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Post by omega on Mar 4, 2016 23:33:27 GMT
With all the great ideas being thrown around I thought I would ask as part as you main comment what would be a some of the best things to do for the group listen through in your opinion. I definitely think that doing the unbounds near the release of the Benny Box-Set would be a wonderful group listen through and they are very different stories that we are used to so to see everyone's talking about them would be great. I think that we should try a Companion Chronicle set or trilogy Such as the Sara Kingdom or Oliver Harper as those have quality oozing throughout the range and for the main range standalone trilogies would be the best such as 6 and Jaime, The 1963 trilogy, the first Flip and 6 trilogy, Colditz and the first Klien trilogy would work out to a month as well as the 5 and Turlough set would be good to With the 8DAs and 4DAs, I have some concerns that with them usually being 8 episodes long that would either equal to two months in a row because if we stopped halfway through a season and continued 3 months later I think we would lose momentum and the overall atmosphere. Now the second way I can think of is that since they are one hour long episode that we coul do two a week which would equal what a main range story usually is, I saw people though that were thinking one episode a week so I am a bit weary about it. Another thing is we do themes ( thanks toaau and jbmasta for suggesting the idea ) centred around certain things such as The Master or a Rob Shearmen marathon or even a Nyssa month which I think we should coordinate with billy2 on what episodes would work as a good tribute to his favourite companion. Lastly, I think we should look at some of the lesser talked about ranges such as Cyberman, Dalek Empire, The Stage Plays, The Lost Stories and The Early Adventures as those could potentially be a new experience for a lot of people. Guys, Thank you if you are still reading this as I know this is a huge info dump but I just wanted to get all my ideas out so we could all be on the same page. Thank you again. Am I being too indecisive to say all of the above (with one exception)? We could change it up. One month it could be a set of Unbounds, then the Klein trilogy, then the Sara Kingdom CC trilogy, then skip to Dalek Empire 1, and then do a Rob Shearman group listen. It would give really good variety to how we listen to them. I agree that the 8DA and 4DA might give us some trouble. They are tricky and more expensive (as a whole) then most of the other released we're talking about. Doing one season over 2 months may be the way to go, but I would want to wait a while before I did that. Although being the huge Lucie fan that I am, I'd be really keen on doing a group listen to those. Changing it up every month or so is a good idea, to keep interest going. It also offers people a chance to try different things.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2016 23:40:24 GMT
So if anybody knows what a good audio set to start with for the group listen through and when they think it would be I am all ears as with the requests to plan it a bit early so people can plan and budget for releases.
One more thing is should we have a group vote between a couple of trilogies/sets/themes for what to listen to. Thanks
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Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2016 7:13:26 GMT
So if anybody knows what a good audio set to start with for the group listen through and when they think it would be I am all ears as with the requests to plan it a bit early so people can plan and budget for releases. One more thing is should we have a group vote between a couple of trilogies/sets/themes for what to listen to. Thanks So it needs to be something that is very accessible to everyone. If we we chose Eighth Doctor, for example, I don't have the Lucie Miller adventures and am waiting for a sale to come along as they are VERY expensive. The stories starting with Storm Warning, by contrast, are so cheap, that it's easy for people to buy in to the group listen.
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Post by acousticwolf on Mar 5, 2016 8:43:33 GMT
Might even think about the monthly short trips as well. £2.99 for approx. 30 mins of audio is exceptionally good value. As they (the later ones) are download only there will be no waiting for CDs to arrive if someone wants to buy them.
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Post by omega on Mar 5, 2016 8:52:11 GMT
Might even think about the monthly short trips as well. £2.99 for approx. 30 mins of audio is exceptionally good value. As they (the later ones) are download only there will be no waiting for CDs to arrive if someone wants to buy them. Cheers Tony Plus some of them have a certain degree of variety in terms of companions that are covered. This year alone we've got Lucie, Ben and Polly and Adric to look forward to. If people want to talk about the first four volumes of CD Short Trips I wouldn't mind. It'd be a relief to work out just what was happening in A Stain of Red in the Sand!
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Post by cr1980 on Mar 5, 2016 10:13:07 GMT
The pacing I'd like would be two episodes a week (maybe Monday and Thursday, London time...) Trying to churn through a whole main range story in a week could feel too much like work and not give enough time to chat between episodes. And I'd hold to this pace regardless of how long the episode is.
I think we should be alert to the possibility of turning sales at Big Finish into opportunities. The recent Evelyn Smythe sale could have been a chance to do, for instance, her last three stories, and any future 4DA or 8DA discounts can be turned into group listens.
As to what we do, I don't have strong opinions and do think we should mix it up. For the sake of suggesting something I like the idea of two or three favourites from the early main range.
