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Post by kurumais on May 4, 2022 0:40:16 GMT
The Sandman (Neil Gaiman) Dramatised by Dirk Maggs. Huzzah! Finally got around to listening to this after it was released many moons ago to critical acclaim. And what a real epic this was. Packed to the brim with great ideas and brilliant performances. Kat Denning’s performance as Death even grew on me after a while after initially thinking she was woefully miscast. Roll on Volume Two, I say. Hmm. I still think Kat Denning was woefully miscast. The rest of the cast is fantastic, and Death is my favorite character so it's extremely frustrating to me. im on the fence about her myself
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Post by sherlock on May 11, 2022 21:28:33 GMT
Made a start on the final stretch of the Nest Cottage Chronicles on my commute; Tsar Wars and The Broken Crown continue the unshackled Magrs take on Who that has characterised these stories. Happily the arc seems much more compelling than Demon Quest already.
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Post by sherlock on May 14, 2022 11:09:15 GMT
Finished Serpent Crest and thus the entire Nest Cottage Chronicles.
I enjoyed Serpent Crest much more than Demon Quest. Aladdin Time was pure Magrs, throwing aside even the semblance of “science not sorcery”, and gloriously so. The finale was quite well done, with a good performance from David Troughton, though the final resolution was a bit sudden and curiously uninvolving for the Doctor and co.
Overall I think the Nest Cottage stories are quite a nice little corner of Who. Hornets’ Nest is easily the best of the three volumes, and I still think is a superior audio debut for Tom Baker than what Big Finish did in first series of 4DAs. Well worth checking out if a combination of pure Magrs whimsy and Tom Baker appeals.
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Post by shallacatop on May 14, 2022 11:58:27 GMT
Finished Serpent Crest and thus the entire Nest Cottage Chronicles. I enjoyed Serpent Crest much more than Demon Quest. Aladdin Time was pure Magrs, throwing aside even the semblance of “science not sorcery”, and gloriously so. The finale was quite well done, with a good performance from David Troughton, though the final resolution was a bit sudden and curiously uninvolving for the Doctor and co. Overall I think the Nest Cottage stories are quite a nice little corner of Who. Hornets’ Nest is easily the best of the three volumes, and I still think is a superior audio debut for Tom Baker than what Big Finish did in first series of 4DAs. Well worth checking out if a combination of pure Magrs whimsy and Tom Baker appeals. I never got round to Demon Quest and Serpent Crest - although I recently got the whole Nest Cottage Chronicles on Audible so I will do - but I loved Hornets’ Nest. Magrs did that brilliant balance of Tom and his Doctor that just gave you something whimsical and barmy but wasn’t a disservice to Tom reprising his Doctor again. Until Series 6 or so, the 4DAs were too reliant on recreating that 1970s teatime but failing to acknowledge a lot of what made that work by using a lot of returning monsters, two part stories and also not grasping that Tom just wasn’t playing, or couldn’t play, the Doctor from 1977 from the get go. They’ve hit their stride in the past few years on the whole by being more era faithful with the Season 18 stuff, forging new eras with Anne and Solo / Margaret, and four parters with Leela.
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Post by sherlock on May 14, 2022 13:30:44 GMT
Finished Serpent Crest and thus the entire Nest Cottage Chronicles. I enjoyed Serpent Crest much more than Demon Quest. Aladdin Time was pure Magrs, throwing aside even the semblance of “science not sorcery”, and gloriously so. The finale was quite well done, with a good performance from David Troughton, though the final resolution was a bit sudden and curiously uninvolving for the Doctor and co. Overall I think the Nest Cottage stories are quite a nice little corner of Who. Hornets’ Nest is easily the best of the three volumes, and I still think is a superior audio debut for Tom Baker than what Big Finish did in first series of 4DAs. Well worth checking out if a combination of pure Magrs whimsy and Tom Baker appeals. I never got round to Demon Quest and Serpent Crest - although I recently got the whole Nest Cottage Chronicles on Audible so I will do - but I loved Hornets’ Nest. Magrs did that brilliant balance of Tom and his Doctor that just gave you something whimsical and barmy but wasn’t a disservice to Tom reprising his Doctor again. Until Series 6 or so, the 4DAs were too reliant on recreating that 1970s teatime but failing to acknowledge a lot of what made that work by using a lot of returning monsters, two part stories and also not grasping that Tom just wasn’t playing, or couldn’t play, the Doctor from 1977 from the get go. They’ve hit their stride in the past few years on the whole by being more era faithful with the Season 18 stuff, forging new eras with Anne and Solo / Margaret, and four parters with Leela. I might give the later 4DA stuff a go sometime. I think the real strength of the Nest Cottage material is that it’s nothing like that what Tom had in 1977. The format, the characters, the plots are completely unlike the style of the day. It feels like Magrs went to back to the Fourth Doctor’s character and built a universe around him. As a result it’s completely bizarre, but played really sincerely. And it works.
