The Book Was Better Podcast: Teaser for Episode 18!

It's a brand new 15 minute microcast of The Book Was Better podcast where Jessica and I rant and rave about all sorts of trivial stuff, and reveal which book you should bone up on next! Or in Jessica's words:

"You sent us packages! You emailed us! You live-tweeted your first viewing of Jurassic Park! We love you. Listen to our teaser episode and find out the terrible film (and book) we're going to stoically endure for your pleasure."

Grab it right now from the official site, or from the very official iTunes!

The Book Was Better Podcast. Episode 17: Jurassic Park!

Hold onto your butts! It's a brand new episode of The Book Was Better podcast and Jessica discuss, dissect and openly mock Jurassic Park! No. Not the Crichton version. But why waste my words when I can quote Jess!

"THE BOOK OF THE MOVIE OF THE BOOK. The dinosaur is eating its own tail! But will the junior novelization get across the majestic herds of CGI creatures, the heart-pounding intensity of the action, and the understated Spielbergian brilliance of the imminent T-rex attack? No, of course not."

Grab it from the official site HERE or download it on ITUNES. And for god's sake leave a review, people!! 

The Book Was Better Podcast: Teaser for Episode 17

A quick note to let you know that our teaser for Episode 17 of The Book Was Better podcast is now live! Amid Jessica and my ramblings we let you know what movie/book to bone up on for next week, as well as which part of your body to hold on to. (A clue: Your butts). It may be the thinnest junior novelization two adults have ever had the audacity to conquer!

You can grab this 8 minute mini-episode  here or via iTunes.

The Book Was Better Podcast: Episode 16: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom!

Did you know that Jessica McLeod and I have a podcast where we discuss, debate and mock movie novelisations!? Well we do! And this one is about my favourite adventurer: Indiana Jones! It is guaranteed to give you all Indiana Jonesers boners!

Here's what Jess had to say:

"Much like Indiana Jones and his paramour Willie Scott, Luke and Jessica yell at each other a lot in this one. But you, the listener, are their beloved Short Round, and by the end of the episode they will get married and take you back to America with them. Or Jessica will stab Luke with his own Indie action figure. Listen and find out!"

Ha ha, it's true! She nearly murders me during the recording of this one.

You can grab it on itunes or download it now from the official site!

The Book Was Better Podcast: Teaser for Episode 16

Our ten minute teaser episode for The Book Was Better podcast episode 16 is now live! Jessica and I read your mail, talk bullshit, and reveal the novel we'll be discussing next week! And it's an amazing one. So if you're feeling ADVENTUROUS, then WHIP into itunes for another SHORT ROUND of BWB!

Or grab it right now from the official site!

The Book Was Better Podcast Episode 15: Space Jam!

The 1950s had A Streetcar Named Desire. The 1960s had The Graduate. But the epoch-defining film of the 1990s has got to be SPACE JAM. This cinematic classic has a junior novelisation to match, so let Jessica and Luke whisk you away to the crazy world of 1996, when Michael Jordan quit basketball and the world wept.

Grab it from the Official Site.

The Book Was Better Podcast: Ten Minute Teaser for Episode 15!

Although Jess and I get unreasonably and inexplicably aggressive in this hi-larious 10 minute teaser episode of The Book Was Better Podcast, listen to it to hear about the incredibly insane and awesome novelisation that we'll be discussing next week! Seriously, you guys. When you find out what it is you are going to shit! Do not miss this one!

CHECK IT OUT HERE.

The Book Was Better: Stargate!

Stargate: decent 90s sci-fi flick or godawful desert slog? Whether you side with Jessica or Luke, you'll surely agree that the novelisation is a nightmare. Let us fill you in on some details that didn't make it into the movie, including molesting mastadges and a crucifixion scene!

The Book Was Better Episode 13: Mr Magorium's Wonder Emporium!

Number 13 is definitely bad luck for us as we explore the novelisation (AKA 'Magical Movie Novel') of the "charming" film Mr Magorium's Wonder Emporium. Like Dustin Hoffman, we give the performance of our lives as we reveal exactly what the phrase "Oh, flapdoodle!" means.