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Post by elkawho on Mar 5, 2016 15:44:25 GMT
The pacing I'd like would be two episodes a week (maybe Monday and Thursday, London time...) Trying to churn through a whole main range story in a week could feel too much like work and not give enough time to chat between episodes. And I'd hold to this pace regardless of how long the episode is. I think we should be alert to the possibility of turning sales at Big Finish into opportunities. The recent Evelyn Smythe sale could have been a chance to do, for instance, her last three stories, and any future 4DA or 8DA discounts can be turned into group listens. As to what we do, I don't have strong opinions and do think we should mix it up. For the sake of suggesting something I like the idea of two or three favourites from the early main range. I agree. So maybe we should start with the first 4 Evelyn Smythe stories? I'm someone who usually won't discuss a release until I hear the whole thing. I actually don't like listening to only an episode here and there. I try to listen as continuously as I can until it's done. I can't imagine spreading one MR release over 2 weeks. That being said, if people like that idea, I can listen to the whole think but only comment on it episode by episode.
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Post by elkawho on Mar 5, 2016 16:12:21 GMT
I did some thinking and came up with some ideas for the first 3 months of listening. If people like it, great. If not, just make some suggestions and see how you feel about it. I just picked a month to start that would give people time to buy anything that they don't have. Also, I know that the Dorian and Dark Shadows ranges are still going on, but a lot of people don't listen to all three. Again this is just an early idea to start getting something concrete.
May: An Evelyn trilogy; MR6 The Marion Conspiracy MR9 The Spectre Of Lanyan Moore MR11 The Apocalypse Element MR22 Blootide
June: Since the 2nd Doctor CC boxed set is coming out that month, along with 2nd Doctor Short Trip, I thought some 2nd Doctor CCs Helicon Prime The Great Space Elevator Resistance The Glorious Revolution
July: The MR release that month is a 7th Doctor story so.. The Fearmonger The Genocide Machine Fires Of Vulcan Dustbreeding
I picked all early MR releases so that they would be affordable. I didn't want to choose any of the Zoe arc for the CCs, since that could be it's own listen-through one month. And if anything special comes along these could be changed. What do you think?
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Post by kimalysong on Mar 5, 2016 16:21:55 GMT
Part of me actually says start in June. May is really a monster month of new releases. But maybe that is just from perspective.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2016 16:52:13 GMT
I did some thinking and came up with some ideas for the first 3 months of listening. If people like it, great. If not, just make some suggestions and see how you feel about it. I just picked a month to start that would give people time to buy anything that they don't have. Also, I know that the Dorian and Dark Shadows ranges are still going on, but a lot of people don't listen to all three. Again this is just an early idea to start getting something concrete. May: An Evelyn trilogy; MR6 The Marion Conspiracy MR9 The Spectre Of Lanyan Moore MR11 The Apocalypse Element MR22 Blootide June: Since the 2nd Doctor CC boxed set is coming out that month, along with 2nd Doctor Short Trip, I thought some 2nd Doctor CCs Helicon Prime The Great Space Elevator Resistance The Glorious Revolution July: The MR release that month is a 7th Doctor story so.. The Fearmonger The Genocide Machine Fires Of Vulcan Dustbreeding I picked all early MR releases so that they would be affordable. I didn't want to choose any of the Zoe arc for the CCs, since that could be it's own listen-through one month. And if anything special comes along these could be changed. What do you think? That could work, although two discs a week could be a bit intense in top of everyone's regular listening. Whatabout only one disc a week, but we start in April?
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Post by kimalysong on Mar 5, 2016 17:00:11 GMT
Hmm thinking about it I think for Doctor Who one 2hr story a month or 2 1 hr stories a month might work best. Of course not everyone does Dark Shadows & Dorian but there are a bunch of people doing one or even both.
The thing is Doctor Who is much more of a monster release than Dorian or Dark Shadows and those releases are never ending (for lack of better terms). It wouldn't be the same but I actually think something more akin to a book club may work better for Who than what we are doing for Dorian & Dark Shadows. Similar to the listeners but we pick what we want to listen to. But that's just my random thoughts.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2016 18:15:17 GMT
I did some thinking and came up with some ideas for the first 3 months of listening. If people like it, great. If not, just make some suggestions and see how you feel about it. I just picked a month to start that would give people time to buy anything that they don't have. Also, I know that the Dorian and Dark Shadows ranges are still going on, but a lot of people don't listen to all three. Again this is just an early idea to start getting something concrete. May: An Evelyn trilogy; MR6 The Marion Conspiracy MR9 The Spectre Of Lanyan Moore MR11 The Apocalypse Element MR22 Blootide June: Since the 2nd Doctor CC boxed set is coming out that month, along with 2nd Doctor Short Trip, I thought some 2nd Doctor CCs Helicon Prime The Great Space Elevator Resistance The Glorious Revolution July: The MR release that month is a 7th Doctor story so.. The Fearmonger The Genocide Machine Fires Of Vulcan Dustbreeding I picked all early MR releases so that they would be affordable. I didn't want to choose any of the Zoe arc for the CCs, since that could be it's own listen-through one month. And if anything special comes along these could be changed. What do you think? I really like this plan, but as kimalysong said, we might want to start it in June as it is a giant month of releases in May and from what i can see more people or inclined to do biweekly than one per week especially with the main range so if you don't mind a tweaked your plan a bit June: Doing a second doctor companion chronicles is a great idea Helicon Prime The Great Space Elevator July: I know it might be a bit late but we could do the two master and 7th doctor stories from the first 50 Dust Breeding Master August we could listen to the David Warner Unbound trips Sympathy for the Devil Masters of War Is this an okay revision for everybody. Thanks
