Adaptational
21 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 4 years ago -You've re-read this book a thousand times. You've memorized every panel of this graphic novel. You know every line and lyric from this anime, TV series, or musical. Only one question remains: What would happen if it was made into a movie?
Skye Thorleifson presents 'Adaptational', a discussion of every facet of the adaptation process. Each episode introduces a new story that has yet to be made into a film, and asks: What if it was given a chance on the big screen? Could it be adapted to film? And if it could, how?
Suggestions and comments are welcome. Email us at [email protected].
Homepage Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Episodes
The Dreams of a Ridiculously Ambitious Teen - A History in Adaptations
May 02, 2020 02:00 - 54 minutes - 50.3 MBIt's every filmmaker's dream, and every young artist's Achilles' heel. The adaptation. The desire to tell another man's story in your own way, or else in the way you believe is the right way. But what can you do when the world outpaces you? What is left for you when your aspirations stretch beyond their reach? What stories are you left to tell? In this special self-isolation bonus episode, your host Skye Thorleifson recalls the aspirations of his youth, reflecting on the stories that he wan...
American Idiot - The Hardcover Edition
January 01, 2020 01:00 - 1 hour - 122 MBHow does an album make the transition to Broadway and from there to film? Also, why the hell is that film taking so long to get made? And where the hell would Lin-Manuel Miranda fit into this!? Find out on our season finale episode about the story, characters and adaptation of one of the most iconic rock albums of the 21st century, Green Day’s ‘American Idiot’! (All the lyrics and instrumentals for the songs featured in this episode are the copyrighted property of their respective artists, ...
Cassie and Tonk - The Hardcover Edition
December 29, 2019 01:00 - 55 minutes - 76.4 MBWhat makes for a successful collaboration between creator/illustrator and writer? Can you find the right balance between visual and verbal storytelling while also appealing to children? Should books for children make you cry? In this special episode, illustrator Justin Currie and writer GMB Chomichuk – the hosts of the Super Pulp Science Podcast – join me to discuss the process of developing and adapting their own work into animated form, focusing on their collaboration on the children’s boo...
BioShock - The Hardcover Edition
December 25, 2019 01:00 - 53 minutes - 74.2 MBWhat constitutes horror in either video games or film? Can you translate a lack of free will in a traditional cinematic media? What is the best way to kill a Big Daddy mech? Take the plunge into these questions and more on today’s discussion about director Ken Levine’s Ayn Rand-inspired masterpiece, ‘BioShock’. Recorded live at FanQuest 2018. Now available on all podcast apps: The Hardcover Edition, featuring the Appendices. Stay until the end of the episode to learn more about the material...
Song of the Lioness - The Hardcover Edition
December 18, 2019 01:00 - 1 hour - 87.4 MBWhat are the makings of an exceptional female protagonist? Whatever happened to movies set in the medieval period? How do you pronounce Saoirse Ronan’s name? Join my quest to answer these questions on this episode about Tamora Pierce’s 'Song of the Lioness'. Now available on all podcast apps: The Hardcover Edition, featuring the Appendices. Stay until the end of the episode to learn more about the material, its cinematic history, and my personal connection to it.
Shadow of the Colossus - The Hardcover Edition
December 15, 2019 01:00 - 1 hour - 116 MBDo video game heroes need to have the moral high ground? How do you write for a silent protagonist? Can any movie break the dreaded ‘video game curse’? Journey into the unknown and the uncertain on this episode discussing director Fumito Ueda’s ‘Shadow of the Colossus’. Featuring Harris Gale of ‘Superbomb!’ and Jackson MacGillivray of ‘Press Start Gaming’. Now available on all podcast apps: The Hardcover Edition, featuring the Appendices. Stay until the end of the episode to learn more abou...
Cats - The Hardcover Edition
December 11, 2019 01:00 - 1 hour - 114 MBThe potential to feel empathy for an unusual band of felines, the differences between live performance and digital effects, the question of whether to sell a movie to either adults or children... and the quandary of whether or not that movie should exist at all. These and other discussions on today’s episode about Andrew Lloyd Webber and T. S. Eliot’s ‘Cats’. (All the lyrics and instrumentals for the songs featured in this episode are the copyrighted property of their respective artists, An...
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - The Hardcover Edition
December 08, 2019 01:00 - 1 hour - 92.1 MBThe dramas found in a small British community, the differences between British and American culture, and the question of how to respectfully depict a character who may or may not be on the spectrum. These and other discussions on this episode about Mark Haddon’s ‘The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time’. Now available on all podcast apps: The Hardcover Edition, featuring the Appendices. Stay until the end of the episode to learn more about the material, its cinematic history, and ...
Maus - The Hardcover Edition
December 04, 2019 01:00 - 57 minutes - 79.6 MBWhat makes a comic book starring people with animal heads stand out as a literary masterpiece? How brutal can a depiction of the Holocaust get on the page? What happens when an author is determined not to have his work adapted? All this and more on the latest episode, discussing Art Spiegelman’s ‘Maus’. Now available on all podcast apps: The Hardcover Edition, featuring the Appendices. Stay until the end of the episode to learn more about the material, its cinematic history, and my personal...
