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Post by kfbate on Sept 12, 2016 20:29:54 GMT
As a massive fan, after reading the original Eagle comics that my father kept, and later I sold (idiot, idiot that I am, but hind-insight is a wonderful thing). Then again as a young kid buying the re-release of Eagle and then the various comic books launched etc. This is a definite for me. I heard the soundcloud sample and I think that this will be a cracking addition, and sort of takes the pain out of the loss of the beloved Avengers Lost stories. Hoping for good things, and, lets face it I think B7 have always done a decent job on the Blake Seven stuff, so for me a no brainier. I am a getting excited over this way more than I should.
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Post by Timelord007 on Sept 12, 2016 22:16:53 GMT
I'm 50/50 whether yo get these or not, are B7 as high quality productions as Big Finish? They are in the same area, if not quite the same league more radio 4 than BF if you can afford to lose a tenner maybe you should wait & see what others think, for me though it will be nice to have a lighter take on sci fi for a change. I ordered at about 1am! Also so I do like to support new ranges & take the risk....8/10 times I am not dissapointed for me it can't be any worse than bafflegabs bakers end, that just left me cold and thinking WTF. Yeah good idea, I'll wait to hear what other listeners think before deciding. Besides i just pre-ordered the final 4 monthly range Doctor Who audios.
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Post by ljwilson on Sept 13, 2016 18:31:51 GMT
This sounds great, but I'm a pit peeved that I missed the Dan Dare Day offer.
I'll still order it though nearer release date, but no idea why vol 1 is cheaper by a fiver than vol 2.
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Post by Audio Watchdog on Sept 14, 2016 1:11:02 GMT
So kind of Flash Gordon or Buck Rogers in tone?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 14, 2016 1:42:53 GMT
So kind of Flash Gordon or Buck Rogers in tone? Kinda, but Dan is not even remotely a jock or a cowboy - he's a gentleman. He's also quite surprisingly non-violent a lot of the time and tries to find "a better way". In tone, he's more Biggles than Flash Gordon or Buck Rogers. So tone wise expect more stiff upper lip than adventurer. 2000AD's Dan is different and much more - unsurprisingly - dystopian and bleak but these being based on the early Eagle adventures means they're not going to be like that really. Tat Wood mentions in the About Time books that a tv series of Dan Dare was mooted in the 80s with Simon Williams playing the role and that sums up the chracter really - very much a Simon Williams type. Take a bit of his Chunky Gilmore from Who/Counter Measures, a dash of his James Bellamy from Upstairs Downstairs and a splash of the aforementioned Biggles, maybe a pinch of David Niven in A Matter Of Life And Death....send the mix into space and you've got Dan Dare pretty much. There's a fan-made motion comic of Voyage To Venus and I'd recommend that to see if the tone suits, even just skipping through a couple of scenes. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSCC31pTbJk
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Post by Sir Wearer of Hats on Sept 14, 2016 9:25:14 GMT
I'm 50/50 whether yo get these or not, are B7 as high quality productions as Big Finish? In many ways, B7E is an offshoot of BF, lots of cross contamination of creatives.
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Post by anothermanicmondas on Sept 17, 2016 11:46:45 GMT
I'm wondering if there is any chance the pre-Big Finish short Dan Dare audio (starring David Banks and Colin Baker with Nick Briggs as the Mekon) will ever surface anywhere...
Noticed the credits of volume 2. Probably a mistake - though it could be a statement that the writers are the real stars...
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Post by barnabaslives on Sept 21, 2016 13:28:45 GMT
It really was fiendishly clever of Big Finish to find a series that goes right before Dark Shadows alphabetically, so that I couldn't possibly ignore it on the ranges page. They really do work hard at assuring my poverty. :-)
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Post by mark687 on Oct 3, 2016 11:28:00 GMT
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Post by mark687 on Oct 29, 2016 10:58:26 GMT
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Post by coffeeaddict on Oct 29, 2016 18:19:14 GMT
It seems that this link has been removed.
