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Post #346291

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Vaderisnothayden
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NPR Radio Show - My Thoughts
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Date created
21-Feb-2009, 8:09 AM
C3PX said:
Vaderisnothayden said:
C3PX said:

Again, might as well watch the movie with your eyes closed. Absolutely pointless.

 

 Well I never saw any particular point to the radio dramas in the first place.

 

Well, there is your problem right there.

 

I don't see it as a problem. I've never been a fan of audio drama. It's not a format that works particularly well for me. The Star Wars dramas worked better than I expected, but still they're not my format. And I never saw the point in adapting the films to radio drama. I think Daley wanted to demonstrate what could be done in the format. But that doesn't count for me, because I don't care about the format. I rather resent what I consider the liberties the radio drama takes with the story. And the Leia ep annoys me -Leia doesn't feel like Leia and the whole thing doesn't work very well. And as far as I'm concerned, the film versions of the characters are THE versions. So different actors playing the parts must therefore be a false version in my view. Some of the radio actors manage pretty well in capturing the essence of the characters anyway (such as the Kenobi and Solo actors), but Leia is glaringly not Leia. Obviously, this is not the view you take, but it's how I feel. I don't mean any offense to anyone. People are perfectly entitled to like the radio dramas. Even I like them to a certain extent. But they're not my thing overall.