Mr. Tweedy wrote:I even recall a Steven King story that combined the two and had a teacher killing her students because they may or may not have been monsters.
The collection
Nightmares and Dreamscapes had that, can't remember the individual chapter name. It didn't make the TV series, which was a let down to me.
Well, if the story is as middle of the road as seems to be the consensus, isn't going funky with the production a potentially viable way of 'saving' it? I listen to a lot of audio short fiction, and I do notice I gravitate to stories with some appropriate background music. I guess there's a line between radio play, and 'flourish,' but I still feel that hasn't been broached by the DC. Guess that boils down to preference, all considered.
I find that the sound effects and music have been a large part of DC 'coming in to its own,' and it is distinguished from the more audibly naked podcast fiction (like Escapepod) in that way. The general humor Norm employs makes the effects more a welcome addittion (personaly). With Variant Frequencies, I often find the noises used annoying and distracting, because its usually more for drama than fun. A key VF example I remember is dubbing in of 'monster noises' in two seperate episodes - it took away from what I imagined of the creatures, and kinda' made it all sound canned.
I still stand by the story having some charm. A 7 not a 10 of course, but there's material to like. It reminded me of an old Goosebumps or Fear Street story, which I dined on in large quantities back in the day. DC is about visiting different 'places' for me, and cheesy 80's teen fiction is but another shadowy corner of 'the drabble zone.'