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Hughlander posted:Download the Black Tapes Not the Black Tapes, that's for sure!
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Apr 6, 2016 22:03
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Yeah the Black Tapes isn't as bad as the Message but it has severe severe problems. Specifically I can't tell if the main character is purposely being condescending to every interviewee or if the writers/actors don't get that she's clearly broadcasting that she thinks these people are crazy no matter how mild their religious beliefs are. Then of course when not interviewing anyone she falls over herself to believe in an invasion of evil shadow people.
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Apr 6, 2016 22:53
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Terrible Opinions posted:Specifically I can't tell if the main character is purposely being condescending to every interviewee or if the writers/actors don't get that she's clearly broadcasting that she thinks these people are crazy no matter how mild their religious beliefs are. I think the real problem is that the voice acting is bad.
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Apr 6, 2016 23:00
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Terrible Opinions posted:Yeah the Black Tapes isn't as bad as the Message but it has severe severe problems. Specifically I can't tell if the main character is purposely being condescending to every interviewee or if the writers/actors don't get that she's clearly broadcasting that she thinks these people are crazy no matter how mild their religious beliefs are. Then of course when not interviewing anyone she falls over herself to believe in an invasion of evil shadow people. Then on the flipside, you have TANIS, where the host can only do the Solid Snake "repeat a statement as a question" interview style, and is completely unable to put the pieces together about what's going on around him. You're a journalist, man, act like it! Lia Haddock would have your balls for being so unable to do any solid field research!
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Apr 7, 2016 03:31
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Holy poo poo. I just got an email from the Limetown mailing list. Season two is apparently a long way off... Because they got a book deal and they're working on the Limetown novel and a freaking Limetown television pilot. Holy poo poo.
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Apr 20, 2016 00:39
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Daaaaang. A long wait is a bummer, but if we get more Limetown and it's as good, I'm okay with this.
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Apr 20, 2016 02:44
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If you're looking for something else to tide you over for a bit, I co-produce Synesthesia Theatre, an anthology of 8-12 episode serials. Our first serial, a steampunk western, is halfway finished airing, and we're in the process of casting the second, which will be a near future cyberpunk thriller.
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Apr 20, 2016 07:01
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Tanis season two just started. Nic Silver is having trouble sleeping. Great, we really needed another insomnia subplot.
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Apr 20, 2016 21:30
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That's not everything that happened though, he detailed his invitation to be part of the research team and then found a new trail of weirdness to follow.
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Apr 20, 2016 21:34
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Jurgan posted:Tanis season two just started. Nic Silver is having trouble sleeping. Great, we really needed another insomnia subplot. Don't worry, he'll take a few weeks off soon to catch up on his rest.
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Apr 21, 2016 01:20
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Paul Zuvella posted:Don't worry, he'll take a few weeks off soon to catch up on his rest. Naw, there's no ARG elements they need to abandon.
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Apr 21, 2016 01:32
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If I loved Limetown, and Welcome to Nightvale, where do I go to get more of... That.
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Apr 23, 2016 10:47
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Alice isn't Dead is pretty good. Unfortunately all the other shows listed in the thread OP are pretty bad.
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Turtlicious posted:If I loved Limetown, and Welcome to Nightvale, where do I go to get more of... The future. Unfortunately.
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Turtlicious posted:If I loved Limetown, and Welcome to Nightvale, where do I go to get more of... Wolf 359 is kind of like a Sci Fi Night Vale, starting with a "gag a week" format and switching to a more narrative style as it goes on. It's definitely more of a comedy than drama though.
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Gann Jerrod posted:Wolf 359 is kind of like a Sci Fi Night Vale, starting with a "gag a week" format and switching to a more narrative style as it goes on. It's definitely more of a comedy than drama though. I'd say it's gotten a lot more serious lately. Around episode eleven is where it stopped being "Night Vale in Space" and became its own thing.
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Apr 27, 2016 21:48
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Jurgan posted:I'd say it's gotten a lot more serious lately. Around episode eleven is where it stopped being "Night Vale in Space" and became its own thing. Essentially this. It was good until around the first christmas special, then became great. Kind of like Night Vale with the Sandstorm. (Or maybe A Story of You)
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Just want to throw in another "hey listen to this you pricks" for Alice Isn't Dead. The latest episode that came out on Tuesday was really good, really left me wanting to hear more. Shout out to Earwicker on the sound, the music is p. great, speaking as a long-time listener to Disparition. Speaking of which, and off topic, but I have a copy of Taran Wanderer from Bandcamp and it's janky as hell, was it a corrupted file?
