Category Archives: Adaptations

Alyssa’s articles about Adaptations both Awful and Awesome.

Also, alliteration.

AWESOME Adaptations: Sleepy Hollow (1999)

I can’t always make it when the podcasts get recorded on Monday, so I missed my chance to see Ed Wood with the boys – also, I wasn’t able to attend the midnight showing of Dark Shadows.  Still, listening to and … Continue reading

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WRESTLING WEEK! AWESOME Adaptations: DOA

It took me a while to think of something I could do to contribute to Wrestling Week since it’s not something I’m well versed in. Most of my experience with Professional Wrestling comes from me being exposed to it during … Continue reading

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ZOMBIE WEEK! Awful Adaptations: House of the Dead (2003)

When talking about zombies, it’s inevitable that you’re going to encounter a movie based on a video game based on killing zombies with various firearms. And while I could devote an entire article series on my complex love/hate relationship with the … Continue reading

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Awful Adaptations: Catwoman

Mr. Hasselhoff, we’ll speak later So there are a lot of comic books being adapted into films these days, and between The Avengers, Batman and a Spider-Man reboot, we’re pretty much living in a comic book geek’s wet dream right … Continue reading

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Awful Adaptations: League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

Books have been adapted to film basically as long as there’s been cinema.  Sometimes, these adaptations are loving and while they may alter the narrative or certain elements of the book they’re based on, it’s clear that the screenwriters took … Continue reading

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