Unnatural Selection

It's that time of year when our good friend Jonathan Harker takes a trip to Transylvania, and in honor of such it's time for Jeff and Emma to break down what surely has to be the most accurate Dracula adaptation—Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992). It's even got the author's name! The cowboy is there! Wait, what? What do you mean they make Dracula a brooding antihero? What do you mean Mina wants to fuck him like her life depends on it? What do you mean Jonathan is played by Keanu Reeves? Oh boy, sounds like the creatures of the night have sure made some… strange... music with this one.   Content warnings for Dracula include: sexual assault, gaslighting, death of a loved one, death of a family member, medical horror, racism and xenophobia towards the Romani people, some weird Victorian values, and the consuming of one baby.   Content warnings for Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) include: all of the above content warnings PLUS a frankly ridiculous level of horniness.   The articles and interviews Emma references in this episode can be found here: https://people.com/movies/francis-ford-coppola-denies-winona-ryder-verbal-abuse-dracula/ https://ew.com/article/2015/10/06/francis-ford-coppola-remembers-dracula/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WwF6vRG3FE https://ew.com/article/2015/08/03/bram-stokers-dracula-francis-ford-coppola-bluray/ https://www.thedigitalfix.com/dracula/cary-elwes-interview-francis-ford-coppola https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2024/nov/20/bram-stokers-dracula-francis-ford-coppolas-very-horny-vampire-epic https://www.polygon.com/horror/507232/bram-stokers-dracula-1992-nosferatu-horny-vampire-sex https://www.nytimes.com/1992/12/06/style/the-new-blood-culture.html   You can find Emma on twitter @ematsca and the show @UnselectPod. Emma is also on bluesky now @crabmoney.bsky.social. You can find Jeff @jeffstormer.gobirds.online. Unnatural Selection is a part of the Moonshot Podcast Network. If you like what you've heard from Emma and Jeff and want to support the network, you can become a patron at patreon.com/moonshotnetwork.   The music for this podcast was composed by Jake Loranger. You can find more of his work at https://amaranthine.bandcamp.com

The first rule of Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk is don't talk about it. The second rule of Fight Club (1999 dir. David Fincher) is don't talk about it. The fourth rule is two men (gender neutral) to a podcast. Emma and August dissect this cult classic, how gay it is, and how the actors actually learned to make soap! With a special appearance from the Alexandrite System to dig into the notorious plot twist.   Content warnings for Fight Club include: graphic violence, terrorism, just kind of being gross, suicide, and a questionable depiction of DID.    The articles Emma references in this episode can be found here: https://lithub.com/behind-the-scenes-of-david-finchers-fight-club/ https://cinephiliabeyond.org/fight-club-david-finchers-stylish-exploration-modern-day-mans-estrangement-disillusionment/ https://collider.com/fight-club-alternate-ending-china/ https://ew.com/article/1999/10/15/blood-sweat-fears-fight-club/ https://www.theringer.com/2019/03/26/movies/fight-club-davis-fincher-making-of-brad-pitt-edward-norton   You can find Emma on twitter @ematsca and the show @UnselectPod. August can be found on bluesky at harpydora.bsky.social and their podcast Follow the Leader at ftlcast.bsky.social. Unnatural Selection is a part of the Moonshot Podcast Network. If you like what you've heard and want to support the network, you can become a patron at patreon.com/moonshotnetwork   The music for this podcast was composed by Jake Loranger. You can check out more of his work at https://amaranthine.bandcamp.com

