Adapt or Perish

In this episode of Adapt or Perish, Jeremy, Ian, Alex, and Ari are looking back at 8 years of the show!
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In this, the final episode of Adapt or Perish, we're getting real meta with a look at 2002's Adaptation!
In this episode, we discuss:
The Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession, Susan Orlean's 1998 nonfiction book
Adaptation, the 2002 movie directed by Spike Jonze, written by Charlie Kaufman, and starring Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper, Tilda Swinton, Cara Seymour, and Brian Cox
Footnotes:
Being John Malkovich (1999)
Identity (2003)
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In Episode 172 of Adapt or Perish, we're tackling the important subject of dudes doing their civic duty with a look at 12 Angry Men, the courtroom classic!
In this episode, we discuss:
The 1954 episode of Westinghouse Studio One directed by Franklin Schaffner, written by Reginald Rose, and starring Robert Cummings, Franchot Tone, Edward Arnold, Walter Abel, George Voskovec, and Norman Fell
The 1957 theatrical movie directed by Sidney Lumet, written by Reginald Rose, and starring Henry Fonda, Martin Balsam, Lee J. Cobb, E.G. Marshall, Jack Klugman, Jack Warden, George Voskovec, and Ed Begley
The 1997 TV movie directed by William Friedkin, written by Reginald Rose, and starring Jack Lemmon, George C. Scott, Courtney B. Vance, Edward James Olmos, James Gandolfini, and Tony Danza
Footnotes:
"12 Angry Men Inside Amy Schumer"
Juror #2 (2024)
William Friedkin on dealing with method actors
Ving Rhames gives his Golden Globe to Jack Lemmon
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In this mini-episode of Adapt or Perish, we're looking at Clash of the Titans, the story of the Kraken-fighting, Medusa-beheading demigod Perseus!
In this slightly extended mini-episode, we discuss:
The 1981 original, directed by Desmond Davis, written by Alan Beverley Cross, produced by Charles H. Schneer and Ray Harryhausen, and starring Harry Hamlin, Laurence Olivier, Judi Bowker, Maggie Smith, Claire Bloom, and Burgess Meredith
The 2010 remake, directed by Louis Leterrier, written by Travis Beacham, Phil Hay, and Matt Manfredi, and starring Sam Worthington, Gemma Arterton, Mads Mikkelsen, Alexa Davalos, Ralph Fiennes, and Liam Neeson
Footnotes:
Ray Harryhausen
Gods of Egypt (2016)
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In Episode 170 of Adapt or Perish, we're celebrating the release of a new Superman movie with a look back at every major screen adaptation of the Man of Steel released since 1941!
We're also releasing this as a video, so feel free to enjoy a rare visual episode!
In this episode, we discuss:
The Mad Scientist, the 1941 animated short directed by Dave Fleischer, written by Seymour Kneitel and Isadore Sparber, and starring Bud Collyer and Joan Alexander
Superman, the 1948 movie serial directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet and Thomas Carr, written by Lewis Clay, Royal K. Cole, Arthur Hoerl, George H. Plympton, and Joseph F. Poland, and starring Kirk Alyn, Noel Neill, and Carol Forman
Superman and the Mole Men, the 1951 movie directed by Lee Sholem, written by Robert Maxwell and Whitney Ellsworth, and starring George Reeves and Phyllis Coates
Adventures of Superman, the 1952–1958 TV series also developed by Whitney Ellsworth and Robert J. Maxwell, and also starring George Reeves and Phyllis Coates
The New Adventures of Superman, the 1966–1970 animated series developed by Lou Scheimer, and starring Bud Collyer and Joan Alexandar
Super Friends, the 1973 animated series created by E. Nelson Bridwell, Carmine Infantino, and Julius Schwartz, and starring Danny Dark and Frank Welker
It's a Bird... It's a Plane... It's Superman, the 1966 musical with music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Lee Adams, and book by David Newman and Robert Benton, and the 1975 TV special directed by Jack Regas, written by Romeo Muller, and starring David Wilson, Lesley Ann Warren, Loretta Swit, and Kenneth Mars
Superman, the 1978 movie directed by Richard Donner, written by Mario Puzo, David Newman, Leslie Newman, and Robert Benton, and starring Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder, Gene Hackman, and Marlon Brando
Superboy, the 1988–1992 TV series developed by Ilya and Alexander Salkind, and starring John Haymes Newton and Stacy Haiduk
Superman, the 1988 animated series developed by Ruby-Spears Enterprises and Marv Wolfman, and starring Beau Weaver and Ginny McSwain.
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, the 1993–1997 TV series developed by Deborah Joy LeVine, and starring Dean Cain, Teri Hatcher, Lane Smith, K Callan, Eddie Jones, and John Shea
Superman: The Animated Series, the 1996–2000 animated series developed by Alan Burnett and Bruce Timm, and starring Tim Daly, Dana Delany, and Clancy Brown
Smallville, the 2001–2011 TV series developed by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, and starring Tom Welling, Kristin Kreuk, Michael Rosenbaum, Annette O'Toole, John Schneider, and John Glover
Superman Returns, the 2006 movie directed by Bryan Singer, written by Singer, Michael Dougherty, and Dan Harris, and starring Brandon Routh, Kate Bosworth, James Marsden, Frank Langella, and Kevin Spacey
Superman: Doomsday, the 2007 animated movie directed by Bruce Timm, Lauren Montgomery, and Brandon Vietti, written by Duane Capizzi, and starring Adam Baldwin, Anne Heche, and James Marsters
Man of Steel, the 2013 movie directed by Zack Snyder, written by David S. Goyer and Christopher Nolan, and starring Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Michael Shannon, Kevin Costner, Diane Lane, Laurence Fishburne, and Russell Crowe
Superman & Lois, the 2021–2024 TV series developed by Greg Berlanti and Todd Helbing, and starring Tyler Hoechlin and Elizabeth Tulloch
My Adventures with Superman, the 2023–present animated series developed by Jake Wyatt, Brendan Clougher, and Josie Campbell, and starring Jack Quaid, Alice Lee, and Ishmel Sahid
Superman, the 2025 movie written and Directed by James Gunn, starring David Corenswet, Rachel Brosnahan, and Nicholas Hoult
Footnotes:
Superman: Birthright, the 2003–2004 comic series written by Mark Waid and illustrated by Leinil Francis Yu and Gerry Alanguilan
Superman: Secret Identity, the 2004 comic series written by Kurt Busiek and illustrated by Stuart Immonen
Peggy Lee singing "You've Got Possibilities"
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