Continuing the Summer of PKD, the Pavement Pounders discuss the short story “The Golden Man,” loosely adapted into the 2007 Nicolas Cage vehicle Next. Somewhere, somebody enjoys this film. Just not us. Will the story fare better? Bonus points for anyone who counts how many times Colin says “nucular.” Pounder Rankings!: Colin: Story Movie James: … Continue reading TMTYR Episode #53: No, I Mentioned the End Credits (Next) →

As the first entry in the Summer of PKD, the Pavement Pounders discuss the 1953 short story “Paycheck” and the 2003 film of the same name, starring Ben Affleck. (This is an effort to economize on precious time, as the three of us will have a difficult time getting together over the summer.) Rankings!: Colin/James/Seth: … Continue reading TMTYR Episode #52: De-Woo it! (Paycheck) →

Fittingly, for Episode #51, the Pavement Pounders discuss an alien abduction movie, as Centauri kidnaps Alex Rogan in his intergalactic Predator Van to make him fight Xur and his Ko-Dan Armada. Yes, it’s another April Fool’s “Reverse Adaptation,” as we discuss the 1984 film The Last Starfighter and its Alan Dean Foster novelization. It’s a … Continue reading TMTYR Episode #51: We Had a Beta Unit (The Last Starfighter) →

Note: We’ve added an episode for the 2021 film. Get it here: http://pavementpodcast.com/podcast/i-like-the-flying-fat-man-dune-2021-film/ To celebrate their 50th episode, the Pavement Pounders got James drunk and made him read Dune. (And also watch the 1984 film and the 2000 miniseries.) Unfortunately, Seth’s recording failed (silently) at about the 40 minute mark, so his audio is pulled … Continue reading TMTYR Episode #50: Whiskey, the Water of Life (Dune) →

This time out, the Pavement Pounders discuss their very first Stephen King, going with Firestarter, the 1980 novel and its 1984 theatrical adaptation. Alas, no exploding chickens in the movie. But lots of feathered hair, teke-ing really hard, and good old Hollywood whitewashing! Hooray! Rankings!: Colin/James/Seth: Book Movie Notes: Seth was lazy this time and … Continue reading TMTYR Episode #49: Watch This on VHS (Firestarter) →

Brace yourself for a hard-hitting gut punch of a knockout movie, and also for Seth’s best attempts to destroy the universe with the worst possible puns and Dad jokes, because this time out, the Pavement Pounders discuss Real Steel, loosely based on the Richard Matheson short story “Steel,” as well as the Twilight Zone adaptation … Continue reading TMTYR Episode #48: Robot Rocky (Real Steel) →

For Christmas 2016, the Pavement Pounders discuss a film that came out on Christmas Day 2013 that also happens to be adapted from a short story which was also adapted into a 1947 Danny Kaye film that Seth just happened to grow up watching over and over. It’s “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty,” by … Continue reading TMTYR Episode #47: Punching People and Getting Promoted (The Secret Life of Walter Mitty) →

This time out, the Pounders discuss the new film Arrival and “Story of Your Life,” the Nebula-winning Ted Chiang novella on which it’s based. Go see this movie! It’s awesome! Pounder Rankings!: Colin: Story Movie James: Story Movie Seth: Movie Story (But it’s pretty close on all counts) Notes: Zencastr! https://zencastr.com Ted Chiang interviews: http://www.indiebound.org/author-interviews/chiangted https://electricliterature.com/the-legendary-ted-chiang-on-seeing-his-stories-adapted-for-the-screen-and-the-ever-expanding-916a9530e598#.x3a6212z0 … Continue reading TMTYR Episode #46: There Are No The’s (Arrival) →

For Halloween 2016, the Pavement Pounders discuss Richard Matheson’s 1954 novel I Am Legend and the three major films adapted from it: 1964’s The Last Man on Earth, 1971’s The Omega Man, and the 2007 film I Am Legend. Slow, zombie-like vampires! Pale vampire Sith Lord beaniks! CGI uncanny valley superhuman darkseekers! And an Asylum … Continue reading TMTYR Episode #45: Pale Luddites (I Am Legend) →

This time out, the Pavement Pounders quickly discuss Daniel H. Wilson’s short story “The Nostalgist” and its short film adaptation. This is a low homework episode, folks, so don’t get spoiled unnecessarily! This is a first, as the Pounders read, watched, recorded, edited, and posted the episode all in one day. Don’t get used to … Continue reading TMTYR Episode #44: A Little More Data Than Number Five (The Nostalgist) →