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The Pavement Pounders discuss adapted science fiction, generally well-known films derived from written works. They read the book, watch the movie, watch remakes, reboots, re-adaptations, and give it ... more
FAQs about Take Me To Your Reader:How many episodes does Take Me To Your Reader have?The podcast currently has 169 episodes available.
December 24, 2025Star-Wikileaks! (The Star Wars Holiday Special, with guest Scott Kirkwood from starwarsholidayspecial.com)We all attended a screening of the Star Wars Holiday Special in Vancouver, Washington a couple of weekends ago, and I reached out to one of the co-producers on the documentary film A Disturbance of the Force: How the Star Wars Holiday Special Happened, who happens to live in our town, and he agreed to … Continue reading Star-Wikileaks! (The Star Wars Holiday Special, with guest Scott Kirkwood from starwarsholidayspecial.com) →...more1h 15minPlay
November 29, 2025The Running Man (2025 re-adaptation)This time we cover the remake/re-adaptation of Stephen King’s The Running Man. Rankings!: Colin: Book/2025 movie/1987 movie James: Book/2025 movie/1987 movie Seth: Book/1987 movie/2025 movie...more49minPlay
October 26, 2025Frankenstein (2025 del Toro film)It’s been 10 years since we covered this topic last, and we finally have a great adaptation! We got to see the new Frankenstein adaptation in theaters and recommend you do the same....more38minPlay
October 18, 2025Data Outta Compton! (War of the Worlds 2025)Double-dipping this month, covering a couple of previously covered books that got new adaptations. First up, the absolutely delightful nonsense that is The War of the Worlds, starring Ice Cube....more43minPlay
September 27, 2025Assistant *to* the Regional Major (The Long Walk, by Stephen King)Seth was under the weather after returning from doing the Cotswold Way hike in England, so to protect the other guys from germs, this was recorded on his backyard patio, so please forgive the neighbor dog’s squeaky toy accompaniment. Rankings! Colin: movie/book James: book/movie Seth: movie/book Post-credits scenes for this episode include some discussion of … Continue reading Assistant *to* the Regional Major (The Long Walk, by Stephen King) →...more1h 7minPlay
August 30, 2025“Supertoys Last all Summer Long,” by Brian Aldiss (A.I. Artificial Intelligence)Wrapping up (for now) the informal Robot series we’ve been doing, we discuss Brian Aldiss’s short story “Supertoys Last All Summer Long,” adapted (loosely) to A.I. Artificial Intelligence. Rankings! Colin/James/Seth: Film Short Story Notes: https://brianaldiss.co.uk/writing/story-collections/collections-r-z/supertoys-last-all-summer-long/ ...more52minPlay
July 26, 2025Murderbot (S1:E7-10) “We can rank about it.”We discuss the final four episodes of Season One of Murderbot, then discuss the season as a whole, and then have a long post-script about what project to undertake after we cover one more robot story. (Hint: both possibilities begin with the letter S.)...more46minPlay
June 21, 2025Murderbot (S1:E3-6) “I wanted elliptical travel!”Our continuing coverage of Murderbot, er, continues. We spend a bit of time discussing the pacing of the series. What do you think?...more31minPlay
May 21, 2025Murderbot (S1:E1-2)We’re doing a Murderbot series! We reacted to the trailer, and now we’re covering the first two episodes. We’ll do at least two more of these to cover the full season. If you’re listening on the website because your podcast player feed has gone dead, please update it to the RSS feed below: https://pavementpodcast.com/feed/podcast/tmtyr/...more35minPlay
May 05, 2025Murderbot Trailer discussion/reactionWe recorded some quick thoughts that ironically take a while to get to about the Murderbot trailer and what we hope to see in the series. Happy May the Fourth! Murderbot is a droid, so it’s clearly canon....more15minPlay
FAQs about Take Me To Your Reader:How many episodes does Take Me To Your Reader have?The podcast currently has 169 episodes available.