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  • Data Outta Compton! (War of the Worlds 2025)

    Data Outta Compton! (War of the Worlds 2025)
    Oct 18 2025
    Double-dipping this month, covering a couple of previously covered books that got new adaptations. First up, the absolutely delightful nonsense that is The War of the Worlds, starring Ice Cube.
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    43 Min.
  • Assistant *to* the Regional Major (The Long Walk, by Stephen King)

    Assistant *to* the Regional Major (The Long Walk, by Stephen King)
    Sep 27 2025
    Seth was under the weather after returning from doing the Cotswold Way hike in England, so to protect the other guys from germs, this was recorded on his backyard patio, so please forgive the neighbor dog’s squeaky toy accompaniment. Rankings! Colin: movie/book James: book/movie Seth: movie/book Post-credits scenes for this episode include some discussion of … Continue reading Assistant *to* the Regional Major (The Long Walk, by Stephen King) →
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    1 Std. und 6 Min.
  • “Supertoys Last all Summer Long,” by Brian Aldiss (A.I. Artificial Intelligence)

    “Supertoys Last all Summer Long,” by Brian Aldiss (A.I. Artificial Intelligence)
    Aug 30 2025
    Wrapping up (for now) the informal Robot series we’ve been doing, we discuss Brian Aldiss’s short story “Supertoys Last All Summer Long,” adapted (loosely) to A.I. Artificial Intelligence. Rankings! Colin/James/Seth: Film Short Story Notes: https://brianaldiss.co.uk/writing/story-collections/collections-r-z/supertoys-last-all-summer-long/
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    51 Min.
  • Murderbot (S1:E7-10) “We can rank about it.”

    Murderbot (S1:E7-10) “We can rank about it.”
    Jul 26 2025
    We discuss the final four episodes of Season One of Murderbot, then discuss the season as a whole, and then have a long post-script about what project to undertake after we cover one more robot story. (Hint: both possibilities begin with the letter S.)
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    45 Min.
  • Murderbot (S1:E3-6) “I wanted elliptical travel!”

    Murderbot (S1:E3-6) “I wanted elliptical travel!”
    Jun 21 2025
    Our continuing coverage of Murderbot, er, continues. We spend a bit of time discussing the pacing of the series. What do you think?
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    30 Min.
  • Murderbot (S1:E1-2)

    Murderbot (S1:E1-2)
    May 21 2025
    We’re doing a Murderbot series! We reacted to the trailer, and now we’re covering the first two episodes. We’ll do at least two more of these to cover the full season. If you’re listening on the website because your podcast player feed has gone dead, please update it to the RSS feed below: https://pavementpodcast.com/feed/podcast/tmtyr/
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    34 Min.
  • Murderbot Trailer discussion/reaction

    Murderbot Trailer discussion/reaction
    May 5 2025
    We recorded some quick thoughts that ironically take a while to get to about the Murderbot trailer and what we hope to see in the series. Happy May the Fourth! Murderbot is a droid, so it’s clearly canon.
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    15 Min.
  • TMTYR: The Wild Robot, by Peter Brown (feat. Peter Kuskie)

    TMTYR: The Wild Robot, by Peter Brown (feat. Peter Kuskie)
    Apr 29 2025
    We got to go see The Wild Robot at our local SF Film Festival, so we figured it was high time we covered this terrific movie, and we were joined by Colin’s elder son, Peter. Rankings: Peter/Colin/James/Seth: Movie/Book
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    44 Min.