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Today Maggie and Corey are joined by Jordan Rannells of the Long Expected Soundscape, to discuss audio and musical adaptation.

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Having planned the outline of Season 7, it is now time to think in a little more detail about the last quarter of the season: the Battle itself.

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Today Maggie and Corey return to Tolkien in order to begin looking more carefully at the act of translation being done in the process of the conversion from book to film.

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Maggie and Corey make a brief return to Arrakis this evening, joined once more by our resident Dune experts, Dom Nardi and Trevor Brierly

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Happy Gondorian New Year! Corey and Maggie celebrate the day with a discussion of their discussion of the adaptation of the Prologue to the Lord of the Rings.

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Maggie and Corey turn from Arrakis and return to their Children's Lit Adaptation sub-theme with Peter Pan.

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It's time to outline Season 7! Let's make a plan.

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Tonight the SilmFilm Team tackles various minor characters and subplots, ironing out the final details of the Season 7 story.

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Join Maggie and Corey for analysis of the recently released Dune 2, one of the most remarkable adaptations in years.

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Tonight we finish the general plot discussions with a consideration of the dwarf and villain plot lines in Season 7. Next stop, episode outline!

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Corey and Maggie head to the Hundred Acre Wood for an Openings discussion about a Bear of Very Little Brain.

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Today, a case study of a modulation adaptation: Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland (2010), following up on last week's Alice discussion.

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Maggie and Corey return to our Openings series for a consideration of Alice in Wonderland.

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Maggie and Corey continue the Openings series to discuss Dune, including the 1984 and 2021 adaptations.

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Tonight, the SilmFilm team continues its big-picture planning discussions, considering the Union of Maedhros.

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Maggie and Corey continue in the holiday spirit with a close analysis of the Moment of Change in the Christmas Carol.

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It's the holidays! Maggie and Corey revisit the Christmas Carol as part of their Openings series.

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The SilmFilm team begins working through the primary plot elements of the season, beginning with the primary character: Hurin Thalion.

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Tonight we decide on the subject of the Frame story for Season 7.

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Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Friendly Discussion of Tolkien Adaptation
Today the Openings Series gets seasonal as Maggie and Corey discuss adaptations of How the Grinch Stole Christmas.

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