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Post by mark687 on Oct 29, 2016 18:37:50 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2016 18:46:53 GMT
That link works for me and I am in Canada, so it is not a regional problem, now I just think that it was a broken link.
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Post by Audio Watchdog on Oct 29, 2016 19:35:46 GMT
Kind of Dvorak meets James Horner.
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Post by coffeeaddict on Oct 31, 2016 12:39:50 GMT
That link works for me and I am in Canada, so it is not a regional problem, now I just think that it was a broken link. Pretty sure it was a broken link - if you look the first one shows "user" the second "b7media"
Nice theme.
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Post by mark687 on Nov 3, 2016 22:12:13 GMT
The Official Dan Dare Audio Twitter confirms this will be released Monday 5th December twitter.com/SpaceshipAwayRegards mark687
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Post by mark687 on Nov 20, 2016 14:57:18 GMT
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Post by elkawho on Nov 20, 2016 15:08:00 GMT
I wasn't sure about this audio since I don't know anything about it, so I'm glad that they are serializing and part of it in the podcast. I have to say I really liked the little that I heard and I'm that much closer to ordering it.
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Post by omega on Nov 27, 2016 6:06:01 GMT
TBR December 2016Synopsis Three audio adventures based on the Eagle comic strip “Dan Dare” created by Rev. Marcus Morris, written and drawn by Frank HampsonEpisode 1 - Voyage to Venus by Richard Kurti and Bev Doyle Brilliant test pilot, Dan Dare, is chosen to fly the Anastasia - a new experimental spacecraft – on its maiden voyage to Venus. This isn’t exploration - it is to make first contact with a mysterious civilisation that has sent technological secrets as a goodwill gesture. However, what Dan, Digby and Professor Peabody find on Venus isn’t goodwill, but a terrifyingly intelligent, cold-hearted ruler, the Mekon. A creature destined to become Dan Dare’s nemesis – and Earth’s greatest threat… Episode 2 - The Red Moon Mystery by James Swallow Unable to return to Earth, Dan Dare and the crew of the Anastasia head to the desolate planet Mars, where Dan's estranged Uncle Ivor is part of a research team working on a top-secret archaeological dig; but when they find the base wrecked and the scientists missing, Dare, Digby and Professor Peabody soon discover that the Red Planet is not nearly as dead as everyone thought and that Ivor’s expedition has woken an army of deadly insect-creatures that threaten to swarm and engulf the Earth… Dare must stop the aliens, but can he really resort to genocide in order to save the human race? Episode 3 - Marooned on Mercury by Marc Platt When a distress call summons the crew of the Anastasia to the burning wilderness of Mercury, they are reunited with their old ally, Sondar. He tells them of the beleaguered Mercurians who are held in thrall to a cruel new taskmaster - the Mekon! The exiled Mekon is rallying his forces, plotting a desperate revenge against his former homeworld of Venus and his hated enemy, Colonel Dan Dare! A fourth disc, entitled New Worlds, presents music by Imran Ahmad from Dan Dare and a variety of other B7Media productions.Written By: Richard Kurti, Bev Doyle, James Swallow, Marc Platt Directed By: Andrew Mark Sewell CASTEd Stoppard (Dan Dare), Geoff McGivern (Digby), Heida Reed (Professor Peabody), Michael Cochrane (Sir Hubert), Raad Rawi (The Mekon) Bijan Daneshmand (Sondar), Amber Aga (Treen General), David O’Mahony (Flight Engineer), Kelly Burke (Flight Control/Ergulux), Dianne Weller (Onboard Computer), Hugh Fraser (Ivor Dare), Jake Maskall (Sergeant Scott), Jalleh Alizadeh (Corporal Dajani), Alistair Lock (Crewman Galloway/ Treen Captain), Greg Keith (Doctor Harlan Stoll), Diane Spencer (Teacher), Ryan Sewell (Flamer Spry), Nicholas Briggs (Garlock)
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Post by mark687 on Nov 27, 2016 12:14:44 GMT
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