you can love a character and still admit when they're wrong. we love Shadow but we can acknowledge his flaws (he has none) and we can hold him accountable for his wrongdoings (he has never done anything wrong in his life) and call him out on his actions (which are always correct)

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This was a BLAST. @hsblechman.bsky.social and Overbye talk the philosophy underlying Hannah's #1 movie. It's a good day to listen.

Video game novelizations season is already being recorded. This is in it :)

I'm back on @authorizedpod.bsky.social talking about Phillip Rock's pretty excellent adaptation of Don Siegel's DIRTY HARRY. It's the @hsblechman.bsky.social season, for which all of you punks should feel lucky. open.spotify.com/episode/66ZzK0… artwork by Tony Stella

The thing about John Jakes is, this book is probably deeply profound.

OUT NOW! @patrickcotnoir.bsky.social joins to discuss K.J. Anderson's The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen! Overbye makes him and Hannah explain nine different monster continuities. Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

Ooooo! @authorizedpod.bsky.social is covering the Ladyhawke novelization in their newest episode! I’ve wanted to read this one for YEARSSSSSSSSS Can’t wait to check it out.

New Episode! Zoomed Out: SFF Novelizations (@authorizedpod.bsky.social), with Andrew and Hannah from Authorized! hugospodcast.com/podcast/zoom...

OUT NOW! Natalie Garret joins to discuss the Tertiary Tome Superman: Welcome to Metropolis, as well as the new movie! Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

Outstanding episode. And Bilge pulling out Raoul Walsh playing John Wilkes Booth in BIRTH OF A NATION was high five-worthy. Wondering if Hannah would have accepted Jason Schwartzman.

OUT NOW! @davidlsims.bsky.social returns to discuss the novelization of Russell Mulcahy's The Shadow! Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

OUT NOW! @bilgeebiri.bsky.social returns to discuss the novelization of Wyatt Earp! The movie is bleh, the book is bleh, but put 'em together and you have something kind of okay. Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

"It's a good [summer] to die."

Oh hey huge Hannah Blechman and @authorizedpod.bsky.social mention on the Blank Check Patreon. Neat!

Did you watch Ritchie Rich a lot as a kid too? Tune in to our episode with @authorizedpod.bsky.social where we discuss non-transactional relationships and FILM NOVELIZATIONS wutttt ⬇️

OUT NOW! @cowspod.com joins to discuss the novelization of Richie Rich! Hannah goes gaga over John Larroquette, and we discuss Richie foe Timmy Time, the time-traveling Timmy. Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

OUT NOW! Gus Spelman returns to discuss Kate Coscarelli's novelization of Phantasm! Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

OUT NOW! This Willow re-release has a NEW GAME! Jump to the last 20 minutes to check it out. Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

OUT NOW! We discuss Mission Impossible 8 because we feel like it. Then, we pitch crimes to Hannah! Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

This was a blast and I hereby vow not to steal Overbye’s idea. 😂

OUT NOW! @markstay.bsky.social returns to discuss Season 2 of Andor! And Overbye has some strong thoughts about what the next Star Wars TV show should be. Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

The Game "Would Alan Dean Foster Approve of this Science?" from our episode on his memoir with @patrickhwillems.bsky.social and @thelastmachine.bsky.social ! Can you tell if ADF would be down with this silliness? Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

Not gonna lie, I think Alan Dean Foster is a TOTAL BOSS for being this bad at writing, but this smug about his talents. I wish I had the confidence of a mediocre novelization writer.

The audio in the game was slightly unsynced. It is fixed now, so a redownload should give you the good version.

I read one of the most annoying books I’ve ever read and then screamed about it for three hours please listen

OUT NOW! The world's most famous novelization author wrote a memoir. @thelastmachine.bsky.social and @patrickhwillems.bsky.social join to dissect Alan Dean Foster's treatise on adaptations. Hannah loses her mind. Listen: shorturl.at/j15hf

So happy to bring the trilogy to a close with these fine folks! Such a pleasure to interview Tim Waggoner! Go listen, go now!!

OUT NOW! @billbria.bsky.social returns to discuss the novelization of MaXXXine. Then we interview the author of the X trilogy, @timwaggoner.bsky.social ! Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

I had a ball going on Authorized again, this time talking about a very fun "Choose Your Own Adventure" knock-off featuring James Bond! You're definitely going to wanna check this one out, I tell a story of crossing paths with R.L. Stine during WHM's early days—great talk, do it up!

OUT NOW! @jupinwhm.bsky.social returns to discuss R.L. Stine's James Bond Book- Win , Place or Die? Can you discover what's going on with Max Zorin's horses? To get to the bottom of it, you just might have to join the race. Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

I read a book!

OUT NOW! @screendrafts.bsky.social 's @claykeller.bsky.social guests alongside @daveschilling.bsky.social to discuss James Bond in Barracuda Run! Can Max Zorin steal the Barracuda Submarine? Or Will James Bond (you) do something about it? Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

OUT NOW! It's our first multipath James Bond book, Strike it Deadly! Can Bond discover what evil industrialist Max Zorin is up to with those dang microchips? We find our fate. Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

Starting tomorrow! We tackle the four Choose Your Own Adventure-style books based on A View to A Kill! With @claykeller.bsky.social , @daveschilling.bsky.social , and @jupinwhm.bsky.social

OUT NOW! Kris Sundet returns to discuss the very meh novelization of Lightyear. Most importantly, though: Why does this movie suck? Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

OUT NOW! Kris Sundet returns to discuss N64 game Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue! It's fun and also infuriating. There's an evil Woody! Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

The Game "Dog Island or Real Real Big Trucks?" from our Toy Story 2 episode, OUT NOW! Listen: spoti.fi/3kqLTDX

OUT NOW! We read one of the most ass-awful novelizations we've encountered yet, Toy Story 2! We liked the Buzz Lightyear video game MUCH more! Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

The game Who Is Stronger? from our Over the Top episode with Maura Kidwell, OUT NOW! Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

OUT NOW! Maura Kidwell spun the wheel and got Trucking / Arm Wrestling family drama Over the Top. A cool book that takes heaps of license. Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

The game "Clone Wars, or Clone Peace?" from our episode on the Snow Queen. Did these clones get along, or were they mortal enemies? Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

OUT NOW! We repay Joan D. Vinge by reading one of her original novels, The Snow Queen! It's a vibrant book packed to the gills with lore. It's the longest episode of Authorized ever, and not even about a novelization. Whoops! Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

it must feel so good to get captured as a spy and you can finally stop speaking perfect english and return to your native broken, heavily accented english

On today's 2nd Edition, we revisit Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon A Time in Hollywood. A book that @hsblechman.bsky.social maintains is not a novelization at all, but a Tertiary Tome. Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

The game "Commando, or Everymando?" from our Predator episode with @mattbors.bsky.social . Was this Arnold character a government stooge, or a civilian? Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

OUT NOW! @mattbors.bsky.social s returns to discuss Paul Monette's novelization of Predator! An inventive, exciting, and hateful text in equal measure. Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

Back at my podcast away from home with the Authorized pals to talk about REBEL MOON: THE SCARGIVER and/or THE CURSE OF FORGIVENESS and its novelization. NOTE: the REBEL MOON action figures I mention in the episode have dropped EVEN FURTHER in price since we recorded!

OUT NOW! @rockmarooned.bsky.social returns to discuss Rebel Moon Part 2's novelization! It's a hyper-violent, pornographic adaptation of the dreadful director's cut. And it barely has any Cary Elwes. Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

I had an absolute blast talking about #SurfNinjas on @authorizedpod.bsky.social! Kwantzu, dudes!