Synopsis
Welcome to Medium Shift, the podcast that investigates how stories stack up from medium to medium through the adaptation process.
Episodes
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Minishift: Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
29/12/2019 Duration: 15minOf course the very first Star Wars (but definitely not the last) property we're to dive into has to be the sequel to one of the most controversial films of this decade. Send us your force and prayers as we tackle the supposed end to the Skywalker saga in Return of the Abrams.
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Superman Returns (2006)
26/12/2019 Duration: 58minLook, up in the sky! Is it a bird? A plane? A tired opening joke? No its just Chris and Ev soaring away from this snoozefest and into our next ongoing episode series we have titled 'Routhathon' for obvious reasons. Random Recommendations Chris: All-Star Superman Ev: Chuck Feel free to email us at mediumshift@gmail.com. iTunes: https://apple.co/2V1JAIX Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2YqDMuqGoogle Podcast: https://bit.ly/2Yw2J7IStitcher: https://bit.ly/2UgpEVl Spreaker: https://bit.ly/2OuBCWh Podbean: https://bit.ly/2OuBOot
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Batman: The Enemy Within (2017)
12/12/2019 Duration: 45minThis episode Chris and Ev continue to 'Be the Batman' as they desperately try to stop the Joker from becoming the Joker. I think we all know how this ends. Random Recommendations Chris: Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight vol. 2 Ev: Pokemon: Let's Go Pikachu Feel free to email us at mediumshift@gmail.com. iTunes: https://apple.co/2V1JAIX Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2YqDMuqGoogle Podcast: https://bit.ly/2Yw2J7IStitcher: https://bit.ly/2UgpEVl Spreaker: https://bit.ly/2OuBCWh Podbean: https://bit.ly/2OuBOot
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Batman: The Telltale Series (2016)
28/11/2019 Duration: 41minThis episode Chris and Ev 'Be the Batman' (trademarked Rocksteady) as they enter Gotham to take on its most notorious criminal: those super fast timers at the bottom of the screen that force you to make a decision. Never have we come across a foe so dastardly. Oh, we talk about our first Telltale game and interactive narrative too. Random Recommendations Chris: Batman vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Ev: My Babysitter's a Vampire. Feel free to email us at mediumshift@gmail.com. iTunes: https://apple.co/2V1JAIX Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2YqDMuqGoogle Podcast: https://bit.ly/2Yw2J7IStitcher: https://bit.ly/2UgpEVl Spreaker: https://bit.ly/2OuBCWh Podbean: https://bit.ly/2OuBOot
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Eddie The Eagle (2016)
14/11/2019 Duration: 40minLike a majestic bird, Chris and Ev soar through the sky and brave the bitter cold. Don't worry, it's not The Angry Birds Movie 2 again, it's Eddie The Eagle (2016). Join us as we unpack the film adaptation of the media circus and TV legend that was Michael Edwards. Random Recommendations Chris: I Am Mother. Ev: Quick Question With Soren And Daniel. Feel free to email us at mediumshift@gmail.com. iTunes: https://apple.co/2V1JAIX Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2YqDMuqGoogle Podcast: https://bit.ly/2Yw2J7IStitcher: https://bit.ly/2UgpEVl Spreaker: https://bit.ly/2OuBCWh Podbean: https://bit.ly/2OuBOot
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Assassin's Creed (2016)
31/10/2019 Duration: 44minThis episode Chris and Ev explore the memories of our ancestors who lived before the scourge of video game adaptations before begrudgingly dive into the alternate history of the Assassin's Creed film. Nothing is true, everything is dull and the mysterious relic of a 'good video game movie' continues to be lost to time. Random Recommendations Chris: Snowtown. Ev: Blue-Tongue Films. Feel free to email us at mediumshift@gmail.com. iTunes: https://apple.co/2V1JAIX Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2YqDMuqGoogle Podcast: https://bit.ly/2Yw2J7IStitcher: https://bit.ly/2UgpEVl Spreaker: https://bit.ly/2OuBCWh Podbean: https://bit.ly/2OuBOot
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The Crucible (1996)
17/10/2019 Duration: 37minIn preparation for The Crucible (1996), Chris and Ev attempt to build a recording studio from the ground up. When that inevitably fails, they decide to just do what they always do, and see how a 1996 movie adapts a 1953 play about a 1692 event. So joins us, because afterwards we are heading to Cody Shuck's house for after-play sprite and chips at the Crucible cast party. Random Recommendations Chris: The Maltese Falcon. Ev: TISM. Feel free to email us at mediumshift@gmail.com. iTunes: https://apple.co/2V1JAIX Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2YqDMuqGoogle Podcast: https://bit.ly/2Yw2J7IStitcher: https://bit.ly/2UgpEVl Spreaker: https://bit.ly/2OuBCWh Podbean: https://bit.ly/2OuBOot
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Minishift: Joker (2019)
07/10/2019 Duration: 28minYou want to know how we got these scars? Listen and find out what scars Joker (2019) has given Chris and Ev. Is this the greatest, most prestigious movie DC has made since The Dark Knight, or is it a pretentious, unintelligent wank of a film? All we know is that, we live in a society. And so does this film...
