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.
Judge Dredd (comics, 1995 movie, 2012 movie)
Judge Dredd (1995) · Aug 29, 2026
Solaris, by Stanislaw Lem (feat. Ben DeBono)
Solaris (2002) · Apr 30, 2026
Project Hail Mary, by Andy Weir (with guest Peter Kuskie)
Project Hail Mary (2026) · Mar 28, 2026
The Running Man (2025 re-adaptation)
The Running Man (2025) · Nov 29, 2025
Frankenstein (2025 del Toro film)
Frankenstein (2025) · Oct 26, 2025
Data Outta Compton! (War of the Worlds 2025)
War of the Worlds (2025) · Oct 18, 2025
“Supertoys Last all Summer Long,” by Brian Aldiss (A.I. Artificial Intelligence)
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) · Aug 30, 2025
TMTYR: The Wild Robot, by Peter Brown (feat. Peter Kuskie)
The Wild Robot (2024) · Apr 29, 2025
“Bicentennial Man,” by Isaac Asimov (1999 movie)
Bicentennial Man (1999) · Feb 28, 2025
She Artered Arterially (Nosferatu 2024)
Nosferatu (2024) · Jan 25, 2025
Mad Max in the Jungle! (Penal Colony, by Richard Herley, and 1994’s No Escape)
No Escape (1994) · Dec 1, 2024
Dune: Part Two
Dune: Part Two (2024) · Mar 15, 2024
The Last Voyage of the Demeter (with screenwriter Bragi Schut)
The Last Voyage of the Demeter (2023) · Aug 15, 2023
The Bear-muda Triangle (Cocaine Bear)
Cocaine Bear (2023) · Apr 1, 2023
I’m Apathy (The Cabin at the End of the World/Knock at the Cabin)
Knock at the Cabin (2023) · Feb 25, 2023
They Double-Bought Everything! (A Christmas Story Christmas, and Spirited!)
A Christmas Story Christmas (2022) · Dec 26, 2022
The Most Dangerous Game, Part One
The Most Dangerous Game (2022) · Nov 26, 2022
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (2022) · Nov 8, 2022
Something Wicked This Way Comes, by Ray Bradbury (feat. Dr. Phil Nichols)
Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983) · Oct 29, 2022
Bonus! Inteview with Bragi Schut, creator of Samaritan
Samaritan (2022) · Oct 15, 2022
Watch the Trailer and Be Done (Spiderhead)
Spiderhead (2022) · Jun 25, 2022
Literal Screen Presence! (Immortality, Inc., by Robert Sheckley/Freejack)
Freejack (1992) · Mar 26, 2022
Shot With a Happy Ending (The Prize of Peril, by Robert Sheckley)
The Million Game (1970) · Feb 26, 2022
Shot With a Happy Ending (The Prize of Peril, by Robert Sheckley)
The Prize of Peril (1983) · Feb 26, 2022
Chekhov’s Vomit (8-Bit Christmas)
8-Bit Christmas (2021) · Dec 24, 2021
Try Some Chrono-Bismal! (Needle in a Timestack)
Needle in a Timestack (2021) · Nov 27, 2021
She’s The Invisible Man! (The Invisible Man, by H.G. Wells)
Hollow Man (2000) · Oct 30, 2021
She’s The Invisible Man! (The Invisible Man, by H.G. Wells)
The Invisible Man (1933) · Oct 30, 2021
She’s The Invisible Man! (The Invisible Man, by H.G. Wells)
The Invisible Man (2020) · Oct 30, 2021
I Like the Flying Fat Man (Dune, 2021 film)
Dune (2021) · Oct 22, 2021
Nosebleeds for Everyone! (“Button, Button” and The Box)
The Box (2009) · Sep 25, 2021
Drinking the Cadre Cola (The Running Man)
The Running Man (1987) · Aug 28, 2021
The Marginal Value of Trolling (Stowaway)
Stowaway (2021) · Jul 30, 2021
Underselling the Penalty (The Cold Equations)
The Cold Equations (1996) · Jun 26, 2021
He Flapped His Butterfly Wings (The Map of Tiny Perfect Things)
The Map of Tiny Perfect Things (2021) · May 29, 2021
