Comments on: Pseudopod 97: Mrs Branson Calling http://pseudopod.org/2008/07/04/pseudopod-97-mrs-branson-calling/ The Sound of Horror. Pseudopod is the world\'s first audio horror magazine. We deliver bone-chilling stories from today\'s most talented authors straight to your computer or MP3 player. Thu, 17 May 2012 04:23:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: The Fix | From the Podosphere: July 2008 http://pseudopod.org/2008/07/04/pseudopod-97-mrs-branson-calling/#comment-70919 The Fix | From the Podosphere: July 2008 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 01:30:48 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/?p=148#comment-70919 <p>[...] Pseudopod begins with Johnny Compton’s “Mrs Branson Calling.” Is an old woman really wandering around her apartment building in the nude, looking like [...]</p> [...] Pseudopod begins with Johnny Compton’s “Mrs Branson Calling.” Is an old woman really wandering around her apartment building in the nude, looking like [...]

]]> By: Alice http://pseudopod.org/2008/07/04/pseudopod-97-mrs-branson-calling/#comment-33363 Alice Sun, 27 Jul 2008 23:45:15 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/?p=148#comment-33363 <p>Oh, and could someone explain how the closing comments related to the story? Because I really didn't get it at all.</p> Oh, and could someone explain how the closing comments related to the story? Because I really didn’t get it at all.

]]> By: Alice http://pseudopod.org/2008/07/04/pseudopod-97-mrs-branson-calling/#comment-33345 Alice Sun, 27 Jul 2008 23:23:48 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/?p=148#comment-33345 <p>This story had a really interesting opening, but a lackluster ending. It went from exceedingly strange to pretty much formulaic. The protagonist seemed to be reacting in an unrealistically calm way to the naked woman (I know he wasn't exactly calm, but he was calmer than would be appropriate), and I think more could have been done with the whole "unreal" feeling that was evoked at the beginning. I thought it was going to go off in a very "weird" direction, but it didn't at all.</p> <p>I liked the reading a lot, actually. I thought Phil's voice really suited the protagonist.</p> This story had a really interesting opening, but a lackluster ending. It went from exceedingly strange to pretty much formulaic. The protagonist seemed to be reacting in an unrealistically calm way to the naked woman (I know he wasn’t exactly calm, but he was calmer than would be appropriate), and I think more could have been done with the whole “unreal” feeling that was evoked at the beginning. I thought it was going to go off in a very “weird” direction, but it didn’t at all.

I liked the reading a lot, actually. I thought Phil’s voice really suited the protagonist.

]]> By: Spork http://pseudopod.org/2008/07/04/pseudopod-97-mrs-branson-calling/#comment-28645 Spork Sun, 13 Jul 2008 02:02:49 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/?p=148#comment-28645 <p>Since when does horror equal compassion and a naked old lady in a stairwell?</p> <p>If Phil can be bothered to do a southern drawl for the lady in her panties, can't he be bothered to make some effort to making any references to "brothas" sound a teensy bit authentic? If you can't do all the nuances, just do a straight reading, ok?</p> <p>The internal monologue didn't fit with the tone of the protag either, by the way. Completely off at times.</p> Since when does horror equal compassion and a naked old lady in a stairwell?

If Phil can be bothered to do a southern drawl for the lady in her panties, can’t he be bothered to make some effort to making any references to “brothas” sound a teensy bit authentic? If you can’t do all the nuances, just do a straight reading, ok?

The internal monologue didn’t fit with the tone of the protag either, by the way. Completely off at times.

]]> By: David http://pseudopod.org/2008/07/04/pseudopod-97-mrs-branson-calling/#comment-28526 David Thu, 10 Jul 2008 04:18:49 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/?p=148#comment-28526 <p>Have to agree with the crowd here. It just didn't feel like horror to me.</p> <p>Didn't know Alasdair Stuart did a part in Tales from the Museum. Can you tell me when they plan on doing another episode of Far Horizons? I really wanted to see what happens next in that story.</p> Have to agree with the crowd here. It just didn’t feel like horror to me.

Didn’t know Alasdair Stuart did a part in Tales from the Museum. Can you tell me when they plan on doing another episode of Far Horizons? I really wanted to see what happens next in that story.

]]> By: BadMonkey http://pseudopod.org/2008/07/04/pseudopod-97-mrs-branson-calling/#comment-28509 BadMonkey Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:12:10 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/?p=148#comment-28509 <p> It wasn't bad, but it wasn't anything to light my hair on fire over either.</p> It wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t anything to light my hair on fire over either.

]]> By: Changwa Steve http://pseudopod.org/2008/07/04/pseudopod-97-mrs-branson-calling/#comment-27974 Changwa Steve Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:37:28 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/?p=148#comment-27974 <p>I have to admit I didn't really get what the other two women in the story had to do with anything. Maybe it will come up in the forums.</p> I have to admit I didn’t really get what the other two women in the story had to do with anything. Maybe it will come up in the forums.

]]> By: Dom http://pseudopod.org/2008/07/04/pseudopod-97-mrs-branson-calling/#comment-27929 Dom Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:25:30 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/?p=148#comment-27929 <p>Not too bad, but I didn't find it scary. It was more sad than anything else. Maybe I wasn't too taken by the moral of this.</p> Not too bad, but I didn’t find it scary. It was more sad than anything else. Maybe I wasn’t too taken by the moral of this.

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