Take a hot air balloon ride up to Svalbard with Emma and Izze as they look into Philip Pullman's The Golden _Compass and its 2007 adaptation of the same name. These two try to figure out the mysteries of Dust, what on Earth makes film crews completely rearrange a book's plot beats, and the weird no-man's-land between middle grade books and the era of YA.   Content warnings for _The Golden Compass include: child abuse, kidnapping, child death, animal cruelty, brainwashing, oppressive theocracy, very British racism, and graphic depictions of polar bear violence.   The articles Emma references in this episode can be found here: https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/02/movies/02mcgr.html?_r=1&oref=slogin http://newsweek.com/director-confronts-some-dark-material-96599 https://ew.com/movies/2017/11/14/golden-compass-movie-why-didnt-it-work/ https://www.vulture.com/2007/12/golden_compass_scripts.html https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/30/movies/30comp.html?ex=1346126400&en=d3b0308eab7b0de2&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&mtrref=en.wikipedia.org&gwh=B33C31BB2C0829CC17EAAF8F5CA4100F&gwt=pay&assetType=REGIWALL https://www.thrillist.com/entertainment/nation/the-golden-compass-movie-review-2007-adaptation   You can find Emma on twitter @ematsca and the show @UnselectPod. You can find Izze on bluesky and tumblr @lotsadeer. Unnatural Selection is a part of the Moonshot Podcast Network. If you like what you've heard and want to support them, you can become a patron at patreon.com/moonshotnetwork. If you want to hear more from Izze, you can listen to seers shows Abbey Archives, Hope's Hearth, and SCP Research Archives.   The music for this show was composed by Jake Loranger. You can check out more of his work at https://amaranthine.bandcamp.co

Take a stroll down the yellow brick road with MK and Emma to ask the wizard about one of the most famous film adaptations of all time. How did the 1900 children's fairy tale turned populism allegory become one of the most well-known movies from 1939? What's the true number of witches? What's with all the slavery in Oz? Why do people think this is the first technicolor film? All these questions discussed an more as Unnatural Selection unpacks The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.   Content warnings for The Wizard of Oz include: fairytale-typical violence, unsettling creatures, and the Tin Man's backstory.   The sources Emma mentions in this episode can be found here: https://www.nypl.org/blog/2011/12/15/musical-month-production-history-1903-oz https://ahcwyo.org/2024/08/05/behind-the-curtain-a-look-at-the-wizard-of-ozs-difficult-production-85-years-later/ https://ahcwyo.org/2021/11/15/the-wizard-of-oz-the-story-behind-the-film/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxR3fFv3dBU   You can find Emma on twitter @ematsca and the podcast @UnselectPod. MK can be found on bluesky and tumblr at citadelofswords. Unnatural Selection is a part of the Moonshot Podcast Network. If you like what you've heard and want to support the network, you can become a patron at patreon.com/moonshotnetwork.   The music for this show was composed by Jake Loranger. You can check out more of his work at https://amaranthine.bandcamp.com

Get to the underground bunkers, put on those military issue nylons and lipstick, and brace for impact as Jeff and Emma get into the tonal whiplash between Kubrick's nightmare comedy Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb and its Cold War serious counterpart Red Alert by Peter George. How do we go from a countdown to the end in a quest for world peace to protecting our fluids from Russians and women? Why is Peter Sellers so many guys? Are you just as capable of being as sorry as I am, Dmitri?    Content warnings for Red Alert include: violence, bombings, suicide, death, threat of doom, 60's-standard outlooks on the world.   Content warnings for Dr. Strangelove include: violence, bombings, suicide, death, threat of doom, so much horniness, one goofy Nazi, and a Tim Robinson lookalike.   The articles Emma references in this episode can be found here: https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20240129-dr-strangelove-at-60-the-mystery-behind-kubricks-cold-war-masterpiece https://collider.com/stanley-kubrick-dr-strangelove-original-story/ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/dr-strangelove-stanley-kubrick-making-of-1235808181/   You can find Emma on twitter @ematsca and the show @UnselectPod. You can find Jeff most places @PartyofOnePod. Jeff's book The Ultimate Fantasy Character Creator is available now. Unnatural Selection and Jeff's show All My Fantasy Children are both a part of the Moonshot Podcast Network. If you like what you've heard and want to support them, you can become a patron at patreon.com/moonshotnetwork   The music for this show was composed by Jake Loranger. You can check out more of his work at https://amaranthine.bandcamp.com

