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Post by Pinwig on Sept 13, 2014 14:59:44 GMT
Started on the Survivors boxset yesterday. I quite like their thinking behind this. Usually with these kinds of things I get irked when they introduce new characters and don't stick with the proper ones, but The Survivors was such an ensemble cast that it feels right.
So the first episode runs parallel to the first TV episode, and introduces some new characters in exactly the same way that the show did - there's that whole 'who will live and who won't' thing. I see from the CD cases that episode two is still with their new stuff, but three and four bring in Greg and Jenny in a narrative that runs alongside the time they're at the Grange in season one.
Pity it's a whole year to the next boxset, episode one was really rather good. Hope the next three are too.
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Post by Pinwig on Sept 20, 2014 17:26:45 GMT
Episode two in the car yesterday. This is simply brilliant. I'd go so far as to say this boxset is one of the best things Big Finish have ever done. It is absolutely thrilling. Cameo from Lucy Fleming in episode two is a tantalising hook for episode three, but Louise Jameson is fantastic in this. So many twists in the last fifteen minutes it's genuinely edge of your seat stuff - just like the original Survivors series was for me. Very, very impressed with how Big Finish have done this.
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Post by Pinwig on Oct 11, 2014 12:38:10 GMT
Have finished Survivors now. Thoroughly recommend it. The last episode is probably the weakest of the four, but not by far. I think by that point it's becoming predictable how it will end to make it dovetail with the series proper. But it's a real rollercoaster and very in tune with the style of the original. Can't believe I've got to wait until next June now for some more.
So with that done my Friday Big Finish enhanced commute went back to Pathfinders to catch up with that. I enjoyed the first one, as detailed above, but some of the writing was a bit hackneyed and it did suffer from being what I guess the original game was; a short one-off intro mission to get to grips with the game mechanics. Episode two isn't as constrained and sets up what is obviously a larger campaign. Quicker pace and more interesting dialogue, definite improvement on episode one and enough to keep me going for episode three. I haven't seen any announcements about a second season of this one, so I guess it's just going to be a one-off six parter.
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Post by blueshift on Nov 20, 2014 20:52:33 GMT
Blakes 7 Warship is 2.99 for download for November.
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Post by Pinwig on Nov 20, 2014 21:17:44 GMT
Cracker that is. Well worth a listen at any price.
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Post by blueshift on Nov 20, 2014 21:24:04 GMT
Cracker that is. Well worth a listen at any price. It was okay in a 'if this is the only B7 full cast we get to do, we'll do something that gives everyone something to do I guess'. The big epic space battle promised at the end of Star One lasts about 30 minutes and the whole story is set in the Liberator and an empty room, so... channelling classic Blakes 7, really. |
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Nov 21, 2014 18:19:24 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 5, 2015 17:16:04 GMT
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jan 5, 2015 17:18:20 GMT
It was only a matter of time, but Burns and I have long predicted they would do it. It will live or die by the casting of Number 6. Andy |
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Post by Pinwig on Jan 5, 2015 21:06:41 GMT
I hate damming ideas before they've been given a chance but that's a definate Paddington Bear hard stare. Big Finish have done some wonderful stuff, but Briggs won't be able to resist putting his own twist on that, which will derail it.
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 5, 2015 22:04:59 GMT
He's perfect for it. I stand ready to pre-order if the casting is right.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 7, 2015 18:50:54 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 7, 2015 20:01:46 GMT
If it goes with the old format of Number 2 changing every story I demand we get Lord Tom Baker and David Warner in there!!! -Ralph |
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jan 7, 2015 20:17:41 GMT
Cuddly Colin as No 2.
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 6, 2015 12:56:36 GMT
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Post by Pinwig on Mar 6, 2015 22:10:41 GMT
Snap. 25 quid for the whole first series on CD? Sold with knobs on. Fantastic price.
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Post by blueshift on Mar 7, 2015 10:22:37 GMT
There's a pretty great Blakes 7 sale this weekend. I got all of full-cast series 1 for £25!
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 7, 2015 22:11:01 GMT
Grabbed the download of full-cast s1. £15 for 6 episodes. Bargain.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 24, 2015 15:06:33 GMT
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Post by Pinwig on Mar 25, 2015 21:16:33 GMT
Listened to this today. Terrahawks to me was a regular watch as a kid, but never quite filled the gap Starfleet left. However I thoroughly enjoyed this. Brought it all back, and it's turned a box set I was going to pass on into a potential purchase. Good marketing ploy. You only need to hear that theme again to smile. That early 80s synth is just so good.
Made me wonder if Big Finish could reunite the Tripods cast to do the missing third series.
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Post by Pinwig on Mar 28, 2015 19:32:13 GMT
Snap. 25 quid for the whole first series on CD? Sold with knobs on. Fantastic price. I almost like the fact that Big Finish are old school 28 days for delivery. The B7 CDs finally arrived today three weeks after ordering them! |
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Apr 12, 2015 19:12:35 GMT
Courtesy of Ralph, I have Terrahawks.
I look forward to listening to them.
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 14, 2015 21:30:01 GMT
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Apr 14, 2015 22:15:33 GMT
Yes, I was disappointed to see that news.
Andy
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Post by legios on Apr 14, 2015 22:18:42 GMT
It has put a little bit of a crimp in my interest as well.
Karl
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Post by blueshift on Apr 15, 2015 17:56:37 GMT
That's burst my interest too D:
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Post by Pinwig on Apr 15, 2015 22:48:11 GMT
That is a weird thing to do. Sounds like they're trying to tweak the stories to fit their own version of the continuity, which is a totally stupid idea.
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Apr 15, 2015 22:50:46 GMT
Would we know if it is entirely their call, it could be part of the terms of the license.
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 16, 2015 17:37:51 GMT
In Briggs we trust but this won't do the new actor any good if he has reheated TV scripts to work from or the shadow of McGhoohan will loom too large.
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Apr 16, 2015 22:53:19 GMT
Indeed not.
Andy
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