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Let's get Dune-pilled. In the first part, KJ and Pippa discuss their opinions on Denis Villeneuve's modern Dune series, and in the second part, you'll hear them discuss David Lynch's Dune adaptation with special guest Ryan Trumpler. Website: https://adaptordiepod.wixsite.com/mysite Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/adaptordiepod Sound editing for this episode was provided by Isabel Forden. Cover art by Jess Rubio.
* * It's our 50th episode! To celebrate, Pippa has created an innovative way for us to talk about adaptations - we're using it to talk about as many Cinderella adaptations as possible. With special guest, Matt Pinkney! * * Website: https://adaptordiepod.wixsite.com/mysite Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/adaptordiepod Sound editing for this episode was provided by Isabel Forden. Cover art by Jess Rubio.
Pippa and KJ are joined by our friend Rachel to discuss the reality competition series, The Masked Singer! Did you know The Masked Singer is based on a Korean reality show? Listen on to learn more about the Korean original and how the show was adapted for an American audience. Website: https://adaptordiepod.wixsite.com/mysite Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/adaptordiepod Sound editing for this episode was provided by Isabel Forden. Cover art by Jess Rubio.
Thanks for hanging with us through our hiatus! New episodes are coming soon, but in the meantime, please check out our re-release of our episode covering Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World, now featuring an added intro with our thoughts and opinions on Scott Pilgrim Takes Off. Scott Pilgrim is a great TV show, but is it a good adaptation? Website: https://adaptordiepod.wixsite.com/mysite Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/adaptordiepod Sound editing for this episode was provided by Isabel Forden. Cover art by Jess Rubio.
Pippa and KJ are joined by their friend Emry Sottile to discuss the 2016 TV adaptation of Douglas Adams' books, exploring how shows can be undersold by their own networks, and asking how we should engage with our favorite media after learning upsetting things about a creator. Patreon: patreon.com/adaptordiepod Sound editing for this episode by Isabel Forden. Cover art by Jess Rubio.
Pippa and KJ are ready to talk about the 2000 Coen Brothers film O Brother, Where Art Thou? and how it is an adaptation of The Odyssey into a classic-feeling American fable. Pair this episode with our Hadestown episode if you want maximum mythology! Patreon: patreon.com/adaptordiepod Sound editing for this episode by Isabel Forden. Cover art by Jess Rubio.
Just because it's for kids, doesn't mean that Neil Gaiman's novella and Laika Studios' film aren't creepy as heck. KJ and Pippa discuss the value of spooky stories for kids, and talk about the old short story that inspired Coraline in the first place. Check out The Nostalgia Club Podcast and Wayland Productions' other shows! https://linktr.ee/waylandproductions Patreon: patreon.com/adaptordiepod Sound editing for this episode by Isabel Forden. Cover art by Jess Rubio.
Well, it's the end of the road. KJ, Pippa, and Isabel discuss the end of the Twilight saga, and look back at how far they've come. Cue the Christina Perri music! Check out The Nostalgia Club Podcast and Wayland Productions' other shows! https://linktr.ee/waylandproductions Patreon: patreon.com/adaptordiepod Sound editing for this episode by Isabel Forden. Cover art by Jess Rubio.
This week, Pippa and KJ are covering Jeff VanderMeer's strange science fiction novel Annihilation and the 2018 Alex Garland directed film of the same name. Listen on as we grapple with textual and visual ambiguity, the challenges of adapting the dreamlike and the weird, and how Alex Garland adapted by memory. Patreon: patreon.com/adaptordiepod Sound editing for this episode by Isabel Forden. Cover art by Jess Rubio. Friends of Volo Bog: https://www.friendsofvolobog.org/ Tree People: https://www.treepeople.org/
KJ and Pippa are back at it talking about Baz Luhrmann, this time discussing his 1996 MTV-inspired adaptation of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. But did you know that Shakespeare himself was doing an adaptation with this play? The plot doth thicken... Check out The Nostalgia Club Podcast and Wayland Productions' other shows! https://linktr.ee/waylandproductions Patreon: patreon.com/adaptordiepod Sound editing for this episode by Isabel Forden. Cover art by Jess Rubio.
