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Current Talk '24 I / Re: (**NEW** Underwater Production Photo! Reply #1749**) Depp/Burton DARK SHADOWS Is In Production!!
« on: February 25, 2012, 06:39:02 PM »Many people here were defending the 1972 present day story setting largely based on the idea that if our present day was used it would be a lot easier to find out about Barnabas' false stated background. TPTB set present day 1972 just to give JD more room to work his comedic take on the character with respect to him adjusting to said time period. If they set in in our present time JD would have even more material to work with.
That's quite true. Though I think we've since learned that setting the film in '72 has less to do with technology and more to do with it being within the "Me Generation" period, and Burton wanted to stick the characters in a period that was narcisstic and where many people, including some of the Collinses, and chiefly Roger, could be mostly out for themselves - and Barnabas would find that shocking.
And don't get me wrong because I'm not saying I would like the family to know about Barnabas' secret. And as I've posted before, I've simply gotten the impression that it might only be Liz who suspects there's more to Angelique than meets the eye. But it's only an impression based on a few of the things that have been written about their relationship. Nothing has come out and said that really is the case. But even if some in the family really do know about Angelique and they learn about Barnabas' secret, I'm willing to wait to see how such things actually play out in the film before forming an opinion about them because the way they could possibly play out could turn out to be surprising and quite interesting...
75 days 10 hours 20 minutes 58 seconds until the day the Depp/Burton Dark Shadows is released(ET)!!