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Post by Audio Watchdog on May 19, 2019 20:05:02 GMT
Offer it up and I’ll buy it.
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Post by Eiphel on May 21, 2019 0:53:39 GMT
I don't think the name 'Cooper' has any lineage in the DS world to hint one way or another, but that poster definitely has a 'villainous' vibe. And the tie-in material, with him writing to the 'Board of Directors' reminds me of the various shadowy higher-ups in mystery/paranormal stories. I realise I'm speculating on basically nothing here, but if Dr Cooper is a villain, using Windcliff patients to serve a mysterious, euphemistically named collective of shadowy powers, I wonder if Leviathans are in play. The eclipse featured heavily in the poster is also the sort of phenomena that'd fit a Leviathan story well. Alternatively, (the presumable) Patient B is not the first dead body brought to life by a strange bond to Barnabas Collins. Maybe there's something in that.
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Post by barnabaslives on May 21, 2019 2:09:07 GMT
I don't think the name 'Cooper' has any lineage in the DS world to hint one way or another, but that poster definitely has a 'villainous' vibe. Perhaps Dr. Cooper is related to Alice Cooper who appears in the Dark Shadows movie? On second thought, I think you're probably right.
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Post by Joseph Lidster on May 21, 2019 17:48:30 GMT
I don't think the name 'Cooper' has any lineage in the DS world to hint one way or another, but that poster definitely has a 'villainous' vibe. And the tie-in material, with him writing to the 'Board of Directors' reminds me of the various shadowy higher-ups in mystery/paranormal stories. I realise I'm speculating on basically nothing here, but if Dr Cooper is a villain, using Windcliff patients to serve a mysterious, euphemistically named collective of shadowy powers, I wonder if Leviathans are in play. The eclipse featured heavily in the poster is also the sort of phenomena that'd fit a Leviathan story well. Alternatively, (the presumable) Patient B is not the first dead body brought to life by a strange bond to Barnabas Collins. Maybe there's something in that. Doctor Cooper has appeared before...cheers Joe
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Post by Trace on May 22, 2019 2:03:23 GMT
I don't think the name 'Cooper' has any lineage in the DS world to hint one way or another, but that poster definitely has a 'villainous' vibe. And the tie-in material, with him writing to the 'Board of Directors' reminds me of the various shadowy higher-ups in mystery/paranormal stories. I realise I'm speculating on basically nothing here, but if Dr Cooper is a villain, using Windcliff patients to serve a mysterious, euphemistically named collective of shadowy powers, I wonder if Leviathans are in play. The eclipse featured heavily in the poster is also the sort of phenomena that'd fit a Leviathan story well. Alternatively, (the presumable) Patient B is not the first dead body brought to life by a strange bond to Barnabas Collins. Maybe there's something in that. Doctor Cooper has appeared before...cheers Joe And he creeped me out the last time, just as he did before!
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Post by Eiphel on May 22, 2019 10:28:38 GMT
Ahh, I need to get around to listening to those short stories soon!
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Post by bobod on May 22, 2019 11:02:37 GMT
Ahh, I need to get around to listening to those short stories soon! There's great stuff in there. Stories written by Jerry Lacy, Lara Parker and Matthew Waterhouse. Some lovely continuity bits for those who want stories set in all Dark Shadows times. Appearances from characters such as Stokes, Roger, Elizabeth and, um, Harry Johnson. Really lovely readings from some people often less focused on like Lisa Richards and Marie Wallace as well as great pieces for the likes of David Selby and Chris Pennock. Lots of fab work throughout - and sneakily hiding among the short stories a brilliant two-hander play starring Nancy Barrett (and Nancy Barrett). One of my favourite Dark Shadows pieces ever, that one.
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2019 11:29:24 GMT
Ahh, I need to get around to listening to those short stories soon! Old Acquaintance by Matthew Waterhouse is particularly good, from the Dreams of Long Ago collection, and really gives David Selby a chance to take centre stage. I also really loved Jerry Lacy's story Trask the Exorcist. These two stand out for me, although let's face it, these collections are great throughout. Like the best of the Companion Chronicles range for Doctor Who, we get a chance to get inside the head of the characters, which is where these collections excel.
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Post by bobod on May 22, 2019 11:38:18 GMT
Ahh, I need to get around to listening to those short stories soon! Old Acquaintance by Matthew Waterhouse is particularly good, from the Dreams of Long Ago collection, and really gives David Selby a chance to take centre stage. I also really loved Jerry Lacy's story Trask the Exorcist. These two stand out for me, although let's face it, these collections are great throughout. Like the best of the Companion Chronicles range for Doctor Who, we get a chance to get inside the head of the characters, which is where these collections excel. I've found it really disappointing when people come to the audios via the full cast audios and then they express disappointment when they go on to the short stories or the narrated audios and they get hung up on the narrator providing voices for the other characters rather than each character having its own actor. You have to take each audio on the merits it has, judge it for what it is, not what it isn't. The short stories and the narrated audios give us different storytelling potentials that the full cast don't.
