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Sarah Gailey, Fifty Shades Darker Feb 21, 2024

Nothing could keep FTA favorite and Hugo Award Winning Author Sarah Gailey* away from their Christian Grey. Sarah pilots Red Scott and Maggie Tokuda-Hall away in their helicopter to talk E.L. James’ 2012 novel Fifty Shades Darker and the 2017 film of the same name Directed by James Foley (Glengarry Glen Ross).

* Sarah Gailey is a Hugo Award Winning and Bestselling author of speculative fiction, short stories, and essays. Their nonfiction has been published by dozens of venues internationally. Their fiction has been published in over seven different languages. Their most recent novel, Just Like Home, and most recent original comic book series with BOOM! Studios, Know Your Station are available now.

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Christina Lauren, Blue Crush Feb 07, 2024

Christina Hobbs! Lauren Billings!! The writing juggernaut known as Christina Lauren* joins Red Scott and Maggie Tokuda-Hall in Hawaii to discuss the 1998 Outside Magazine article Life’s Swell by Susan Orlean and its adaptation into the 2002 classic, Blue Crush.

*Christina Lauren is the combined pen name of long-time writing partners and best friends Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billings. The #1 international bestselling coauthor duo writes both Young Adult and Adult Fiction, and together has produced nineteen New York Times bestselling novels. Their third YA novel, Autoboyography was released in 2017 to critical acclaim, followed by Roomies, Love and Other Words, Josh and Hazel’s Guide to Not Dating, The Unhoneymooners, In a Holidaze, and The Soulmate Equation and Something Wilder.

You can read Life’s Swell, by Susan Orlean, here.

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The Fast and the Furious Dec 06, 2023

How do you perfect the premise of NYC street racers who are all in it together? You add Ja Rule and the world’s least charismatic white cop. Red Scott and Maggie Tokuda-Hall slide into a black Honda S2000 to talk Kenneth Li’s 1998 Vibe Article, Racer X, and the 2001 Rob Cohen film, The Fast and the Furious.

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Colin Winnette, Adaptation Nov 29, 2023

Colin Winnette* joins Red Scott and Maggie Tokuda-Hall to talk about the Susan Orlean article, Orchid Fever, and the 2002 Spike Jonze film Adaptation. written by Charlie & Donald Kaufman.

* Colin Winnette is the author of Haints Stay and The Job of the Wasp. His new novel Users is one of the New Yorker's "Best Books of 2023" and was called "a timeless and moving story about fatherhood and one man's yearning for a more meaningful life” by the NY Times. His writing has appeared in McSweeney's, Playboy, and BOMB magazine as well as numerous others.

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Natasha Muse, Hustlers Nov 08, 2023

After the 2008 financial collapse a lot of people said something had to be done about Wall Street, but some of the women at Scores were the only ones with enough guts to take action. Stand-Up Comic and Writer Natasha Muse joins Red Scott and Maggie Tokuda-Hall to talk the Jessica Pressler article, The Hustlers at Scores, and 2019’s Hustlers Directed by Lorene Scafaria.

You can read the 2015 Jessica Pressler article, The Hustlers at Scores, here.

Natasha Muse is a Stand Up Comic and Writer who’s appeared on Two Dope Queens, and was named both a “Comedian to Watch” and an “Artist to Watch” by SF Weekly.

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A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood Nov 01, 2023

Is there an interview subject so humble even God can’t get them to talk about themself? Mister Rodgers is as close as it gets, and yet Tom Junod’s 1998 profile is a masterclass turned into an equally ambitious film. Red Scott and Maggie Tokuda-Hall are back to talk the Tom Junod Esquire profile, Can You Say...“Hero”?, and 2019’s A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood Directed by Marielle Heller.

You can read the 1998 Tom Junod profile of Mister Rodgers, Can You Say.. “Hero”?, here.

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Meg Elison, Minority Report Oct 25, 2023

Precogs can predict crime, but did they anticipate the seminal science fiction novella would become a Steven Spielberg blockbuster? You’d need a specialist to pick apart the causality, and thankfully Meg Elison, a Philip K. Dick Award winning novelist, joins Red Scott and Maggie Tokuda-Hall to discuss The Minority Report, a 1956 novella, and Minority Report, the 2002 film.

You can find the full issue of Fantastic Universe, where The Minority Report first appeared, here.

