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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 30, 2012 14:47:43 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 30, 2012 18:07:14 GMT
It has Christopher Lee in it. That is good enough for me.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Feb 21, 2013 8:46:46 GMT
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Post by legios on Feb 21, 2013 13:18:25 GMT
That is quite an impressive cast to gather. Think I might give this a go.
Karl
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Feb 21, 2013 17:13:05 GMT
Looking forward to this.
Enjoyed the TV series when it was on.
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on Feb 21, 2013 19:43:06 GMT
Roll on March.
I still have a huge soft spot for the Tv show, despite its many flaws.
-Ralph
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Post by legios on Feb 21, 2013 20:48:42 GMT
I only actually saw bits of the original TV version. For one reason or another I missed a lot of it. I did read the book adaptation many years ago, but it hasn't stuck in my mind that much - which does mean I can go into this new radio version without too many preconceptions.
Karl
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Post by Jim on Feb 23, 2013 17:00:43 GMT
Great cast, I'll be tuning in to this.
I do think people are too hard on the original TV series, Gaiman included, though. It was of a charmingly old-fashioned, even at the time, low budget BBC genre type and didn't suffer from terrible casting itself. I miss that kind of production. Like Karl I only saw a few episodes until the R1 DVD came out as it aired just as I was off to University.
-Jim
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Post by The Doctor on Feb 23, 2013 17:11:51 GMT
I understand part of Gaiman's gripes were that the producer and director of the show didn't understand or care about the material, the budget was just too low for the script demands and the score was mostly non-existant. Gaiman himself seems a jolly fellow. Most of his work is not at all my cup of tea but he seems a nice chap and I do really really like Neverwhere in TV and book form (I haven't read the comic version).
-Ralph
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Post by Jim on Feb 23, 2013 17:31:26 GMT
I found the comic a bit disappointing, abandoned it after a couple of issues, but do like the TV series and book. I had the audiobook on cassette but don't remember much about it other than it being narrated by the actor who played the central character.
I understand Gaiman's gripes about the creative control, but the low budget is a big part of the charm for me. Higher budgets can kill that kind of thing, winding up looking more like a low-budget movie than a high budget TV series; it probably would have had to wait a good ten years to get a proper high budget to do the material justice, in a time when genre TV was fashionable enough again for people to take it seriously.
Gaiman's output has generally lost its grip on me a bit, I'm starting to find I can see the strings being pulled and that there's an element of writing for the adaptation that has crept in. Odd and the Frost Giants is probably the most enjoyable thing I've read from him in a while.
-Jim
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 21, 2013 22:18:56 GMT
It's on the Iplayer with eps available until 2099!
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 6, 2016 19:41:59 GMT
It's back on the Iplayer. Downloaded it to listen yesterday.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Oct 24, 2016 16:18:31 GMT
SFX brings news of a Neverwhere spinoff called How The Marquis Got His Coat Back, based on a Gaiman short story and starring Paterson Joseph. Radio 4 - November 4th. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b080xppt |
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Post by Pinwig on Nov 17, 2016 20:27:33 GMT
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jan 14, 2017 9:33:31 GMT
Grabbed the audiobook version to listen to again.
Great stuff.
Probably my favourite Neil Gaiman work, although if he ever finishes his Miracleman story it might have some competition.
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 14, 2017 9:43:50 GMT
The Second Coming will happen before Miracleman is ever finished.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Jan 14, 2017 11:09:15 GMT
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jan 15, 2017 18:07:09 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 15, 2017 20:32:50 GMT
Pfffft. Marvel got the rights to Miracleman how many years ago now? Was it last century? They will never ever get round to finishing it.
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jan 26, 2017 22:57:37 GMT
Oh look, it's now been moved to April.
Dammit!
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 27, 2017 8:06:11 GMT
What a surprise.
-Ralph
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