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Post by kimalysong on Mar 5, 2016 18:19:19 GMT
I did some thinking and came up with some ideas for the first 3 months of listening. If people like it, great. If not, just make some suggestions and see how you feel about it. I just picked a month to start that would give people time to buy anything that they don't have. Also, I know that the Dorian and Dark Shadows ranges are still going on, but a lot of people don't listen to all three. Again this is just an early idea to start getting something concrete. May: An Evelyn trilogy; MR6 The Marion Conspiracy MR9 The Spectre Of Lanyan Moore MR11 The Apocalypse Element MR22 Blootide June: Since the 2nd Doctor CC boxed set is coming out that month, along with 2nd Doctor Short Trip, I thought some 2nd Doctor CCs Helicon Prime The Great Space Elevator Resistance The Glorious Revolution July: The MR release that month is a 7th Doctor story so.. The Fearmonger The Genocide Machine Fires Of Vulcan Dustbreeding I picked all early MR releases so that they would be affordable. I didn't want to choose any of the Zoe arc for the CCs, since that could be it's own listen-through one month. And if anything special comes along these could be changed. What do you think? I really like this plan, but as kimalysong said, we might want to start it in June as it is a giant month of releases in May and from what i can see more people or inclined to do biweekly than one per week especially with the main range so if you don't mind a tweaked your plan a bit June: Doing a second doctor companion chronicles is a great idea Helicon Prime The Great Space Elevator July: I know it might be a bit late but we could do the two master and 7th doctor stories from the first 50 Dust Breeding Master August we could listen to the David Warner Unbound trips Sympathy for the Devil Masters of War is this an okay revision for everybody. Thanks I like those ideas but for June if we are doing Second Doctor Id pick two other stronger releases like maybe Glorious Revolution, Selanchian Gambit or Resistance. And maybe we can do an Evelyn Smythe release in April & May: Marian conspiracy for one month & another of hers in May.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2016 19:46:33 GMT
For The 2nd Doctor listen through I just thought that The Jigsaw Puzzle and House Of Cards might be good ones to do but that is just my opinion. For April and May, I had a crazy thought that we could celebrate Big Finish's Original Companions and do The Marian Conspiracy and Storm Warning in April and in May we might do The Eye Of The Scorpion and The Harvest as an optional one since it is past the first 50 as a trial run. Maybe, Maybe not.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2016 20:38:30 GMT
How is this for a tentative schedule,
April The Marian Conspiracy Storm Warning
May The Eye Of The Scorpion The Harvest
June The Jigsaw Puzzle The Selanchian Gambit
July Dust Breeding Master
August Sympathy For The Devil Masters Of War
For September I thought we could do a 1st doctor listen through as his set of Early Adventures starts so how bout The Doctor's Tale The Rocket Men
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Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2016 21:08:11 GMT
How is this for a tentative schedule, April The Marian Conspiracy Storm Warning May The Eye Of The Scorpion The Harvest June The Jigsaw Puzzle The Selanchian Gambit July Dust Breeding Master August Sympathy For The Devil Masters Of War For September I thought we could do a 1st doctor listen through as his set of Early Adventures starts so how bout The Doctor's Tale The Rocket Men That works for me
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Post by elkawho on Mar 5, 2016 21:26:21 GMT
How is this for a tentative schedule, April The Marian Conspiracy Storm Warning May The Eye Of The Scorpion The Harvest June The Jigsaw Puzzle The Selanchian Gambit July Dust Breeding Master August Sympathy For The Devil Masters Of War For September I thought we could do a 1st doctor listen through as his set of Early Adventures starts so how bout The Doctor's Tale The Rocket Men I love it. I think the 2 releases a month is a much better schedule, and easier for everyone to follow. I'm glad this is coming together.
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Post by acousticwolf on Mar 5, 2016 21:32:00 GMT
I have most of these and think the schedule is doable . Cheers Tony
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Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2016 22:46:58 GMT
One thing I might add, though, is that by hour, it starts off 4/month, then drops to 2/month. We could add to the last two months, perhaps? Or maybe it's fine. The Doctor's Tale is 2 hours long so that is 3 hours long but we could add one more story to make it 4 hours and for august we could add two more Unbounds (Maybe He Jests At Scars and Deadline) but only if that suits everyone else.
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Post by cr1980 on Mar 5, 2016 23:15:17 GMT
I'd be happy to start with Marian Conspiracy and Storm Warning next month, it's an excuse to get another subscription out of the first fifty (That's right, I've never lashed out the $3 necessary to listen to Storm Warning, one of Big Finish's most important episodes. I'm a disgrace.)
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