Meg Elison is a Brooklyn author and essayist. Her debut novel, "The Book of the Unnamed Midwife" won the 2014 Philip K. Dick Award. Her novelette, "The Pill" won the 2021 Locus Award. She is a Hugo, Nebula, and Sturgeon Awards finalist. She has been an Otherwise Award honoree twice. Her YA debut, “Find Layla” was published in fall 2020 by Skyscape. It was named one of Vanity Fair's Best 15 Books of 2020. Her parasocial thriller, "Number One Fan" was published in August 2022 by Mira Books.

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The Birds Oct 18, 2023

Is it possible a movie that helped define Horror in cinema for generations is exceeded by the Novelette from whence it came? Red Scott and Maggie Tokuda-Hall step inside a phone booth besieged by corvids to investigate Dame Daphne du Maurier’s 1952 novelette The Birds and Alfred Hitchcock’s 1963 classic adaptation, The Birds.

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Victoria “V.E.” Schwab, Almost Famous Oct 11, 2023

Victoria Schwab, bestselling author of Shades of Magic series, the Villains series, and the international bestseller The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue joins Red Scott and Maggie Tokuda-Hall to talk about the 1973 Rolling Stone article by Cameron Crowe, “The Allman Brothers Story: How Gregg Allman Keeps Band Going After Duane’s Death” , and its adaptation into the 2001 Cameron Crowe film, Almost Famous.

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Top Gun Oct 06, 2023

The most famous Volleyball scene in cinema was adapted from a magazine article with NO volleyball at all?! Red Scott and Maggie Tokuda-Hall step into the Danger Zone and talk Top Guns[1], Ehud Yonay’s 1983 article published in California magazine, and the little known film it was adapted in to, Tony Scott’s 1986 action film, Top Gun.

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[1] Yes, plural.

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Molly Sanchez, Shrek! Sep 20, 2023

One of the GOATs of children’s literature has their disgusting green monster licensed by Steven Spielberg and somehow after a decade of development hell we get a generation defining comedy. All Star Comic, Writer and best friend of the pod Molly Sanchez joins Red Scott and Maggie Tokuda-Hall to talk the 1990 William Steig picture book Shrek! and the 2001 Dreamworks film Shrek.

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Coyote Ugly Sep 13, 2023

What happens when an article that is technically a prequel to Eat, Pray, Love is made into an ode to midriff and low cut jeans? Red Scott and Maggie Tokuda-Hall have a meltdown as they discuss Elizabeth Gilbert’s March 1997 GQ Article The Muse of the Coyote Ugly Saloon and its adaptation into the 2000 David McNally film, Coyote Ugly.

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Sarah MacLean, It Happened One Night Sep 06, 2023

We’re kicking off Season 4 of Failure to Adapt with bestselling romance novelist and FRIEND OF THE SHOW, Sarah MacLean!!! Sarah shows some leg and secures a ride with Red Scott and Maggie Tokuda-Hall as they discuss the August 1933 short story Night Bus published in Cosmopolitan magazine, and the 1934 winner of Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Adapted Screenplay: It Happened One Night.

Sarah MacLean is a New York Times, Washington Post, AND USA Today bestselling romance novelist and god of the MacLeaniverse. Her sexy historical novels have been translated into over 25 languages. She also co-hosts the Fated Mates Podcast with romance critic Jen Prokop.

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Fifty Shades of Grey, with Sarah Gailey Feb 01, 2023

What’s a better digestif to a season of Austen than bringing in Hugo Award Winning Author Sarah Gailey (Just Like Home, The Echo Wife, EAT THE RICH) to talk Twilight fan fiction. Sarah whisks Red Scott and Maggie Tokuda-Hall away to sunny Seattle to talk E.L. James’s 2011 novel Fifty Shades of Grey and the 2015 film of the same name Directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson.

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Austen’s Heirs: Bridgerton Jan 25, 2023

Netflix’s Bridgerton, based on the Julia Quinn novels, is the most successful regency romance in years, and based on the setting of 1813 England, is begging to be compared to Jane Austen. After a season of covering slow burns it’s time for Red Scott and Maggie Tokuda-Hall to put on a Vitamin String Quartet cover of thank u, next and clutch some pearls.

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Austen’s Heirs: When Harry Met Sally Jan 18, 2023

After spending a season of Failure to Adapt discussing Jane Austen adaptations, it’s time to take a look at her significant influence on modern films that aren't quite adaptations. Red Scott couldn’t think of a better example of a modern movie with deep connections to Pride and Prejudice than When Harry Met Sally (1989). Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s feelings are a bit more complicated!

