Broken Pendant

Despite what people may believe (and people believe what they may), it takes a lot for me to turn off an audio drama in which I am listening.
Once I make the decision to listen to a series, I'm as loyal as they come. But, there are some things that I find unforgivable.

• Gross overwriting to the point that I have lost what is going on in lue of the "catchy dialog" (I'm thinking of a particular show recently reviewed).
• Production levels so abysmal that I can't hear what is going on or I'm annoyed that no attempt was made to make characters sound like they are even on the same planet let alone in the same room.
• The "Too Clever by Half" writer/producer who is more interested in showcasing their vast knowledge, expertise, or experience than telling a good story.
• Taking a beloved icon or franchise and making a mockery of it.

Pendant Audio has hit the last "sin" too many times in the last couple of years for me and with tears running down my cheeks, I find myself unsubscribing to many of their comic-based shows. I'm loyal to a company, but enough's enough.
"All right, James," you might very well ask. "What's your particular beef this time?"

After pointing out your undying patience with my frustration, I would answer that an audio drama based on a comic- let alone an iconic hero comic like Superman or Batman, has an expectation of adventures in that same genre- the fantasy action hero.
D.C. Comics typically set up their graphic stories with a little characterization each issue, but focused primarily on driving the plot into an inevitable action climax of hero against villain.

Pendant's "The Last Son of Krypton" and "The Ace of Detectives" feel more akin to "As the Daily Planet Turns" and "Gotham Nights"; soap operatic stories that have little to do with the title heroes and more with the relationships and sexual escapades of minor characters in the various mytho-landscapes.
Dear Pendant, when your characters make comments "Don't you think they make a cute couple?" more often than they throw fists and or eye-beams at an antagonist, you've dropped all pretense of a superhero comic and entered the realm of bad high school anime soaps.

I've long stopped caring about multiple episodes embroiled in such dire story lines as how the Kent's deal with sharing parenting time with their cantankerous grandparents- the Lanes or how Red Hood's love life is progressing.
Neither of these nor the many other threads were ever designed to be major story threads in an action adventure series.

What happened to my beloved Pendant comic series? It seems that through the years they have turned into Mary/Barry Sue parody of shipping wish fulfillment and it just hurts too much to keep listening and hoping that things will change..

For those good people who write these shows, all the best to you. I'm sure there's an audience for what you're doing, and goodness knows I sit in awe at the sheer volume of work Pendant has done through the years.
But, I'd rather see them produce less, and give me more action. So bring me back with some real action stories. I'd like to see Domino Pizza moment from Jeffrey Bridges in which there's a rededication to quality work again. Goodness knows, if I have to go through the love life of Robin one more time, I think I'll put on a green speedo and leap off a cliff...