A month ago, Katharine and Emma hit the mattresses, but now that things are calming down between the Mafia families of New York they're here to talk about cinematic masterpiece The Godfather and the extremely trashy novel that inspired it. They get into all of it, from the ten thousand story lines, to the mid-century Italian-American gender essentialism, to just how many synonyms there are for penis used in this novel. And yet somehow, the movie is still (spoiler) a 10/10.   Content warnings for The Godfather novel include: Mob violence, domestic violence, racism, sexism, death of a loved one, lots of death in general, death of an animal, and an extremely detailed description of vaginal reconstructive surgery.   Content warning for The Godfather film include: Mob violence, domestic violence, racism, sexism, death of a loved one, once again it's a mob movie lots of death and violence in general, death of an animal, and Al Pacino looking so so hot.   The article Emma references in this episode can be found here: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1997/03/24/godfatherhood   You can find Emma on twitter @ematsca and the show @UnselectPod. You can find Katharine on twitter or letterboxd @ferrifrigida and her website at https://kcoldiron.com/ . If you want to hear more of Katharine's takes on film you can listen to The Take-Up on your podcatcher of choice or read her book Junk Film.   Unnatural Selection is a part of the Moonshot Podcast Network. If you like what you've heard and want to support the network, you can become a patron at patreon.com/moonshotnetwork   The music for this show was composed by Jake Loranger. You can check out more of his work at https://amaranthine.bandcamp.com

Happy Halloween from Unnatural Selection! This month Audrey and Emma face one of the spookiest things known to podcaster: historical fiction from the early 2010's. Listen along as Emma's brain full of facts short circuits as the pair tear apart Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith and its 2012 adaptation. We ask questions everyone else is too afraid to, like “Did this even need to be Abraham Lincoln?” and “Was there a single sensitivity reader looking at the slavery plot?” as well as “Hey is that the guy from Mama Mia?” and many more!   Content warnings for Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter include: vampire-standard gore, racism, slavery, death of a child, death of a family member, death of a loved one, politics, and a shocking amount of actual Lincoln facts.    The articles and book Emma references in this episode can be found here: https://ew.com/article/2012/06/29/abraham-lincoln-vampire-hunter-2/ https://www.fangoria.com/qa-seth-grahame-smith-vampire-scripter/ https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/562046/shakespeare-in-a-divided-america-by-james-shapiro/   You can find Emma on twitter @ematsca and the show @UnselectPod. Audrey doesn't vibe with social media, but you can find their podcast Alone at the Table on your podcatcher of choice. Unnatural Selection and Alone at the Table are part of the Moonshot Podcast Network. If you like what you've heard from either of them and want to hear more, you can become a patron at patreon.com/moonshotnetwork   The music for this show was commissioned from and composed by Jake Loranger. You can check out more of his work at https://amaranthine.bandcamp.com/

This month on a special episode of Unnatural Selection, join Emma and their partner Greg on a journey along the train tracks to find the adaptation process of Stephen King's The Body. How did they get the film title Stand By Me? Why is this Emma's favorite movie? Would Pokémon be the same as we know it today if the adaptation had kept more of the classic Kingian gross-outs?   Content warnings for The Body include: death of a child, child abuse, death of a sibling, PTSD, fatphobia, leeches, vivid descriptions of vomit, and a very bitter narrator.   Content warnings for Stand By Me include: all of the above, period-standard homophobia, heavy-handed 50's nostalgia.   Additional content warnings for this episode include: discussions of child actors and the common abuses they face, sexual misconduct in Hollywood, and references to drug overdose.   The articles and interviews Emma references in this episode can be found here: https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2571820/adapting-stephen-king-the-body-reflecting-nostalgic-beauty-stand-by-me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxOou0vBRf0 https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/aug/09/how-we-made-stand-by-me-kiefer-sutherland-rob-reiner https://deadline.com/2023/12/kiefer-sutherland-stand-by-me-river-phoenix-1235681581/ https://www.pdxmonthly.com/arts-and-culture/2021/08/why-stand-by-me-is-still-important-movie https://ew.com/movies/wil-wheaton-says-abusive-childhood-inspired-stand-by-me-performance/   You can find Emma on twitter @ematsca and the show @UnselectPod. Greg can be found on tumblr at hedgeaugur and discord at Hamamelis. Unnatural Selection is a part of the Moonshot Podcast Network. If you like what you've heard from Emma and want to support them, you can become a patron at patreon.com/moonshotnetwork The music for this show was commissioned from and composed by Jake Loranger. You can check out more of his work at https://amaranthine.bandcamp.com/

