Tag: Space Opera

  • Steampunk and Space Opera with Bosh and Brave

    “Bosh and Brave” from Black Moor Productions sets up the steampunk world with space opera technology like interstellar travel in a way that might turn listeners off. The audio diary mechanic in the series works best with a character we like. Paige Hopkinson is not that kind of character. While we feel sorry for her…

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  • Space Opera with an Edge: Marsfall Season One

    Marsfall: The Final Frontier To say the first season of Marsfall does everything Star Trek: Into Darkness gets wrong is perhaps overly simplistic, but not entirely inaccurate. Both the movie starring Benedict Cumberbatch as the infamous character Khan from Star Trek canon and Marsfall take space opera to their dark extremes. Whereas Into Darkness goes…

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  • Interview: Bob Koester, Director of Companions

    Interview took place on 01/04/2017. MB=Michael Bergonzi. BK: Bob Koester. You can check out the review of his audio drama: Companions over at AudioDramaReviews.com shortly after the 200th review celebration on the 29th of January. Check back here to get the link. Also be sure to follow us on Twitter and Facebook. And don’t forget, we have a Patreon.…

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  • Caalo Xan Season One

    Caalo Xan is as science fiction as one can get, having a hound as the leading character, a team of swashbucklers travelling through the Galaxy, and meeting a weird and alien cast of friends and foes along the way. Multiple things about the audio drama can hook the audience. It has an excellent original song…

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  • Ray Gunn and Starburst: Series One

    This superhero origin story achieves the same effect as the Deadpool film, while at the same time fulfilling the promises inherent in the genre of space opera comedies. Ray Gunn and Starburst starts off a little lackluster. There’s nothing new here, aside from the fourth wall breaking, and even then that feels like a gimmick.…

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