The Town Hall Archives

Daniel · Posted: Sat Feb 22, 2003 1:59 am Post subject:

The second part it up on oneplace already! I'm listening to it now! Also, anyone bought the mp3 from oneplace, and know anything about it, like quality and such... $3.50 an episode is a bit much I think...

hawkeye · Posted: Sat Feb 22, 2003 2:28 am Post subject:

I think $0.50 is reasonable, but my only question is what are they thinking here, since the target audience doesn't own a credit card, thus can't pay for it. Yeah, they can ask their parents, but it seems like too much trouble....

Ferder- · Posted: Sat Feb 22, 2003 10:55 am Post subject:

I just heard the second part to Am. Rev. The be honest I thought both parts of it were rather boreing. The American history episodes have never held my interest as well as the ones that take place in Odyssey, though there have been some (like The Underground Railroad) that have been very interesting and enjoyable. I think the reason for this is because most of the time I didn't understand the history (being Canadian I didn't learn the stuff in school). This episode mainly centered around Marvin and Ceaser talking.
I'd rate this episode 4 out of 10

Bennett Charles · Town Villain Joined: 24 Nov 2002 Posts: 2410

I find you're crazy Ferder. This episode was grsat. It was a major improvent from last week's episode. Sure, I'm Canadian and I don't have a great understanding of american history. But it had a good story. The music was good, very simmilar to radio theatre. The kid's acting needs improvement though. The Sound effects couldv'e improved greatly(Especially when they were unloading the guns.).

At the end she said, why don't you click on Whit's End.org. I think she ment type. Cause's I can't click on Whit's End. org. ;)

out of all, I'd rate it: 87/100

Ferder- · Posted: Sat Feb 22, 2003 11:15 am Post subject:

E87M2 · Senior Member Joined: 11 Jan 2003 Posts: 1106

I thought American Revelation was good, I guess. I've only listened to the first part so far. On Saturdays, my radio station only airs Odyssey at 6:30 a.m., and I fell asleep during the episode. Crying or Very sad

(No offence to AIO. I just had a late night) I'll be listening to it over the internet so I can accurately give my review.

Gandalf · Posted: Sat Feb 22, 2003 12:23 pm Post subject:

I thought the second episode was MUCH better than part 1. I really loved the action, music, and sound effects, though the sound effects could have been a bit better. Being American, I found it quite interesting, however, I completely understand if Canadians or other people not from America found it uninteresting.

I only have one beef with the show, it focuses WAY to much on "race". I was really sorry that Whit didn't address Marvin's thinking that there are differences in whites and blacks. For instance, when Marvin was talking to Ceaser about "Why are you fighting this war if there are slaves", it sure seems to me like he was acting like there are STILL slaves in America in the time he is living in, I found it quite offensive... AIO had better address this issue in future show.

As far as the episode itself, it didn't stand up to a lot of the recent AIO history shows, or even the not so distant. Patrick, Amazing Grace, It Is Well, Arizona Sunrise, and even Telemachus were a lot better than this one. As an American history show, I think it was better than Lincoln (which I never cared for), but not quite as good as The Midnight Ride or The Underground Railroad. Anyway, over all I think the episode was probably a 6 out of 10 stars.

hawkeye · Posted: Sat Feb 22, 2003 6:56 pm Post subject:

I liked it for the most part. It told a good story, and 'Oink' was only declared once, and it sounded to me like the nearby people wondered out loud why he kept doing this....

It wasn't all happy-go-'lucky', either, since Ceasar had to be left behind, and thus died, and the battle was lost...

Dave · Posted: Sat Feb 22, 2003 9:45 pm Post subject:

It was an okay episode, slightly improving from pt. 1. I'd only listen to it once, I wouldn't mind if they didn't put it on an album. But they are.

The music was good, Marvin was okay and it was a bit more realistic than many Odyssey episodes.

John Beebee did a good job on the script.

Dave