Gear up for a romp through unincorporated Arkansas territory to talk about the 2010 adaptation of Charles Portis' 1968 novel True Grit. Listen to Emma and Keifer recount their days as U.S. Marshalls and Texas Rangers to break down what makes Mattie such a good character, Matt Damon's nincompoop era, the Coen brother's special little bear man, and much more.   Content warnings for True Grit include: violence, gunfights, stabbings, sexism, some racism, confederates, claustrophobia, animal death, some child abuse, and a little girl's threat of a lawyer on several occasions.    The articles Emma references in this episode can be found here: https://deadline.com/2010/12/oscar-joel-and-ethan-coen-qa-on-true-grit-92517/ https://www.awardsdaily.com/2010/12/awards-daily-interview-the-coen-brothers-true-grit/ https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-dec-26-la-ca-matt-damon-20101226-story.html https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/albany/story/2010/12/true-grit-what-the-coen-brothers-look-like-when-theyre-not-winking-068850 https://www.seattlepi.com/entertainment/movies/article/interview-the-coen-brothers-talk-true-grit-915899.php   You can find Emma on twitter @ematsca and the show @UnselectPod. Keifer can be found @DannyVegito on twitter and bluesky and Keifer's Corner on youtube. Both Unnatural Selection and Select and Start are part of the Moonshot Podcast Network. If you like what you've heard from Emma or Keifer and want to support them, you can become a patron at patreon.com/moonshotnetwork The music for this show was commissioned from and composed by Jake Loranger. You can check out more of his work at https://amaranthine.bandcamp.com/

It's finally time to cover the adaptation that inspired this show! Set sail on the Orca with Emma and Marn for a nearly two-hour discussion about the beast known as Jaws. Bridge the brief gap between Benchley's 1974 hit novel and Spielberg's inaugural summer blockbuster in 1975 with these two podcasters as Marn lets Emma gush about real-life shark footage, Hooper's affair with Brody's wife, and mafia subplots.   Content warnings for Jaws include: graphic shark attacks, child death, graphic descriptions of sharks being killed, infidelity, mentions of rape and rape fantasy, 70's-pulp typical nudity and horniness, and insufferable rich scientists.   The extra book Emma read for this episode is The Jaws Log by Carl Gottlieb. Emma read the 25th anniversary edition with introduction by Peter Benchley.   You can find Emma on twitter @ematsca and the show @UnselectPod. Marn can be found on most social media @corpserevivers. The web serial she writes with her wife can be found at https://prairiesongserial.com/ Unnatural Selection is a part of the Moonshot Podcast Network. If you like what you've heard from either Emma, Marn, or the myriad shows they make together, you can become a patron at patreon.com/moonshotnetwork The music for this show was commissioned from and composed by Jake Loranger. You can check out more of his work at https://amaranthine.bandcamp.com/

