Started strong, but got worse as it goes on
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“The first season of the show is maybe the best, but as it goes on, it loses cohesiveness. Listening to the credits, the production team changes enough that it goes through dips and spurts in quality and tone under the changes. Several actors are recast without warning or indications that this is the same character we've been listening to with a new voice. There are no transcripts on their website, and some of the scenes with a lot of noises don't really explain what's going on. Acting's hit or miss, Tommy Arkell's VA starts with a character voice that goes away as the show goes on. Kathryn Pride as Tythia and Perry Whittle as Hooks might be the best of the cast, but you can hear that no one is recording together and some reactions tend to be over the top or muted.
Storywise, this show is very much taking cues from HBO with a bit of Sci-fi paint, which isn't a bad thing but it really got out of hand as it went on. It's a Deadwood, but in space with Sopranos characters, and after Game of Thrones comes out, family and house drama. There's not a real depth or planned world, just whatever each writer makes up at the time. A couple characters even have conflicting past details or sudden backstories that aren't set up. There's a lot of attempts to be edgy and risque, which comes off less sexy or raunchy and more like a thirteen-year-old's erotica. It can be funny, but at points, it derailed things for no real purpose.
I kept listening because it was a fun indulgence, a sci-fi soap opera with occasional moments, but there's this streak of comedy that starts destroying the tone. Reflecting, it really stopped having my interest after season four, which honestly you could just stay at and it'd be a decent listen. But I kept going until there was a season finale where a main character kills his husband and in-laws in a preemptive strike to prevent them betraying him after spending the season forging an alliance with them by marriage. The betrayal isn't set up at all, and I'd say that it happened because of Game of Thrones's influence. It would have made sense for Cersei to do it, but it was done for shock value, not really in-character, and felt like their marriage was done to queer-bait me so I'd be shocked when the husband dies.
I took a break after that, and I've decided to stop listening. It's not really a story that's well-executed, and I'm not really sure why it's gone on this long, or why I kept listening. I don't think it's going anywhere interesting, and it's not saying anything that other shows or stories haven't said better. I've stopped caring about these characters, which is sad because I liked them in the beginning, but things like recasting Devi just chipped away at it, and that finale was really the final straw. I'm not going to finish the show.
But, I am going to check out Pendant's other works. There were good moments at the beginning that became less good as it went on, I'm hoping the issues here are more related to the changing staff on this production.”Read full review »
Seth.Cunningham via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
07/05/19
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“Just watch the Sopranos or Boardwalk empire. This isn’t Scarface, it’s not even funny enough to be worth it.”
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08/12/19
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“Just found this while looking for OTR of which I am a fan. Delighted to see the tenacity, spent 10 years hosting and producing a podcast and know how much work it is. Excited to work my way through the archive. Enjoy the writing and how you bring it to life. Keep up the great work.”
RH attorney at law via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
01/02/19
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