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Back to the source
by Back to the Source
Every episode we take a film adaptation and see how it stacks up against the original material.
Episodes
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s02e02 John Dies at The End
Episode 2 and it's David Wong cult sleeper hit. How successful could this be given that it's webserial adapted to a novel adapted to a film?
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s02e01 The Lord of the Rings
Back to the source is back (to the source)! To kick off series two we're tackling Tolkien's tome and Jackson's jackpot. Mike and Thom take a freewheeling discussion through the middle earth and it's cinematic outings.
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Back to the Source, Extra!
In the second of our "In Person" recordings Thom and Mike go Back to the Source on.... Back to the Source! In an unashamedly self indulgent episode we pick our way through our own personal legend to find out where it all went so right.
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009 High Fidelity
After another brief hiatus Back to the Source is back! This week Thom and Mike are flicking through the pages of Nick Hornby's break-up masterpiece and asking whether Stephen Frears' cover version lives up to the original.
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008 Rambo, First Blood
This week it's back to the source, with a difference! Thom and Mike are actually together in person! Rambo may not be you're first thought for an adaptation review but hey! They is actually a novel under there somewhere, join us in a manhunt through the woods as we search for character…
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007 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Let us take you by the hand and lead you through the pages of John Le Carre's seminal spy novel, we'll show you something to make you change your mind about Tomas Alfredson's 2011 adaptation. We have to apologise in advance for the background noise on this, Thom is a fidget and can clearly be…
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006 Forest Gump
Podcasts are like a box of chocolates, you can be pretty sure of what you're getting. This time Mike and Tom pull apart the fabric of Robert Zemeckis' 1994 masterpiece to find out what lies beneath it. Please find enclosed: An orang-utan A trip into space The rock and roll life style And a bucket...
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005 Misery
Back to the Source is back! We've had a longer break that usual, due to technical difficulties, but now we're ready with a brand new episode! This time we take a look through the keyhole of Miss Annie Wilkes and her reluctant houseguest Paul Sheldon. Essentially Tom and Mike pull apart a weak…
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004 Kick Ass
One for the geeks this time! Matthew Vaughn took Mark Millar's graphic novel and threw it at a screen, Mike and Tom have a little chat about how good his aim was. No actual children this week (which is probably a good thing) but we do go on some interesting tangents and give you, the listener, a...
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003 Fantastic Mr. Fox
This week we overanalyse what is essentially a children's story and see how well Wes Anderson did in bringing Dahl's book to the big screen. Featuring the opinion of an actual child.
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002 The Time Traveler's Wife
One for the ladies this week. We take a look at Audrey Niffenegger's debut novel and how the 2009 film adaptation compares.
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001 Jurassic Park
In our first episode we jump in head first with Jurassic Park and take a look at how well Spielberg's adaptation stacks up against Crichton's novel...
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Every episode we take a film adaptation and see how it stacks up against the original material.
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