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Current Talk '08 II / Re: Discuss: '91 Series - Pilot - Part 2
« on: September 28, 2008, 10:10:19 PM »
One of the biggest shames to me about the '91 series is that the last scene Vicki and Carolyn share (except for when they're in a group) takes place in this second half of the pilot when Carolyn drops Vicki off at the stables. TPTB certainly seemed to be setting them up to be good friends (sexual innuendos aside ), but apparently in the "cut and cut and cut again" there was just no time to develop the relationship on screen. But then, as we'll see, their two paths do go off in very different directions...
The attraction between Barnabas and Vicki is unmistakable - and the best part of it is that it is indeed mutual. When they're in the same room, they can't resist checking each other out, and once they're alone together, they can't resist touching each other. Their chemistry is off the charts. (One can only hope the chemistry between Barnabas and whomever will be as palpable in the Depp/DS film.)
Purely from a production standpoint, and as someone who has a pretty good idea of what the inside of Greystone looks like from having seen several different shows/movies featuring it, I find it fascinating to see how they shoot doorways, stairways and rooms to make it appear as if they're seamlessly connected when in fact the production is running all over the house and utilizing totally different locations, often in completely different wings of the house.
Carolyn is sex on legs. That's all I have to say on that subject.
I do find it fascinating that Josette's room was sealed off from the rest of the house. It gives the audience the definite impression that there is so much more to her story than at first meets the eye, and one can't help but wonder what would possess anyone to go to such lengths to try to forget her room ever existed.
Say what you will about the violence of Barnabas beating of Willie - and there is absolutely no denying its ferocious violence - but I really like how that scene is immediately juxtaposed with a deeply anguished Barnabas rushing into Josette's room to proclaim that she has come back to him. It shows two decidedly different and seemingly incongruous sides to Barnabas' personality and certainly clues the audience into the fact that Barnabas is a hugely complicated man.
The thing that I like about the idea that a real vampire is responsible for the attacks is that it isn't fully given credence by anyone until after Julia hypnotizes Daphne and she describes her assailant's teeth and red eyes. Up to that point the theory is still that the attacker is some human lunatic - but it's Daphne's own words that give it a different spin. It's not merely anyone jumping to the conclusion on their own based on what the evidence might appear to indicate - they're provided with first hand evidence to go on. Though even at that, no one at this point is willing to give voice to even the suspicion that the attacker is indeed a real vampire.
And finally - as was the case with the first half of the pilot, there were several scenes or parts of scenes that were shot but not included in the final edit. But I'll leave an explanation of them for another post.
The attraction between Barnabas and Vicki is unmistakable - and the best part of it is that it is indeed mutual. When they're in the same room, they can't resist checking each other out, and once they're alone together, they can't resist touching each other. Their chemistry is off the charts. (One can only hope the chemistry between Barnabas and whomever will be as palpable in the Depp/DS film.)
Purely from a production standpoint, and as someone who has a pretty good idea of what the inside of Greystone looks like from having seen several different shows/movies featuring it, I find it fascinating to see how they shoot doorways, stairways and rooms to make it appear as if they're seamlessly connected when in fact the production is running all over the house and utilizing totally different locations, often in completely different wings of the house.
Carolyn is sex on legs. That's all I have to say on that subject.
I do find it fascinating that Josette's room was sealed off from the rest of the house. It gives the audience the definite impression that there is so much more to her story than at first meets the eye, and one can't help but wonder what would possess anyone to go to such lengths to try to forget her room ever existed.
Say what you will about the violence of Barnabas beating of Willie - and there is absolutely no denying its ferocious violence - but I really like how that scene is immediately juxtaposed with a deeply anguished Barnabas rushing into Josette's room to proclaim that she has come back to him. It shows two decidedly different and seemingly incongruous sides to Barnabas' personality and certainly clues the audience into the fact that Barnabas is a hugely complicated man.
The thing that I like about the idea that a real vampire is responsible for the attacks is that it isn't fully given credence by anyone until after Julia hypnotizes Daphne and she describes her assailant's teeth and red eyes. Up to that point the theory is still that the attacker is some human lunatic - but it's Daphne's own words that give it a different spin. It's not merely anyone jumping to the conclusion on their own based on what the evidence might appear to indicate - they're provided with first hand evidence to go on. Though even at that, no one at this point is willing to give voice to even the suspicion that the attacker is indeed a real vampire.
And finally - as was the case with the first half of the pilot, there were several scenes or parts of scenes that were shot but not included in the final edit. But I'll leave an explanation of them for another post.