Kat and Emma return to the woods for their annual trek through the Twilight series. This year, listen along to their thoughts on Stephanie Meyer's New Moon as they muse about terrible CGI, laugh at ridiculous teen behaviors, and restart Team Jacob discourse in the year 2024.   Content warnings for New Moon include: depressive episodes, suicidal behavior, abandonment, the murder of a tour group, references to domestic violence, weird racism towards werewolves, insensitive depictions of the Quileute people, and an obscene number of references to Romeo and Juliet.   The articles Emma references can be found here:  https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2010/2/9/effects-CGI-new-moon/ https://screenrant.com/twilight-new-moon-behind-scenes-details-making-trivia/   For more information on the Quileute people, visit https://www.burkemuseum.org/static/truth_vs_twilight/   You can find Emma on twitter @ematsca, Kat @StrawberrySiren, and the show @UnselectPod. Kat can be found on Instagram @swordsandsirens and her dog Walter is @WalterWednesdays. Unnatural Selection is a part of the Moonshot Podcast Network. If you like what you've heard and want to support them, you can become a patron at patreon.com/moonshotnetwork   The music for this show was commissioned from and composed by Jake Loranger. You can check out more of his work at https://amaranthine.bandcamp.com/

Travel to Arrakis and venture out into the desert for spice with Emma and Tom as they discuss the two-part 2021 and 2024 adaptation of Frank Herbert's Dune (1965). Neither Emma nor Tom have mastered the voice, so no need to worry about any Bene Gesserit tricks. Just listen along for their takes on adapting a behemoth of a book, Jessica's evil arc, and a firsthand account of the limited-edition Dune AMC popcorn bucket.   Heads up that the audio for this episode has more background noise than usual because it was recorded in person on one microphone.   Content Warnings for Dune include: mind control, colonization, violence, assault, religious fanaticism, death of a parent, death of a child, many other miscellaneous deaths, and a weirdly intelligent two-year-old.   The articles Emma references in this episode can be found here: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/making-of-dune-denis-villenueve-novel-adaptation-1235052084/ https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2021-10-21/dune-movie-book-changes-explained-denis-villeneuve https://screenrant.com/dune-2-denis-villeneuve-interview/ https://www.ign.com/articles/dune-part-2-is-a-perfect-adaptation-because-of-one-key-difference   You can find Emma on twitter @ematsca and the show @UnselectPod. Tom does not wish to be found on social media, but if you would like to connect with him on a cosmic level, try getting really into Twilight Imperium. Unnatural Selection is a part of the Moonshot Podcast Network. If you like what you've heard and want to support them, you can become a patron at patreon.com/moonshotnetwork   The music for this show was commissioned from and composed by Jake Loranger. You can check out more of his work at https://amaranthine.bandcamp.com/

What is this, a crossover episode? Unnatural Selection host Emma joins forces with PB and CJ of the Ga'Hoolingans Podcast to talk about, you guessed it, Zach Snyder's Legend of the Guardians: the Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010), an adaptation of the first three books in Kathryn Lasky's Guardians of Ga'Hoole series! Join these three hosts as they go into the hollow of the Ga'Hoole tree to talk about egregious slow motion, uncannily detailed owls, and how amped we would have been as 10-year-olds witnessing this story about owl fascism.   Content warnings for The Capture, The Journey, and The Rescue include: cult programming and deprogramming, white supremacy, fascism, child slavery, cannibalism, graphic depictions of owl feeding and digestion functions, PTSD nightmares, a lot of owl deaths, attempted fratricide, successful parricide, owl swears, and a weirdly racialized way of handling a real dynamic between owls and snakes.   The articles Emma references in this episode can be found here:  https://movieweb.com/exclusive-john-orloff-talks-legend-of-the-guardians-the-owls-of-gahoole/ https://www.expandedcinematography.com/the-cinematography-of-legend-of-the-guardians.html   You can find Emma on twitter @ematsca and the show @UnselectPod. PB can be found on bluesky @paulyhedral and CJ @atypicalley. You can find PB's ttrpgs at pauly3d.itch.io. Unnatural Selection and The Ga'Hooligans Podcast are both part of the Moonshot Podcast Network. If you want to hear more from Emma, PB, and CJ, check out the Moonshot twitch channel at moonshot.mov or support the network at patreon.com/moonshotnetwork.   The music for this show was commissioned from and composed by Jake Loranger. You can find more of his work at https://amaranthine.bandcamp.com

