A story that starts as Crime & Punishment for teens morphs into four Teen Beat Cover Models with an impossibly convoluted slasher angle, but which version is best? Maggie & Red talk Lois Duncan’s I Know What You Did Last Summer (1973) and the Jim Gillespie Directed film I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997). Buy Maggie’s newest book, Love in the Library !!! If you like us, you’ll also enjoy: Following the pod on twitter: https://twitter.com/FailureAdapt Supporting Failure to Adapt on Pa...
Apr 12, 2022•56 min•Season 2Ep. 6
Today we learn the importance of forgiveness, OR the satisfaction of gruesome retribution, OR something more modern and complex, depending on which adaptation fits. FTA favorite and Cinderella scholar* Molly Sanchez returns to three versions of the folk tale including Charles Perrault’s The Little Glass Slipper (1697), Aschenputtel (1819) by The Brothers Grimm, and of course the Andy Tennant film Ever After: A Cinderella Story (1998). Molly is the former co-host of the podcast The Hold Up , as w...
Apr 05, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Season 2Ep. 5
The only rule of Podcast Club is podcasts will go on as long as they have to. Maggie & Red talk the adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk’s Fight Club (1996) into the David Fincher Directed Fight Club (1999). You haven’t heard a podcast like this since grade school. Buy Maggie’s newest book, Love in the Library !!! If you like us, you’ll also enjoy: Following the pod on twitter: https://twitter.com/FailureAdapt Supporting Failure to Adapt on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FailureToAdaptPodcast...
Mar 29, 2022•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 3
Who better to discuss “love, true love” than the heir to the throne of Florin himself, Prince Humperdinck. Chris Sarandon joins Maggie & Red talk the adaptation of William Goldman’s The Princess Bride (1973) into the Rob Reiner Directed The Princess Bride (1987). Chris Sarandon’s career on stage and screen dates back to 1965. He was nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Dog Day Afternoon , played Prince Humperdinck in The Princess Bride, voiced Jack Skelling...
Mar 22, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Season 2Ep. 4
A movie franchise so grueling it chewed through three Directors in each of its first three films only needs one guest, Hugo award winning author Sarah Gailey (Just Like Home, The Echo Wife, EAT THE RICH) returns with their Harley Sprint in the trunk of a Volvo S60R to talk Wampyres & Werewolves. They join Maggie & Red to discuss the adaptation of Stephenie Meyer’s Eclipse (2007) into the David Slade Directed The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010). If you like us, you’ll also enjoy: Following ...
Mar 15, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Season 2Ep. 2
You don’t need the odds to be ever in your favor when you’ve got a guest with a 40-game win streak on Jeopardy. That’s right, Amy Schneider joins Maggie & Red to discuss the adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games (2008) into the Gary Ross Directed The Hunger Games (2012). Amy Schneider is the winningest woman in Jeopardy history, the first transgender contestant to reach the Tournament of Champions, winner of the 2022 Queerty BADASS award, and a genuinely delightful person. If you l...
Mar 08, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Finally a film that follows the #1 rule of adaptations: Replace as many characters as possible with Muppets. Molly Sanchez joins Maggie & Red to discuss the adaptation of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol (1843) into the Brian Henson Directed The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992). Molly is co-host of the podcast The Hold Up with Sam DiSalvo, as well as Red All Over: A Handmaid's Tale Podcast , as well as being an accomplished writer and comic. If you like us, you’ll also enjoy: Following the po...
Nov 30, 2021•1 hr 11 min
When Director and pilot Doug Liman almost ran out of fuel taking his first solo flight to visit Robert Ludlum to acquire the rights to his novel The Bourne Identity (1980) , nobody could have imagined how the 2002 film The Bourne Identity (2002) would turn out. The movie has since produced 4 sequels and billions of dollars in box office returns, but is it better than the book that inspired it? If you like us, you’ll also enjoy: Following the pod on twitter: https://twitter.com/FailureAdapt Suppo...
Nov 16, 2021•55 min
If you’ve never read Robert A. Heinlein’s 1959 book Starship Troopers , don’t worry! Paul Verhoeven, director of the 1997 film, Starship Troopers , didn’t either. The film is one of Maggie’s favorites and the book was foundational for Red, and only one can be the best. The Irish animated movie featuring Selkies that Maggie couldn’t remember the name of is Song of the Sea (2014) If you like us, you’ll also enjoy: Following the pod on twitter: https://twitter.com/FailureAdapt Supporting Failure to...
Nov 09, 2021•1 hr 1 min
Squad , The Graphic Novel created by Maggie Tokuda-Hall & Lisa Sterle is available now at bookstores everywhere ! To celebrate, Red interviews Maggie & Lisa about the process of creating a story about teen girls eating sex pests, and the experience of it being optioned for a possible television series! Lisa Sterle is an extremely accomplished Illustrator Creator, whose works include the bestselling Modern Witch Tarot Deck , Witchblood , Long Lost , and Submerged , along with the graphic ...
