William Gibson's Alien 3 - Audio Drama - 2019

[Corporal Hicks]

Yeah, Sarge. Not a huge deal. Had to stop to go fetch dinner but I'm ready to crack on.

I'm enjoying the frame device of

Spoiler

Bishop recalling it.

[close]

[Stitch]

Downloading now! Should make this boring work shift better!

[Corporal Hicks]

'Alien III' Backstage pictures with Lance Henriksen and Michael Biehn and the unsung and ridiculously overqualified 'backing singer' heroes of our LA recording sessions, the miraculous @SimVan and @EKNOWELDEN pic.twitter.com/GEqdWrc7cp

— Dirk Maggs (@DirkMaggs) May 30, 2019

The Henriksen-Maggs Staring Contest. I win. But he's softened up a bit since he was ripped in two. pic.twitter.com/JyTvgWBPiT

— Dirk Maggs (@DirkMaggs) May 30, 2019

[Russ840]

Yeah, Sarge. Not a huge deal. Had to stop to go fetch dinner but I'm ready to crack on.

I'm enjoying the frame device of

Spoiler

Bishop recalling it.

[close]

Yeah. It fleshes things out nicely. I like his comments about the means to which he got 'infected'

[Stitch]

It's a bit odd in some ways. The beginning is like a dramatic audiobook but then it transitions into a normal audio drama like the rest of them.
Could probably do without the Aliens recap at the beginning, but it's not bad. Henriksen's VO can be distracting at times, though, especially at the beginning. A lot of his sibilant sounds come out as whistles at the beginning, but if they had limited time to finish his parts, I imagine that's the reason why, and it would have been improved if they'd been able to.
I shall definitely be giving it another listen in conjunction with reading the comic, to get a better audiovisual experience, as I feel it's a lot clearer what's going on in this than in the comic.

[Corporal Hicks]

Anyone recognize the sound effect for the New Beast/Hybrid?

[Nostromo]

Thanks, just bought it, is it really only 2hrs and 16 mins or is that a typo? Usually Audiobooks are 5-8 hrs.

[Corporal Hicks]

I made that thought to start with but he's adapting a 2 hour long screenplay so I think it makes sense it's only film length.

[Russ840]

Anyone recognize the sound effect for the New Beast/Hybrid?

Not that far in yet. Im at 50 mins remaining.

Im gonna have a guess at either the Decon or the Neomorph ?

[Stitch]

I've just listened to it again, whilst reading through the comics, and it's amazing just how abridged the comics are. No wonder I had trouble keeping up with what was going on when reading, there are huge chunks missing.
The two combined do work really well together, and it's interesting to see what was cut from each version which was kept in the other.

[HuDaFuK]

I've just listened to it again, whilst reading through the comics, and it's amazing just how abridged the comics are. No wonder I had trouble keeping up with what was going on when reading, there are huge chunks missing.

The comic was actually fairly accurate to the script. Dirk Maggs says the drama's been expanded.

[Huggs]

I made that thought to start with but he's adapting a 2 hour long screenplay so I think it makes sense it's only film length.

Well, that's somewhat depressing.

[Stitch]

I've just listened to it again, whilst reading through the comics, and it's amazing just how abridged the comics are. No wonder I had trouble keeping up with what was going on when reading, there are huge chunks missing.

The comic was actually fairly accurate to the script. Dirk Maggs says the drama's been expanded.

I've just reread the script and, while the audio drama has been expanded and modified as is needed for an audio only format, I stand by my previous point.
There are big chunks in the script and the  audio drama which are glossed over in the comic. There are also sections of the audio drama which completely miss out parts of the script which are shown in the comic.
In general I find the audio drama flows better, and the comic feels condensed and a bit choppy.

[Huggs]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">&#39;Alien III&#39; Backstage pictures with Lance Henriksen and Michael Biehn and the unsung and ridiculously overqualified &#39;backing singer&#39; heroes of our LA recording sessions, the miraculous <a href="https://twitter.com/SimVan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SimVan</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/EKNOWELDEN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@EKNOWELDEN</a> <a href="https://t.co/GEqdWrc7cp">pic.twitter.com/GEqdWrc7cp</a></p>— Dirk Maggs (@DirkMaggs) <a href="https://twitter.com/DirkMaggs/status/1134056796723785728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 30, 2019</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Henriksen-Maggs Staring Contest. I win. But he&#39;s softened up a bit since he was ripped in two. <a href="https://t.co/JyTvgWBPiT">pic.twitter.com/JyTvgWBPiT</a></p>— Dirk Maggs (@DirkMaggs) <a href="https://twitter.com/DirkMaggs/status/1134057313143332864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 30, 2019</a></blockquote>
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There is immense power emanating from that hair.

[Nostromo]

Ok that's pretty damn cool. Just started the audio book and I'm listening to Lance Henriksen narrating.