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2019 12:30:15 GMT
Old Acquaintance by Matthew Waterhouse is particularly good, from the Dreams of Long Ago collection, and really gives David Selby a chance to take centre stage. I also really loved Jerry Lacy's story Trask the Exorcist. These two stand out for me, although let's face it, these collections are great throughout. Like the best of the Companion Chronicles range for Doctor Who, we get a chance to get inside the head of the characters, which is where these collections excel. I've found it really disappointing when people come to the audios via the full cast audios and then they express disappointment when they go on to the short stories or the narrated audios and they get hung up on the narrator providing voices for the other characters rather than each character having its own actor. You have to take each audio on the merits it has, judge it for what it is, not what it isn't. The short stories and the narrated audios give us different storytelling potentials that the full cast don't. It's a bit like the disappointment I sometimes feel when I see Big Finish being advertised on Facebook etc. and some of the comments express dissatisfaction because 'it's only audio.' Of course, this is a point of view, but so limiting, I think. Audio is my favourite medium and within that, narrated audios have an important role to play. Take the Blake's 7 range for example: some of the best B7 stories in any medium have been The Liberator Chronicles (Logic, Three, The Armageddon Storm for example) - incredible stories that could only be told in this way.
Back to Dark Shadows and early stories like The Night Whispers, Clothes of Sand, The Ghost Watcher and The Wicked and the Dead are excellent - and all told by two, occasionally three narrators. Equally the short story anthologies are a stripped down version of that. Bite-sized (a big bite, admittedly) of brilliance, horror and intrigue.
I once suggested Dark Chunks as an umbrella title for these releases. I can't think why that was never taken on board!
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Post by bobod on May 22, 2019 13:08:00 GMT
If Ian Farrington's brilliant idea of the short stories being 'Bite-Sized' wasn't taken up, "Dark Chunks" had no chance!
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Post by Eiphel on May 22, 2019 23:54:27 GMT
I've found it really disappointing when people come to the audios via the full cast audios and then they express disappointment when they go on to the short stories or the narrated audios and they get hung up on the narrator providing voices for the other characters rather than each character having its own actor. You have to take each audio on the merits it has, judge it for what it is, not what it isn't. The short stories and the narrated audios give us different storytelling potentials that the full cast don't. I realise you're not necessarily assuming such, but don't worry, you don't need to sell me on their merits! I am a staunch advocate for the value of narration as a tool in its own right. I already own all the anthologies, I just put the BF stuff on the backburner whilst I completed the TV show, then I did the major post-show arcs of the BF stuff to lead into Bloodline. Pretty soon I'll devour my way through all the other material! I've heard the fully dramatised stuff first mainly just because that's all chronologically show continuation stuff and that's what I wanted to focus on before Bloodline dropped. My first real favourite characters in the show were Roger and Elizabeth (and Burke Devlin!, but never Victoria I confess), so the narrated stories have a major benefit going for them in that regard.
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Post by silverednickle on May 23, 2019 20:33:44 GMT
Uncle Joe, have you and the Big Finish team been using the Dark Shadows wikipedia? I love it! I know when he showed up in Bloodline, I was vaguely remembering him sprinkled in previous stories, whether set before, during, or after Bloodline in larger or smaller cast stories. If I remember correctly, he was mentioned way back in Return to Collinwood, so he's pre Big Finish audios. I really need to brush up on the massive continuity that Big Finish has added to DS. While I'm ready for Windcliff, I definitely want some time to revist all the audios and possibly even relax and forget a few bits before our next adventure.
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Post by bobod on May 23, 2019 23:40:12 GMT
I've found it really disappointing when people come to the audios via the full cast audios and then they express disappointment when they go on to the short stories or the narrated audios and they get hung up on the narrator providing voices for the other characters rather than each character having its own actor. You have to take each audio on the merits it has, judge it for what it is, not what it isn't. The short stories and the narrated audios give us different storytelling potentials that the full cast don't. I realise you're not necessarily assuming such, but don't worry, you don't need to sell me on their merits! I am a staunch advocate for the value of narration as a tool in its own right. I already own all the anthologies, I just put the BF stuff on the backburner whilst I completed the TV show, then I did the major post-show arcs of the BF stuff to lead into Bloodline. Pretty soon I'll devour my way through all the other material! I've heard the fully dramatised stuff first mainly just because that's all chronologically show continuation stuff and that's what I wanted to focus on before Bloodline dropped. My first real favourite characters in the show were Roger and Elizabeth (and Burke Devlin!, but never Victoria I confess), so the narrated stories have a major benefit going for them in that regard. Oh no, not at all; I meant some reviews I've read later where someone seems to be feeling the narrated audios as more sparse since they're not multi-cast. And I feel that's not judging them on their own merits.
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Post by Digi on May 24, 2019 0:30:19 GMT
It's funny, my experience is pretty much the complete opposite. I've gotten so used to the Dark Shadows 'main range' format that when I finally got around to the two series of full-cast releases a couple of months back, I found it jarring and unnatural.
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Post by misterphipps on May 27, 2019 17:06:42 GMT
Of course, now you can all listen to the short stories that are set post-Bloodline without fearing you’ll get spoiled.
Behind Closed Doors is exceptionally good, if I recall...
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Post by misterphipps on Jun 8, 2019 19:24:18 GMT
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Post by DoctorScoffman on Jun 10, 2019 3:11:22 GMT
only 10 months... only 10 months... only 10 months...
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2019 9:57:42 GMT
More teasers please Looking forward to any Dark Shadows releases really never fail to enthrall me a great range wether narrated or full cast
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Post by misterphipps on Jul 1, 2019 13:36:10 GMT
More teasers please Looking forward to any Dark Shadows releases really never fail to enthrall me a great range wether narrated or full cast Well, July’s now upon us...
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