05 - "'Impossible Dreams" (2007)

Originally recorded June 20, 2023

Back in my day you had to go to a store, in person, to pick up a DVD or VHS tape if you wanted to watch a specific movie at home. Ok, Sam and Jack aren't that old but they do remember when Netflix delivered discs in the mail. Tim Pratt writes about the old magic of browsing the shelves at the local video rental store in the 2007 Hugo Short Story winner "Impossible Dreams", and how stories on screen enrapture us just as much as those in text. Romance ensues.

Mentioned in this episode:

Superman Lives script (written by Kevin Smith!) and some more behind the scenes info

Quick read on how indie bookstores have survived corporation and digitization

An Oral History of Kingdom of the Sun (not Empire) and Yzma's song "Snuff Out The Light"

Short Film adaption by Shir Comay

Recommendations:

Ready Player One directed by Steven Spielberg

Your Name directed by Makoto Shinkai

I Met a Traveler in an Antique Land by Connie Willis

F for Fake directed by Orson Welles

Next Episode: 2003’s “Falling Onto Mars” by Geoffrey A. Landis

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