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Persuasion, with Alex Brown Jan 11, 2023

When genius writer and critic Alex Brown was spotted gnashing their teeth at the release of Netflix’s Persuasion, the crew knew they had to ask them on to discuss it, and they’re so glad they agreed! Alex joins Red Scott and Maggie Tokuda-Hall to discuss the Carrie Cracknell Directed Persuasion (2022) and the book it was kind of adapted from, Jane Austen’s Persuasion (1817).

Alex Brown is a librarian, local historian, author and writer, and an Ignyte Award winning critic. Their work can be found on tor.com, Locus magazine, NPR, and Buzzfeed. Much of their writing covers Black history, librarianship, YA, and speculative fiction. Their two books of nonfiction, Hidden History of Napa Valley and Lost Restaurants of Napa Valley and Their Recipes, are on sale now.

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Emma & Emma. Jan 04, 2023

When there are two famous regency Emma adaptations, you have to ask yourself: Do you want Bill Nighy to be in it or one of the all time great VHS covers featuring Gwyneth Paltrow. Red Scott and Maggie Tokuda-Hall to discuss the 1996 Douglas McGrath film Emma and the Anya Talyor-Joy lead, Autumn de Wilde directed, 2020 movie Emma.

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Emma & Clueless, with Sarah MacLean Dec 21, 2022

We brought in an expert to talk Jane Austen’s impetuous matchmaker Emma and her transformation into Cher, a virgin who can’t drive. Best-Selling Romance novelist Sarah MacLean joins Red Scott and Maggie Tokuda-Hall to discuss the 1815 Jane Austen Novel Emma and the 1995 film directed by Amy Heckerling, Clueless.

Sarah MacLean is a New York Times, Washington Post, AND USA Today bestselling romance novelist and god of the MacLeaniverse. Her sexy historical novels have been translated into over 25 languages. She also co-hosts the Fated Mates Podcast with romance critic Jen Prokop. Heartbreaker, the latest in the Hell’s Belles series, is available now!

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Pride and Prejudice: BATTLE ROYAL Dec 14, 2022

After covering enough Pride and Prejudice adaptations to fill Mr & Mrs. Bennet’s dining room table, Red Scott and Maggie Tokuda-Hall are here to decide once and for all the best and brightest of all of them. We decide the best characters, the best chemistry, and ultimately, THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE.

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Bride and Prejudice VS Pride + Prejudice + Zombies Dec 07, 2022

From the most faithful PnP adaptations to the most treacherous and fickle, Red Scott and Maggie Tokuda-Hall dice up the 2004 Bollywood inspired Bride and Prejudice Directed by Gurinder Chadha along with the Burr Steers Zombie thriller Pride + Prejudice + Zombies. These adaptations take the most chances yet with Jane Austen’s source material, did it pay off?

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Pride & Prejudice, BBC Series vs 2005 Film, with Amy Schneider Nov 30, 2022

Fresh off her win at the 2022 Jeopardy Tournament of Champions, Amy Schneider stormed into the Failure to Adapt podcast studio and demanded to talk Jane Austen, and Red Scott and Maggie Tokuda-Hall were happy to oblige her.

When it comes to Pride & Prejudice adaptations, two works sit atop the regency class system: Pride and Prejudice, the 1995 BBC series, and Pride & Prejudice, the 2005 film directed by Joe Wright. But which one is canonically the best??? Listen and find out.

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Bridget Jones VS Lizzie Bennet, with Molly Sanchez Nov 23, 2022

Jane Austen Adaptation CONTINUES as Molly Sanchez returns to discuss two Pride & Prejudice adaptions: The Sharon Maguire Directed Bridget Jones's Diary (2001) and the Bernie Su & Margaret Dunlap directed vlog, The Lizzie Bennet Diaries (2012).

Molly is the former co-host of the podcast The Hold Up, as well as Red All Over: A Handmaid's Tale Podcast, along with being an accomplished writer and comic.

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Pride and Prejudice to Fire Island, with Walt Hickey Nov 16, 2022

Walt Hickey (creator & writer of numlock.com & Senior Editor for Data at Insider) is not only an insightful and hilarious guest, he is Failure to Adapt’s first Pulitzer Prize winning guest. Who better to kick of our SEASON of Jane Austen adaptations?

Walt joins Maggie & Red to discuss Jane Austen’s 1813 novel, Pride and Prejudice, and it’s adaptation into the 2022 Andrew Ahn film, Fire Island.