TMTYR Episode #100: Yeah…We Watched It (Dr. Strangelove & Fail-Safe)
Fail Safe (1964) · Feb 28, 2021
TMTYR Episode #100: Yeah…We Watched It (Dr. Strangelove & Fail-Safe)
TMTYR Episode #99: Bad Year for a Downer Movie (The Midnight Sky)
The Midnight Sky (2020) · Jan 20, 2021
TMTYR Episode #95: Homeopathic Adaptation (World War Z)
World War Z (2013) · Sep 26, 2020
TMTYR Episode #93: Baubled Adaptation (The Black Cauldron)
The Black Cauldron (1985) · Jul 25, 2020
TMTYR Episode #92: Some Kind of Magic Mushroom (The Girl With All the Gifts)
The Girl with All the Gifts (2016) · Jun 27, 2020
TMTYR Episode #91: JC Saves! (A Princess of Mars / John Carter)
John Carter (2012) · May 30, 2020
TMTYR Episode #90: It’s Like Monster Herpes (Bird Box)
Bird Box (2018) · Apr 26, 2020
TMTYR Episode #88: It’s a Dishonest Living (Johnny Mnemonic)
Johnny Mnemonic (1995) · Mar 23, 2020
TMTYR Episode #86: Post-Apoplectic World (Logan’s Run)
Logan's Run (1976) · Jan 28, 2020
TMTYR Episode #85: Polar Ex-Blessing (The Polar Express)
The Polar Express (2004) · Dec 21, 2019
TMTYR Episode #84: Might Give Me Epsilepsy (The Andromeda Strain)
The Andromeda Strain (1971) · Nov 30, 2019
TMTYR Episode #80: I Think We Fixed This Thing! (Damnation Alley)
Damnation Alley (1977) · Aug 31, 2019
TMTYR Episode #78: It’s Easier to Count on the Little Man (The 10th Victim)
The 10th Victim (1965) · Jun 30, 2019
TMTYR Episode #77: He Played the Armageddon Card! (The Wandering Earth)
The Wandering Earth (2019) · May 31, 2019
TMTYR Episode #74: It’s Forward Engineering! (This Island Earth)
This Island Earth (1955) · Feb 24, 2019
TMTYR Episode #72: I Like the Jackass Explanation (It’s a Wonderful Life)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946) · Dec 22, 2018
TMTYR Episode #70: This Movie is Woke! (The Halloween Tree)
The Halloween Tree (1993) · Oct 29, 2018
TMTYR Episode #69: Silver-Clad Lady Fantasy Dream (Buck Rogers)
Buck Rogers (1977) · Sep 30, 2018
TMTYR Episode #64: I’ve Had That Feeling (Ready Player One)
Ready Player One (2018) · Apr 29, 2018
TMTYR Episode #61: Ready to Movie On (Never Let Me Go)
Never Let Me Go (2010) · Feb 28, 2018
TMTYR Episode #60: Tangentially Inspired (Eagle Eye)
Eagle Eye (2008) · Jan 27, 2018
TMTYR Episode #58: A Very Important “And” (Children of Men)
Children of Men (2006) · Dec 3, 2017
TMTYR Episode #56: Heeere’s Batty! (Blade Runner)
Blade Runner (1982) · Sep 30, 2017
TMTYR Episode #55: Teddypocalypse (Screamers)
Screamers (1995) · Aug 26, 2017
TMTYR Episode #54: Fedoraportation! (The Adjustment Bureau)
The Adjustment Bureau (2011) · Jul 29, 2017
TMTYR Episode #53: No, I Mentioned the End Credits (Next)
Next (2007) · Jun 25, 2017
TMTYR Episode #52: De-Woo it! (Paycheck)
Paycheck (2003) · May 30, 2017
TMTYR Episode #51: We Had a Beta Unit (The Last Starfighter)
The Last Starfighter (1984) · Apr 29, 2017
TMTYR Episode #50: Whiskey, the Water of Life (Dune)
Dune (1984) · Mar 31, 2017
TMTYR Episode #49: Watch This on VHS (Firestarter)
Firestarter (1984) · Feb 25, 2017
TMTYR Episode #48: Robot Rocky (Real Steel)
Real Steel (2011) · Jan 28, 2017
TMTYR Episode #47: Punching People and Getting Promoted (The Secret Life of Walter Mitty)
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013) · Dec 24, 2016
