A Little Bit of Big Finishness...

[fangrrl_squees]

I must proffer a public apology to the blogosphere in general, and Alan W. Lear and Gary Russell, in particular.

Why? I gave Minuet In Hell another chance.

It's still definitely a bit on the silly side, but the story is better than I remember it being and, honestly, the accents not nearly so annoying as I first thought. I'm sorry I roundly condemned it as utter tripe. I was wrong.

Don't toss it aside in the first five minutes, as I once did, but stick with it. Thanks to the new-ish Big Finish download service, you can try the first eps for only a dollar and judge for yourself, dear reader!

(Alas, no kickbacks are forthcoming. A shame, as I could use the money...)

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In related news, I gave The Death Collectors (the Seventh Doctor) another go and, nope, it still didn't quite fly for me. I'm disappointed, as I thought the acting and production values were great, but the actual story itself, with all the blather about Decay didn't impress me. The notion of the Death Collectors, themselves was interesting, but the Big Bad of the story? Not so much. Oh well, they can't all be winners.

Comments

[prof-pangaea.livejournal.com]

i'm afraid that minuet in hell left me feeling quite... er, i'm not sure how to express it, except that i'm quite certain that i yelled "WTF??!!" many times as i was listning to it. i am usually all for being contrary to fandom's opinions, but i really was completely underwhelmed and disappointed by that audio.

i would like to listen to "death collectors" if it has has seven, though, since i quite fancy sylvester mccoy. *puts on list* hurrahs!

[fangrrl-squees.livejournal.com]

"Minuet In Hell"... well, I listened to it with tongue firmly in cheek. I mean, they were trying SO hard to be risque, so I ended up laughing more than yelling - and that counts as entertaining, in my book. Whether it was intended that way is another matter, entirely...

I've really enjoyed the solo-Seven stories - probably something to do with them generally featuring Seven at his bleakest-yet-best. Meanwhile, my vote for best Seven-with-someone story that I've heard so far is probably LIVE 34, although my catching up with the BF catalog is very, very slow, right now...

Indeed, Big Finish has managed to redeem both the Seventh and Eighth Doctors for me. Then again, it's not like they had much work to do with Eight, once I denied 80% of the TV movie from my personal paradigm... ;)

[prof-pangaea.livejournal.com]

i quite like the seventh docto adventues where he is alone... they always do a good job of hinting at his sadness without making it wanky or pointless. and also without making ace ridiculous and OOC (hallo thar, NA's).

AHHHHHHHH i *love* live 34!! it is so amazingly good! except for the ast bit, which is a bit Pastede On Yay. but other than that -- LOVE!

[fangrrl-squees.livejournal.com]

*grins* Alright, so so point in recommending it to you then, gotcha.

Which Seventh Doctor stories would you recommend to me? It sounds like you've heard more of 'em than I have!

And have you been DLing the Big Finish podcast? Of course, the "Top 5"s just make me frustrated that I don't own certain stories... *headdesk*

[brewsternorth.livejournal.com]

The only Seventh Doctor BFA I own at the moment is "Dust Breeding". Boy, is it good.

[fangrrl-squees.livejournal.com]

I heard a snippet of that one of the Big Finish podcasts, I think, and it sounded interesting...

Now that I have a job (woohoo!) I'm going to need some more audios to keep me amused during the commute... A good thing BF has put the first 25 classic Doctor stories on special, huh? ;)