[New post] Doctor Who presents Jago & Litefoot in ‘The Mahogany Murders’

dailypop posted: "'The Mahogany Murders' Written by Andy Lane, directed by Lisa Bowerman Companion Chronicles Story 3.11 Released May 2009 "Professor Litefoot, have you ever trod the boards?... Then please leave the acting to the professionals." There are strange " Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on The Daily P.O.P. Doctor Who presents Jago & Litefoot in ‘The Mahogany Murders’ by dailypop 'The Mahogany Murders' Written by Andy Lane, directed by Lisa Bowerman Companion Chronicles Story 3.11 Released May 2009 "Professor Litefoot, have you ever trod the boards?... Then please leave the acting to the professionals." There are strange goings on in Victorian London. Travelers from the other realms plot secretly using arcane technology, creatures lurk in the darkness and villains lure the innocent into demonic traps. Standing against these terrifying threats is the unlikely duo Jago and Litefoot. Based on the characters Theatrical Impresario Henry Gordon Jago and Pathology Professor George Litefoot from the classic TV adventure, the Mahogany Murders is renowned for starting a fan favorite audio spinoff running into its fifth season! The first Jago & Litefoot adventure (aside from the Andy Lane-penned story in 1991) is a real corker and, like Talons of Weng Chiang, uses the Victorian setting to the utmost. The story is told in flashback sequences shared by Jago and Litefoot over a few pints at the Red Lion. Their barmaid (voiced by Lisa Bowerman) interjects here and there but mainly the entire tale is unfolded descriptive dialog which is where Lane's writing joins the acting talents of Benjamin and Baxter, causing the adventure to soar. Coming out of retirement to reprise their distinctive roles, Benjamin and Baxter take off as if nary a day had passed since they last collaborated on TV. Not only is their chemistry still present, but the two chaps are so full of energy that its catching. Hearing the alliteration of Jago and the weary tone of Litefoot makes for a delightful experience. Robert Holmes, a writer regarded among fans for his double acts of distinctive characters outdid himself with these two and Lane thankfully pays homage to the great Holmes in his script. Henry Gordon Jago (Christopher Benjamin) and Professor George Litefoot (Trevor Baxter) in The Talons of Weng Chiang The mystery begins when a body dragged up from the Thames proves to be made of wood, glass and leather rather than flesh and bone. Between the two of them, Jago and Litefoot uncover a plot involves an unruly gang of mannequins ruled over by the mysterious Dr. Tulp. There are so many incredibly distinctive and descriptive moments such as the texture of the simulacra, all brought to life by a remarkable combination of script and the vocal performances. A light touch is added when Litefoot attempts to add a bit of flair to his storytelling by speaking in an accent and he is cut short by Jago, who politely requests that he stick to his day job. I was overjoyed to see teenage fans of the new series giving the Jago and Litefoot stories props. It's nice to know that this material is reaching a wide range of listeners and not just crusty fans of the classics like myself. A truly amazing work, 'The Mahogany Murders' can be ordered from The Book Depository with free shipping worldwide by clicking on the link below: dailypop | September 20, 2012 at 6:29 pm | Tags: doctor who big finish audio adventures | Categories: Big Finish | URL: http://wp.me/p4kUt-4aU Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe or change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://dailypop.wordpress.com/2012/09/20/doctor-who-presents-jago-litefoot-in-the-mahogany-murders/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com

[New post] Dredd 2?

dailypop posted: "This weekend will see the US release of Dredd 3D. Based on the star of the 2000 AD UK comic book, Dredd is a high-octane, action-packed sci-fi drama with more special effects than you can shake Michael Bay at. Reception so far is highly positive. So mu" Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on The Daily P.O.P. Dredd 2? by dailypop This weekend will see the US release of Dredd 3D. Based on the star of the 2000 AD UK comic book, Dredd is a high-octane, action-packed sci-fi drama with more special effects than you can shake Michael Bay at. Reception so far is highly positive. So much so that there is talk of a sequel... If Dredd does well this weekend, what's in store for the inevitable sequel? We talked to screenwriter Alex Garland (28 Days Later) and he told us what he has in mind. He also told us all about how he kept Dredd bloody and fascistic — and how his next movie could channel some of the same deep space themes we loved in his underrated movie Sunshine. Did you keep count of how many people you killed in Dredd? Alex Garland: I have no idea. [Laughs] There's a particular sequence where a whole section of this mega block, which has a very high density of population, gets machine gunned. So I guess it would end up being in the hundreds. So there's no way you could keep track of how many bullets of buckets of blood you used, because there was a lot of blood... a lot of blood. We used a lot of blood. We used to keep running out on set. It was surprisingly difficult to get a hold of sometimes. We were splashing it around all over the place. Have you prepped anything for a Dredd sequel? Are you interested in telling the block wars or any of the political weirdness, like the Mayor being a serial killer? If I got a chance to work on the sequel, and if there was a sequel (and there are a lot of variables in that). But, from my point of view, the politics is a lot of what I want to get into. There's a lot of stuff that's implied in the first film that you could really explore a lot more of in the second. Dredd is part of a police state, he's a fascist. The subversives are sometimes the enemy in the comic books — there's something really interesting about pro-democracy terrorists. Where the bad guys are the people fighting for democracy. Of course they're not the bad guys, because you should be fighting for democracy. I would like to explore that. Dredd is such a Cold War icon with the nuclear wasteland and the Soviet Mega-City, did you do a lot of thinking about making it relevant to the 21st Century? You're right there's a lot of Cold War themes in there, but it's also quite punk. 1977 [is when it started]. It's antiestablishment, highly aggressive and it's basically subversive. Bearing all those things in mind some of which you could say are period-based, I didn't really worry about it. Because at the heart, what you have [in this] story is a very, very fucked up urban environment. In which the law and order is struggling to keep a cap on it. It's over-stretching itself and over reaching it's own boundaries in order to try and stay ahead of things. And that, to me, doesn't seem to be very different to a lot of what's happening in the here and now. I felt that it was perfectly current and the irradiated wasteland beyond the city becomes scifi texture rather than the heart of it. Read the entire article over at i09 dailypop | September 20, 2012 at 6:16 pm | Tags: dredd | Categories: comic books, Cult SciFi | URL: http://wp.me/p4kUt-4aZ Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe or change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://dailypop.wordpress.com/2012/09/20/dredd-2/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com