TMTYR Episode #45: Pale Luddites (I Am Legend)
I Am Legend (2007) · Oct 29, 2016
TMTYR Episode #41: Everybody’s a Victim (The Prestige)
The Prestige (2006) · May 28, 2016
TMTYR Episode #39: Selfie With the Monolith! #aliens (2001: A Space Odyssey)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) · Apr 9, 2016
TMTYR Episode #38: Scientists Should Read Frankenstein (Colossus: The Forbin Project)
Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970) · Mar 21, 2016
TMTYR Episode #35: The Movie is Canon (Die Hard)
Die Hard (1988) · Dec 25, 2015
TMTYR Episode #33: Bilateral Kidney Stones (Frankenstein)
Frankenstein (1931) · Dec 9, 2015
TMTYR Episode #31: Hogarth’s Getting a New Daddy (The Iron Giant)
The Iron Giant (1999) · Nov 7, 2015
TMTYR Episode #29: We Mean No Harm to Your Planet (Jumper)
Jumper (2008) · Sep 20, 2015
TMTYR Episode #26: De-bounced (Starship Troopers)
Starship Troopers (1997) · Aug 1, 2015
TMTYR Episode #25: There Is No Spooner (I, Robot)
I, Robot (2004) · Jun 27, 2015
TMTYR Episode #23: Dawn of the Apron (The Stepford Wives)
The Stepford Wives (2004) · May 23, 2015
TMTYR Episode #23: Dawn of the Apron (The Stepford Wives)
The Stepford Wives (1975) · May 23, 2015
TMTYR Episode #22: No Penalties, No Time Limit, No Award (Rollerball)
Rollerball (1975) · Apr 25, 2015
TMTYR Episode #19: False Mammaries, or Sleeping With the Enemy (Total Recall)
Total Recall (1990) · Mar 28, 2015
TMTYR Episode #17: An Awful Waste of Space (Contact)
Contact (1997) · Feb 28, 2015
TMTYR Episode #16: Two Out of Three Idiots Can’t Be Wrong (Minority Report)
Minority Report (2002) · Jan 31, 2015
TMTYR Episode #15: A Heinlein Timeline (Predestination)
Predestination (2014) · Jan 13, 2015
TMTYR Episode #14: Double the Marley, Double the Fun! (A Christmas Carol)
A Christmas Carol (1999) · Dec 25, 2014
TMTYR Episode #12: Speak Softly and Carry an Electrified Pitchfork (The Thing)
The Thing (1982) · Oct 31, 2014
TMTYR Episode #12: Speak Softly and Carry an Electrified Pitchfork (The Thing)
The Thing from Another World (1951) · Oct 31, 2014
TMTYR Episode #12: Speak Softly and Carry an Electrified Pitchfork (The Thing)
The Thing (2011) · Oct 31, 2014
TMTYR Episode #11: Some Of My Best Friends Are Drac (Enemy Mine)
Enemy Mine (1985) · Oct 1, 2014
TMTYR Episode #9: Groundhog D-Day (Edge of Tomorrow)
Edge of Tomorrow (2014) · Jul 6, 2014
TMTYR Episode #8: The Tranny-saurus and the Philosoraptor (Jurassic Park)
Jurassic Park (1993) · Jun 21, 2014
TMTYR Episode #6: Quantum Physics Means Never Having To Explain Yourself (Timeline)
Timeline (2003) · May 16, 2014
TMTYR Episode #5: Botox or Boat-Axe or Something (Odd Thomas)
Odd Thomas (2013) · May 5, 2014
TMTYR Episode #4: Time of Death May Vary (They Live)
They Live (1988) · Apr 19, 2014
TMTYR Episode #3: Pretty Fly for a White Guy (The Fly)
The Fly (1986) · Apr 7, 2014
TMTYR Episode #2: Can I Get An Ape-men? (Planet of the Apes)
Planet of the Apes (1968) · Mar 22, 2014
TMTYR Episode #1: Farewell to the Outline (The Day the Earth Stood Still)
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) · Mar 22, 2014
TMTYR Episode #1: Farewell to the Outline (The Day the Earth Stood Still)
The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008) · Mar 22, 2014