Serial (podcast)
Serial (podcast)
PLEASE, NO SPOILERS!
But has anyone listened to this? I've been meaning to catch up with it for ages after hearing nothing but good things about it on the Chat Very Good and Regular Features podcasts, and yeah - it's really good.
If you don't know, it's about a murder of a schoolgirl which took place in 1999, and the guy who was convicted. A reporter starts really re-investigating the case. I'm only two episodes in, so I don't know what the conclusion is/was, but from what I've heard so far it's totally compelling to listen to. Check it out if you haven't already.
But has anyone listened to this? I've been meaning to catch up with it for ages after hearing nothing but good things about it on the Chat Very Good and Regular Features podcasts, and yeah - it's really good.
If you don't know, it's about a murder of a schoolgirl which took place in 1999, and the guy who was convicted. A reporter starts really re-investigating the case. I'm only two episodes in, so I don't know what the conclusion is/was, but from what I've heard so far it's totally compelling to listen to. Check it out if you haven't already.
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Season 1?
yeah, it was good, don't google it though, now it's run it's course, it's very easy to stumble into some massive spoilers.
Season 2 is shaping up to be interesting as well.
yeah, it was good, don't google it though, now it's run it's course, it's very easy to stumble into some massive spoilers.
Season 2 is shaping up to be interesting as well.
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Yeah, I also thought Season 1 was pretty great and I'm really enjoying Season 2 so far.
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Season 1 is really, really great. Season 2 is very good so far, but the story isn't as fascinating.
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I thought the first few episodes of Serial were absolutely gripping, but for me it very quickly went off the boil, especially when it devolved into interminable analysis of the placement of a potentially fictional phonebox(?), and my interest tailed off entirely as soon as it became very apparent to me that
Errol Morris' classic, hugely influential doc The Thin Blue Line is also along similar lines, is fantastic, and is on Netflix I believe.
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Errol Morris' classic, hugely influential doc The Thin Blue Line is also along similar lines, is fantastic, and is on Netflix I believe.
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I am not feeling the new season *at all*.
I just don't find the Bowe Bergdahl story to be very interesting. Regardless of his intent, he's just a guy who did a stupid thing that cost multiple lives. That doesn't rate nearly as high for me as the interesting web of innocence/guilt/memory that was season 1.
I just don't find the Bowe Bergdahl story to be very interesting. Regardless of his intent, he's just a guy who did a stupid thing that cost multiple lives. That doesn't rate nearly as high for me as the interesting web of innocence/guilt/memory that was season 1.
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I completely agree.Combine Hunter wrote:Season 1 is really, really great. Season 2 is very good so far, but the story isn't as fascinating.
It's interesting to find out what happened to the guy, but if I skipped an episode, I don't really feel like I would have missed anything.
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If you liked season 1 of Serial, it's worth checking out Undisclosed. It goes into quite a lot more depth, and turns up several things they missed on Serial.
I have to agree though, Serial Season 2 was nowhere near as interesting, I stopped listening part way through.
I have to agree though, Serial Season 2 was nowhere near as interesting, I stopped listening part way through.
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Yeah I did start listening to that Undisclosed podcast, but I must admit I found it difficult to maintain interest once I'd finished listening to the main Serial series.
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Some of the episodes were a bit tough going due to all the legal jargon, but it was pretty interesting overall.
They are apparently also starting on a second case, ala Serial season 2, but not sure what it is.
They are apparently also starting on a second case, ala Serial season 2, but not sure what it is.