Source Material
Source Material
Pegasus Theory
Russel Laubscher and Zach Kay discuss, compare, and contrast adaptations of stories from literature into films or TV shows.
Story of Your Life / Arrival
Ted Chiang’s essay about AI: https://www.newyorker.com/science/annals-of-artificial-intelligence/will-ai-become-the-new-mckinseyZach described the thing about light refracting as Fermat’s Theorem, but it is actually Fermat’s Principle.Trent Reznor’s thoughts on working on Bird Box: https://pitchfork.com/news/trent-reznor-calls-scoring-bird-box-a-fucking-waste-of-time-scraps-the-woman-in-the-window-score/Something happened to Zach’s audio midway through and the device that was being recorded from was changed. Sorry for that!Heisserer interview compilation video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDXlaa9JpuIInterview with Villeneuve: https://www.theverge.com/2016/12/21/14035620/arrival-denis-villeneuve-interviewStories of Your Life and Others, by Ted Chiang: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/223380.Stories_of_Your_Life_and_Others
Nov 2, 2023
1 hr 19 min
Pilot - The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
In which Zach and Russel discuss Roald Dahl's short story and its recent Wes Anderson Netflix adaptation.Corrections:Zach said “Richard Ayoade’s character says, “I said,” after saying something. Zach meant to refer to Dev Patel.”Russel misspoke Ralph Fiennes’s first name as “Ray”Neither of us are sure how ‘Imhrat’ is supposed to be pronounced. We tried to find information on that name change, but couldn’t. If you know, tell us!
Oct 19, 2023
1 hr