The Book Was Better Episode 13 TEASER!

Once again Luke and Jessica give you the bad news: you have to watch an awful film this week so you can feel their pain. Or you can just watch the trailer. But there will be a quiz at the end of the semester.

The Book Was Better Episode 12: The Smurfs

This week we tackle the pinnacle of cinematic achievement, the zenith of animated art, the high point in the fine art of substituting one word for many disparate words: The Smurfs. Smurf yourself in and get smurfy to smurf, because this smurf is smurfing smurfed!

The Book Was Better Episode 12 TEASER!

Find out what terrible, terrible movie you have to watch this week to fully appreciate the pain we went through to record episode 12 of The Book Was Better, our podcast about movie novelisations! Psst: this one's SUPER DIRTY.

The Book Was Better Episode 11: Alien

In space, no-one can hear your convoluted metaphors or pompous windbaggery. Unfortunately, this isn't space. Join us as we discuss the novelisation of the classic 1979 sci-fi film Alien, which has very little about aliens but a lot about cat psychology and space brothels.

For extra credit, you can read the novelisation in comic form, drawn by an 11-year-old who hadn't seen the movie. No, I'm serious.

The Book Was Better Podcast: Ten Minute Teaser for Episode 11!

Jessica and my podcast, Book Was Better is released every two weeks, but the good news is that we now also release a ten minute microcast in our week off! This is a chance for us to reveal what the next book is, as well as read and respond to your comments and questions.

In this week's indulgent teaser we bathe in the glory of your praise, unlock further secrets to Britney Spear's Crossroads, and reveal that Episode 11 will be a terrible novelisation of a fantastic film!

If you can spare ten minutes you can grab the episode FROM HERE!

The Book Was Better Episode Ten: Back to the Future!

WHAT IS GOING ON?!? There was an episode of BWB last week... AND NOW THERE'S ANOTHER ONE?!? Is someone messing with the space-time continuum?!? The answer is yes. We are messing with it.

Join us to discuss Luke's favourite book of all time, and find out the terrible secrets of the future that made us deliver this episode a week early!!!

Recap: Project Runway All-Stars, Episode 03

Why is this recap so late?!? It is because I'm a terrible person? Yes. Also it is very hot and my brain has melted and it's hard to do stuff. But now it's time to MAKE IT WORK!

The Book Was Better Episode Eight: Flubber!

How do write the book of a film that is 30% CGI dancing, 60% people falling over, and 10% plot? Well, first of all you make the type real big. Then you lay bare the insanity, psycho-sexual obsession, psuedo-autistic lunacy and bodily horror that is the novelisation of Flubber. Oh, the humanity!

Download it at our blog or subscribe on iTunes for free!

Recap: Project Runway All Stars, Episode 2

 

It happened again! Project Runway: All Stars continues, despite the gaping void left by Tim Gunn's absence. Luckily the fact that these are hand-picked all-stars doesn't stop them from making terrible, terrible clothes that I can make fun of.

The Book Was Better Episode Eight: Crossroads!

The Book Was Better podcast is back! Christmas, New Year, and Jessica's horrible disease have kept us from you. But no longer! We couldn't stay away from you, dear listeners, and the gem of literature that is the novelisation of Crossroads. 2012 is looking bright, but 2002 is even brighter. Let's dig up the box of our dreams and peek inside! With apologies for Jessica's lingering cough, and Luke's gross comments about Britney Spears.

Recap: Project Runway All-Stars, Episode 01

When I found out that the next season of Project Runway was going to be a) an all-stars season (no fresh talent) and b) would not feature my beloved Tim Gunn, I was pretty disappointed. But I strapped on my beaded wrist-spats and trimmed my asymmetrical hemline, and watched the first episode. And once I realised that most of the all-stars had been chosen not so much for their talent as for their personalities, I knew there would be plenty to keep me watching. 

(Note: please excuse the drawings. I have an iPad and I did these with my finger in front of the television. That is how it's going to be from now on.)