Adapt or Perish

In Episode 144 of Adapt or Perish, Jeremy and Ian are not only going right back to Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai, they're talking about its legacy with Alex, the show's official Research Assistant!

(Note: Make sure to listen to Ep. 142: The Magnificent Seven to hear Jeremy and Ian discuss Seven Samurai in more detail!)

In this episode, we discuss:

• Seven Samurai, the 1954 movie directed by Akira Kurosawa, written by Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, and Hideo Oguni, and starring Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, and Isao Kimura
• Battle Beyond the Stars, the 1980 movie directed by Jimmy T. Murakami, written by John Sayles, and starring Richard Thomas, Robert Vaughn, George Peppard, and Sybil Danning
• ¡Three Amigos!, the 1986 movie directed by John Landis, written by Steve Martin, Lorne Michaels, and Randy Newman, and starring Martin, Chevy Chase, and Martin Short
• A Bug's Life, the 1998 movie directed by John Lasseter, written by Andrew Stanton, Donald McEnery, and Bob Shaw, and starring Dave Foley, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, David Hyde Pierce, Joe Ranft, and Richard Kind
• Samurai 7, the 2004 anime series directed by Toshifumi Takizawa and written by Atsuhiro Tomioka
• "Bounty Hunters", the 2010 episode of The Clone Wars directed by Steward Lee (under supervising director Dave Filoni), written by Carl Ellsworth, and starring Matt Lanter, James Arnold Taylor, and Ashley Eckstein
• Rebel Moon Part One: A Child of Fire and Rebel Moon Part Two: The Scargiver, the 2023 and 2024 movies directed by Zack Snyder, written by Snyder, Kurt Johnstad, and Shay Hatten, and starring Sofia Boutella, Djimon Hounsou, Ed Skrein, Michiel Huisman, and Charlie Hunnam

Footnotes:

• Adapt or Perish Ep. 8: Fun Home
• Adapt or Perish Ep. 106: Treasure Island
• When the Wind Blows (1986)
• You can follow Alex on Letterboxd or hear them appear on Pulp Friction

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In this Adapt or Perish Mini, we're taking to the skies to experience the classic work of short horror Nightmare at 20,000 Feet!

In this episode, we discuss:

• Richard Matheson's original 1961 short story
• "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet," the 1963 episode of The Twilight Zone directed by Richard Donner, written by Matheson, and starring William Shatner
• George Miller's chapter of Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983), directed by Miller, written by Matheson, and starring John Lithgow

Footnotes:

• John Lithgow's eyes (Warning: gross and freaky)
• "Terror at 5 1/2 Feet" (1993) from The Simpsons
• "Frozen Dick" (1996) and "Dick's Big Giant Headache (Part 1)" (1999) from 3rd Rock From the Sun
• "Nightmare at 30,000 Feet" from the 2019 Twilight Zone reboot

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In Episode 142 of Adapt or Perish, we're traveling to the Old West (by way of 16th century Japan) for a look at the heroes of The Magnificent Seven!

In this episode, we discuss:

• Seven Samurai, the 1954 movie directed by Akira Kurosawa, written by Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, and Hideo Oguni, and starring Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, and Isao Kimura
• The Magnificent Seven, the 1960 movie directed by John Sturges, written by William Roberts, and starring Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Horst Buchholz, Charles Bronson, Robert Vaughn, Brad Dexter, James Coburn, and Eli Wallach
• The Magnificent Seven, the 1998–2000 TV series developed by Pen Densham and John Watson, and starring Michael Biehn, Eric Close, Andrew Kavovit, Dale Midkiff, Rob Perlman, Anthony Starke, and Rick Worthy
• The Magnificent Seven, the 2016 movie directed by Antoine Fuqua, written by Nic Pizzolatto and Richard Wenk, and starring Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke, Vincent D'Onofrio, Byung-hun Lee, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Martin Sensmeier, Haley Bennett, and Peter Sarsgaard

Footnotes:

• See Robert Vaughn shill for the law offices of Bornstein, Bernstein, Keller, Salomone, and Farrin
• Elmer Bernstein's theme from The Magnificent Seven
• Now and Again (1999–2000)
• Time Trax (1993–1994)
• Rutherford Falls (2021–2022)
• "The Funny Story Behind Vincent D'Onofrio's Crazy High-Pitched Voice in 'The Magnificent Seven'"
• The Kid (2019)

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In this Adapt or Perish Mini, we're talking about what it means for a piece of media to be "based on a true story." Are they adaptations? Certainly. So why don't we cover them on Adapt or Perish?

Footnotes:

• Multiplex Time Machine Ep. 9: Zodiac
• Multiplex Time Machine Ep. 38: The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

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In Episode 140 of Adapt or Perish, we're taking our life in our hands and journeying to the Island of Dr. Moreau!

In this episode, we discuss:

• The original 1896 novel by H.G. Wells
• Island of Lost Souls, the 1932 movie directed by Erle C. Kenton, written by Waldemar Young and Philip Wylie, and starring Charles Laughton, Richard Arlen, Leila Hyams, Bela Lugosi, and Kathleen Burke
• The Island of Dr. Moreau, the 1977 movie directed by Don Taylor, written by Al Ramrus and John Herman Shaner, and starring Burt Lancaster, Michael York, Nigel Davenport, Barbara Carrera, and Richard Basehart
• The Island of Dr. Moreau, the 1996 movie directed by John Frankenheimer (after Richard Stanley), written by Stanley and Ron Hutchinson, and starring Marlon Brando, Val Kilmer, David Thewlis, Fairuza Balk, and Ron Perlman

Footnotes:

• "The Limits of Individual Plasticity" (1895)
• 1977's lost cat lady
• Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau (2014)
• Val (2021)
• "No Spill Blood" by Oingo Boingo
• The Sliders episode "This Slide of Paradise"
• "Jocko Homo" by Devo
• The Batman: The Animated Series episode "Tyger, Tyger"
• The Venture Bros. episode "Venture Libre"
• House of Pain
• The Island of Dr. Moreau two-part comic book adaptation by Ted Adams and Gabriel Rodríguez

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In this mini-episode of Adapt or Perish, we're looking at Shrek, the ogre who launched one of the biggest franchises of all time!

