TMTYR Episode #28: Deaunt Chaynj Ennithnng (A Sound of Thunder, feat. Phil Nichols)

(Ironic Title Translation: Don’t Change Anything.  You’ll get it once you’ve read the story.) In honor of what would have been Ray Bradbury’s 95th birthday, the Pavement Pounders discuss his well-known short story A Sound of Thunder with Phil Nichols, Senior Advisor to the Center for Ray Bradbury Studies at Indiana University.  Also under consideration … Continue reading TMTYR Episode #28: Deaunt Chaynj Ennithnng (A Sound of Thunder, feat. Phil Nichols) →

(Ironic Title Translation: Don’t Change Anything.  You’ll get it once you’ve read the story.)

In honor of what would have been Ray Bradbury’s 95th birthday, the Pavement Pounders discuss his well-known short story A Sound of Thunder with Phil Nichols, Senior Advisor to the Center for Ray Bradbury Studies at Indiana University.  Also under consideration is the episode of Ray Bradbury Theater adapted from the story, and the troubled 2005 feature film adaptation.

Huge thanks to Phil for joining us from the U.K. and bringing something that’s normally sorely missing from our discussions: actual knowledge! 

Rankings!:

Phil:

Story
Ray Bradbury Theater episode
Don’t watch the movie, watch Jurassic Park!!!

James:

Story
RBBT
Not dignifying the movie with a comment

Colin:

Story
RBBT
Movie

Seth:

Story
RBBT
Movie (watch it to laugh at it)

Notes:

The Center for Ray Bradbury Studies:

https://www.iupui.edu/~bradbury/bradbury/

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Center-for-Ray-Bradbury-Studies/766546360037269?fref=ts

Phil’s Bradbury Media site:

http://bradburymedia.co.uk/

Follow Phil on Twitter!:

https://twitter.com/bradburymedia

Links to Bradbury Stories and The Stories of Ray Bradbury (Amazon Affiliate links for Bradbury Media):

http://tinyurl.com/ocelntm

http://tinyurl.com/p3q9y6b

Hilarious, detailed takedown of all the movie’s faults:

http://www.agonybooth.com/recaps/A_Sound_of_Thunder_2005.aspx

Another negative review:

http://www.timetravelreviews.com/movies/sound_of_thunder.html

More piling on:

http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/awfully-good-a-sound-of-thunder-big-top-pee-wee-video-154

Somebody liked the movie!:

http://horrornews.net/54472/film-review-a-sound-of-thunder-2005/