Get ready to inhale some spores, step through the shimmer into Area X, and explore a ~~tunnel~~ tower with Emma and Jacqueline as they take a look at Jeff Vandermeer's Annihilation and the 2018 film adaptation of the same name. Listen along as they dive into the creative use of repurposed visuals, the differences between a biologist and Natalie Portman, and overlooking scientific curiosity in favor of the military.   Content warnings for Annihilation include: body horror, gun violence, memory loss, hypnosis, gore, medical horror, and being replaced by a doppelganger.   The articles Emma references in this episode can be found at: https://www.theringer.com/movies/2018/2/23/17036466/alex-garland-annihilation-interview-ex-machina https://screen-queens.com/2018/04/06/the-dancer-behind-annhilations-epic-ending/   You can find Emma on twitter @ematsca and the show @UnselectPod. You can find Jacqueline on tumblr at swampert.tumblr.com. You listen to her show Unwise Girls on a podcatcher of choice. If you want to hear more of Emma and Jacqueline together, check them out on the show Dead Teen House Party. Unnatural Selection, Unwise Girls, and DTHP are all a part of the Moonshot Podcast Network. If you like what you've heard and want to support them, you can become a patron at patreon.com/moonshotnetwork.   The music for this show was commissioned from and composed by Jake Loranger. You can find more of his work at https://amaranthine.bandcamp.com/

Put on your VR headset and load up a CGI courtroom as Jory and Emma discuss the 1992 “adaptation” of Stephen King's 1975 short story The Lawnmower Man. Join them as they discuss how loose an adaptation can get before it's just a different piece of media entirely, why Stephen King sued, and how sometimes a director is wrong even if they've put a quality monkey into a movie. Content warnings for The Lawnmower Man (1975) include: animal death, descriptions of gore, public nudity, graphic lawnmower-based violence, and republican fathers. Content warnings for The Lawnmower Man (1992) include: flashing lights, terrible cgi, monkey violence, gun violence, death of an animal, mental ableism, abusive fathers (both parental and religious), and an absolutely horrifying instance of cybersex. The articles Emma references in this episode can be found at: https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F2/976/824/47250/ https://collider.com/stephen-king-the-lawnmower-man-lawsuit/ https://www.thecompanion.app/lawnmover-man-cyberpunk/ You can find Emma on twitter @ematsca and the show @UnselectPod. You can find Jory on most sites @NoImJory and @jory.zone on Bluesky. Unnatural Selection is a part of the Moonshot Podcast Network. If you like what you've heard and want to support them, you can become a patron at patreon.com/moonshotnetwork. Jory's podcast We Are! Watching One Piece can be found on twitter @WeAreWatchingOP The music for this show was commissioned from and composed by Jake Loranger. You can find more of his work at https://amaranthine.bandcamp.com/

This month on Unnatural Selection, Andrew has volunteered as tribute to dive straight into the second book in the Hunger Games series, Catching Fire, without ever reading the first one! Listen along as they compare it to the 2013 film adaptation of the same name and talk about cut characters, the YA love triangle craze, why Katniss is stripped of her interiority, and what makes Hollywood think the death games are more interesting than the budding revolution surrounding them.   Content warnings for Catching Fire include: police brutality, graphic depictions of violence, depictions of PTSD, torture, death of children, death in general, alcoholism, drug addiction, oblivious rich people, and fake dating.    You can find Emma on Twitter @ematsca and the show @UnselectPod. You can find Andrew on X the Everything App @CohostSherms and at the same handle on Bluesky. You can hear more from Andrew on the Argonauts Podcast, The Podcast Mines, and Mild Manor'd. All of these shows, as well as Unnatural Selection, are a part of the Moonshot Podcast Network. If you like what you've heard and want to support them, you can become a patron at patreon.com/moonshotnetwork.   The music for this show was commissioned from and composed by Jake Loranger. You can find more of his work at https://amaranthine.bandcamp.com/

