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Post by mark687 on Mar 16, 2022 15:16:20 GMT
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Post by grinch on Apr 6, 2022 15:35:20 GMT
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Post by mark687 on Apr 6, 2022 15:44:39 GMT
Cast List as well  Textless Cover Regards mark687 |
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Post by mark687 on Apr 11, 2022 18:30:06 GMT
Trailer Online
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Post by aussiedoctorwhofan on May 24, 2022 8:21:49 GMT
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Post by aussiedoctorwhofan on May 24, 2022 9:49:34 GMT
It's a celebration! Sherlock $ale.! |
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Post by bonehead on May 26, 2022 4:41:00 GMT
Finished part one, and this is well upto standard for the range. The set up is fairly traditional - Holmes gets a visit from a client, who explains to him (and us) his backstory. You can get away with - or thrive, even - on this level of exposition on audio as opposed to other mediums, and it's used really well.
Roaring log fires, foggy cobblestones, Watson's conflict between sleuthing and his ever active private life, and recently the fine addition of his new wife all give this a comfy, familiar feel that can then deliver some wonderfully complex, dark storylines. I'm only a third of the way through this as I said, but am thoroughly absorbed in it: a great range.
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Post by bonehead on May 27, 2022 16:52:47 GMT
I was going to intersperse listening to this with episodes of the recently released Heroes and Villains and The Robots 5, but no. Sherlock dark and murky latest investigations have grabbed me once again and it's a shame they aren't talked about more.
Once again, this is expertly told. I have said in the past it would be nice to have more writers attached to this range, but Jonathan Barnes is so obviously in love with subject matter, and so well suited to it, now I'm not so sure. We have a plethora of vilains here - Moran, Cranfield and Juliet Aubrey's superbly played Seamstress. And that most feared of all - the mother in law (am I allowed to say that?). As usual, there are lots of strands that come together - most of them at least - as the story rolls on. It's excellent, rich stuff. Benji Clifford's sound design and Jamie Robertson's wonderfully moody music combine to make this a very immersive experience.
At the end, it occurs to me I'll be listening again in order to sort things in me 'ead - which is a bonus, by the way; I don't buy these things to listen only once. A revisit will be a pleasure. Although events reach a fascinating conclusion, it seems every plot device is somehow part of a bigger picture, which makes me hope for the continuation of this range for a good while yet.
And don't miss the bit at the end of the final credits. A new game is afoot!
Superb.
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Post by pawntake on May 31, 2022 15:14:46 GMT
This was absolutely brilliant! bonehead above has said it all really,just to add the Nick Briggs+Richard Earl combination and the supberb writing of Jonathan Barnes
works for me.My ears were glued to it for the complete almost 3 hours.Wonderful stuff!
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Post by IndieMacUser on Jun 8, 2022 8:20:37 GMT
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Post by selimpensfiction on Jun 12, 2022 19:10:00 GMT
Loved this, loved the writing, acting, pacing, everything. My question is, is this the first Big Finish release to do a post-credits scene? Are there others? Do I need to go through my collection and listen to the ending of all them?
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lidar2
Castellan
You know, now that you mention it, I actually do rather like Attack of the Cybermen ...
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Post by lidar2 on Jul 12, 2022 21:45:09 GMT
I'm afraid thsi didn't really do it for me. Basically, not much happened. As the fiend points out, there was no crime (in the legal sense) and the whole thing seems rather pointless. Holmes is more a supporting character on the sidelines than the main protagonist. A definite anti climax after the first 2 parts of the trilogy.
Everything is there in terms of atmosphere, performance, sound design, etc but the story never seems to get going . . . and then it is over.
The post credits scene seems to imply that rather than the final part in a trilogy, as we were led to believe, this is the 3rd part in a tetralogy and maybe that is the problem. It seems to be more about setting up the next story than a story in its own right and maybe this will be a more staisfying listen as part of a listen-thru when the all the parts have been released.
I think we need one more release by Jonathan Barnes to follow up on the post credits scene and then another writer should be given an opportunity to show what they can do with Holmes and Watson. Barnes has been the sole writer for this range for just over 10 years now and I can think of lots of other established BF writers whose Holmes story I would like to listen to, Some have written for Holmes in novels - Guy Adams, Simon Guerrier, Andy Lane to name a few and there are others who are fantastic writers and could I'm sure produce a great Holmes story - Nev Fountain, John Dorney, Jonathan Morris would be top of my personal list but there are plenty of others.
I gave ths a 3/5 in the poll above, and the score was only as high as 3 largely due to factors other than the plot
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Chancellery Guard
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Post by mbt66 on Sept 4, 2022 10:18:14 GMT
I enjoyed this. I especially liked listening to all the separate story strands slowly coming together.
As always the acting and soundscapes were top class, but unfortunately it left me disappointed and somewhat annoyed.
I had heard the Master of Blackstone Grange back when it was first release, but I had left the other two sets to listen to back to back with a relisten of that first set, as a proper trilogy.
This felt very much like the middle part of a trilogy, not the end of a series I had expected, and is probably my error in expectation.
4/5
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Post by constonks on Sept 21, 2022 21:50:15 GMT
Loved this, loved the writing, acting, pacing, everything. My question is, is this the first Big Finish release to do a post-credits scene? Are there others? Do I need to go through my collection and listen to the ending of all them? Not sure about Sherlock, but Doctor Who has had a few - the first two that came to mind were The Girl Who Never Was and Across the Darkened City. |
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