In this episode, we discuss:

• Shrek!, William Steig's original 1990 children's book
• Shrek, the 2001 animated movie directed by Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jensen, written by Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Joe Stillman, and Roger S.H. Schulman, and starring Mike Meyers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, and John Lithgow
• Shrek the Musical, the 2008 filmed Broadway musical with music by Jeanine Tesori, book and lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire, and starring Brian d'Arcy James, Sutton Foster, Daniel Breaker, and Christopher Sieber

Footnotes:

• William Steig's Sylvester and the Magic Pebble (1969) and Doctor De Soto (1982)
• A comparison of the costumes from the current touring company of Shrek the Musical to the original Broadway production

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In Episode 138 of Adapt or Perish, we're looking at the modern animated classic Avatar: The Last Airbender!

In this episode, we discuss:

• Avatar: The Last Airbender, the original 2005–2008 animated series created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, and starring Zachary Tyler Eisen, Mae Whitman, Jack DeSena, Dante Basco, and Mako
• The Last Airbender, the 2010 movie written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan, and starring Noah Ringer, Dev Patel, Nicola Peltz, Jackson Rathbone, Aasif Mandvi, and Cliff Curtis
• Avatar: The Last Airbender, the first season of the 2024 live action streaming series developed by Albert Kim, and starring Gordon Cormier, Kiawentiio, Ian Ousley, Dallas Liu, Paul Sun-Hyung Lee, Ken Leung, and Daniel Dae Kim

Footnotes:

• Mission Hill, the 1999–2002 animated series
• Dave Filoni
• Honest Trailers - The Last Airbender

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It's time for another Adapt or Perish Mini! In this episode, we'll get to know Mr. Ian Averill, our brave new co-host.

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In Episode 136 of Adapt or Perish, we're heading to the jungle to spend some time with one of the pulpiest of pulp heroes: John Clayton II, Viscount Greystroke, better know as Tarzan of the apes!

In this episode, we discuss:

• Edgar Rice Burroughs' original 1912 serialized story and novel
• Tarzan of the Apes, the 1918 silent movie directed by Scott Sidney, and starring Elmo Lincoln, Enid Markey, and Madame Sul-Te-Wan
• Tarzan, the Ape Man, the 1932 movie directed by W.S. Van Dyke, written by Cyril Hume and Ivor Novello, and starring Johny Weissmuller, Maureen O'Sullivan, Neil Hamilton, and C. Aubrey Smith
• The New Adventures of Tarzan, the 1935 serial directed by Edward Kull and Wilbur F. McGaugh, written by Edwin Blum, Bennett Cohen, Basil Dickey, and Charles F. Royal, and starring Herman Brix
• Tarzan, the Ape Man, the 1959 movie directed by Joseph M. Newman, written by Robert Hill, and starring Denny Miller, Joanna Barnes, Cesare Danova, and Robert Douglas
• Tarzan, the Ape Man, the 1981 movie directed by John Derek, written by Tom Rowe and Gary Goddard, and starring Bo Derek, Richard Harris, John Phillip Law, and Miles O'Keefe
• Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes, the 1984 movie directed by Hugh Hudson, written by Robert Towne (as P.H. Vazak) and Michael Austin, and starring Christopher Lambert, Ralph Richardson, Ian Holm, and Andie MacDowell
• Tarzan in Manhattan, the 1989 TV movie directed by Michael Schultz, written by Anna Sandor, and starring Joe Lara, Kim Crosby, Jan-Michael Vincent, and Tony Curtis
• Tarzan and the Lost City, the 1998 movie directed by Carl Schenkel, written by Bayard Johnson and J. Anderson Black, and starring Casper Van Dien, Jane March, and Steven Waddington
• Tarzan, the 1999 Disney animated movie directed by Kevin Lima and Chris Buck, written by Tab Murphy, Bob Tzudiker, and Noni White, and starring Tony Goldwyn, Minnie Driver, Glenn Close, Lance Henriksen, and Brian Blessed
• Tarzan, the 2003 TV series developed by Eric Kripke, Mike Werb, and Michael Colleary, and starring Travis Fimmel, Sarah Wayne Callies, Miguel A. Núñez Jr., Leighton Meester, Mitch Pileggi, and Lucy Lawless
• Tarzan 3D, the 2013 animated movie directed by Reinhard Klooss, written by Klooss, Jessica Postigo, and Yoni Brenner, and starring Kellan Lutz and Spencer Locke
• The Legend of Tarzan, the 2016 movie directed by David Yates, written by Adam Cozad and Craig Brewer, and starring Alexander Skarsgård, Margot Robbie, Christoph Waltz, and Samuel L. Jackson

Footnotes:

• Tarzan, The Ape Man (1981) Official Trailer

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In Episode 135, our very first installment of a new format we're calling Adapt or Perish Minis, we're going back to Roald Dahl to look at the Oscar-winning short film The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar!

In this episode, we discuss:

• The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More, Roald Dahl's 1977 short story collection
• The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, the 2023 short film written and directed by Wes Anderson, and starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Ralph Fiennes, Dev Patel, and Ben Kingsley
• The Swan, the 2023 short film also written and directed by Wes Anderson, and starring Rupert Friend and Ralph Fiennes

Footnotes:

• Does the Dog Die?: Crowdsourced trigger warnings for movies, tv, books and more

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