For Episode #30, the Pavement Pounders are joined by Matt Anderson of The Sci-Fi Christian to discuss the new film The Martian, adapted from Andy Weir’s best-selling book. Seth totally forgets about the Earth’s magnetic field when discussing the radiation problem.  Also, his Windows laptop totally freezes up halfway through.  See if you can spot … Continue reading TMTYR Episode #30: Weir Science (The Martian, feat. Matt Anderson) →

For Episode 29, the Pavement Pounders discuss Steven Gould’s excellent novel Jumper and its lackluster 2008 film adaptation. Just read the book series! For a podcast on a better Doug Liman film, check out our episode about Edge of Tomorrow (All You Need is Kill). Huge thanks to Steven Gould for replying to our tweet, and … Continue reading TMTYR Episode #29: We Mean No Harm to Your Planet (Jumper) →

(Ironic Title Translation: Don’t Change Anything.  You’ll get it once you’ve read the story.) In honor of what would have been Ray Bradbury’s 95th birthday, the Pavement Pounders discuss his well-known short story A Sound of Thunder with Phil Nichols, Senior Advisor to the Center for Ray Bradbury Studies at Indiana University.  Also under consideration … Continue reading TMTYR Episode #28: Deaunt Chaynj Ennithnng (A Sound of Thunder, feat. Phil Nichols) →

Sorry folks, no clever title this time, and no actual new book/movie review featuring James, Colin and Seth.  Instead, Seth was lucky enough to get Keith Kato of the Heinlein Society on the phone to chat about the Society, R.A.H. himself, his work, rumors of future adaptations, and even some tidbits about Predestination, which the … Continue reading TMTYR Episode #27: Interview with The Heinlein Society’s Keith Kato →

In Episode #26, the Pavement Pounders were delighted to be joined by Nicholas Jensen to talk about Starship Troopers, the Robert Heinlein novel and the Paul Verhoeven film of the same name (if not the same content). This podcast also features a brief segment from a longer discussion with Keith Kato of The Heinlein Society. … Continue reading TMTYR Episode #26: De-bounced (Starship Troopers) →

In Episode #25, the Pavement Pounders discuss the much-maligned 2004 film I, Robot, based (or is it?) on Isaac Asimov’s classic novel/anthology of the same name.  This completes our Robot obligations after previously covering Eando Binder’s short story “I, Robot.” Also under consideration is the alternate universe version of the movie that we unfortunately never … Continue reading TMTYR Episode #25: There Is No Spooner (I, Robot) →

For a special attempt at relevance, the Pavement Pounders discuss Jurassic World, currently chomping through box office records and in no way in need of their endorsement.  Still and all, they discuss in what sense (if any) the movie is adapted from the original Jurassic Park novel, just to give lip service to the whole … Continue reading TMTYR Episode #24: Raptor Bromance (Jurassic World) →

  In Episode #23, the Pavement Pounders are joined by Emily (James’s better half) to discuss Ira Levin’s 1972 novel The Stepford Wives and its two film adaptations, from 1975 and 2004. Big thanks to Emily for suggesting the topic, and to Roger at TheGeekLikes.com for seconding it. Content warning: This podcast contains some frank discussions on sexuality.  Nothing … Continue reading TMTYR Episode #23: Dawn of the Apron (The Stepford Wives) →

In Episode #22, the Pavement Pounders take up Michael Simshauser’s suggestion of the 1975 dystopian sports movie Rollerball, based on the William Harrison short story “Rollerball Murder,” and also give some due condemnation to the 2002 abomination of a remake.  It’s two hours of movie from 70 minutes of material!  With bonus amazing classical music … Continue reading TMTYR Episode #22: No Penalties, No Time Limit, No Award (Rollerball) →

Now that we’ve been doing this about a year, we figured it was high time to put together a supercut of us being idiots.  So if you’ve joined us recently, here’s your chance to see what you’ve missed. Colin insists on adaptational fidelity and disagrees with Seth!  Seth admits or doesn’t admit he’s wrong!  James … Continue reading TMTYR Episode #21: Word Salad With the Pavement Pounders (Supercut!) →