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rotinaj posted:I gave Tanis a listen off this recommendation, and its really good so far! I'm only three episodes in, and I only have one criticism of it, and that's the extremely distracting bleeping of the name of the lady found dead in an LA hotel water tower. Isn't that common knowledge? I've heard the story at least three times on other podcasts, and that edit doesn't make sense to me. Some of the writing is extremely poor as well, particularly around Meerkatnip (that loving name, for one). Also the fact that someone clearly tries to do something really nefarious by hacking the guys computer and sending emails, and he literally does nothing about it, barely bats an eye. It's puzzling to say the least. Using the water tower incident was in extremely poor taste as well. The black tapes, in contrast were extremely good.
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ManMythLegend posted:I really didn't like this one at all. It started strong, but went off the rails very quickly. It suffers very badly from poor characters, plot threads that go no where, terrible technobabble, and an eye roll inducing "twist". Blah. You're right: at least it was short. You guys aren't kidding. It is one of the laziest, most unnecessary, idiotic deus ex machina I've ever seen in any sort of fiction. It's basically the podcast equivalent of a bad JRPG where some random person shows up and yells. "I WAS THE REAL VILLAIN ALL ALONG" and runs away before anything else happens.
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rotinaj posted:Tanis is clearly in the Murky Middle, a place where you know where the ending is, and you're heading there, and you're past the new-car smell of the beginning, but you're stuck in this weird in-between place. It bugged me so loving much when someone used his email to try to set up a fake meeting with MK and then they LITERALLY STOP TALKING ABOUT IT as if it were nothing. Like what is wrong with this guy? And the stupid Charles Manson stuff from this last episode really put a sour taste in my mouth. "Hey guys you like Charlie Manson right? Well do we have the story for you! Bet you can't wait to hear all about good ole' charlie!!! Guess you'll have to wait till next episode, sorry" Like just tell your story, come on.
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Jan 8, 2016 17:42
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For those of you who were into it, season 2 of The Black Tapes started today, though I thought the episode was pretty bad, compared to the stuff season 1 was doing. Hopefully it gets better.
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Jan 19, 2016 18:18
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effervescible posted:Does the host have to explain again that a podcast is radio for the internet, and is Dr. Strand again inexplicably chill with really personal stuff that makes him look bad airing on the show? No. The host explains that a podcast is radio for the internet and Dr. Strand is inexplicably not chill with really personal stuff that makes him look bad airing on the show. It's very different.
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Jan 19, 2016 21:09
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calandryll posted:I like the concepts from both Tanis and Black tapes but drat if their dialogue isn't stilted. The Black Tapes had gotten a bit better but it still feels really awkward. I feel like the Black Tapes have gotten way worse, the new season has been downright bad.
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Hughlander posted:Download the Black Tapes Not the Black Tapes, that's for sure!
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Apr 6, 2016 22:03
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Jurgan posted:Tanis season two just started. Nic Silver is having trouble sleeping. Great, we really needed another insomnia subplot. Don't worry, he'll take a few weeks off soon to catch up on his rest.
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Apr 21, 2016 01:20
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God, The Black Tapes started out so good, how the gently caress did it get so bad this fast?
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May 18, 2016 14:27
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Tanis and the Black Tapes had two very different problems. In Tanis, it's unbearable because Nick is a loving idiot who seems like he should barely be able to function in daily life, let alone investigate something. Also the twist they stuffed into season one sucked. Black Tapes just can't decide if it wants to be a Monster of the Week show or not. For what it's worth, I really liked most of season one when it was actually just a monster of the week show.
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Aug 8, 2016 11:31
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For some reason I decided to re-listen to the early episodes of the Black Tapes again, and god drat that podcast was good before they tried to force any over-arching story into the whole thing.
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Dec 15, 2016 18:18
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Terrible Opinions posted:I listened to the first four episodes of the Box and boy howdy is it garbage. Do not listen unless you're really that desperate for modern anthology horror and have finished every other such podcast ever recommended in this thread. I am listening to that and I loving lost it when a man who I am just going to assume is Resident Evil Character Barry Burton yelled "WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?". e: The gently caress is this lovely monologue. I don't know you or care about you lady I don't want to know about your stupid college experience. ee: This is such garbage. Shame on you, poster who thought this was good. Paul Zuvella fucked around with this message at 16:14 on Jan 3, 2017 |
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Listened to Mabel, I was pretty into it. I'm a little disappointed that the story did not really resolve as much as it did just... end. I was a little disheartened that there was going to be a season two, but they are going with a new distinct story, and not trying to do Black Tapes Bullshit with it.
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Jan 27, 2017 20:44
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theblackw0lf posted:Wait they are ending that story there? It seems really incomplete. They released a teaser for the new season and it's an Irish woman reading letters, so maybe it's related but I doubt it.
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Jan 28, 2017 02:28
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having a main character with the name "meerkatnip" was one of the things that made me hate Tanis because of how stupid it is. Also now the main character fucks a human being he exclusivly refers to as "Meerkatnip" makes me wish Tanis never existed.
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Jan 31, 2017 18:02
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Jurgan posted:I don't know, it seems totally plausible that someone would use that as an online handle. Except Nick exists in the real world, and treats this person like a friend and colligue. And fucks her. And still refers to her through her dumbass, 12 year old live journal name. It's loving bananas.
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Feb 1, 2017 17:25
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If you ever put your dick into someone who you exclusively know as "meerkatnip" you have probably hosed up really, really badly in life.
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Feb 1, 2017 17:26
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DoctorWhat posted:Tanis, for all its faults, has atmosphere. My bathroom has atmosphere too, but at least my shits have the decency to have an ending.
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Feb 24, 2017 21:55
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Jurgan posted:I think "Tanis did 9/11" is when the show jumped the shark for me, and the Voynich Manuscript was when I quit altogether. There is no loving way there was a "tanis did 9/11" episode I refuse to believe it.
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Feb 28, 2017 20:39
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Tanis would have to turn into the greatest piece of fiction ever to get me to listen again after their dumbass wet fart of an attempt at a twist in season 1
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This is why you don't donate to patreons or kickstarters or indiegogos or anything.
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