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Post by alanhayes on Feb 17, 2016 9:35:03 GMT
Must admit, I preferred the previous cover design. I'll keep my thoughts on this one under my bowler.
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Post by mbt66 on Feb 17, 2016 14:51:49 GMT
A nice big news piece from Big Finish, but still no trailer.
I can only guess that they are living that for next month so that they can run another news piece for Steed & Mrs Peel.
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Post by mrfuggleboppins on Feb 17, 2016 21:42:07 GMT
It isn't even the hat I have an issue with, I don't see an issue with it. But the covers for The Lost Episodes screamed early 1960s - but there's nothing on this that screams mid-to-late-60s. It's a very poor image to use that screams of being taken in the studio in the mid-2010s. Why is Steed's umbrella out of focus? Why is Peel doing an incredibly staged running motion where she doesn't even seem to be in the same room as Steed? What's with the image fading into white? What's with Big Finish's obsession with Gotham, which simply does not work in the context of a 'retro' series like The Avengers (unlike other series where the font works fine); they should have kept the font they were using before. You know, the font actually used in the original series. It looks like a fan film.
Or they could have gone another route and filled it with comic style illustrations etc.
I'm sure the audio itself is top notch and apologies for the whinging, but it's a very poor effort for what is usually fantastic graphic design.
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Post by Audio Watchdog on Feb 18, 2016 16:01:29 GMT
I made a comment on the BF Facebook page about how they should fix the image and I was promptly called picky and pedantic. It's like defending BF is like a reflex action that doesn't even give a person's eyes time to clearly process something that is obvious. Oh well. Sorry to vent. The hat still looks absurd and I am still very exited for this release.
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Post by alanhayes on Feb 18, 2016 16:29:26 GMT
I do think that some people don't attach the same importance to the visual impression made by a cover design as others do.
I'm sure the content will more than make up for the obvious deficiencies of the cover photography, though.
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Post by pawntake on Feb 18, 2016 17:45:02 GMT
I made a comment on the BF Facebook page about how they should fix the image and I was promptly called picky and pedantic. It's like defending BF is like a reflex action that doesn't even give a person's eyes time to clearly process something that is obvious. Oh well. Sorry to vent. The hat still looks absurd and I am still very exited for this release. No sense of humour some people!
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Post by mark687 on Feb 25, 2016 11:45:40 GMT
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Post by mark687 on Feb 25, 2016 11:56:11 GMT
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Post by Audio Watchdog on Feb 25, 2016 21:21:02 GMT
You know I don't associate Nick with the kind of light & frothy entertainment that is the calling card of The Avengers but here is hoping he knocks it out of the park. Otherwise, the usual suspects of Barnard & Morris, Fitton & Dorney make this another must have.
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Post by mbt66 on Feb 25, 2016 21:59:13 GMT
You know I don't associate Nick with the kind of light & frothy entertainment that is the calling card of The Avengers but here is hoping he knocks it out of the park. Otherwise, the usual suspects of Barnard & Morris, Fitton & Dorney make this another must have. Yes Nick's name as writer for this came as a surprise to me too. I got the feeling he left ranges like the Avengers to other people.
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Post by mark687 on Feb 26, 2016 14:28:33 GMT
I made a comment on the BF Facebook page about how they should fix the image and I was promptly called picky and pedantic. It's like defending BF is like a reflex action that doesn't even give a person's eyes time to clearly process something that is obvious. Oh well. Sorry to vent. The hat still looks absurd and I am still very exited for this release. According to BF on FB
Apparently they are real photographs and they were wearing a real hat live.
Still looks a dashed awkward fit though.
Regards
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Post by mark687 on Mar 12, 2016 11:26:06 GMT
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Post by mbt66 on Mar 13, 2016 10:41:24 GMT
That is an unfortunate speak bubble.
I know that it was only a small image when I first saw it, but it did look like Steed was having a wee, creating a puddle on the platform!
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It's tangerine....not orange
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Post by ljwilson on Mar 13, 2016 11:16:20 GMT
EDIT
It says new but it might be the same Trailer as before.
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mark687
[/quote] It is a new trailer, an extract from The Miser. Was this always due for release in April, im sure it was originally in March?
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Post by dorney on Mar 13, 2016 11:55:33 GMT
EDIT
It says new but it might be the same Trailer as before.
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It is a new trailer, an extract from The Miser. Was this always due for release in April, im sure it was originally in March?[/quote] It's been April for a while, as far I'm aware. Spreads out the Avengers releases nicely.
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It's tangerine....not orange
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Post by ljwilson on Mar 13, 2016 11:59:37 GMT
Cheers John, wishful thinking on my part
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Post by mark687 on Apr 2, 2016 9:39:36 GMT
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Post by mbt66 on Apr 2, 2016 16:59:46 GMT
Good timing - I was reminded to order the two box sets, so after listening to this I did just that!
I notice that there is no extra disc of interviews and such like. Can anyone say if the previous Avengers box sets have any extras after the stories on the discs?
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ljwilson
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It's tangerine....not orange
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Post by ljwilson on Apr 2, 2016 18:03:50 GMT
Extras - yes they do!
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Post by mbt66 on Apr 2, 2016 19:34:28 GMT
Thank you for the information - that's good news!
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