Post by Timelord007 on Feb 18, 2022 9:23:34 GMT
Feb 17, 2022 22:57:32 GMT @stevo said:
There's a Big Finish range for everybody! A lot of the new ranges Big Finish release don't always inspire me but my choice is not to buy those ranges. I don't begrudge others delight and enjoyment if they happen to like those ranges.
As for recasts, <shrugs> what else are you going to do if you have a licence for all of Doctor Who from 1963-2017 and some Doctors/companions are no longer with us? It's recast or never have adventures from those eras. Again, I may not always choose to buy those stories, but each to their own...
I understand a lot of what Big Finish do, okay maybe not their marketing strategy, but I get why they choose to release a lot of output. For me though, all that quantity means I have no choice but to pick and choose the releases I buy. If people can afford to buy every Big Finish release, good luck to them!
I do think a lot of modern Doctor Who stories are tame and can be very much by-the-numbers, but the licence would mean there's only so much pushing the boundaries you are allowed to do. So that's understandable. It's great that Big Finish can still churn out the the quality that they do after all these years though. Releasing less stories wouldn't necessarily mean better quality.
I don't like the box set format (there's a surprise) and I would still prefer a monthly Doctor Who range of 2 x CD releases featuring whatever Doctor they wanted. The Doctor Who Main Range didn't need to be terminated, it just needed some love and fresh ideas. Big 'event' stories dragged out over three or four discs for the sake of it often flatter to deceive. From my experience longer stories hasn't always meant better stories.
So, "too much of a good thing?" Probably, at times, but if you run a business with a licence from the BBC to produce Doctor Who audios it's perfectly natural that you would want to maximise that licence while you had it. So 'enjoy what you enjoy and ignore what you don't' is the best way forward with Big Finish in 2022.
Oh & get rid them bulky CD jewel cases (Timelord007 really dislikes them jewel cases doesn't he?)