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May 6, 2016 23:50
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The Bright Sessions continues to be the best example of the genre right now. The acting is great, the story is being told dynamically and with a lot of separate through threads. It's a really great time. Tanis continues to suck.
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I think Tanis wouldn't be that bad if it wasn't for the stilted dialogue. The story is interesting but drat the acting is bad. I blew through Wolf 359. That's another great example of story telling and acting.
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May 8, 2016 02:47
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I feel like Tanis got a little better recently, at least as far as Nic taking an active role and not responding to everything with mild confusion. My main hope for TBT is that Alex will do something with their findings, whether or not she believes in the supernatural stuff. Some complicated arcane sigil is carved under your child's bed? Why not deface it to screw up the 'sacred geometry'? Hmm, nah, just leave it there to show Dr. Strand that you don't believe in it.
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May 9, 2016 00:03
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The Black Tapes is back and it's still terrible. I made it about 20 minutes before the sheer pain of constantly rolling my eyes made me pull over and unsubscribe from the podcast.
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May 11, 2016 00:39
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Oh hey! They brought in the host from The NoSleep Podcast to poo poo up Small Town Horror as well.
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May 11, 2016 19:38
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psychopomp posted:If you're looking for something else to tide you over for a bit, I co-produce Synesthesia Theatre, an anthology of 8-12 episode serials. Our first serial, a steampunk western, is halfway finished airing, and we're in the process of casting the second, which will be a near future cyberpunk thriller. This show is pretty great so far! The sound effects are a little loud compared to the dialogue, but the writing and acting are well done.
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I just blew through all of the episodes of ars PARADOXICA, which is really awesome. I think one of the creators is also working on the Bright Tapes.
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May 13, 2016 20:18
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Just started listening to the Bright Sessions. Very interesting. Definitely has my attention.
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AstroZamboni posted:Just started listening to the Bright Sessions. Very interesting. Definitely has my attention. Yeah TBS is pretty good.
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The dialogue/direction in TBS needs to be a little rougher. It's too refined and practiced most of the time. Introduce 30% more mumblecore into the patients' dialogue readings and it'd be perf, but as it is it feels too rehearsed most of the time. Not!Kilgrave does a pretty solid job, and so does Caleb most of the time, but other actors can feel a TINY bit plastic-y.
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Cast Iron Brick posted:Oh hey! That guy is on a quest to be the most generic voiced man possible on every podcast he can, and godspeed I guess
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Just binged up to Damien's first appearance on The Bright Sessions. I've been mentally referring to it as "Heroes (But Good): The Radio Drama" all day.
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Tatum Girlparts posted:That guy is on a quest to be the most generic voiced man possible on every podcast he can, and godspeed I guess He has a fine radio voice, but he is entirely incapable of giving a performance that isn't a grandpa telling spooky stories around a campfire.
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Cast Iron Brick posted:He has a fine radio voice, but he is entirely incapable of giving a performance that isn't a grandpa telling spooky stories around a campfire. He makes some really...interesting choices in how to pronounce certain words, so much so that once it happens, I can't focus on anything else.
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May 16, 2016 19:43
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The Nosleep guy seems to be pathologically incapable of dropping his caustic, one-note Cryptkeeper affectation. He wreaks havoc on everything he's in.
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DoctorWhat posted:The Nosleep guy seems to be pathologically incapable of dropping his caustic, one-note Cryptkeeper affectation. He wreaks havoc on everything he's in. #PrayForPodcasts
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May 17, 2016 01:05
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Just binged through Ars Paradoxica and Bright Sessions... Ars was pretty much perfect. I liked the shift from S1 to S2 and look forward for more. TBS seems too short per episode at 10-15 minutes when everything else I listen to is 20-30. I think this also causes the meta plot to feel like it's moving much slower. Both are really worth the listen to but I'd do Ars first.
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Just listened to Small Town Horror. I think I like it so far, but the voice actor of Roger is pretty inept.
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May 18, 2016 03:51
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God, The Black Tapes started out so good, how the gently caress did it get so bad this fast?
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Paul Zuvella posted:God, The Black Tapes started out so good, how the gently caress did it get so bad this fast? I don't know about the black tapes, but tanis, by the same people, has the same problems AFAIK. They didn't figure out the whole story beforehand and didn't structure it for the show, they came up with an idea and maybe the overarching plot and it's super obvious that they're just trying to answer questions with questions to keep it going. Same problem Lost had.
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The Black Tapes was always garbage, it was just less garbage than it is now. Some of the neat monster-of-the-week ideas were the only thing holding the show up, and those are long gone.
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