1st Edition

Science Fiction Film, Television, and Adaptation Across the Screens

Edited By Jay Telotte, Gerald Duchovnay Copyright 2012
242 Pages 24 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

242 Pages 24 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

242 Pages 24 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

While film and television seem to be closely allied screen media, our feature films and television series have seldom been successfully adapted across those screens. In fact, rather than functioning as portals, those allied media often seem, quite literally, screens that filter out something that made the source work so popular in its original form. Differences in budget, running times, cast,... Read more

Introduction: Across the Screens: Adaptation, Boundaries, and Science Fiction Film and Television, J. P. Telotte  I: Cross-Screen Dynamics  1. Domesticating Space: Science Fiction Serials Come Home, Cynthia J. Miller  2. The Cinematic Zone of The Twilight Zone, J. P. Telotte  3. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: Big-Screen Spectacle and Compressed Television Images, Mary Pharr  II: Case Studies: Film to Television  4. Finding Sanctuary: Adapting Logan’s Run to Television, Gerald Duchovnay  5. Stargate SG-1 and the Visualization of the Imagination, Sherryl Vint  6. She’s Just a Girl: A Cyborg Passes in The Sarah Conner Chronicles, Lorrie Palmer III: Case Studies: Television to Film  7. Star Trek and the Birth of a Film Franchise, M. Keith Booker  8. "I want to believe the truth is out there": The X-Files and the Impossibility of Knowing, Rodney F. Hill  9. Serenity, Genre, and Cinematization, J. P. Telotte  IV: Issues in Science Fiction Adaptation  10. Doctor Who: Adaptations and Flows, Mark Bould  11. Déjà Vu All Over Again? Cowboy Bebop’s Transformation to the Big Screen, Michelle Onley Pirkle  12. Fan Films, Adaptations, and Media Literacy, Chuck Tryon  Notes on Contributors  Videography/Filmography

Biography

J. P. Telotte is a professor of literature, communication, and culture at Georgia Tech. Co-editor of the journal Post Script, he has published widely on film and television studies. His most recent books are The Mouse Machine: Disney and Technology, The Essential Science Fiction Television Reader, and Animating Space.

Gerald Duchovnay is professor of English and film at Texas A&M University-Commerce.