Adaptive Difficulty

Zach Cregger's wild ride filled us with a dark curiosity to see where this venerable film franchise began, but there's no beating around the bush: Resident Evil (2002) is not good. Join us as we wander aimlessly through some sci-fi themed hallways and weigh the moral cost of sacrificing ourselves to save the audience from the lab licker that is this viewing experience.

Other works discussed: The Last of Us, You Can See Everything, World of Warcraft Forever, The Blacklist, The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening

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Haven't we all really wanted to experience a place that made us feel at home? So, what if it's a nightmarish hellscape of endless walls and corridors. As long as it makes you feel better that's all that matters right?

Join us this week as we discuss Kane Parson's 2026 film Backrooms from A24 based on his own web series (as "Kane Pixels") of the same name and the broader creepypasta.

Works discussed: Backrooms, The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap, Midnight Spider-Man, Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave

Music: 'Walls' by Bitmode on #Uppbeat https://uppbeat.io/c/bitmode

This one is a little something different. Here, Josh and I come together to engage in a little daydreaming about what adaptations we wish actually existed.

Works discussed: Warcraft, Jane Eyre, Dragon Quest, ParaNorman, King Arthur

Music: 'Cavalcade Of Stars' by Aaron Paul Low on #Uppbeat https://uppbeat.io/c/aaron-paul-low

We braved our local multiplexes and shambled through their creaking doors to take in Zach Cregger's brand new adaptation of the Resident Evil game series. We discuss our impressions playing the storied franchise, its balance of terror and action, and the almost intangible things Cregger was able to capture about the game playing experience.

That Paddington sure loves marmalade! HAHAHA! We apologize for the audio quality, but it seems everyone's favorite bear somehow managed to get some marmalade into Josh's microphone.

Anyway, join us as we discuss the 1958 children's classic A Bear Called Paddington, written by Michael Bond, and its 2014 adaptation Paddington, directed by Paul King.

Also, a dog can serve as a US Supreme Court Justice! It's true; look it up.

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Our hosts rub their two little grey cells together to get to the bottom of Kenneth Branagh's adaptation of Agatha Christie's seminal mystery novel, Murder on the Orient Express. Right when Josh Gad thinks he's gotten away with it, there's just one more thing...

Topics addressed: Woke Hercule Poirot, Scrooge: A Star Wars Story, Jesus Christ

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We're back! and so is Odysseus and boy does he look mad. I'm sure glad I never coveted his wife.

Join us for our final sojourn in the world of Ancient Greece with this discussion of Books 17-24 and several adaptations.Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):

https://uppbeat.io/t/bitmode/walls

Sorry about this, folks, but life happens. We'll get back on track as soon as possible.

The Odyssey (2026) is really the Dark Souls II of Greek epic poem adaptations, if you think about it.

Join us as we journey our way across Greece to find our way home alongside Matt Damon, Anne Hathway, Tom Holland, and many more in this epic retelling of Homer's Odyssey directed by Christopher Nolan.

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Mars Attacks!

We interrupt this broadcast of Hot Greek Summer to tell you that aliens have landed and their kind of sexy? or maybe not? All we know is that we can't move on until we deal with this threat.

We have enlisted the aid of Hard Ticket, who have kindly sent aid to our small world by way of Tristan Moore, to help us tackle H.G. Wells 1898 book The War of the Worlds, Byron Haskin's 1953 The War of the Worlds and Spielberg's 2005 War of the Worlds.

He was a lot of fun to have on this episode and very insightful. We encourage everyone to go over to his and his cohost's, Jeff Boggess, show and share the love. You might even catch a few familiar faces in an episode about Ice Skating.

Hard Ticket: https://open.spotify.com/show/2oJdlITi9BNuIA3BCX0p65?si=97948af61063435a

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