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Post by Ian McArdell on Aug 17, 2022 15:19:38 GMT
My take on Two Rivers and a Firewall is now up at CultBox. A pretty good set, with 'Black Friday' a surprise hit for me.
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Post by tuigirl on Sept 10, 2022 10:00:24 GMT
Started on this set. My general impression- fun (as expected) and I feel entertained. However, none of the first 3 stories has blown my mind and so far, this might be on of the weaker River releases for me.
"The Two Rivers"- started out surprising, however, as soon as one knows what is going on... it becomes pretty straight forward. It reminded me a lot of the latest Missy release (featuring the nun). It is still entertaining, though.
"Beauty on the Inside"- first, I found this a bit confusing. But the bits start coming together and it turns into a weird "Frankenstein's Monsters" story. It is still a good idea, and I was reminded of the TV story "Smile". But at least for me, it does not come together seamlessy.
"Black Friday"- so far, the best story of this set. I love these mystery abandoned space station settings. It starts off haunting and creepy, and although it is obvious pretty early what is going on with the sole survivor (I assume, we all have seen the 11th Doctor TV series), it keeps the tension. Not sure the villain was used to the full extent of the possibilities, though.
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Post by tuigirl on Sept 11, 2022 11:22:54 GMT
And I listened to the last story. Well, if this would have been the first story of this kind at BF, it would have been original and clever. However, I felt right from the start that this was going to be a "gimmick" story, doing some weird audio and story-telling elements that first confused me and and then went their usual way. I think this would have worked much better in a visual medium, like it did on the TV show when introducing the Library. They try here, but it just does not come together so well.
I also thought the ending was not that satisfying.
{Spoiler} First because of the backstory of the villain and the "Oh, it was just a big misunderstanding, whoops, sorry!" and then.... I am not sure how River would really react on being imprisoned in a computer program for her afterlife, but I am pretty sure it would not end in her playing "happy families". Honestly, I think she would somehow try to escape, lure in some bionic race and get herself a new shiny cyborg body.
This just feels a bit pointless by the end and yes, it is built around the gimmick of "Hey! Proper Dave is back!" which is a nice continuity call-back, but not much more.
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Post by ollychops on Jan 8, 2023 10:47:22 GMT
Finally got around to listening to this set and it was a very mixed bag for me. The Two Rivers was by far and away the best of the set and might be one of my favourite River stories, Black Friday was also pretty good if entirely obvious where it was going.
On the other hand, Beauty on the Inside was largely forgettable to the point where I couldn't even tell you what it was about. Firewall was a disappointment considering that the majority of the story was just a retread of Forest of the Dead and felt very uninspired.
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Post by nottenst on Mar 22, 2023 14:36:11 GMT
As usual, I am late to listening to this. I went in cold and expecting all 4 stories to tie together. I was quite surprised that after The Two Rivers it moved on to something completely different. All four stories were quite different. For me, Two Rivers was the most entertaining, but I enjoyed them all. It has been ages since I've seen Forest of the Dead so that was nice treat for me to get back into the data.
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