I tried both productions over the course of a few days. Didn’t much care for either. The story is an end of the world via alien invasion as experienced by the news agencies that cover the events. The sort of story I’d usually love. I bet I’d love the John Wyndham novel they’re based on.…
Read More The Kraken Wakes | 1965 CBC & 1998 BBCBlah. I guess the writer’s heart was in the right place and it committed no crimes against the medium but it was just blah. I therefore give it a D- and am not keeping a copy. Can you unravel the mystery of Beth Karren’s death before Detective Miles Calvin? With hidden clues and a twisted…
Read More Murder on Penelope Drive | 2010 | Curtis MutterIt was pretty darned good sci fi. Dated, sure, but way above most of the stuff I’ve heard from this era. Transmissions from space reminded me of Contact, found buried items of alien origin reminded me of 2001 A Space Odyssey, so yeah, good imaginative science fiction. And it committed no crimes as far as…
Read More Orbit One Zero | 1961 | BBCMeh. It’s hard to listen to it and not compare it to the film, which I love. This play deals with the hours leading up to the big speech, so, a much smaller story than the film. Btw, apparently this radio play was made while the movie was being made and came out first. I…
Read More A King’s Speech | 2009 | BBCIf you knew how good my latest try at red chile enchiladas turned out, you'd be at my door demanding some. 18:33:17, 2015-03-22
Read More Recent tweets as of Mar 28, 2015I spent a couple days listening to this entire anthology series. The style and quality were so different between the 26 episodes, I took notes to be sure I didn’t broad brush. In the best episodes, I really saw this (erm, heard this) as an audio Tales from the Darkside sort of show. Surreal, dreamlike,…
Read More Evening ShadowsThis is a prequel to the Earthsearch series (which I loved) but made some 25 years after the originals. And I didn’t much care for it. I really wanted to like it – there’s some solid science fiction here. But, the production itself got in my way. It reminded me of when the modern sequel…
Read More Earthsearch – MindwarpYes, Edith Ann. Yes, Lily Tomlin. Yes, 1971. This was possibly my first exposure to any kind of audio theater, aside from the story records/tapes I had as a kid. I don’t know how old I was (surely no older than ten) when I was repeatedly playing my mom’s 8-track of this but so much…
Read More And That’s the TruthEpic, beautiful, brilliant – this is audio theater. I listened to the twenty episodes – the original ten and the sequel series. The BBC of yesteryear can apparently do no wrong. The production was minimal, well acted, well written, nearly perfect sound design (uh, why no footsteps when people walk?), flawless pacing, huge scope of…
Read More EarthsearchOut running errands, had to ditch my sweater – just too warm. 24 hours ago, there was six inches of snow on our yard wall. #abq 13:18:55, 2015-03-01 Amen and AMEN. Exposing stranger danger (and even Halloween danger) urban myths… http://t.co/iJOkuxZ7sv 07:18:18, 2015-03-02 I added a video to a @YouTube playlist http://t.co/XU9b0ejhSr Devil Times Five…
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