This week on Adapt or Die, we tackle The Princess Diaries, the first novel in a series by Meg Cabot and its film adaptation directed by Garry Marshall. We delve into the changes from book to movie, and how to appreciate both as different pieces of art best suited to their respective mediums. Check out The Nostalgia Club Podcast and Wayland Productions other shows! https://linktr.ee/waylandproductions Patreon: patreon.com/adaptordiepod Sound editing for this episode by Isabel Forden. Cover art by Jess Rubio.
Pippa and KJ are joined once more by Ryan Trumpler, this time to discuss James Franco's , based on Greg Sestero's memoir of the same name about the making of . This is an episode that started out silly, but turned into a deeper discussion of bad behavior from directors and whether that behavior is tolerable for the sake of art. (Spoiler: it's not.)
This week, KJ and Pippa are joined by special guest Jino from the Nostalgia Club Podcast! Listen on to hear our hot takes, fun facts, and critical analysis of the sci-fi dystopian tale that dares to ask: what would society be like if you put a bunch of teenage boys in a weird little maze? We're digging up this somewhat forgotten moment of the dystopia craze with a little help from our resident nostalgia expert. Check out The Nostalgia Club Podcast and Wayland Productions other shows! https://linktr.ee/waylandproductions Patreon: patreon.com/adaptordiepod Sound editing for this episode by Isabel Forden. Cover art by Jess Rubio.
KJ and Pippa are back with a new season to talk about the webseries joined by the co-creators of the series, Sinéad and Sean Persaud! The gang gets to talk about Washington Irving's classic tale, the process of adapting the story into a comedy series, and Sinéad's life-long love of Tim Burton's . It's an episode to die for... or to come back from the dead for.
Pippa and KJ go after the behemoth of adaptation that is the HBO show Game of Thrones and its source material, the Song of Ice and Fire series written by George R. R. Martin. Is this our white whale, our green light, our Iron Throne? Or an excuse for two fantasy nerds to chat about one of the most popular fantasy series of all time? Listen on and you decide! Patreon: patreon.com/adaptordiepod Sound editing for this episode by Isabel Forden. Cover art by Jess Rubio.
KJ and Pippa are joined by Karen (KJ's mom!) to talk about her favorite movie of all time: The Bourne Identity, based on the book by Robert Ludlum. Listen to these three discuss the passage of generations, ever-evolving technology, and hunky men from the 90s. Patreon: patreon.com/adaptordiepod Sound editing for this episode by Isabel Forden. Cover art by Jess Rubio.
KJ and Pippa are joined by Beth (Pippa's mom!) to discuss Perks of Being a Wallflower and it's feature film adaptation. We dig into how the source material and adaptation handle sensitive topics, Perks as a banned book, and how we feel about the casting for the film. Please be aware this episode includes discussion of sensitive topics, including sexual assault and suicide. Patreon: patreon.com/adaptordiepod Sound editing for this episode by Isabel Forden. Cover art by Jess Rubio.
KJ and Pippa are joined by past guests Ryan, Matt and Jacque for some Halloween fun... until someone ends up dead. Listen and see if you can guess who the killer is! Full episode on patreon: patreon.com/adaptordiepod
Thanks for listening, old sport! KJ and Pippa reunite with El to discuss F. Scott Fitzgerald's most famous work and Baz Luhrmann's glittery take on it. No cars were crashed in the making of this episode. Sound editing for this episode by Isabel Forden. Cover art by Jess Rubio.
Pippa and KJ are joined this week by a new guest and good friend, Jacque van Bronkhorst, to discuss the 1990 novel Good Omens and it's recent 2019 adaptation into a limited series for Amazon Prime. Listen on to learn about the almost thirty year journey this apocalyptic comedy took going from page to screen. Sound editing for this episode by Isabel Forden. Cover art by Jess Rubio.
KJ, Pippa, and special guest Isabel Forden have had their wills broken by Stephanie Meyer's franchise. The creepy CGI baby was just one step too far. Patreon: patreon.com/adaptordiepod Sound editing (and guest appearance!) for this episode by Isabel Forden. Cover art by Jess Rubio.
