146. Mean Girls

Get in losers, we’re watching Mean Girls! Joining Jeremy for the discussion in Episode 146 of Adapt or Perish is Rosey Mongeau, cohost of the very good podcast Really Important Fictional Things!

In this episode, we discuss:

• Rosalind Wiseman’s original 2002 self-help book Queen Bees and Wannabes
• Mean Girls, the 2004 movie directed by Mark Waters, written by Tina Fey, and starring Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, Lacey Chabert, Amanda Seyfried, Tina Fey, Tim Meadows, Lizzy Caplan, and Daniel Franzese
• Mean Girls, the 2018 musical with book by Tina Fey, music by Jeff Richmond, and lyrics by Nell Benjamin
• Mean Girls, the 2024 movie musical directed by Samantha Jayne and Arturo Perez Jr., written by Tina Fey, and starring Angourie Rice, Reneé Rapp, Auli’i Cravalho, Jaquel Spivey, Avantika, Bebe Wood, Christopher Briney, Jenna Fischer, Busy Philipps, Tina Fey, and Tim Meadows

Footnotes:

• Really Important Fictional Things (and the show’s Instagram)
• Really Important Fictional Things, March 30, 2023: “Champing at the Bit to Narc (School of Rock)”

145. I Really Think This Kind of Thing Should Be a Countdown

It's time for another Adapt or Perish Mini! In this episode, you’ll get a chance to meet Alex, our show’s official research assistant!

144. The Legacy of Seven Samurai

In Episode 144 of Adapt or Perish, Jeremy and Ian are not only going right back to Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai, they’re talking about its legacy with Alex, the show’s official Research Assistant!

(Note: Make sure to listen to Ep. 142: The Magnificent Seven to hear Jeremy and Ian discuss Seven Samurai in more detail!)

In this episode, we discuss:

• Seven Samurai, the 1954 movie directed by Akira Kurosawa, written by Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, and Hideo Oguni, and starring Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, and Isao Kimura
• Battle Beyond the Stars, the 1980 movie directed by Jimmy T. Murakami, written by John Sayles, and starring Richard Thomas, Robert Vaughn, George Peppard, and Sybil Danning
• ¡Three Amigos!, the 1986 movie directed by John Landis, written by Steve Martin, Lorne Michaels, and Randy Newman, and starring Martin, Chevy Chase, and Martin Short
• A Bug’s Life, the 1998 movie directed by John Lasseter, written by Andrew Stanton, Donald McEnery, and Bob Shaw, and starring Dave Foley, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, David Hyde Pierce, Joe Ranft, and Richard Kind
• Samurai 7, the 2004 anime series directed by Toshifumi Takizawa and written by Atsuhiro Tomioka
• “Bounty Hunters”, the 2010 episode of The Clone Wars directed by Steward Lee (under supervising director Dave Filoni), written by Carl Ellsworth, and starring Matt Lanter, James Arnold Taylor, and Ashley Eckstein
• Rebel Moon Part One: A Child of Fire and Rebel Moon Part Two: The Scargiver, the 2023 and 2024 movies directed by Zack Snyder, written by Snyder, Kurt Johnstad, and Shay Hatten, and starring Sofia Boutella, Djimon Hounsou, Ed Skrein, Michiel Huisman, and Charlie Hunnam

Footnotes:

• Adapt or Perish Ep. 8: Fun Home
• Adapt or Perish Ep. 106: Treasure Island
• When the Wind Blows (1986)
• You can follow Alex on Letterboxd or hear them appear on Pulp Friction