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Post by mark687 on May 13, 2019 21:15:45 GMT
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2019 3:32:54 GMT
Can I just say, while it took me a while to warm to the new cover layouts, I've really come to appreciate over the past year how much space it gives the cover art. It gives it a really nice sense of presence. The plot to Memories of a Tyrant sounds very nice. The cover for Emissary of the Daleks makes me wonder if we're having an upcoming close to pre- Trial Dalek story?
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Post by mark687 on May 14, 2019 17:49:17 GMT
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Post by mark687 on May 15, 2019 10:45:00 GMT
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Post by axelotl38 on May 15, 2019 15:30:11 GMT
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Post by mark687 on May 15, 2019 18:48:49 GMT
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Post by pawntake on May 16, 2019 6:18:51 GMT
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Post by dangerwillrobinson on May 16, 2019 9:36:50 GMT
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Post by antartiks on May 16, 2019 10:07:18 GMT
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Post by agentten on May 16, 2019 10:35:47 GMT
We have all manner of exciting releases this summer and it's delightful that the start of them has commenced. So many of them I've been looking forward to for months upon months and I can't wait to hear them all!
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Post by mark687 on May 16, 2019 11:28:22 GMT
Delayed Releases
CC 1st Doc Vol 3 now due September 2019
B7 Restoration Part 2 now due November 2019
The Prisoner Vol 3 now due November 2019
BF Original The Human Frontier now due May 2020
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Post by axelotl38 on May 16, 2019 11:30:53 GMT
So err...bad news is an understatement here:
PRODUCTION UPDATE: We are sorry that, due to a number of production delays, the release date of several forthcoming titles has had to be pushed back.
Doctor Who - The Companion Chronicles First Doctor Vol 3 due June 2019, is now due for release in September 2019. Blake's 7 - Restoration Part 2 due July 2019 is now due for release in August 2019. The Prisoner Volume 3 due August 2019 is now due for release in November 2019. The Human Frontier due November 2019 is now due for release in May 2020.
Honestly, CC's doesn't surprise me too much. It's so close to release yet with barely any info on it. Prisoner is disappointing though it's only a couple months so it's doable (and if anything, does mean one less thing for August which is turning into a huge month otherwise AND I can get that rewatch of the original series in). Human Frontier though...hmm. I'm honestly going to assume it's a combination of "Briggs is too busy being BF EP to write the episodes" and also "We have an idea cast in mind that we wanna use so we're waiting for them to be free" which (in all honesty) are fair enough reasons. I get Briggs' busy and wants to write the story so fair enough, and if they have an ideal cast then I'm happy to wait. (I know hating on Briggs seems to be a pasttime here but I have no reason to be disappointed with him). The BFO are all of such high quality that I'm not upset. I mean it all sucks overall, but we'll get them one day so it's hard to get too disappointed. It'll happen: I'll just wait through. It's not like I have a shortage of Big Finish!
(Oh and I don't listen to Blake's 7 but I'm sure that's disappointing to those fans as well, though again what's a few months. It's not even a second of eternity!).
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Post by Ela on May 16, 2019 13:14:04 GMT
"Hating on Briggs" is not a pasttime here. I haven't seen any evidence that is the case. People are allowed to post thoughts and critiques without being accused of "hating on Briggs".
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Post by Deleted on May 16, 2019 13:23:48 GMT
"Hating on Briggs" is not a pasttime here. I haven't seen any evidence that is the case. People are allowed to post thoughts and critiques without being accused of "hating on Briggs". Just to add that, as far as I have been aware, there's no 'hating on' anyone from this forum. That's why it is enjoyable to come here. So the accusation is pretty baffling, to be honest.
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Post by axelotl38 on May 16, 2019 13:30:31 GMT
"Hating on Briggs" is not a pasttime here. I haven't seen any evidence that is the case. People are allowed to post thoughts and critiques without being accused of "hating on Briggs". Fair enough, it was a flippant response of me. It's more I've generally noticed (and this is indeed perhaps on other forums than The Divergent Universe) is that....he seems to be...a bigger target than necessary. It's not just a matter of "This got delayed for XYZ", it's "This got delayed and it's cleeeearly because he's a lazy knob" which is the type of critiques I've seen against him. "This got delayed and it's because he's arrogant and thinks he's too good to not write" when at the end of the day I just see him as a writer like any other, wanting to do various stories and choosing to do so but delays with his other main BF job means things get delayed, just like other stories get delayed because writers are busy rather than just passing it off to other writers. But again: it was absolutely a flippant statement (and one that probably doesn't apply to TDU) and so I do apologise. I do tend to blur Facebook with other websites, it's an awful habit of mine!