For a quick summer special episode, we're re-releasing our olde episode about adapting Pride and Prejudice with some new added thoughts about the recent 2022 movie Fire Island on Hulu! The movie is super gay, cute, and 100% does pass the Bechdel test, we promise. Patreon: patreon.com/adaptordiepod Sound editing for this episode by Isabel Forden. Cover art by Jess Rubio.
Join KJ & Pippa for a speedrun of the various adaptations of the opera . In our season 5 finale episode, we delve into the science of divergent evolution, or how two adaptations of the same source material can end up so very different! Patreon: patreon.com/adaptordiepod Sound editing for this episode by Isabel Forden. Cover art by Jess Rubio.
Join us with special guest Grace Zoerner for an episode all about the highest grossing Meryl Streep film (yes really!), Mamma Mia! We discuss adapting pop music, high school theater productions, and how some movies are just about how much you love your mom. Grace's Substack: https://gracezoerner.substack.com/ * Grace's Twitter: https://twitter.com/gzoerner Patreon: patreon.com/adaptordiepod Sound editing for this episode by Isabel Forden. Cover art by Jess Rubio.
1200 pages later, KJ, Pippa, and special guest from Welcome Mat, Massimo Napoli, discuss what makes It so great and what makes It so hard to adapt. Listen on to learn how one of King's most famous horror novels is a lot about love. Welcome Mat: https://twitter.com/mat_welcome Moss's Twitter: https://twitter.com/_massimo_napoli Patreon: patreon.com/adaptordiepod Sound editing for this episode by Isabel Forden. Cover art by Jess Rubio.
1200 pages later, KJ, Pippa, and special guest from Welcome Mat, Massimo Napoli, discuss what makes It so great and what makes It so hard to adapt. Listen on to learn how one of King's most famous horror novels is a lot about love. Welcome Mat: https://twitter.com/mat_welcome Moss's Twitter: https://twitter.com/_massimo_napoli Patreon: patreon.com/adaptordiepod Sound editing for this episode by Isabel Forden. Cover art by Jess Rubio.
Pippa and KJ are joined by Ben Oliphint to discuss the Steven Spielberg hit Jurassic Park, and the interesting men who influenced the movie, like Michael Crichton (the author of the book), Jack Horner (the man who wants to turn chickens into dinosaurs), and George Lucas (y'know). Boxfort: https://www.youtube.com/c/BoxFortTV Ben's Twitter: https://twitter.com/boliphint Patreon: patreon.com/adaptordiepod Sound editing for this episode by Isabel Forden. Cover art by Jess Rubio.
KJ and Pippa are joined by special guest, Amanda Doolittle to discuss the novel Eragon and its adaptation of the same name! CGI baby dragons, Avril Lavigne, and a #rebooteragon campaign, oh my! Amanda's Twitter: https://twitter.com/worksneakers Our website: https://adaptordiepod.wixsite.com/mysite Merch: https://tinyurl.com/aodmerch Patreon: patreon.com/adaptordiepod Sound editing for this episode by Isabel Forden. Cover art by Jess Rubio.
Special guest Matt Pinkney returns to guide KJ and Pippa through Andrew Lloyd Webber's beautiful musical - and the less beautiful movie based on it. Let your mind take a journey through a strange new world. Matt's show: https://twitter.com/youhaventseen_?s=20&t=nXsSqsdCdpjgX2GchlCvFQ Our website: https://adaptordiepod.wixsite.com/mysite Merch: https://tinyurl.com/aodmerch Patreon: patreon.com/adaptordiepod Sound editing for this episode by Isabel Forden. Cover art by Jess Rubio.
This week, KJ and Pippa discuss the 2004 fantasy rom-com, Ella Enchanted, adapted from a novel of the same name by Gail Carson Levine! We talk about Cinderella adaptations, the benefits of making major changes to the source material, and whether or not Ella Enchanted should be considered a cult classic. (Spoiler alert: Yes!) Our website: https://adaptordiepod.wixsite.com/mysite Merch: https://tinyurl.com/aodmerch Patreon: patreon.com/adaptordiepod Sound editing for this episode by Isabel Forden. Cover art by Jess Rubio.