At the Mountains of Madness - The Hardcover Edition
December 01, 2019 01:00 - 1 hour - 89.3 MBWhat came before us? Where did they go? When will they return? Join us in an episode chockfull of ancient aliens, existentialism, and geeking out about Guillermo del Toro. Today, we dive into H. P. Lovecraft’s ‘At the Mountains of Madness’. Now available on all podcast apps: The Hardcover Edition, featuring the Appendices. Stay until the end of the episode to learn more about the material, its cinematic history, and my personal connection to it.
The Catcher in the Rye - The Hardcover Edition
November 27, 2019 01:00 - 1 hour - 95 MBWhat do we think of when we talk about teenage angst? How much can one author and/or main character hate the cinema? How many times can I say the word 'society' in one episode? Find out on our first episode as we dive into the troubled history of J. D. Salinger’s classic novel, ‘The Catcher in the Rye’. Now available on all podcast apps: The Hardcover Edition, featuring the Appendices. Stay until the end of the episode to learn about the material, its cinematic history, and my personal conn...
Ep. 15 – American Idiot
December 12, 2018 20:45 - 1 hour - 99.8 MBHow does an album make the transition to Broadway and from there to film? Also, why the hell is that film taking so long to get made? And how can we get Lin-Manuel Miranda in on this!? Find out on our season finale magnum opus episode about the story, characters and adaptation of the greatest […]
Ep. 14 – The Alchemist
November 26, 2018 22:35What is the most abstract way to adapt an abstract book full of abstract metaphysics which relies on abstract thought to understand and appreciate its abstractions? And how many more ways can I say the word ‘abstract’? Today, we join in the quest of one boy in search of his personal legend, in our discussion […]
Ep. 13 – Akira
October 08, 2018 01:30Anime vs. Manga vs. Live-action! Which one wins!? Well, considering how long it’s taking Hollywood to make it live-action, we’ll let you decide which of the former two is the superior version. On this special listener-requested episode, Ophélie Petit and Graeme Houssin join me on a wild motorcycle chase through the long and troubled history […]
Ep. 12 – One-Punch Man
July 21, 2018 03:00Can an over-powered superhero really be that compelling? How do you adapt a comedy series while making sure that the comedy remains fresh? How can you conflate 12 episodes of world building and character development into a limited number of minutes… or films? Time to fight our way through the ranks to find out, all […]
Ep. 11 – Cassie and Tonk (with Justin Currie & GMB Chomichuk)
July 10, 2018 03:01 - 46 minutes - 64.2 MBWhat makes for a successful collaboration between creator/illustrator and writer? Can you find the right balance between visual and verbal storytelling while also appealing to children? Should books for children make you cry? In this special episode, illustrator Justin Currie and writer GMB Chomichuk – the hosts of the Super Pulp Science Podcast – join […]
Ep. 10 – BioShock
July 02, 2018 22:14 - 44 minutes - 61.4 MBWhat constitutes horror in either video games or film? Can you translate a lack of free will in a traditional cinematic media? What is the best way to kill a Big Daddy mech? Take the plunge into these questions and more on today’s discussion about director Ken Levine’s Ayn Rand-inspired masterpiece, ‘BioShock’. Recorded live at […]
Ep. 9 – Song of the Lioness
June 18, 2018 21:08 - 49 minutes - 68.2 MBWhat are the makings of an exceptional female protagonist? Whatever happened to movies set in the medieval period? How do you pronounce Saoirse Ronan’s name? Join my quest to answer these questions on this episode about Tamora Pierce’s Song of the Lioness. https://ia601502.us.archive.org/35/items/AdaptationalSongOfTheLioness/Adaptational%20-%20Song%20of%20the%20Lioness.mp3
Bonus Ep. 1 – Ready Player One
April 29, 2018 00:15On this special bonus episode, join Harris Gale, Jackson MacGillivray, Dan Vadeboncoeur, and me as we join forces to identify all the Easter eggs hidden (and questionable decisions made) in Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of Ernest Cline’s Ready Player One. https://ia601501.us.archive.org/17/items/AdaptationalBonusReadyPlayerOne/Adaptational%20-%20Bonus%20-%20Ready%20Player%20One.mp3
Ep. 8 – Artemis
April 28, 2018 03:21What are the concepts associated with hard science fiction? Are we on the verge of another whitewashing controversy? How much patience can I have towards a novel with so much sarcastic and bawdy humour? These earth-shattering questions and more on today’s discussion about Andy Weir’s ‘Artemis’. https://ia601504.us.archive.org/8/items/AdaptationalArtemis/Adaptational%20-%20Artemis.mp3
Ep. 7 – Shadow of the Colossus
April 01, 2018 02:05 - 1 hour - 96.7 MBDo video game heroes need to have the moral high ground? How do you write for a silent protagonist? Can any movie break the dreaded ‘video game curse’? Journey into the unknown and the uncertain on this episode discussing director Fumito Ueda’s ‘Shadow of the Colossus’. Featuring Harris Gale of ‘Aggressively Unfunny’ and Jackson MacGillivray […]