The Last Movie

Like its sister shows The Black Tapes and Tanis, The Last Movie offers fantastic production quality, beautiful music and sound, amazing plot development with vast potential…and then fails to deliver on its setup, petering out unsatisfyingly in the final episode. Listen for the journey, not the destination.

Out of all the PRA stories, I'd say "The Last Movie" was my second favourite until the newest season came out. I could not stop listening! They outdid themselves with season 2. Major creep-factor, very compelling. You won't be disappointed.

I must say that I absolutely love your podcasts. I’ve listened to The Black Tapes, Rabbits, and Tanis all more than once. I also liked season one of This podcast, but I’m not digging season two. The “new hosts” are not it, especially Evan. And what is with constantly saying rowdy? C’mon guys, you’re better than this. I’m sorry for the 3 star review but judging by all of your other content, I know you can do better. All that being said, please keep cranking out your podcasts! They are some of my favorites and I know I will continue listening as long as you make them!

Season 1 is quintessential PRA content, similar to TANIS and Rabbits. The mystery is great and I love the relationship between Nic and MK. I also thought the finale and the ending were fantastic. I enjoyed the first episode of season 2 and how it was used to looped back to season 1; however, the overal season is poor. I was okay with the first episode when I thought it was going to be just a bit to get back to the main story, but that’s not the case. The voice acting is much poorer this season, the story doesn’t continue the cliffhanger of season 1, and you really miss the dynamic between Nic and MK that made season 1 so good. I think season 2 should have been it’s own podcast and would have done much better on its own, rather than tangentially building on season 1. Overall, worth listening too, but don’t expect it to get better as it goes.

The first season of The Last Movie was a fun little side journey from Tanis. It made for a good “one and done”. But now, having stretched the veneer even thinner through a second season which “loosely” ties into Season One and even more “loosely” ties back to Tanis, the fabric of this story is in tatters. Season one gets a relatively solid 3.5 especially if you’ve followed Tanis. But the combination of the show now being hosted by “Fred & Daphne” copies from the Scooby gang, plus entire episodes breaking the cardinal rule of “show me, don’t tell me” — this is where it gets a generous two stars as I can’t even finish the series. It’s starting to feel as if Terry Miles/Nic Silver has too many plates spinning and doesn’t know when to bring things to a natural conclusion. I’m happy to have Tanis back after a long hiatus, but it feels as if Miles is getting tired with the material too, though I think at times the Pacifica novel is a worthy thread that has kept my interest, even as other primary storylines are feeling their time. It would have been much more interesting to do something along the lines of Pacifica as a new podcast which only slowly reveals itself into the world of Tanis, but instead we have this meta-meta-Tanis derivative which is boring and lacks any real sense of jeopardy and scares that Tanis has had in its best episodes. In the words of your “Daphne” of Season Two— you absolutely should have shelved this season and premise in the writer’s room.

I tried really hard to get into this podcast because the content sounds interesting, but had to stop because listening to Nick Silver beat one-word answers out of his clearly scripted interviewees and colleagues in an attempt to create an air of suspense felt like pulling teeth. I’d rather just go to the dentist.