Travel through Christmas past, present, and future with Emma and Juliet as they take on one of the many, MANY, adaptations of Charles Dickens' holiday classic A Christmas Carol. This December they focus on 1992's The Muppets Christmas Carol, which might genuinely be the most faithful adaptation even if Bob Cratchit is a loveable frog. Join them to gripe about dancing penguins, wax poetic about Dickens' use of language, and talk about more Neopets than you would expect!   Content warnings for A Christmas Carol include: hauntings, loneliness, death, death of a child (he gets better), violence against spirits, time travel, and the mortifying ordeal of listening to people talk about you when they think you aren't there.   The articles Emma cites in this episode can be found at: https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2015/dec/21/how-we-made-the-muppet-christmas-carol https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/making-of-muppet-christmas-carol/   You can find Emma on Twitter @ematsca and the show @UnselectPod. You can find Juliet on Cohost @folly and their show I'll Be Pod for Castmas @christmas. Unnatural Selection and I'll Be Pod for Castmas are both a part of the Moonshot Podcast Network. Become a patron at patreon.com/moonshotnetwork to hear even more shows from the two of them!   The music for this show was commissioned from and composed by Jake Loranger. You can find more of his work at https://amaranthine.bandcamp.com/

This episode was originally recorded on August 8, 2023.   Follow Blink and Emma through the Wall and into Faerie as they break down the differences between Neil Gaiman's 1999 novel adaptation of his own 1997 comic series Stardust and the 2007 film adaptation of the same name! Join them as they talk about painfully 2007 treatment of female characters, a lack of little hairy men, and how sometimes a movie doesn't have to be good to be good, you know?   Content warnings for Stardust include: Mid-2000's misogyny, fantasy violence, and the use of the word “whoopsie” to describe Robert DeNiro in a dress.   The article Emma discusses in the episode can be found at: https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/913568   You can find Emma on twitter @ematsca and the show @UnselectPod. Blink's a03 account can be found at username marquis. Unnatural Selection is a part of the Moonshot Podcast Network.    The music for this show was commissioned from and composed by Jake Loranger. You can find more of his music at https://amaranthine.bandcamp.com/

Emma and Oak become unstuck in time, hopping through the pages of Kurt Vonnegut's anti-war sci-fi classic Slaughterhouse-Five and its 1972 film adaptation of the same name. Join them as they discuss how powerful a match cut can be, the sheer joy of watching a car being driven wildly by a panicked wife, and how it was a coward's choice to not show the Tralfamadorians on-screen.    Content warnings for Slaughterhouse-Five include war, death, nazis, PTSD, some homophobia, nudity, inaccurate historical data, and being put in a human zoo by an aliens.    You can find Emma on twitter @ematsca, Oak @OakAlexandrite, and the show @UnselectPod. This show is a part of the Moonshot Podcast Network. The podcast Oak edits can also be found on the Moonshot Network and @The3LWPodcast on twitter.   The music for this show was commissioned from and composed by Jake Loranger. You can find more of his work at https://amaranthine.bandcamp.com/

Emma and Kat disappear into the woods in order to read Stephanie Meyer's Twilight and watch the hit film adaptation of the same name. When they return to society, they debate whether the book was actually enjoyable, discuss why teenagers need to have friends, and applaud one of the best movie soundtracks of all time.   Content warnings for Twilight include: grooming, bloodsucking, creeping on younger women, insensitive depictions of the Quileute people, gaslighting, and getting asked to prom.   For more information on the Quileute people, visit https://www.burkemuseum.org/static/truth_vs_twilight/   You can find Emma on twitter @ematsca, Kat @StrawberrySiren, and the show @UnselectPod. Kat can be found on Instagram @swordsandsirens and her dog Walter is @WalterWednesdays. Unnatural Selection is a part of the Moonshot Podcast Network.   The music for this show was commissioned from and composed by Jake Loranger. You can find more of his music at https://amaranthine.bandcamp.com/