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Post by grinch on May 14, 2022 13:37:24 GMT
I never got round to Demon Quest and Serpent Crest - although I recently got the whole Nest Cottage Chronicles on Audible so I will do - but I loved Hornets’ Nest. Magrs did that brilliant balance of Tom and his Doctor that just gave you something whimsical and barmy but wasn’t a disservice to Tom reprising his Doctor again. Until Series 6 or so, the 4DAs were too reliant on recreating that 1970s teatime but failing to acknowledge a lot of what made that work by using a lot of returning monsters, two part stories and also not grasping that Tom just wasn’t playing, or couldn’t play, the Doctor from 1977 from the get go. They’ve hit their stride in the past few years on the whole by being more era faithful with the Season 18 stuff, forging new eras with Anne and Solo / Margaret, and four parters with Leela. I might give the later 4DA stuff a go sometime. I think the real strength of the Nest Cottage material is that it’s nothing like that what Tom had in 1977. The format, the characters, the plots are completely unlike the style of the day. It feels like Magrs went to back to the Fourth Doctor’s character and built a universe around him. As a result it’s completely bizarre, but played really sincerely. And it works. Magrs’s’ work is very much an acquired taste in my opinion. Personally I’d just love to see him write more for Big Finish as his stories tend to be more out there and unconventional than what they tend to offer.
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2022 21:26:07 GMT
Maker's Wish: After Dark - Slalvok
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Post by grinch on May 22, 2022 15:42:56 GMT
Crooker’s Kingdom (Marty Ross)
Brought to us from Wireless Theatre Company, (the same broadcaster who gave us the excellent Spring-Heel Saga) this story tells the tale of famous figure of the Industrial Revolution Sir Richard Arkwright coming into conflict with a pagan spirit.
Very well done and even more impressive considering it was performed live at Cromford Mills in Derbyshire.
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Post by newt5996 on May 25, 2022 16:45:02 GMT
Batman: Unburied - Several friends have recommended this and I’ve decided to give it a go. I haven’t gotten further than the first episode but it’s a fascinating alternate take on Batman as a character by ripping him away from his grief to study the psychology of what would bring someone to be Batman.
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Post by Deleted on May 27, 2022 1:02:23 GMT
The upcoming Faction Paradox audio.
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Post by aussiedoctorwhofan on May 27, 2022 2:55:51 GMT
My work iPad this morning at 7;15am recommended on youtube the "War of The Worlds" 70's version with Phil Lynott. So.. I have listened to this today, I have the office to myself as work assistant and Manager are both off ill.
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Post by kurumais on May 28, 2022 22:20:55 GMT
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Post by grinch on May 29, 2022 18:34:07 GMT
I admittedly haven’t listened to the piece but I presume the reason Vampires are depicted in such a way is because they can represent the worst excesses of humanity.
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Post by mark687 on Jun 5, 2022 20:06:30 GMT
Random Shuffle found me listening to BBC Missing story Soundtracks for The Massacre and The Savages
(The winds of change begin to blow but Hartnell still rallies when it matters)
Regards
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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2022 21:38:40 GMT
Finished the first chapter of Light Out, Full Throttle, co-written and co-read by Damon Hill and Johnny Herbert. Enjoyed it so far. Can’t wait for the next chapter.
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Post by grinch on Jun 8, 2022 20:34:22 GMT
The Milkman of St Gaffs
Brought to us by Rusty Quill, the same company who previously brought us the excellent (albeit flawed) Magnus Archives.
This series focuses on Howie, a disturbed young man who ends up joining a sinister group of milkmen on a distant island known as St Gaffs.
Really liking it so far and it has some very understated worldbuilding.
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Post by jacobz40 on Jun 9, 2022 2:30:13 GMT
Part 2 of the audio adaptation of Sandman. Brilliant stuff.
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Post by mbt66 on Jun 22, 2022 9:49:44 GMT
Thief's Covenant [Dramatized Adaptation]: Widdershins Adventures, Book 1 I have just started an Audible subscription and this is what I have used my first credit on. I haven’t heard a Graphic Audio production before, but I am really enjoying the mix of narration and full cast. The story itself is just what I was after - a fun adventure in a fantasy realm. I really miss the Pathfinder Legends range, but this is filling that gap very nicely. And the best thing about it is there are another three books to listen to in the series!
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Post by Digi on Jul 7, 2022 20:10:16 GMT
Almost done with Star Wars: The High Republic: Tempest Runner. Whuf, Random House Audio could learn a thing or two (or seven, or ten) from Big Finish. The foley isn't great, the sound effects work is often amateurish, and the voice acting is absolutely dreadful. What a shame that RHA did Cav Scott's perfectly good script so dirty, and that things happen in this story that are relevant to the wider THR storyline.
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Post by shallacatop on Jul 8, 2022 7:57:32 GMT
Almost done with Star Wars: The High Republic: Tempest Runner. Whuf, Random House Audio could learn a thing or two (or seven, or ten) from Big Finish. The foley isn't great, the sound effects work is often amateurish, and the voice acting is absolutely dreadful. What a shame that RHA did Cav Scott's perfectly good script so dirty, and that things happen in this story that are relevant to the wider THR storyline. I read the script because I couldn’t get on with previous Star Wars audio dramas. It’s not something they frequent or specialise in, so they’re not very polished, and have so many characters it’s just hard to keep up, particularly if you’re not used to the voice from on screen. Enjoyed the story, but thought it seemed to lose momentum in the last act.
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