The minds behind Boilerplate - Paul Guinan and Anina Bennett - join David Walker to talk about their dive into Science-Fiction's primordial ooze, and how they splashed around in it to create their latest, "Frank Reade," built out of old dime-store novels that were steampunk before people started taping gears to their jackets. Topics include - how historical context is necessary to appreciate some of the classics, and how even a slight change of perspective can add a whole hell of a lot of depth - Star Trek, Doctor Who, and Halloween get brought up as good (and bad) examples, as do The Lone Ranger and the works of Jules Verne. Paul and Anina also detail their adventures in Hollywood after JJ Abrams got the rights to make a Boilerplate movie, and talk about the pains and joys of adaptation.
