ITF Read & Watch: Screamers (1953 short story & 1995 film)

Philip K. Dick returns to the show with what might be his strongest story yet with "Second Variety," but how does the adaptation by Christian Duguay stack up? In episode 151, Luke & James smoke some anti-radiation cigs and set off into the wastes to hunt some deadly machines. Topics: Peter Weller AKA Robocop himself as Hendrickson, a swiss-army knife character, cold war era anxieties, secret Terminator inspiration, PKD's signature woman-character revisited, a remarkably unsexy onscreen kiss, teaching machines how to… you know, and a final vote deciding which was better: the short story or the movie! Become a Patron to access exclusive content: www.patreon.com/inktofilm Ink to Film's Twitter, Facebook, Instagram (@inktofilm) Home Base: inktofilm.com Ink to Film Book Club on Goodreads Music: Ross Bugden