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Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 2, with Sarah Gailey Jun 28, 2022

The honeymoon’s over, and Hugo Award Winning Author Sarah Gailey (Just Like Home, The Echo Wife, EAT THE RICH) joins Maggie & Red one last time to wait out the 72 hours between giving birth and heading to the most sensual Thomas Kinkade inspired love shack. There was of course, only one way this could ever end: with a teenager betrothed to an infant and a supernatural battle for the ages (or not). They’re (finally!) talking the final half of Stephenie Meyer’s Breaking Dawn (2008) and its adaptation into the 2012 Bill Condon film, Breaking Dawn: Part 2.

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Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 1, with Sarah Gailey Jun 21, 2022

Hugo award winning author Sarah Gailey (Just Like Home, The Echo Wife, EAT THE RICH) joins this shotgun podcast with Maggie & Red to witness Edward & Bella enter the holy state of Batrimony, before heading to Isle Esme (formerly: The Island of No Innocents Were Murdered Here) and then back to the Cullen homestead for some moderate body horror. They’re talking the first half of Stephenie Meyer’s Breaking Dawn (2008) and its adaptation into the 2011 Bill Condon film, Breaking Dawn: Part 1.

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Heartstopper, with Joe Wadlington Jun 14, 2022

Author and Drag Artist Joe Wadlington joins to discuss a graphic novel showed the world a present and future of gay love that a previous generation could only dream of and the show based on it which became a sensation. Joe, Maggie & Red discuss Alice Oseman’s graphic novel Heartstopper (2016) as well as the Euros Lyn Directed Netflix series, Heartstopper (2022).

Joe Wadlington has been published in the New Yorker, Architectural Digest, Vox, Food and Wine Magazine, and Catapult. He co-hosts/co-produces "Happy Endings", a live, literary mixtape every 2nd Tuesday at the Make Out Room in San Francisco. As the drag queen, Jubilee, Joe is the reigning "Miss Cowgirl." Joe is currently writing a Young Adult novel about teen witches in the Appalachian Mountains.

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Edge of Tomorrow Jun 07, 2022

Whether you love a Tom Cruise movie or would rather he die repeatedly on a distant beach, this adaptation’s got something for you. Maggie & Red discuss Hiroshi Sakurazaka’s All You Need is Kill (2004) and the Doug Liman Directed Edge of Tomorrow (2014).

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Holes Apr 26, 2022

A beloved young adult novel is turned into a beloved young adult film, but only one can break the centuries old curse, while the other will meet its end in the dirt surrounded by Yellow-Spotted Lizards. Maggie & Red discuss Louis Sachar’s Holes (1998) and it's cinema counterpart, the Shia LaBeouf vehicle Holes (2003).

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The Black Cauldron, with Chuck Wendig Apr 19, 2022

Disney sends Assistant Pig Keeper Jeffrey Katzenberg back to the Well with the task of adapting beloved fantasy novels into an animated film, what could possibly go wrong? Chuck Wendig joins Maggie & Red to talk Lloyd Alexander’s The Book of Three (1964) and The Black Cauldron (1965) as well as the film that almost killed Disney, 1985’s Animated Feature, The Black Cauldron.

Chuck Wendig (terribleminds.com, @ChuckWendig on twitter) is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of Star Wars: Aftermath, as well as the Miriam Black thrillers, the Atlanta Burns books, Zer0es/Invasive, Wanderers, as well as his most recent books Dust & Grim and Book of Accidents. Wayward, the sequel to Wanderers is scheduled for publication November 15th.

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I Know What You Did Last Summer Apr 12, 2022

A story that starts as Crime & Punishment for teens morphs into four Teen Beat Cover Models with an impossibly convoluted slasher angle, but which version is best? Maggie & Red talk Lois Duncan’s I Know What You Did Last Summer (1973) and the Jim Gillespie Directed film I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997).

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Cinderella & Ever After, with Molly Sanchez Apr 05, 2022

Today we learn the importance of forgiveness, OR the satisfaction of gruesome retribution, OR something more modern and complex, depending on which adaptation fits. FTA favorite and Cinderella scholar* Molly Sanchez returns to three versions of the folk tale including Charles Perrault’s The Little Glass Slipper (1697), Aschenputtel (1819) by The Brothers Grimm, and of course the Andy Tennant film Ever After: A Cinderella Story (1998).

