Popular Reviews of ars PARADOXICA

The first season here is good. The problem is that Mischa Stanton has a tremendous ego and, as a showrunner, they are not very good at encouraging their writers to deliver top-notch material. So the show suffers big time over the subsequent seasons. It thinks that it's being mindful and cutting-edge, when it really just bores. Especially with the obnoxious Kristen DiMercurio, who has no range as an actor, in the lead. This is an audio drama as dead as the dodo. Look elsewhere.

Started because of all the good recs, stopped listening after about eight episodes because I found it boring and couldn't really stand the main char.

Good plot, strong characters and voice acting. There was a lot of jumping about in some of the episodes, which made it difficult to follow.

Great production and voice acting. A podcast you really need to pay attention to as there are different timelines with different versions of the same people. Time travelling mice episode was very thought provoking. Definatley worth a listen

Wonderful story, characters we care about, my most loved show.

A time travel story with people getting stranded in unpleasant places and the machinations of a secret government agency across time -- in both directions. Outstanding production and a complex story.

I love Sally, but she really has a problem regarding keeping friends! She's so resourceful, but she constantly gets in to trouble, although she try's to avoid it. Fantastic production, awesome voice acting, and time travel is always exiting!

Audio perfection.

Original story, superb acting., excellent sound design make this a compelling uniquely set time travel tale. Serious storylines blended with just the right amount of humour here and there to keep the listening experience a genuine pleasure..

Very good, emotional, and surprising.

If the show eureka was a podcast set in the 1940s with a time traveler

One of my favorite scripted drama podcasts! Time travel done really well.

This story follows a modern-day scientist who accidentally discovers time travel and is stuck in the 1940s, leading to an alternate history in which the Cold War is an arms race to develop time travel. Time travel has thought out mechanics and long-lasting personal consequences, which several episodes explore the logistics and morality of, including government conspiracies and scientific experimentation. ars Paradoxica explores people searching for meaning, attempting to fix mistakes, and corruption of power. The characters, especially the main character (Sally) and a supporting character (Esther) are complex and well-acted, though I had trouble distinguising a couple of the male voices in season 1. I'm also not 100% sold on how the framing device comes together in the end, but that's a bit of a nitpick. The story has dramatic moments and stakes, as well as some levity and an overall bittersweet tone.

Get your real science fix satisfied by an audio drama that gives you all the strangeness of X-Files with the drama of Fringe.

Okay production, but I just couldn't get into it. I really hate stories where you wind up in the past.

Don't think I finished this one. Just couldn't get into the story, didn't grab me.

Pretty great. I enjoyed it.

I followed this series when it was still running and constantly found myself disappointed.Such a fantastic concept and some great actors here and there and frequents settle into their characters pretty well. Some small moments are strong (out of context) and rewarding when considering very specific points in the timeline. However. Not a single character has any consistency or influence on the plot or the world other than the season 1 villain. The world has no identifiable rules or overarching consistencies. Characterization is nonexistent, and characters are either too shallow, too mysterious, too consistent, or too inconsistent, making them impossible to connect with or enjoy for more than an episode or two. Season 1 remains the strongest and even then almost entirely forgettable. It's obvious a number of vital things about the series (increasingly so beyond the first season) were not planned out or edited, leaving them contradicting and one-note at best. Frequently threatens to be good - some concepts are brought up (orientation, race, ethics, etc) but when implemented are weak and infrequent at best. Audio quality improves over the seasons, but is already fairly good to begin with!Overall, sadly more rewarding to discuss than to experience.

I really liked this show, and I can tell that everyone involved has a special place in their heart for it as well

Brilliant writing. Excellent acting.