Irene Adler

Wowed this long time "Alien" fan for sure!

Revisado: 01-20-17

Alien is one of my all-time favorite movies. Really, it's well crafted, brilliantly shot, and has some incredibly gifted acting and vivid imagery. What's not to love? I would never have thought that an audio drama could hold a candle to the original, but this one sure did. Right from the beginning, I loved the tie-in of Ripley's final log entry before entering hyper-sleep, the referencing of her former crew mates, and the harrowing events on the Nostromo, etc... Those elements really worked well to believably integrate with the plot of this new story. What tickled me even more were the sounds effects, especially the computer access noises on the Narcissus, that really make this seem like an extension of the original story.

I will admit that I didn't review the cast before I began to listen, and I thought "Gee, Sigourney Weaver doesn't sound a day over 30!" So, you can imagine my surprise when I got to the end and discovered that Laurel Lefkow had voiced Ripley. I was stunned! What an amazing likeness! I will say that Rutger Hauer's portrayal of Ash was not quite as good as the original, but he certainly did a very admirable job.

I enjoyed the story immensely, even though it was fairly easy to guess how things were going to wrap up long before the end. I didn't mind. My only complain is regarding Ash's diary-like updates to the Weyland Corporation. They were too frequent and often repeated identical information from prior updates, almost as if the listener need reminding of what was going on in the story... I found this to be the one clunky stand out in an otherwise extremely enjoyable tale.

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ALMOST as good as Volume 1. A treat for fans...

Revisado: 04-15-16

After hungrily listening to every minute of Volume 1, Volume 2 had some high expectations to meet, and in general, I really, really enjoyed it. Most of the stories were true to the series and enjoyable. A few were a bit ridiculous, and one was so out of character that I forgot it was supposed to be an X Files story. The author of "We Should Listen to Some Shostakovich" must have never taken the time to watch any of the episodes with Scully's mother, because she was written as a haughty, snobbish socialite. Mulder and Scully married and expecting a child was enough of a stretch in this story, but the characterization of Margaret Scully was so OFF that listening to the story was almost unpleasant.

Once again, we had the mis-pronunciation of Lone Gunmen Melvin Frohike's last name as "fro-hike" instead of "fro-hickey," which again annoyed me to the point of wanting to contact Blackstone Audio's production team to set them straight.

Otherwise, Bronson Pinchot's Mulder is very entertaining, and Huber's narration is passable to sometimes enjoyable.

I would recommend this volume to fans, but with the few caveats mentioned above. I hope there will be a volume 3!

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Impressed! ~ An X-Files Fan From the Beginning

Revisado: 03-29-16

I have watched and loved The X-Files from the very beginning, and I was not sure that this collection of stories was going to live up to the quality of the TV show, but I was pleasantly surprised. Overall, very good stories and pretty good narration, and I've already purchased Book 2. Fans of the series will likely enjoy this very much.

If I am going to nit-pick, there were a few small errors in narration that really irritated me, and I can't believe they slipped by the producers/editors. Huber pronounces the name of Lone Gunman character Melvin Frohike as "fro-hike," which stunned me for a moment (Who the heck is she talking about? I had to go back a bit and listen again to figure that out.) Additionally, there was another error in the pronunciation of a name that most long-time fans would notice, DOD employee Michael Kritschgau was pronounced as "krite-schow." This didn't jump out at me at first, but a few sentences later, I realized who the narrator was talking about. It realize these are relatively minor complaints, but I have a feeling that many fans are like myself, and feel slightly miffed that this narrator was not given a pronunciation key for the reoccurring characters or that these errors were not noticed during production and corrected. Let's hope Huber got it right in book 2...

Highly recommend for all fans of the series!

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Entertaining Story, Fabulous Narration.

Revisado: 03-24-15

As a fan of both old and new Doctor Who, Tales of Trenzalore appeals greatly to fans of both genres. An 11th Doctor story, with classic Who monsters (Ice Warriors, the Krynoid, etc...), narrated by David Troughton who makes the Doctor sound charmingly like his second incarnation in many places, these stories were a treat to listen to. Also, I think more backstory to Trenzalore was a great idea. You can only convey so much in a few TV episodes, and these stories added more dimension to the story of the Doctor's stay of hundreds of years on this planet.

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Entertaining Story, GREAT Narration.

Revisado: 02-11-15

Many of the Doctor Who novelizations are hit and miss (some authors just can't capture the feeling of DW on paper), but in Silhouette, Justin Richards crafts an engaging and entertaining story that could easily be 10 times better than any of last season's episodes with the 12th Doctor. All the characters are well-written and believable. Without going into the plot, the story reminds me very superficially of "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern. It's fabulous to see the Paternoster Gang in action again! Dan Starkey (who is the actor who plays Strax, the Sontaran) is a delightful narrator who does all of the voices very well, but really floored me with a very believable Peter Capaldi. Strax is wonderfully drole in this story, and having Dan read his part made it just that much more fun! This is the 1st 12th Doctor novel I've listened to, and the best DW novelization I've read or listened to in quite awhile!

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Come...bid me do anything for thee.

Revisado: 08-01-14

I am not overly fond of Shakespeare; I am not a connoisseur nor a fan of his works. However, David Tennant's performance of Benedick is exquisite. That being said, I could probably listen to David read the phone book and be overcome with emotion. Fangirl? Yeah, maybe....just a tiny bit. This version of "Much Ado About Nothing" is abridged, and the dialogue is altered somewhat. Still, it's immensely enjoyable, and the cast really does an amazing job of bringing it to life. Samantha Spiro is very enjoyable as Beatrice, and her style works well with David's. All in all, an enjoyable listen, especially for DT fans.

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Enjoyed it! MUCH Better than A Casual Vacancy....

Revisado: 09-17-13

Poor J. K. Rowling... After the Harry Potter phenomena, I know she is trying so hard to get people to take her seriously as a writer of adult fiction that she resorted to writing under a pen name, the effort of which was then undermined by the wife of one of her solicitors. (If you believe that story, I am personally a bit skeptical.) However, that did call attention to "The Cuckoo's Calling," and I would say the attention is for the best. I read the first chapter or so of the book and enjoyed it, but decided to get the audiobook, and I'm glad I did. Robert Glenister is a fabulous narrator. I will admit, I was not really aware of who he was, and I kept thinking that he sounded a bit like Gene Hunt's older brother (being a huge Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes fan), and how ironic that my thought turned out to be correct! LOL! Anyway, I won't rehash the plot, but I will tell you that the story was very enjoyable. It's a typical whodunit, told in a refreshingly interesting way, and was well-paced, and well-developed, with interesting characters. I was a bit hesitant to purchase it because I has listened to A Casual Vacancy as well, and while not a completely horrible story, that one was so depressing, with such un-likeable characters and so full of gratuitous foul language that I barely made it to the end. However, I really feel that Ms. Rowling has redeemed herself with this offering, and I would be very interested to see any further books in this story-line. Well done!

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