards a novel with so much sarcastic and bawdy humour? These earth-shattering questions and more
A short heads-up about the upcoming episode on Andy Weir’s ‘Artemis’, and a tease of what will be coming up on the proceeding episode.https://ia801504.us.archive.org/14/items/QuickUpdate_201804/Quick%20update.mp3
Do video game heroes need to have the moral high ground? How do you write for a silent protagonist? Can any movie break the dreaded ‘video game curse’? Journey into the unknown and the uncertain on this episode discussing director Fumito Ueda’s
The potential to feel empathy for an unusual band of felines, the differences between live performance and digital effects, and the question of whether to sell a movie to either adults or children. These and other discussions on today’s episode
The trope of hyper-violent teenagers, the representation of and reception by LGBTQ people, and the over-saturation of young adult dystopias, today on this episode regarding Pierce Brown’s ‘Red Rising’.Featuring Graeme Houssin of ‘Sam and Grae
The dramas found in a small British community, the differences between British and American culture, and the question of how to respectfully depict a character who may or may not be on the spectrum. These and other discussions on this episode a
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