Jay and Emma ride around the beautiful landscapes of Hiroshima to talk about 38-page Murakami short story Drive My Car and its 3 hour long film adaptation of the same name. Listen along as they dive into multilingual storytelling, realize they missed some of the assigned readings, and accept that sometimes adding things in an adaptation rules.    Content warnings for Drive My Car include: sexual assault, death of a loved one, death of a child, brief mention of pedophilia, child abuse, and Anton Chekhov.   You can find Emma on twitter @ematsca, Jay @extremesalsaing, and the show @UnselectPod. Jay's audio drama Additional Postage Required can be found on twitter @APR_Podcast. Unnatural Selection is a part of the Moonshot Podcast Network. If you want to hear more of Jay and Emma on the Moonshot Network, check out the Murder Mystery livestream VOD or become a patron and listen to Once Missed Wonders.   The music for this show was commissioned from and composed by Jake Loranger. You can find more of his music at https://amaranthine.bandcamp.com/

Ariella introduces Emma to Torah studies in this episode's dive into academy award-winning animated feature The Prince of Egypt and the many-times-translated Book of Exodus that inspired it. Spoiler alert: it's good! Join them as they talk about animation as a medium, big frogs, how brutal the story is while staying PG, and why Hollywood needed to make Moses hot. Content warnings for The Book of Exodus and The Prince of Egypt include: slavery, antisemitism, infanticide, deaths of children, murder, discussion of religion, and realizing your whole life has been a lie. The translation of Exodus used for this episode can be found at: https://www.sefaria.org/Exodus.1.1?ven=The_Contemporary_Torah,_Jewish_Publication_Society,_2006&lang=bi&aliyot=0 The article Emma quotes can be found at: https://web.archive.org/web/20030329004351/http://assistnews.net/strategic/s0000023.htm You can find Emma on twitter @ematsca, Ariella @AriShua36, and the show @UnselectPod. Unnatural Selection is a part of the Moonshot Podcast Network. The music for this show was commissioned from and composed by Jake Loranger. You can find more of his music at https://amaranthine.bandcamp.com/

Emma and Cole take a look at the 1925 novella Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and its 1953 film counterpart while completely ignoring the 3 adaptations that came in-between. Tune in to find out if diamonds really are a girl's best friend, why Marilyn Monroe should be allowed to commit murder, and what led to leading man and future husband Henry Spoffard being remade into a 10-year-old boy (hint: it's probably the Hays code).   Content warnings for Gentlemen Prefer Blondes include a brief mention of sexual assault, getting stuck in a porthole, and the mortifying ordeal of hearing grown men called “Daddy” and “Piggie”.   The articles Emma promised to put in the show notes are here: https://themarilynreport.com/2022/08/18/gentlemen-prefer-blondes-on-the-page-stage-and-screen/ https://igetakickoutofyou.me/2012/02/06/dresses-and-controversy-in-gentlemen-prefer-blondes/   You can find Emma on Twitter at @ematsca, Cole at @greedmammon, and the show at @UnSelectPod! Unnatural Selection is a part of the Moonshot Podcast Network.   The music for this show was commissioned from and composed by Jake Loranger. Check out more of his work at https://amaranthine.bandcamp.com/

Episode Description Emma and Marn dive into the recent Amazon film adaptation of My Best Friend's Exorcism, analyzing how the movie doesn't understand female horror the same way cis man Grady Hendrix does, why Glee's allergic to peanuts now, how Brother Lemon is the most AND least accurate depiction, and how much better the adaptation would be if it were just half an hour longer. Content warnings for My Best Friend's Exorcism include body horror, discussions of sexual assault, tape worms, the dog dying, religious private school, and the fear of losing your best friend. You can find Emma on Twitter at @ematsca, Marn at @corpserevivers, and the show at @UnSelectPod! You can also find Marn and Emma on the Dead Teen House Party podcast and other projects on the Moonshot Network. The music for this show was commissioned from and composed by Jake Loranger. Check out more of his work at https://amaranthine.bandcamp.com

Coming soon to the Moonshot Network: A podcast about adapting works to the screen and all of the things that go right and wrong in the process!