Adaptation Podcast

The hosts don't exactly have a glowing review for Pan (2015). While they liked the visual elements, the plot just gave us another "chosen one" and changed everything that we've […]

Dorin and Kendyl watch A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) along with you, talking about why the original is better than the remake and drooling over young Johnny Depp. iTunes […]

Kendyl struggles to pronounce the Irish names in Colm Toibin's Brooklyn, while Jenn patiently corrects her and they talk about moving away from home, memories that fade, and choosing between […]

We're back to talk about Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015). With all the major plot differences from the book, the hosts are a little concerned for the next film, […]

Everyone gathers again for more Peter Pan discussion, this time on the novel by JM Barrie and all the ways it's been adapted on stage and screen. The hosts talk […]

Our hosts commentate their way through Peter Pan (2003), finding all the ways that it could be a very dark story and wondering at the parallels between the lost boys […]

Jem fans Dorin and Kendyl and newbie Jenn watch the first 5 episodes of this 1985 television show along with you while commenting on the technical aspects of Synergy and […]

Kendyl and Jenn discuss the second book in the Maze Runner series, The Scorch Trials. There's good. There's bad. There's nervousness about the upcoming film. And there's more advice about […]

Our hosts think that the Paper Towns film was a fun adaptation of the John Green novel, much lighter than the book and with a few unresolved plotlines. They've also […]

This time around the hosts discuss the film Dark Places based on the novel by Gillian Flynn. They admire how accurate the plot was, but wonder why the characters seem […]