Molly is the former co-host of the podcast The Hold Up, as well as Red All Over: A Handmaid's Tale Podcast, along with being an accomplished writer and comic.

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Fight Club Mar 29, 2022

The only rule of Podcast Club is podcasts will go on as long as they have to. Maggie & Red talk the adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk’s Fight Club (1996) into the David Fincher Directed Fight Club (1999). You haven’t heard a podcast like this since grade school. Buy Maggie’s newest book, Love in the Library !!!

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The Princess Bride, with Chris Sarandon Mar 22, 2022

Who better to discuss “love, true love” than the heir to the throne of Florin himself, Prince Humperdinck. Chris Sarandon joins Maggie & Red talk the adaptation of William Goldman’s The Princess Bride (1973) into the Rob Reiner Directed The Princess Bride (1987).

Chris Sarandon’s career on stage and screen dates back to 1965. He was nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Dog Day Afternoon, played Prince Humperdinck in The Princess Bride, voiced Jack Skellington in The Nightmare Before Christmas, among dozens of other roles.

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Twilight: Eclipse, with Sarah Gailey Mar 15, 2022

A movie franchise so grueling it chewed through three Directors in each of its first three films only needs one guest, Hugo award winning author Sarah Gailey (Just Like Home, The Echo Wife, EAT THE RICH) returns with their Harley Sprint in the trunk of a Volvo S60R to talk Wampyres & Werewolves. They join Maggie & Red to discuss the adaptation of Stephenie Meyer’s Eclipse (2007) into the David Slade Directed The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010).

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The Hunger Games, with Amy Schneider Mar 08, 2022

You don’t need the odds to be ever in your favor when you’ve got a guest with a 40-game win streak on Jeopardy. That’s right, Amy Schneider joins Maggie & Red to discuss the adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games (2008) into the Gary Ross Directed The Hunger Games (2012).

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A Christmas Carol, with Molly Sanchez Nov 30, 2021

Finally a film that follows the #1 rule of adaptations: Replace as many characters as possible with Muppets. Molly Sanchez joins Maggie & Red to discuss the adaptation of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol (1843) into the Brian Henson Directed The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992).

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The Bourne Identity Nov 16, 2021

When Director and pilot Doug Liman almost ran out of fuel taking his first solo flight to visit Robert Ludlum to acquire the rights to his novel The Bourne Identity (1980), nobody could have imagined how the 2002 film The Bourne Identity (2002) would turn out.

The movie has since produced 4 sequels and billions of dollars in box office returns, but is it better than the book that inspired it?

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Starship Troopers Nov 09, 2021

If you’ve never read Robert A. Heinlein’s 1959 book Starship Troopers, don’t worry! Paul Verhoeven, director of the 1997 film, Starship Troopers, didn’t either. The film is one of Maggie’s favorites and the book was foundational for Red, and only one can be the best.

The Irish animated movie featuring Selkies that Maggie couldn’t remember the name of is Song of the Sea (2014)

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Squad, with Lisa Sterle Nov 03, 2021

Squad, The Graphic Novel created by Maggie Tokuda-Hall & Lisa Sterle is available now at bookstores everywhere! To celebrate, Red interviews Maggie & Lisa about the process of creating a story about teen girls eating sex pests, and the experience of it being optioned for a possible television series!

Lisa Sterle is an extremely accomplished Illustrator Creator, whose works include the bestselling Modern Witch Tarot Deck, Witchblood, Long Lost, and Submerged, along with the graphic novel Squad.

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The Golden Compass, with Mallory O'Meara Oct 27, 2021

When it’s time to talk about the Phillip Pullman novel The Golden Compass (1995) and the corresponding Chris Weitz film The Golden Compass (2007), you find a guest with more than one tattoo inspired by His Dark Materials, and that’s where author and podcaster Mallory O’Meara comes in.

Mallory O’Meara is most recently the author of Girly Drinks: A World History of Women and Alcohol, as well as the LA Times Bestseller The Lady From The Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick. She also hosts the literary podcast Reading Glasses with filmmaker and writer Brea Grant.

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The Little Mermaid Oct 19, 2021

The 1989 animated Disney film The Little Mermaid is known the world over as the beginning of The Disney Renaissance, but how many of us have read the Hans Christian Anderson The Little Mermaid (1837) on which it’s based? And more importantly, which one is superior??? Maggie Tokuda-Hall & Red Scott negotiated a straightforward contract with an ambitious business woman that allowed them to dive in and investigate.

