Episode 20: All about Adaptations – from good to terrible
In this episode we are joined by podcaster Andrea Martucci from Shelf Love while we talk all about adaptations – from good to terrible. We look at why some texts are lost in translation.
This time, we each nominate a text or texts that have been adapted from one media into another. Some have worked, some have failed dismally – some are radically different from their source material but stand up in their own right.
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“Secret Jesus is the worst!”
Guest Host: Andrea Martucci – Podcaster
Timestamps:
0:00 – Introduction
1:59 – What is an adaptation?
3:08 – Books, movies and games, oh my!
9:03 – Andrea’s adaptation choice
24:40 – Nick’s adaptation choice
30:57 – Dave’s adaptation choice
46:05 – Philippa’s adaptation choice
1:16:24 – What makes a good adaptation?
1:20:10– Wrap up & Outro
Books we discuss:
Allain, Suzanne, Mr. Malcolm’s List
Bronte, Charlotte. Jane Eyre
Card, Orson Scott – Ender’s Game
Carr, Robyn – Virgin River series
Dick, P K, Do androids dream…
Dick, P K, The man in the high castle
Dick, P K, Through a Scanner Darkly
Dick, P K, We can sell it to you wholesale
Gaskell, Elizabeth, North and South
Heinlein, Robert. Starship Troopers
Jayashra Kamble. Making meaning in popular romance fiction
Le Carre – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Le Carre – Smiley’s People
Muir, Andy, The Martian
Palahnuik, Chuck, Fight Club
Quinn, Julia – Bridgerton series
Rhys, Jean. Wide Sargasso Sea
Sapkowski, Andrzej – The Witcher series
Strugatsy, Arkady and Boris, Roadside Picnic
Thorne, Sally, The Hating Game
Tolkien, JRR. The Lord of the Rings
Wayland, Drew. Willow
Woods, Sherryl – Sweet Magnolia series
Movies & TV shows we discuss:
Bladerunner
Bridgerton
Ender’s Game
Firefly
Fight Club
Friday the 13th
The Hating Game
I’m thinking of ending things
Lord of the Rings
The man in the high castle
The Martian
Masters of the universe
Mr. Malcolm’s List
North and South (BBC 2004)
Orphan Black
Smiley’s People
Stalker
Starship Troopers
Sweet Magnolias
Through a Scanner Darkly
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Total Recall
Willow
The Witcher tv series
Virgin River
Games we discuss:
Friday the 13th (1987)
Friday the 13th (2017)
S.T.A.L.K.E.R Shadow of Chernobyl
The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt
