Random Thoughts
Apr. 21st, 2019 09:09 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
quipxoticI love Dracula. I own a couple of copies, from a second-hand paperback version to an annotated hardback to a combo app/interactive game/e-book type thing, and of course I've watched various films and TV shows based on it. I'm aware of its faults and issues, but it's one of those stories I love despite everything.
For the last few weeks I've been listening to Audible's full-cast version before I go to sleep. You know what's really annoyed me this time? The men repeatedly mentioning how glad they are that they're "saving" Mina by not telling her anything they're doing to combat Dracula. I suspect it's the actors' performances that make that repeated theme come across as so condescending and smug, but somehow it's never had as much impact on me before.
Anyway, I just made it through that part and into the section where they're destroying the coffins of dirt, meaning the end is in sight. on the whole I've really enjoyed this version, especially the voice actors who are all spectacular.
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This weekend was busy on the drabble-writing front, including:
For the last few weeks I've been listening to Audible's full-cast version before I go to sleep. You know what's really annoyed me this time? The men repeatedly mentioning how glad they are that they're "saving" Mina by not telling her anything they're doing to combat Dracula. I suspect it's the actors' performances that make that repeated theme come across as so condescending and smug, but somehow it's never had as much impact on me before.
Anyway, I just made it through that part and into the section where they're destroying the coffins of dirt, meaning the end is in sight. on the whole I've really enjoyed this version, especially the voice actors who are all spectacular.
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This weekend was busy on the drabble-writing front, including:
- The Second Doctor, Jamie, & Victoria Short Trip “Year of the Drex Olympics;”
- The Fifth Doctor & Nyssa audio “Moonflesh;”
- And the recent Seventh Doctor & Mags story “The Monsters of Gokroth.”
