Magmell

First off, I appreciate their effort in making an audio drama and the audio production is generally very well done. But the script itself is weak - the characters seem absurdly psychotic, even before any major events happen, and the continuous use of the F-Bomb for no obvious reason is grating. I can’t see why the two main human characters in the story would have been selected for a space mission of this magnitude when they are both clearly emotionally unstable and professionally incompetent. The over use of tropes is also annoying, including the back stories of the two main human characters. The story arc has potential, but it’s simultaneously under-explained and also drags at the same time. So, I do appreciate the effort, and this did give me something to listen to, but overall it just doesn’t quite work very well.

The actors are good, the story is good…there is enough suspense that made me listen to all the available episodes in one afternoon. I didn’t want to turn it off. I really hope there is a 2nd season. People complaining about the cussing are so weird. Big deal…people cuss! Especially in stressful situations. I don’t get offended over dumb things. The story is the part that matters.

Great story. Very tense in the best way. A bit predictable at times, but great acting and a genre I love. Many reviewers seem upset by profanity, but this is literally the way my coworkers and I talk. Smart people with degrees say **** too. They’re just words. Actually makes it more relatable. Easier to settle into since they talk like actual human beings working in high-stress situations

Without spoiling it this podcast is a great horror story set in space near a dead star and planet. A slightly lovecraftian meets speculative quantum physics. Really good space horror tale. It’s only 10 episodes long and so it’s easy to binge or knock out over a weeks commute. The voice acting was great in my opinion. Jeff did not disappoint. It’s centered around two women and an AI and their ship. His other great podcast is “ Return Home” which is a sort of bizarre horror comedy that spans several seasons.

Dull, repetitive plot that was completely predictable in virtually every way to anyone who has watched mainstream sci-fi. Numerous scientific inaccuracies (don’t worry, we’re a few km from the black hole) and logical breaks (we need to get as far away as we can, so let’s land on the mysterious planet). Dialogue consists in large part of variations of the “f word” among the 2 psychologically unfit astronauts. After a point just kept listening to see if it got any better. Save yourself time - it doesn’t.

Jana’s use of profanity went far behind characterization…it was a straight up distraction. I started to feel like it was there to paper over cracks in the narrative…which is a shame. A little more restraint in this regard would’ve complimented an otherwise interesting story.