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Every episode we take a film adaptation and see how it stacks up against the original material.
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s02e02 John Dies at The End
Episode 2 and it's David Wong cult sleeper hit. How successful could this be given that it's webserial adapted to a novel adapted to a film?
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s02e01 The Lord of the Rings
Back to the source is back (to the source)!
To kick off series two we're tackling Tolkien's tome and Jackson's jackpot. Mike and Thom take a freewheeling discussion through the middle earth and it's cinematic outings. -
Back to the Source, Extra!
In the second of our "In Person" recordings Thom and Mike go Back to the Source on.... Back to the Source!
In an unashamedly self indulgent episode we pick our way through our own personal legend to find out where it all went so right. -
009 High Fidelity
After another brief hiatus Back to the Source is back!
This week Thom and Mike are flicking through the pages of Nick Hornby's break-up masterpiece and asking whether Stephen Frears' cover version lives up to the original. -
008 Rambo, First Blood
This week it's back to the source, with a difference! Thom and Mike are actually together in person!
Rambo may not be you're first thought for an adaptation review but hey! They is actually a novel under there somewhere, join us in a manhunt through the woods as we search for character developments and metaphor.
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007 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Let us take you by the hand and lead you through the pages of John Le Carre's seminal spy novel, we'll show you something to make you change your mind about Tomas Alfredson's 2011 adaptation.
We have to apologise in advance for the background noise on this, Thom is a fidget and can clearly be heard shuffling cards throughout a lot of this episode.
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