Lost in Translation 225: Remaking Reptilicus Scott Delahunt September 15, 2017 Lost in Translation It is safe to say that Reptilicus has issues. Movies don’t get featured on Mystery Science Theater 3000 if they don’t.
Lost in Translation 224: Mutant X Scott Delahunt September 8, 2017 Lost in Translation So, if Mutant X is not X-Men, what is it?
Lost in Translation 223: When is an Adaptation Not an Adaptation? Scott Delahunt September 1, 2017 Lost in Translation Ian Fleming wrote the screen treatment of the film before he wrote the novel; Thunderball is an original work in the 007 series with the novel being the adaptation.
Lost in Translation 222: Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future Scott Delahunt August 25, 2017 Lost in Translation Captain Power, for being a live-action kids show designed for a thirty minute time-slot, was ambitious.
Lost in Translation 221: The Hercules & Xena Roleplaying Game Scott Delahunt August 18, 2017 Lost in Translation The system is solid, having been refined with other games, and the writing brings out the details that drew fans into watching both Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and Xena: Warrior Princess.
Lost in Translation 220: Remaking The Black Hole Scott Delahunt August 11, 2017 Lost in Translation The Black Hole was gothic horror tucked in a science fiction shell.
Lost in Translation 219: A Second Look at The A-Team Scott Delahunt August 4, 2017 Lost in Translation The movie remake of The A-Team is a hit-and-miss affair.
Lost in Translation 218: Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Return Scott Delahunt July 28, 2017 Lost in Translation As long as the writers could find the funny for riffing, the films were added to the lineup.
Lost in Translation 217: The Bond Project – Introduction Scott Delahunt July 14, 2017 Lost in Translation Created by Ian Fleming and first published in 1953, James Bond has appeared in 57 books, including 43 by other authors, at least 29 movies, and in comics.
Lost in Translation 216: St. Trinian’s Scott Delahunt July 7, 2017 Lost in Translation St. Trinian’s updated the source while remaining true to both the cartoon strip and The Belles of St. Trinian’s.
Lost in Translation 215: Batman (1966) Scott Delahunt June 30, 2017 Lost in Translation The movie of the series is a perfect example of adapting properly.
Lost in Translation 214: The Reversal of Roles Scott Delahunt June 23, 2017 Lost in Translation For adaptations, this reversal of roles means that television is the better medium, especially for long-form works like novels.
Lost in Translation 213: Death Race Scott Delahunt June 16, 2017 Lost in Translation What happens when a film made on the cheap gets a budget? Let’s look at the Roger Corman classic, Death Race 2000.
Lost in Translation 212: Get Smart Scott Delahunt June 9, 2017 Lost in Translation Get Smart, though, was more than the gadgets. Like many good parodies, like Airplane!, the characters took the situations seriously.
Lost in Translation 211: Cortex/Cortex Plus Scott Delahunt June 2, 2017 Lost in Translation What helped Cortex be flexible enough for the range of adapted works is its simplicity.
Lost in Translation 210: Deadpool Scott Delahunt May 19, 2017 Lost in Translation Deadpool set out to correct the problems with the character in X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
Lost in Translation 209: Adapting a Character Scott Delahunt May 12, 2017 Lost in Translation With some works, though, choosing an iconic moment to tell is difficult.
Lost in Translation 208: Fixing Jem and the Holograms (2015) Scott Delahunt May 5, 2017 Lost in Translation The biggest problem the 2015 Jem had was obvious – it wasn’t the cartoon.
Lost in Translation 207: Jem and the Holograms Scott Delahunt April 28, 2017 Lost in Translation A while back, Lost in Translation reviewed the 2015 Jem and the Holograms film. Today, let’s look at the cartoon that people were expecting to be the base of that film.
Lost in Translation 206: Hanna-Barbera’s Godzilla Scott Delahunt April 21, 2017 Lost in Translation Given that Godzilla was meant for a younger Saturday morning audience, Hanna-Barbera succeeded in what they set out to do.