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Post by lidar2 on May 16, 2019 13:36:41 GMT
Delayed Releases CC 1st Doc Vol 3 now due September 2019 B7 Restoration Part 2 now due August 2019 The Prisoner Vol 3 now due November 2019 BF Original The Human Frontier now due May 2020 Regards mark687 Well, disappointing, but its not as if I haven't got a big backlog anyway, plus it helps the old short term cash flow to postpone expenditure
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Post by number13 on May 16, 2019 13:39:48 GMT
"Hating on Briggs" is not a pasttime here. I haven't seen any evidence that is the case. People are allowed to post thoughts and critiques without being accused of "hating on Briggs". Just to add that, as far as I have been aware, there's no 'hating on' anyone from this forum. That's why it is enjoyable to come here. So the accusation is pretty baffling, to be honest. He's fully included in our collective forum-love for all people and all things Big Finish (a bit of eye-rolling whenever 'Jekyll and Hyde' gets a mention not excepted ) I think he writes some great stories ('The Conquest of Far' for starters, wow) and I'm looking forward to discovering what exactly he's going do with the mysterious one of the BF Originals - could be anything from the brief blurb.
And I don't mind a longer wait for a release or two - oh my backlog!
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Post by fingersmash on May 16, 2019 13:49:35 GMT
So err...bad news is an understatement here: PRODUCTION UPDATE: We are sorry that, due to a number of production delays, the release date of several forthcoming titles has had to be pushed back. Doctor Who - The Companion Chronicles First Doctor Vol 3 due June 2019, is now due for release in September 2019. Blake's 7 - Restoration Part 2 due July 2019 is now due for release in August 2019. The Prisoner Volume 3 due August 2019 is now due for release in November 2019. The Human Frontier due November 2019 is now due for release in May 2020.
Honestly, CC's doesn't surprise me too much. It's so close to release yet with barely any info on it. Prisoner is disappointing though it's only a couple months so it's doable (and if anything, does mean one less thing for August which is turning into a huge month otherwise AND I can get that rewatch of the original series in). Human Frontier though...hmm. I'm honestly going to assume it's a combination of "Briggs is too busy being BF EP to write the episodes" and also "We have an idea cast in mind that we wanna use so we're waiting for them to be free" which (in all honesty) are fair enough reasons. I get Briggs' busy and wants to write the story so fair enough, and if they have an ideal cast then I'm happy to wait. (I know hating on Briggs seems to be a pasttime here but I have no reason to be disappointed with him). The BFO are all of such high quality that I'm not upset. I mean it all sucks overall, but we'll get them one day so it's hard to get too disappointed. It'll happen: I'll just wait through. It's not like I have a shortage of Big Finish! (Oh and I don't listen to Blake's 7 but I'm sure that's disappointing to those fans as well, though again what's a few months. It's not even a second of eternity!). I tend to temper my expectations for release when it comes to Briggs writing anything. To paraphrase Shigeru Miyamoto "A delayed audio is eventually good, but a rushed audio is forever bad."
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Post by Ela on May 16, 2019 14:31:45 GMT
"Hating on Briggs" is not a pasttime here. I haven't seen any evidence that is the case. People are allowed to post thoughts and critiques without being accused of "hating on Briggs". Fair enough, it was a flippant response of me. It's more I've generally noticed (and this is indeed perhaps on other forums than The Divergent Universe) is that....he seems to be...a bigger target than necessary. It's not just a matter of "This got delayed for XYZ", it's "This got delayed and it's cleeeearly because he's a lazy knob" which is the type of critiques I've seen against him. "This got delayed and it's because he's arrogant and thinks he's too good to not write" when at the end of the day I just see him as a writer like any other, wanting to do various stories and choosing to do so but delays with his other main BF job means things get delayed, just like other stories get delayed because writers are busy rather than just passing it off to other writers. But again: it was absolutely a flippant statement (and one that probably doesn't apply to TDU) and so I do apologise. I do tend to blur Facebook with other websites, it's an awful habit of mine! Thanks for the apology. And I just want to say that I find this site extremely civil and kind compared to other sites of this type that I've frequented. It's one of the reasons I'm still here.
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Post by Deleted on May 16, 2019 14:51:24 GMT
Just to add that, as far as I have been aware, there's no 'hating on' anyone from this forum. That's why it is enjoyable to come here. So the accusation is pretty baffling, to be honest. He's fully included in our collective forum-love for all people and all things Big Finish (a bit of eye-rolling whenever 'Jekyll and Hyde' gets a mention not excepted ) Guilty, yer honour (don't start me off on Jekyll and Hyde!)!
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