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Let Me In (2010)
03/10/2019 Duration: 50minChris and Ev find out these vampires definitely don't suck (blood or otherwise) when they plunge a stake into the metaphorical heart of Let Me In and its filmic/novel origins. Random Recommendations Chris: What We Do in the Shadows. Ev: Daybreakers. Feel free to email us at mediumshift@gmail.com. iTunes: https://apple.co/2V1JAIX Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2YqDMuqGoogle Podcast: https://bit.ly/2Yw2J7IStitcher: https://bit.ly/2UgpEVl Spreaker: https://bit.ly/2OuBCWh Podbean: https://bit.ly/2OuBOot
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Bonus: Arrow (2012) Part 3 Do It Differently
02/10/2019 Duration: 21minWelcome to Ev's Pitching Power Hour Number 2! Because it was too long to fit in the main episode, Chris and Ev have decided to release the Do It Differently for Arrow (2012) Part 3 as a special bonus episode, again. You'd really think we'd learn after the first time. Feel free to email us at mediumshift@gmail.com. iTunes: https://apple.co/2V1JAIX Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2YqDMuqGoogle Podcast: https://bit.ly/2Yw2J7IStitcher: https://bit.ly/2UgpEVl Spreaker: https://bit.ly/2OuBCWh Podbean: https://bit.ly/2OuBOot
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Arrow (2012) Part 3
20/09/2019 Duration: 01h14minThe sins of Chris and Ev's past come back to haunt them as a mysterious figure ten steps ahead of them forces Chris and Ev to confront the hard truth. After the pain and hurt of season 4 of Arrow, why would they come back to season 5 and 6? For justice? For some antiquated sense of morality? Why? BECAUSE WE LIKED IT! (Welcome to Arrow Part 3) Random Recommendations Chris: Triangle Ev: Green Arrow: The Archer's Quest Feel free to email us at mediumshift@gmail.com. iTunes: https://apple.co/2V1JAIX Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2YqDMuq Google Podcast: https://bit.ly/2Yw2J7I Stitcher: https://bit.ly/2UgpEVl Spreaker: https://bit.ly/2OuBCWh Podbean: https://bit.ly/2OuBOot
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Minishift: The Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019)
13/09/2019 Duration: 24minChris and Ev spiral into an existential crisis over an inside joke that has gotten out of hand and break down the allegorical ramifications of the most anticipated sequel of 2019, The Angry Birds Movie 2. Is it about the cold war? The philosophical crisis of nuclear weapons? Are we reading into these movies to such an unhealthy extent that we have completely lost any sense of what studying a film's meaning is anymore?