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The Green Knight, with Annalee Newitz Oct 12, 2021

As Dev Patel is a snack and genius author Annalee Newitz just happened to have done their senior thesis on courtly love in the 14th century poem “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight”, Maggie Tokuda-Hall & Red Scott were ecstatic to have them on to discuss the poem’s adaptation into The Green Knight (2021), directed by David Lowery.

Annalee Newitz is most recently the author of Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age, as well as being an incredible Science Fiction Author, Lambda Literary Award Winner, and a writer for most publications you’ve heard of, including the NY Times. Fans of Failure to Adapt will also appreciate Annalee’s podcast Our Opinions Are Correct with co-host Charlie Jane Anders.

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The Martian Sep 28, 2021

Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s & Red Scott have been stranded and are completely unable to communicate with NASA, so they’re covering their first blog-to-book-to-Movie adaptation with Andy Weir’s The Martian (2011) and the Ridley Scott / Matt Damon vehicle The Martian (2015). Unlike Andy Weir’d protagonist, Red & Maggie have Big Feelings about this one.

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Twilight: New Moon, with Sarah Gailey Sep 21, 2021

Twilight, Again. Failure to Adapt’s first return guest, Hugo award winning author Sarah Gailey (EAT THE RICH, The Echo Wife, River of Teeth) wore her finest Jorts to ask “Who let the dogs out?”. Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s & Red Scott’s follow Sarah’s lead into the world of the Stephenie Meyer novel New Moon (2006) and the corresponding Chris Weitz film The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009).

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Some resources on the Quileute’s treatment in Twilight:

Twilight’s Quileute Controversy Explained by Cathal Gunning
The Truth Versus Twilight by Dr. Deana Dartt-Newton
Sucking the Quileute Dry by Angela R. Riley

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Stardust Sep 14, 2021

One of Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s favorite and most formative books is Neil Gaiman’s 1999 fantasy novel Stardust, and one of Red Scott’s absolute favorite films is the Matthew Vaughn directed 2007 romantic fantasy adventure film, Stardust. This podcast contains evaluation, dissection, and ultimately the definitive and conclusive judgement as to which one is the superior work.

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The Silence of the Lambs, with Meg Elison Sep 08, 2021

The Locus Award Winning, Perfect and Prolific Author & Essayist Meg Elison (Find Layla, Big Girl, The Book of The Unnamed Midwife, etc…) agreed to join Maggie Tokuda-Hall & Red Scott to discuss absolutely any adaptation, as long as it was the Thomas Harris novel The Silence of the Lambs (1988) and the Jonathan Demme film, The Silence of the Lambs (1991).

Keep up with Meg on twitter at @megelison and her website megelison.com

Some resources related to the transphobia in film and in The Silence of The Lambs in particular:

The Jo Moses’s essay Should we still be protesting “The Silence of the Lambs?”
Jos Truitt’s essay My Auntie Buffalo Bill: The Unavoidable Transmisogyny of Silence of the Lambs
ContraPoints’s video J.K. Rowling
Laverne Cox’s documentary Disclosure

At one point, Meg & Maggie spontaneously burst into Marcia Belsky’s 100 Tampons

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Jurassic Park Aug 31, 2021

When someone suggests the book is always better than the movie, there is one exception that’s near universal: Jurassic Park. Maggie Tokuda-Hall & Red Scott talk the adaptation of the movie that taught most of us what lawyers are actually good for (Dino protein!). Specifically, they discuss the Michael Chrichton novel Jurassic Park (1990) and its transformation into the Steven Spielberg film Jurassic Park (1993).

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Twilight, with Sarah Gailey Aug 24, 2021

Hugo award winning author Sarah Gailey (EAT THE RICH, The Echo Wife, River of Teeth) joins hosts Maggie Tokuda-Hall & Red Scott to talk the adaptation of the ultimate May (1901) – December romance. Specifically, they discuss the Stephenie Meyer novel Twilight (2005) and the corresponding Catherine Hardwicke film Twilight (2008). How did they come to pass? Which one is better? Why are they doing this to themselves???

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Introducing Failure to Adapt Aug 21, 2021

Welcome to Failure to Adapt! Hosted by author Maggie Tokuda-Hall and comedian Red Scott, Failure to Adapt discusses media that moves from one form to another! Whether it's Stephen King books becoming Steven Spielberg movies, Fairy Tales loosely inspiring animated Disney musicals, or People transmuting into Wolves, this is the podcast with the conviction and insight to determine a story's correct form.

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