Science Fiction · Definitely Human
by Definitely Human
Down is a 24-part science-fiction series from Definitely Human about an expedition into a newly-discovered Antarctic trench, dubbed The Bottomless Pit. The company-backed research submarine Virgil is elegant, state-of-the-art, and capable of withstanding enormous pressures. The same cannot be said for her crew. DOWN is a Definitely Human production. Visit www.DefinitelyHuman.co.uk to see full credits and check out our other shows. You can follow us on Twitter @HumanDefinitely for updates, and support us on Patreon at www.Patreon.com/DefinitelyHuman. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Definitely Human does it again with another knock out podcast. I’m slow to catch up on their shows but I binged this one in a few days. Loved the story and the production - this one had me stressed out and dying to know how it ended. I needed a good fictional podcast and this was just the thing!
I thought this was really well done, I’ve listened to the entire thing in just one sitting! The voice acting gets better as it goes on, and the acting is on par with a lot of other similar audio drama series. Not to mention that the story is very well done. The eldritch horror aspects don’t feel cheesy and they make it so it’s always somewhat based in reality. 9/10!
After listening all through, the plot feels like a SparkNotes mixup of late-90s sci-fi classics like “The Core” and “Sphere” and “The Abyss” with a dash of Dante Alighieri for philosophical seasoning. Enjoyable and well produced, but a tad derivative — and confusing in its episodic format.
I like when a horror podcast has a slow build. This one did just that and watching the chaos unfold was extremely entertaining
Even though the episodes are weirdly short and there is this high pitched ‘sound effect’ used during many of the episodes which pierces your skull, I hung in for all 24 episodes. I found the first half of the episodes enjoyable and liked the characters and their development. Unfortunately, I found the ‘ending’ super frustrating - so many unanswered questions.
It was a good plot and story line but the actors over acting was pretty bad. One character is calm cool and collective and the next second he’s having a meltdown like a 13 year old and don’t forget the captain he was so annoying. The length of episodes where just ridiculous. Majority of them where 10 minutes long. Just when I got into an episode it was over. On a positive note the story was finished and not left open like other podcasts.
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