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Stoo said:Ed, no offense, eh? To be frank, the "old tyme" radio filter should be scrapped completely (as has been done with this latest installment). While it's a cool idea, it ends up detracting from the overall finished product. Then again, this is just my humble opinion.
I don't have iTunes so to get this Read-Along to work properly I had to actually open 2 different windows. One for the audio and another for the pages. (On the first few tries, the image & audio worked simultaneously only for 18 seconds before the 1st page automatically disappeared and it switched to a QuickTime player.)
Lito as Henry Sr.: Ecshellent!
Rob as Indy: Admirable effort but I think I prefer your/his emotionless interpretation of Indy better. Maybe find some middle ground for the next one? I guess I just have a different idea of how certain lines would be delivered by H.Ford, though the part where Indy is digging with the shovel was some well done voice acting on your part.
Keith as Dafoe: Fun but clichéd stereotype.
Pedro as Ahmed: Perfect.
Keith as Narrator: As RonTheReviewer would say, "Really good".
Sound Effects: Nicely used.
Voice Echo: PERFECT!
Music: Nice selections and beautifully edited.
IndyCast Read-Along Logo: Sweet touch of nostalgia. Who did it?
The end credits reminded of the "Star Wars" radio show from 1981. The only thing missing was thanking Les David of throwmetheidol.com for providing scans of the pages. Otherwise, none of us would be able to see them!
As you guys may know, I've been doing my own read-alongs with the comics since "Temple of Yearning" and I must say that this was very enjoyable. The BEST Indy radio drama so far! Can't believe there isn't any other feedback yet!
Stoo -
Once again, your feedback is greatly appreciated. Glad you enjoyed this as much as we enjoyed putting it together!
The radio effect was dropped for this one as we wanted to keep the radio dramas and read-alongs in separate "worlds". Radio is more 30s-40s, read-alongs 70's and 80's. Since the Crusade story (audio only) was released on CD, that gave us a good reason to keep the audio as clean as possible.
I still love the radio effect on the dramas, but the criticisms were heard loud and clear (pun intended). It'll be toned down on GG part 2...and I might have something in my editing software that will make it a bit more listener-friendly. Let us know how we do when GG part 2 is released.
Our voice cast DID do a bang-up job, and Indy is always the toughest. Even in giving direction, it's tough for me to decide: Snarky Indy, You Kids Get Off My Lawn Indy, Put You To Sleep With My Voice Indy, or I'm In Awe Of Some Gold Thing Indy. Rob is certainly keeping up with all of our suggestions. I think you'll like the Indy we're planning for the "Willie Scott" adventure.
Thanks for the kind words on the editing, as well. Trying out a few new bells and whistles...glad to know they're making an impact. Just wait till Indy hits the jungle!
Logo was very much a team effort. Keith and I wanted something representative of the story which would also incorporate elements of the old book-and-records with new school iPoddy goodness. Ed put our suggestions through his IndyCast rosetta stone and ran with it. I thought it was stellar. Thanks for noticing the details!
"Your own read-alongs"...you mean you're following along with the source material...or did you put something together??
Keep posting your comments. We're listening to and reading EVERYTHING so we can keep getting better at this!