Adaptive Difficulty

Tell me about a complicated story

Muse, tell me how its how its adaptations wandered and were lost

Just ahead of Christopher Nolan's huge IMAX interpretation of The Odyssey, we are starting Hot Greek Summer off with Books 1 through 8 of the ancient epic. We dive into our thoughts on the first third of this tale before getting into how a variety of movies, TV shows and novels have taken on the challenge of adapting it for modern audiences. Also, we break the story on Nolan's version featuring Hamilton-style rap breakdowns.

Works discussed: The Odyssey translations by Emily Wilson and Stanley Lombardo, the TV miniseries by Andrei Konchalovsky, The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, Ulysses 31, Ulysses by James Joyce, Star Wars

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We all just want to be accepted for who we are, and, sometimes, the person we love the most and so desperately want to be accepted and embraced by refuses us. It's a heartbreak of the profoundest sort.

Join us this week as we discuss Maurice, the 1987 film, directed by James Ivory, based on the E. M. Forster novel Maurice, which was written from 1913-1914, but only published posthumously in 1971. Happy Pride!

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Where's Michael when you need him? Twice the technology goblins attacked, so my audio is a little rough (Josh's audio is fine), but it's still a good conversation and debate about how expectations can shape an adaptation's reception. I tried my hardest to clean it up, so I can remain proud of that.

Join us for our discussion on Crazy Rich Asians, at 2018 film directed by Jon M. Chu, based on the 2013 novel Crazy Rich Asians, written by Kevin Kwan.

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Is there a more profound line in all of the English canon than "Dorky chicks like you turn me on too"? Jane Austen could never (or maybe she could).

Join us as we discuss the 2002film Scooby Doo, written by James Gunn, based on the Scooby Doo franchise that began in 1969.

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You gotta love high school! The dances, the football games, the reification of capitalistic principles.

Join us as we discuss 2004's A Cinderella Story, directed by Mark Rosman, written by Leigh Dunlap, and starring Hilary Duff and Chad Michael Murray; it is an adaptation of the 1697 French tale "Cinderella" by Charles Perault

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A pirate's life for me - except for the part where I don't like being wet. Or chased by skeletons, I guess.

Join us as we set sail on the high seas, exploring the legendary treasure that is Pirates of the Caribbean, a 2003 film, based on a Disney theme park ride. Drink up me 'earties, yo ho

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Some may say this is a short episode, but it looks perfectly average to me.

Join us for an episode of NewPodPlus. We are returning to the the world of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice; this time we're exploring a somewhat strange adaptation. It's a card game called Marrying Mr. Darcy. The game was designed by Erika Svanoe, and Erik Evensen was in charge of the art and graphic design of the game.

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There are some bold questions in this episode, challenging ones. For example, does HAL watch everything in the ship? Also, there is a giant space baby.

Join us as we explore Stanley Kubrick's 1968 masterpiece 2001: A Space Odyssey, that was developed in tandem with Arthur C. Clark's 1968 book of the same name.

Shrek is love, Shrek is life, but who was Shrek before he was an all-star? In this episode, we discuss the hit 2001 film Shrek (loosely) based on the 1990 children's book Shrek! by William Steig.

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There's nothing like watching erotica with strangers in a theatre. Wuthering Heights (2026) is also nothing like the book. Well, not nothing; it certainly bears some resemblance, but it's like if the book were half-hidden in the dense fog of a remote English moor.

Join us as we discuss the hot and fresh (pun intended) 2026 Wuthering Heights movie, directed and written by Emeral Fennell, based on Emily Bronte's 1847 masterpiece Wuthering Heights.

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