Things TO Love About DS

[Luciaphile]

Bob Rooney 

[Jackie]

The characters such as Barnabas, Julia, Angeqliue, Vicky, Prof. Stokes, Willie, Crazy Carolyn, Roger, etc., the storylines, most of them anyway! the drama, suspense, the supernatural occurrences, the adventures AND the BLOOPERS!!  These are just a few things to love about Dark Shadows.

 

[Autumn]

What love about dark shadows is that it is the only
show that was about gothic horror,there is and never
will be another like it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
and of coruse QUENTIN COLLINS,HE CAN BE
SUCH A DEVIL

[Barnabas'sBride]

Mine:

- Barnabas 
- Many characters such as Willie, Josette, Elizabeth, Chris, Victoria (until after 1795), Kitty, Quentin, etc....
- The pre-1795/post-Barnabas episodes
- The 1795 flashback
- Parts of the 1897 flashback
- Roger and his lines
- The old house

[Maybellique]

Willie's unrequited love for Maggie Evans.

He never gets it right.  She never returns his affection.  He suffers the tortures of the damned, but he never stops loving her, or trying to protect her....usually at his own peril.

I was in my early teens during the first run of the show......I frequently wanted to smack him in the head for that relationship.....but I always hoped someone would love ME that much some day.... .

**stands and applauds** That was beautiful. :') lol. ~DJ

[PennyDreadful]

 Dude, what's not to love! 

 Here's a list of some of my fave things about DS:

 -Barnabas, Quentin and Angelique - the "Big Three"
 -The excellent writing, acting and care that usually went into the show
 -David Collins - David Henesy should have won a daytime emmy if they had existed at that time
 -The suspicious small-town gossip of Collinsport's residents - they knew the real deal about the strange things happening in "that house on the hill" and about the weirdness of "them Collinses."
 -Count Petofi's mirthful, diabolic laughter and frequent use of the phrase "my dear boy!"
 -The secret room in the mausoleum
 -Chris Jennings and his snarling, hairy alter ego
 -The fantastic, atmospheric sets
 - Joan Bennett
 - The incredible music
 - The classic gothic horror/romance nature and themes of the series as a whole, and the gothic's otherwoldly quality which the series captures perfectly
 - Carl and Pansy
 - Quentin's gramophone
 - Zombies, ghosts and phoenixes - oh my!
 - The Maine accents of the Collinsport townies - especially in the early episodes
 - Roger's frequent brandy breaks
 - Julia's strength in the face of adversity
 - The wonderful romances in the show
- Widow's Hill and its tragic history
 - The series' literary plagiaris...er...I mean "adaptations" 
 - Josette
 - Sarah's ghost and her sad, sad song
 - Adam
 - The fact that DS is a class act
 - Lines like "Willie!!  You BETRAYED me!!!!"
 - Nicholas' audience with Satan in hell ((!))
 - 1795
 - Judah's head and his horrible, ghastly glare
 - Gerard's sneer
 - The Blue Whale and the groovy tunes therein
 - The ominous breathing of the Leviathan
 - The Playroom theme
 - The rich character relationships and character development
 - Quentin, Beth, David and Amy playing "The Game"
 - Longworth's "synthesis" and his other half's prodigious proboscis and wicked switchblade cane
 - Quentin's Stairway into time (BTW, imagine what would happen if you stumbled on the stairway and fell down the stairs?! "Trippy" thought eh?  )
 - Willie Loomis
 - The Lottery
 - 1995
 - The "theatre" quality of the series, and the fact that the actors were like a repertory company and mainly came from theatre backgrounds
 - The main theme with the angry waves crashing on the rocks - CLASSIC!

  Ok, ok I'll stop now!  It was starting to worry me that the "Things To Hate About DS" thread was double the size of the "Things To Love About DS" thread!    I decided to give DS some more love in my 100th post!

~Penny Dreadful~

 PS - dsbarnabasfan - Your avatar is fantastic! 
 

[Misa]

The mystery, the music, the characters, I just love this show! The acting, the costumes, the actors. I sure hope that they do make a new version of this show. I was so sad that they killed last year's show, and I still have hopes for another network to pick up the old show. There is nothing like this on TV now, and there never was anything like this on TV. It is an original idea, something very rare.

Misa

[PennyDreadful]

   I forgot:

- Victoria Winters and her opening voiceover monologues

[Garth Blackwood]

Garth Blackwood, Quentin's portrait, thinking that Nicholas Blair was the devil himself until I realized later he wasn't, that inquisitive slightly perplexed look Julia makes at least once per episode, the idea behind the Judah Zachary story, and Angelique without the black wig.

[Garth Blackwood]

Also, the time when Petofi was taunting Aristede as Blackwood approaches for the first time. I believe he said something like

"you are wasting the few precious moments you have left", and "how long it takes him to catch up to you depends only on how fast you can run".

I will also add Count Petofi to the list. I believe he was possibly the most well done character on the show-- he basically never had on screen mistakes, and he had some great lines not unlike the ones above.

[Lydia]

Closing credits showing objects involved in the day's episode, fires and candles burning and breezes blowing, and people walking across the set.

Something to love about the Forum: threads that are kept available to be brought back to life years after their last post.

[Master Tad Collins]

I agree that the opening monologues are an underrated but very important part of the show. They set the tone nicely for what previously happened and what is about to happen.

[JS]

  Congratulations, Terry308, on reaching Senior status! 

Congrats terry308, I might make it there one day. Things that I love about Dark Shadows.....Barnabas, Quentin, Julia, Collinwood, ghosts, vampires, werewolves, Crap, I just loved everything about the darn show.

[Mysterious Benefactor]

You've only got several hundred more posts to make - which doesn't sound quite as bad when you say "only." 

[IluvBarnabas]

What I love about Dark Shadows? Aside from the obvious from my name.....EVERYTHING!