Forum’s Favourite Thrill - Sinister Dexter vs. Tales of Telguuth Rd 2 Heat 32

[The Mind of Wolfie Smith]

tales of telguuth

[SmallBlueThing(Reborn)]

Sinister Dexter, for obvious reasons.

But Tales of Telguuth is one of my favourite prog things of the last thirty years. I was going to say 'the modern era', but it's not really that, is it. It's ages ago. Reading the collection a couple of years ago, I was shocked at how well it all fit together, as I had previously thought they were all just unconnected one-offs and shorts. Steve Moore was a bit of a genius, wasn't he?

SBT

[Dark Jimbo]

Has to be Sinister Dexter, obviously - but this isn't a vote I feel good about, as I love Tales of Telguuth and was all geared up to show it some live when it appeared in this round. Tough draw.

[paddykafka]

Tales of Telguuth

[DrJomster]

Sin Dex. An iconic part of the prog. It's had the odd up and down, but so have a lot of top thrills tbh and they're still well loved.

[Huey2]

Telguuth

[Richard]

I couldn't help thinking some of the stories got a bit samey - protagonist thinks they've got a handle on things to get what they want, only to fall foul of a rival/demon/their own arrogance.

I never got tired of that format though! I enjoyed all the nastiness too.

Telguuth for me.

[Colin YNWA]

Its one day to results time in Downlode and we think we have a handle on which way this is going. There is a day of votes to go however and Tales of Telguuth is having a bit of a rally there and who knows... well we all will in the morning when I'll count up.

[Colin YNWA]

VOTING CLOSED

I worry for Sinister Dexter. As any long term reader could know if they tolerated my endless guff I love the thrill. I just think its long lost its shine for many a reader and I'm not sure how it will fare against stronger opposition? Maybe I'm being unfair on Tales of Telguuth, a series I was never a fan of, and got a lot more love here than I expected (projecting again Taylor!). The series of done in ones may have been a tougher hit than I'd have thought. We'll see as we go on. For now all we can say is

Sinister Dexter

Will be firing vote bullets in Round 3.

[Funt Solo]

Sin Dex started out with the sort of every episode a stand-alone that lots of television shows rely on. Then we got longer narrative arcs with recurring characters where it felt like death was meaningful. Then it went all inter-dimensional and death wasn't permanent and it lost any sense of narrative cohesion.

I'm actually enjoying the current arc but it's well past its prime in terms of heft.