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Bonus: Arrow (2012) Part 2 Do It Differently
07/09/2019 Duration: 30minWelcome to Ev's Pitching Power Hour! Because it was too long to fit in the main episode, Chris and Ev have decided to release the Do It Differently for Arrow (2012) Part 2 as a special bonus episode. Feel free to email us at mediumshift@gmail.com. iTunes: https://apple.co/2V1JAIX Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2YqDMuqGoogle Podcast: https://bit.ly/2Yw2J7IStitcher: https://bit.ly/2UgpEVl Spreaker: https://bit.ly/2OuBCWh Podbean: https://bit.ly/2OuBOot
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Arrow (2012) Part 2
06/09/2019High in the mountains of Nanda Parbat, Chris and Ev do battle in snark-to-snark combat to settle the fate of the podcast. The winner gains their freedom. The loser must face a punishment worse than death…Arrow season 3 and 4. Random Recommendations Chris: Open Your Eyes. Ev: Green Arrow: Quiver. Feel free to email us at mediumshift@gmail.com. iTunes: https://apple.co/2V1JAIX Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2YqDMuq Google Podcast: https://bit.ly/2Yw2J7I Stitcher: https://bit.ly/2UgpEVl Spreaker: https://bit.ly/2OuBCWh Podbean: https://bit.ly/2OuBOot
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Minishift: The Lion King (2019)
26/08/2019 Duration: 13minThe Lion King (2019) has been out for a while now, some might say it's been out for 25 years, and Chris has a few thoughts on the matter. Ev is just, kinda, there as well.
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Arrow (2012) Part 1
23/08/2019 Duration: 01h21minLoad your quiver, slip on your bracers, flip on your hood, and hit the city streets with Chris and Ev as they investigate the world of Arrow (2012). In part one of a three-part trilogy, we decide if season one and two did justice to Green Arrow, or if the show has FAILED...THIS...SERIES! Random Recommendations Chris: Sunset Overdrive. Ev: Green Arrow: Year One. Feel free to email us at mediumshift@gmail.com. iTunes: https://apple.co/2V1JAIX Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2YqDMuq Google Podcast: https://bit.ly/2Yw2J7I Stitcher: https://bit.ly/2UgpEVl Spreaker: https://bit.ly/2OuBCWh Podbean: https://bit.ly/2OuBOot
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The Angry Birds Movie (2016)
08/08/2019 Duration: 34minThis episode Chris and Ev meditate on the nature of allegory, colonisation, franchise expansion and adult innuendos all from the unlikeliest of sources - The Angry Birds Movie. Help us. Random Recommendations Chris: The Lego Movie. Ev: Mortal Engines. Feel free to email us at mediumshift@gmail.com. iTunes: https://apple.co/2V1JAIX Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2YqDMuqGoogle Podcast: https://bit.ly/2Yw2J7IStitcher: https://bit.ly/2UgpEVl Spreaker: https://bit.ly/2OuBCWh Podbean: https://bit.ly/2OuBOot
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You Might be the Killer (2018)
25/07/2019 Duration: 34minThis episode we ask the question 'are we the baddies?' when we talk about the most recent and one of the most interesting adaptations thus far on Medium Shift, a film adapted from a twitter conversation. No, not the Rihanna bank heist one. Random Recommendations Chris: Rosemary's Baby. Ev: Tucker and Dale vs Evil. Feel free to email us at mediumshift@gmail.com. iTunes: https://apple.co/2V1JAIX Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2YqDMuqGoogle Podcast: https://bit.ly/2Yw2J7IStitcher: https://bit.ly/2UgpEVl Spreaker: https://bit.ly/2OuBCWh Podbean: https://bit.ly/2OuBOot
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The Italian Job (2003)
11/07/2019 Duration: 36minTravel the world, from England to Italy to America, with Chris and Ev as they blow the bloody doors off of The Italian Job (2003). Random Recommendations: Chris: Logan Lucky Ev: Vicious Feel free to email us at mediumshift@gmail.com. iTunes: https://apple.co/2V1JAIX Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2YqDMuqGoogle Podcast: https://bit.ly/2Yw2J7IStitcher: https://bit.ly/2UgpEVl Spreaker: https://bit.ly/2OuBCWh Podbean: https://bit.ly/2OuBOot
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Minishift: Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)
08/07/2019 Duration: 13minSpider-Man v. Fake News has swung into theatres and Chris (&) Evans gives it the once over before stopping to admire Jake Gyllenhaal's face.