Tag: Dirk Maggs

  • Audible Review: Alien III

    Audible Review: Alien III

    This week I’m going to be discussing Audible’s version of William Gibson’s screenplay for the third film in the Alien film franchise, Alien III. Alien III What if? Here is a real curiosity – what might have been if William Gibson’s screenplay had been produced, rather than the much-derided David Fincher film? Fincher, himself, said…

  • Original Dramas – Part One

    Original Dramas – Part One

    This is the fifth in a regular weekly series (every Wednesday) of 4 Audible reviews, broken down into the categories, which I selected for my first Audible blog (Dan’s Top 5 Reasons to Start Listening to Audible.co.uk) and subdivided, where helpful.  So, this latest one is ‘Original Dramas’. Links to where you can purchase each of the titles for yourself (via Audible)…

  • Top 5 Reasons to Start Listening to Audible

    Top 5 Reasons to Start Listening to Audible

    1. Autobiographies There’s just something special about hearing someone tell their own life story, particularly when it’s someone who is familiar/famous, whose inflexions might seem odd if they were pronounced by anyone else. Current favourite Brian Blessed’s ‘Absolute Pandemonium’ – it honestly hurt listening to this book, I laughed so much! Blessed’s booming anecdotes are the…