129: Literary Adaptations

In This Episode:

Christopher and Drew decide to catch up with things that have been adapted from books and made into movies. Alternate universe Weber adaptations are supposed upon. The future of adaptation form and delivery is discussed. They also rage against the machine by telling you which books to pre-order from the machine your local bookstore, and predict the next big adaptations for the 2020s.

The Ep. 129 Bookshelf

WHAT’D YOU BUY?:

Drew: Thin Places: Essays from In Between by Jordan Kisner
Christopher: Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line by Deepa Anaparra // The Cactus League by Emily Nemens

THIS EPISODE’S CONTENT:

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Little Women (2019, written & directed by Greta Gerwig)
Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats by T.S. Eliot
Cats (2019, directed by Tom Hooper from the musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber)
Dickinson (2019 - present, created by Alena Smith)

ALSO MENTIONED:

Blade Runner (1982, directed by Ridley Scott, written by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples)
the notes from the suits on Blade Runner
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
The Adjustment Bureau (2011, written and directed by George Nolfi)
Minority Report (2002, directed by Steven Spielberg, written by Scott Frank and Jon Cohen)
”33 Gifts for Book Lovers (That Aren’t Books)” via The Strategist at NYMag
Murder on the Orient Express (2017, directed by Kenneth Branagh and his mustache, written by Michael Green)
Dolittle (2020, directed by Stephen Gaghan, from a screenplay by Gaghan, Dan Gregor, and Doug Mand, from a story by Thomas Shepherd)
Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Now We Are Six by A.A. Milne
Pooh: The Musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber (alt. universe)
Hey Arnold! (1996-2004, created by Craig Bartlett)
the collected works of Laura Ingalls Wilder
the collected works of Maud Hart Lovelace
the collected works of Louisa May Alcott
the collected works of Emily Dickinson
Tween Hobo: Off the Rails by Alena Smith
The Morning Show (2019 - present, created by Jay Carson)
John Mulaney and the Sack Lunch Bunch (2019, created by John Mulaney)
LOST (2004-2010, created by J.J. Abrams, Jeffrey Lieber, and Damon Lindelof)
A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin
Game of Thrones (2011 - 2019, created by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss)

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE NEXT LITERARY ADAPATIONS:

Drew: The Ring of the Nibelung by Richard Wagner // Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado
Christopher: Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders // The Invention of Morel by Adolfo Bioy Casares

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