Not much to say about this one. Seven episodes of 16 to 24 minutes each, except the 37min finale. This is very well made. What I wish more audio theater sounded like. But, the story just didn’t do it for me. Not badly written, probably, just not my thing. Yet, so well made, it’s hard…
Read More The Orphans | 2016 | Zachary Fortais-GommI finally got around to listening this. I decided that Halloween month was a good excuse to do so. Especially since it’s coming to an end. This is an audio comic book. That’s the short version. It kinda breaks my heart to post the rest of my thoughts. I know Eric Busby is a respected…
Read More The Byron Chronicles | 2005 to 2015 | Eric BusbyTwo 50ish minute parts. I can’t take these actors seriously. A bit cartoonish. And most of them aren’t very good at the more archaic English. It’s precise, not natural. But, everything else works – I’m totally wrapped up in the story. Though, I feel the second part has a bit too much narration, speeches, soliloquy,…
Read More Moby Dick | 2010 | Stef Penney, Kate McCall– – – FOLLOWUP – – – I listened to season three and gave it an enthusiastic B+. My in my headphones posts are usually short – I post opinions, not reviews – but this will be shorter than it probably deserves as the app I always use to take notes for stuff I listen…
Read More Transmissions from Colony One | 2013, ongoing | John W. Richter & Dustin WeiskopfFrom my notes… I kinda liked this. But only kinda. I think I need to listen to it again sometime. I really like how they record dialogue. Natural – doesn’t sound like someone speaking into a microphone. I wish more people did it this way. The dialogue and acting itself is a mixed bag. I…
Read More Hayward Sanitarium | 2012 | Matthew Baucco and Richard JohnsonI gave the first season a solid meh. No crimes against the medium but just underwhelming. Though, I did keep listening and plan to listen to season two, as well. I do love post-apocalyptic stories. I didn’t take many notes while I listened to this – mainly just the following… I find Julie Hoverson’s voice…
Read More Aftermath | 2012 | Yap Audio | Matthew McLean & Robert CudmoreOnly two episodes so far and I listened to both. Eh, it’s not horrible. I can’t judge it purely as audio theater since the episodes are posted to YouTube and the minimal video does contain info like chapter names and what day it is, etc.. I honestly don’t know how much visual info I missed…
Read More The Walking Dead Untold | 2015 | The Walking CreativityIt 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 | BBCI 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,…
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