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Post by acousticwolf on Dec 11, 2015 11:16:39 GMT
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Post by kimalysong on Dec 11, 2015 20:35:20 GMT
Finished today...I enjoyed it but having never read the book (which I know I should) I felt it was a bit too rushed to really have any depth. Great performances though, especially Derek Jacobi.
As it were my favorite stories were the first one with the woman trying to preserve the Martian civilization and the ones about the robot family.
I did like the last line a lot...which I am sure is iconic.
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Post by acousticwolf on Dec 12, 2015 11:42:34 GMT
Listened to this yesterday. It was very good, but far too short for the amount of content it contained. This is one of those times that a bit of narration would have helped as there was no indication of how much time passed between parts.
Production and acting was excellent and overall worth the money, but definitely lacking something... Time probably.
It might be time to dig the book out again.
Cheers
Tony
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Post by Digi on Dec 13, 2015 5:01:58 GMT
Did not care for it. Love Bradbury and Atwell, Jacobi too, but this....
It was rushed, it was disjointed, it felt like you blinked at it was over. It was only $8 for the download version, but I still feel like I got a bit ripped off. Damned glad I didn't go for the CD release.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 13, 2015 11:26:57 GMT
Yeah, I am sure if Big Finish had made this is would have been a lot better. Like others I found The Martian Chronicles to be very rushed, and it was an unfufilling listen. It could - and should - have been so much better. A waste of a great cast, this story needed to be told properly.
[Also, technically this discussion shouldn't be in the Worlds of Big Finish section, as BF didn't produce it.]
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Post by kimalysong on Dec 13, 2015 13:07:13 GMT
[Also, technically this discussion shouldn't be in the Worlds of Big Finish section, as BF didn't produce it.] Good Point, I moved the thread. |
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Post by acousticwolf on Dec 13, 2015 14:18:19 GMT
That's true, isn't it B7 Media Productions for Radio 4 or something? I couldn't decide where to put it so am happy whichever section it ends up in (BBC, Others)  . Cheers Tony |
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Post by omega on Jun 10, 2016 11:03:18 GMT
Could have been better structured, felt a bit disjointed. Should have had some kind of indication to mark where each story began and ended. Not enough depth to characters (each character was pretty much an archetype that didn't get much development) or each story to make them memorable, especially with the one about the man who went mad from the isolation and built robots to replace his dead family (there should have been some emotion in there but there wasn't). Performances were great but the material lacked something. The first story reminded me of Avatar. Even though I haven't read the original stories they have to be better than this.
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Post by pawntake on Jun 10, 2016 13:09:02 GMT
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Post by paulmorris7777 on Jul 5, 2016 10:08:40 GMT
I loved the tv series, when it was screened. Bought the DVD some time ago, but was really disappointed with the third part.
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Post by Ela on Jul 5, 2016 18:42:12 GMT
Listened to this yesterday. It was very good, but far too short for the amount of content it contained. This is one of those times that a bit of narration would have helped as there was no indication of how much time passed between parts. Production and acting was excellent and overall worth the money, but definitely lacking something... Time probably. It might be time to dig the book out again. Cheers Tony The book is excellent. One of my frequently re-read favorites. I loved the tv series, when it was screened. Bought the DVD some time ago, but was really disappointed with the third part. I never knew there was a TV series. |
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Post by paulmorris7777 on Jul 5, 2016 19:03:31 GMT
Listened to this yesterday. It was very good, but far too short for the amount of content it contained. This is one of those times that a bit of narration would have helped as there was no indication of how much time passed between parts. Production and acting was excellent and overall worth the money, but definitely lacking something... Time probably. It might be time to dig the book out again. Cheers Tony The book is excellent. One of my frequently re-read favorites. I loved the tv series, when it was screened. Bought the DVD some time ago, but was really disappointed with the third part. I never knew there was a TV series. Rock Hudson. |
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Post by Ela on Jul 5, 2016 19:24:59 GMT
Thanks for the info about it, paulmorris7777. Maybe I'll look it up one of these days. |
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Post by Ela on Jul 24, 2018 18:19:16 GMT
Interesting. I hadn't heard of that version.
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Post by Ela on Jul 24, 2018 23:25:00 GMT
Interesting. I hadn't heard of that version. Am sure you will love it. Not expensive, either. Interesting that the few reviews on the iTunes page are not good, though. |
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Post by Ela on Jul 25, 2018 16:27:07 GMT
Not expensive, either. Interesting that the few reviews on the iTunes page are not good, though. It's apparently also available on Audible. |
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Post by Ela on Jul 25, 2018 16:33:20 GMT
It's apparently also available on Audible. I tried to get Cd but couldn’t find I like my cds lol it is value for money (in my humble opinion) I saw it on Amazon for not a lot of money. I use GetTextBooks to search for the best price on out of print items. I suggest you try it. |
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Post by Ela on Jul 25, 2018 16:50:27 GMT
I saw it on Amazon for not a lot of money. I use GetTextBooks to search for the best price on out of print items. I suggest you try it. It Is MP3 which means all that ripping it etc lol.....but you know I probably will do it as it would be a lot of CDs if they did release it I've seen ones that say audio CD, not mP3 CD. Hopefully accurate description. But you have to use your judgement. I've seen some from various sources (not just Amazon) by searching around. |
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