Nov 03, 2021•53 min
When it’s time to talk about the Phillip Pullman novel The Golden Compass (1995) and the corresponding Chris Weitz film The Golden Compass (2007) , you find a guest with more than one tattoo inspired by His Dark Materials , and that’s where author and podcaster Mallory O’Meara comes in. Mallory O’Meara is most recently the author of Girly Drinks: A World History of Women and Alcohol , as well as the LA Times Bestseller The Lady From The Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Mil...
Oct 27, 2021•1 hr 13 min
The 1989 animated Disney film The Little Mermaid is known the world over as the beginning of The Disney Renaissance , but how many of us have read the Hans Christian Anderson The Little Mermaid (1837) on which it’s based? And more importantly, which one is superior??? Maggie Tokuda-Hall & Red Scott negotiated a straightforward contract with an ambitious business woman that allowed them to dive in and investigate. IT’S OUT!!! Order Maggie’s Graphic Novel, SQUAD !!!! If you like us, you’ll als...
Oct 19, 2021•48 min
As Dev Patel is a snack and genius author Annalee Newitz just happened to have done their senior thesis on courtly love in the 14th century poem “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight”, Maggie Tokuda-Hall & Red Scott were ecstatic to have them on to discuss the poem’s adaptation into The Green Knight (2021), directed by David Lowery. Annalee Newitz is most recently the author of Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age , as well as being an incredible Science Fiction Author, Lambda Lite...
Oct 12, 2021•1 hr 12 min
Maggie Tokuda-Hall ’s & Red Scott have been stranded and are completely unable to communicate with NASA, so they’re covering their first blog-to-book-to-Movie adaptation with Andy Weir’s The Martian (2011) and the Ridley Scott / Matt Damon vehicle The Martian (2015). Unlike Andy Weir’d protagonist, Red & Maggie have Big Feelings about this one. Pre-order Maggie’s upcoming Graphic Novel, SQUAD !!!! If you like us, you’ll also enjoy: Following the pod on twitter: https://twitter.com/Failur...
Sep 28, 2021•56 min
Twilight, Again. Failure to Adapt’s first return guest, Hugo award winning author Sarah Gailey (EAT THE RICH, The Echo Wife, River of Teeth) wore her finest Jorts to ask “Who let the dogs out?”. Maggie Tokuda-Hall ’s & Red Scott ’s follow Sarah’s lead into the world of the Stephenie Meyer novel New Moon (2006) and the corresponding Chris Weitz film The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009). Pre-order Maggie’s upcoming Graphic Novel, SQUAD !!!! If you want to learn more about the real Quileute Tribe...
Sep 21, 2021•1 hr 11 min
One of Maggie Tokuda-Hall ’s favorite and most formative books is Neil Gaiman’s 1999 fantasy novel Stardust , and one of Red Scott ’s absolute favorite films is the Matthew Vaughn directed 2007 romantic fantasy adventure film, Stardust . This podcast contains evaluation, dissection, and ultimately the definitive and conclusive judgement as to which one is the superior work. Pre-order Maggie’s upcoming Graphic Novel, SQUAD If you like us, you’ll also enjoy: Following the pod on twitter: https://t...
Sep 14, 2021•48 min
The Locus Award Winning, Perfect and Prolific Author & Essayist Meg Elison ( Find Layla, Big Girl, The Book of The Unnamed Midwife, etc…) agreed to join Maggie Tokuda-Hall & Red Scott to discuss absolutely any adaptation, as long as it was the Thomas Harris novel The Silence of the Lambs (1988) and the Jonathan Demme film, The Silence of the Lambs (1991). Keep up with Meg on twitter at @ megelison and her website megelison.com Some resources related to the transphobia in film and in The ...
Sep 08, 2021•1 hr 4 min
When someone suggests the book is always better than the movie, there is one exception that’s near universal: Jurassic Park . Maggie Tokuda-Hall & Red Scott talk the adaptation of the movie that taught most of us what lawyers are actually good for (Dino protein!). Specifically, they discuss the Michael Chrichton novel Jurassic Park (1990) and its transformation into the Steven Spielberg film Jurassic Park (1993). If you like us, you’ll also enjoy: Following the pod on twitter: https://twitte...
Aug 31, 2021•50 min
Hugo award winning author Sarah Gailey (EAT THE RICH, The Echo Wife, River of Teeth) joins hosts Maggie Tokuda-Hall & Red Scott to talk the adaptation of the ultimate May (1901) – December romance. Specifically, they discuss the Stephenie Meyer novel Twilight (2005) and the corresponding Catherine Hardwicke film Twilight (2008). How did they come to pass? Which one is better? Why are they doing this to themselves??? If you like us, you’ll also enjoy: Following us on twitter: https://twitter....
Aug 24, 2021•1 hr 9 min
Welcome to Failure to Adapt! Hosted by author Maggie Tokuda-Hall and comedian Red Scott , Failure to Adapt discusses media that moves from one form to another! Whether it's Stephen King books becoming Steven Spielberg movies, Fairy Tales loosely inspiring animated Disney musicals, or People transmuting into Wolves, this is the podcast with the conviction and insight to determine a story's correct form. Follow @FailureAdapt on twitter -> https://twitter.com/failureadapt...
Aug 21, 2021•5 min
