A Little Bit of Big Finishness...
Aug. 4th, 2008 11:07 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
fangrrl_squeesI 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.
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...)
***
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.
