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

AgentPalmer.com

JasonZapata.com

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

Beowulf

Tweets

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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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