Dec 31, 2019
For episode nine of The Palmer Files, guest Jason Zapata joins Agent Palmer to discuss adaption versus interpretation; from Tolkien and Terry Brooks to Batman, Bond, and Beowulf, plus many many more properties, it’s a pop culture cornucopia.
Jason and Jason relive old arguments about Tolkien’s seminal adaptation by Peter Jackson and discuss many book to screen adaptations and other interpretations plus go on a few sidetracks, because why not?
Throughout the conversation, we cover:
- Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
- Book vs. Film
- Purist Perspective
- Tom Bombadil
- The Hobbit
- Terry Brooks and The Four Lands
- The Shannara Chronicles
- The Sword of Shannara Trilogy
- Being Generational
- Game of Thrones and George R.R. Martin
- The Name of the Winds by Patrick Rothfuss
- Rock Star Authors
- The Great And Secret Show by Clive Barker
- Do Not Touch list
- All Adaptations Are Not Created Equal
- Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling
- The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis
- Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
- Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
- Adaptation to Big or Small Screen
- Star Wars
- Comic Book Adaptations
- Batman as the new Macbeth
- James Bond
- Does the visual media inspire looking for the source material?
- Gender and Interpretation vs. Adaptation
- Women deserve better than gender-swapped characters
- Beowulf with Christopher Lambert
- The Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice
- The IPCRESS File
- Everyone should read more
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
Thanks to a friend, I've entered the World of Shannara
Galilee: A Romance by Clive Barker is a Masterpiece of the Written Word
Ernest Cline shows his immense geek cred with Ready Player One
The IPCRESS File by Len Deighton is a MAsterpiece of Spy Fiction (Spoiler Free Review)
Microserfs by Douglas Coupland is the Psychology of the Geeks Written Yesterday for Tomorrow
Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut’s Journeys by Michael Collins is a must-have for NASAphiles
Chuck Klosterman's Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs
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You can also hear more Palmer in the meantime on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with
host Chris Maier and as mentioned on this show as co-host of
The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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