Idea: What if Netflix created a Radio Drama of the books?

Specter

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The idea is not a new one. It's one that I had several years ago, that it would be cool to have audiobooks with the full of characters voiced by the actors who are playing the roles in the movies (with characters who didn't make the film also being cast especially for the project).

I would love to see something like this come together, similar to the Star Wars Radio Dramatizations that exist for the original trilogy (and I've heard there is someone who has been working on prequels right now).

Would you be interested in a Radio Drama with whomever they cast for the Netflix series/movies?
 
Specter said:
The idea is not a new one. It's one that I had several years ago, that it would be cool to have audiobooks with the full of characters voiced by the actors who are playing the roles in the movies (with characters who didn't make the film also being cast especially for the project).

I would love to see something like this come together, similar to the Star Wars Radio Dramatizations that exist for the original trilogy (and I've heard there is someone who has been working on prequels right now).

Would you be interested in a Radio Drama with whomever they cast for the Netflix series/movies?
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I think that a C of N Radio Drama would be "boss"(good), because I love to listen to Old-Time Radio shows. My favorite is X Minus One:alien:
 
I oniy just noticed this topic. The old-fashioned medium of radio theater is closely akin to the still-older experience of listening to a campfire storyteller.
 
Would they have Douglas Gresham doing the prologue and epilogue, like Focus On The Family Radio Theatre did?

It's likely the original cast won't be back. David Suchet probably wouldn't be back as Aslan. Stash Kirkbride actually sounded like what I picture Rishda to sound like. Though he probably won't reprise his role.

Netflix doing a Narnia radio drama could be interesting. Maybe having Douglas Gresham as the storytelling would be nice.
 
Most audiobooks are just somebody reading the book out loud. Oh they might change their voice once in a while or use a sound effect or two, but yeah...it's the digital equivalent of saying, "Dad, I want a bedtime story." I create audio dramas, and let me tell you, there have been moments when I had up to nine simultaneous sounds going...everything from random indoor noises to actors, sound effects, narration, and music. Part one of Harrod's Bend (Chapter 2) is like that. When a hot air balloon catches on fire, it's not just flames like a fireplace. It's a whoosh, a crackle, a crumble, and a sizzle. All the while the audience is going nuts, Ripley is making his escape, and the narrator is covering it blow by blow.

The next story is already in the can, a lush adaptation of "Swept Away," and one sword fight ends with the baddie getting skewered by a sword. I wanted you to experience it intensely, so I used a large knife and a watermelon.

The most eerie effect I know how to do is the "Angry God" voice from Star Trek V. You can find clips of the scene on Youtube if you don't want to invest in the movie. The voice seemed to resolve from anticipatory sound, an effect that gives you the impression of someone who is speaking to you but whose psychic energy is so powerful that you hear him thinking the words right before they leave. For your edification, record your voice. It helps if you use a very deep voice and speak slowly and clearly. Then REVERSE the track. Yes, I said esreveR the track. Only then do you add large room reverb to it. So you put reverb on your voice BACKWARDS, then you reverse it again and listen. That is astonishing enough, but then trim it out by giving this eerie track a forward SMALL ROOM reverb so the words don't snip off at the end. I freaked out my wife (LadyBadger) with a line from the movie. "You are the first of your kind to find me here. Your journey could not have been an easy one." She glanced at me and asked, "What did I marry???"
 
ShastaoftheNineRealms said:
I do not agree that a radio drama and an audiobook are the same medium.
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I would agree, they are two very different ways of telling a story audibly. I love old time radio dramas, from old detective series to sci fi, there is something enjoyable about those in 30 mins little episodes. For an audio book that is essentially being read the book. The better the reader the more enjoyable it is. I would say radio dramas are not on the same level as an audio book as it is just limited in scope to what it can accomplish in that format. Not a bad thing, just means if you want the real depth of a story then you want an audio book. For example I have on Audible the complete Chronicles of Narnia unabridged. I also have the complete Chronicles of Narnia in a radio drama style adaptation. One gives me the story from start to finish, making no changes and giving me the full beauty that is at the root of these books, the other gives me that reflection that reminds me of what I love so much while not quite being it. Close in many ways, but not close enough for the things I love deeply.

The very idea of Netflix doing anything Narnia leaves a bad taste in my mouth. I have little hopes for The Magicians Nephew (will be incredibly happy to be proven wrong) and think to properly tell this story you have to do it from a Christian world view, it just cannot be avoided. Narnia is going to be "reimagined" for a modern audience as it is with the new movie and anytime you hear that verbiage great big alarm bells should start clanging in your head.
 
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