In which our Adaptation hosts start off our year on a dystopian kick, alongside twistedly ever afters and experimental childhoods.
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What better way to start out 2014 than by listing the adapted films that we are most looking forward to seeing on the big screen? And believe you me, there were a lot to choose from!
Honorable Mentions:
The Legend of Hercules
X-Men: Days of Future Past
The LEGO Movie
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Jersey Boys
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
The Hobbit Part 3
Into the Woods
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In this episode on The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, our hosts talk about the added/extended storylines, the awesome CGI, the unnecessary CGI and what it all means for the third film. And also how they would watch an entire film of elves fighting because oh. my. god.
Also, we have an episode on the novel by JRR Tolkien and films 1 and 3.
The entire Adaptation team comes together to prove how important a child’s first book can be for 2013’s Project For Awesome!
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The hosts have their fair share of laughing fits while discussing the new Starkid musical Twisted, a retelling of Disney’s Aladdin… among other tales. With elements from Wicked, One Thousand and One Nights, and some real life Disney/Pixar happenings, this was the perfect story for Team Starkid to tell and might just be our favorite musical yet.
The hosts think that even ‘loosely adapted’ is being a little too generous with Frozen, Disney’s version of Hans Christian Andersen’s The Snow Queen. But they are able to find a few elements of similarity as well as a multitude of reasons to love the film, including the sister-driven plot, the love story red herring and of course, the reindeer duet.
The hosts are pretty happy with Francis Lawrence’s film The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, discussing the additions to the cast, the accuracy to Suzanne Collins’ novel and some of the missing pieces that will hopefully show up in the next two installments.
Our other HG episodes: The Hunger Games (book) (movie), Catching Fire (book), and Mockingjay (book) (first movie).
In this episode on Thor: The Dark World, the hosts discuss the brotherly relationship development, the lack of development in the film’s villain and what is in store for the next Marvel installment. But we are still left wondering exactly why Loki let Thor keep his hammer…
In which we give you the scenes that were epically accurate in translation to the screen.
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As a follow up to our discussion of the novel, episode #67 focuses on Gavin Hood’s film adaptation Ender’s Game. Starting with a discussion on Graff versus Dumbledore, the hosts discuss how the film comes across both to people who are familiar with the source material and to those who are not.
Also, check out our episode on the novel by Orson Scott Card!
Suzanne Collins’ Catching Fire gets the girls fired up, discussing the frustrating lack of communication, the wonderful new characters, and the mistakes the Capitol makes in this installment of The Hunger Games. And how exactly are the presidents chosen in Panem?
Our other HG episodes: The Hunger Games (book) (movie), Catching Fire (movie), and Mockingjay (book) (first movie).
Jess and Kendyl have a hard time talking over their emotions in this episode on Markus Zusak’s The Book Thief, but eventually, they get through the haze and discuss all the lovable characters, intense moments and non-canon predictions.
EDIT: Our episode on Brian Percival’s film The Book Thief is now available to listen to!
Nicole, Ryan and Kendyl hash out the differences between Kimberly Peirce’s film Carrie and the original novel, as well as the 1976 film. While enjoying the remake, the hosts wonder if it missed out on a few opportunities.
Don’t forget to check out out episode on the novel by Stephen King!
In which our Adaptations hosts list those films that we think Hollywood should take a second crack at…or a third or fourth.
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