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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 all a good mulling over.

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  • August 29 · 46 min

    Judge Dredd (comics, 1995 movie, 2012 movie)

    Continuing with the summer of graphic novels and comics, we cover Judge Dredd, the 1995 movie, and Dredd, the 2012 movie, both adapted from the character and world of 2000AD comics. Rankings: Colin: movies/book James: 2012 movie/1995 movie/book Seth: 201

  • July 11 · 1 hr 5 min

    Horse Ex Machina (Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow/Supergirl 2026)

    Starting our series of comic/graphic novel adaptations with a whimper from a Kryptonian (entirely computer graphics) dog, we dive into the new movie Supergirl, at least somewhat based on Tom King’s Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, after talking genera

  • May 30 · 51 min

    La Jetée, by Chris Marker (12 Monkeys)

    This time we discuss 12 Monkeys, the Terry Gilliam film adapted from La Jetée, an experimental short film. Rankings! Colin/James/Seth: Feature Film / Short Film

  • April 30 · 1 hr 14 min

    Solaris, by Stanislaw Lem (feat. Ben DeBono)

    The time has come again for us to talk about a weird, slow science fiction movie, so I reached out to my favorite guest for such films, Ben DeBono from The Sci-Fi Christian. Thanks to Joe Smith for suggesting it, and to the Oregon  Museum of Science &#38

  • March 28 · 1 hr 4 min

    Project Hail Mary, by Andy Weir (with guest Peter Kuskie)

    Peter Kuskie, who joined me for the Hugos There episode on Project Hail Mary, joins us for a discussion of the new movie, with some brief discussion of the book as well. For more book discussion, refer back to the Hugos episode. The movie is a terrific a

  • January 31 · 51 min

    The Sea of Monsters, by Rick Riordan, Part One (2006 book/2013 movie)

    We return to Percy Jackson and the Mystifying Adaptations with Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, the 2013 movie based on The Sea of Monsters, by Rick Riordan. Will this movie right the ship and kick of the remaining three movies into a successful and belov

  • Nov 29, 2025 · 48 min

    The 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

  • Oct 26, 2025 · 37 min

    Frankenstein (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.

  • Oct 18, 2025 · 42 min

    Data 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.

  • Sep 27, 2025 · 1 hr 6 min

    Assistant *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! Coli

  • Jul 26, 2025 · 45 min

    Murderbot (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.)

  • May 21, 2025 · 34 min

    Murderbot (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, ple

  • May 5, 2025 · 14 min

    Murderbot Trailer discussion/reaction

    We 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.

  • Apr 29, 2025 · 43 min

    TMTYR: The Wild Robot, by Peter Brown (feat. Peter Kuskie)

    We got to go see The Wild Robot at our local SF Film Festival, so we figured it was high time we covered this terrific movie, and we were joined by Colin’s elder son, Peter. Rankings: Peter/Colin/James/Seth: Movie/Book

  • Apr 12, 2025 · length unknown

    Interview with Edward Ashton, author of Mickey7

    We had a great conversation with Ed Ashton about his background in engineering and medical research, how he finds the time to write a novel every year, and how Mickey7 and Mickey-17 came to be. Edward’s website: https://www.edwardashton.com/

  • Mar 29, 2025 · length unknown

    Plus or Minus 10 (Mickey7/Mickey-17)

    This time the guys look at Mickey7, by Edward Ashton, and its new adaptation, Mickey-17. We pretty much go full spoilers for everything, so be warned. The book takes a couple of days to read, and the movie will be on streaming soon. Rankings!: Colin: boo

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