Failure to Adapt

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I Know What You Did Last Summer Apr 12, 2022

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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).

Amy Schneider is the winningest woman in Jeopardy history, the first transgender contestant to reach the Tournament of Champions, winner of the 2022 Queerty BADASS award, and a genuinely delightful person.

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A Christmas Carol, with Molly Sanchez Nov 30, 2021

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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).

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

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The Bourne Identity Nov 16, 2021

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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

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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

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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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