This recent article on the Television Without Pity site discusses the chances of Moonlight's return ... nothing new there ... but comparisons to the handful of other renewed vampire shows include mentions of both DS series:

CBS' MOONLIGHT VAMPIRE: DEAD OR ALIVE?

"Rabid" when referring to DS' fan base is almost as annoying as calling the show "campy."

R is for the Romany tribe of gypsies.

Referring to someone as an idiot or their behavior as idiotic seems to be a favorite thing for many DS characters (Roger and Jason and Jeb, just to name a few off of the top of my head) with insulting, self-effacing or other intentions. But I think my favorite time is in 1795 in Ep #387 when Andre calls Trask "a complete idiot!" It's what most in the audience are all too probably thinking themselves - and the look of self-righteous indignation on Trask's face afterward is priceless! 

 

I wonder if the 2nd most popular practice was calling someone a fool or foolish.  Barnabas, Quentin, Angelique, Burke, Jeb, Bruno (possibly the biggest fool of all), and especially Joan Bennett's and Louis Edmond's characters got in on it.  "You fool!" loses its impact, I think, because it gets tossed around so often.  But one incident sticks in my mind was Barnabas calling Julia "a bumbling fool," ouch!

So many things to think about today.  Here's the list, as I wrote it immediately after the episode finished, so as not to forget any of it: "buttons, handwriting, singing, basement, coat, spell not connected to Cassandra, fights".

I'm a list maker too, but for me it's an over 50 thing.  Hmm, I'd like "handwriting" and "spell not connected to Cassandra" (for 800, Alex).

And by the way, who has seen the J in Joshua written that way before?

I have-- In my autographed Joan Bennett photo.  Heheh.

I don't know why it should be - but it keeps surprising me that Elizabeth's troubles continue after Cassandra is gone.

The spell wasn't broken because Cassandra is not completely gone, since:

[spoiler]her portrait, though faded, continues to exist.  In creating the portrait, Angelique established a connection that keeps her tethered to this time, and this link was occasionally demonstrated on the show.  For example, as Cassandra aged to an old woman, in #547 the portrait aged with her, so she sought it out in an attempt to save herself, which of course didn't work since she had been made human and was therefore both mortal and powerless.  It wasn't until Cassangelique was dead (as if) that the portrait went completely blank, freeing both Barnabas and Liz of her.  (Of course, Ang wasn't done with either of them, but I'm getting way ahead.)

It's a pity that Trask's ghost didn't know about the connection because he could have seen to it that the portrait was destroyed (much like Harry Potter [spoiler for book 6:][spoiler]had to destroy all of Voldemort's horcruxes to end the dark wizard's immortality,[/spoiler] though of course Trask is no Harry Potter).  Had he taken that extra step, he may have prevented Nicholas from undoing the exorcism.  Then again, if Trask had been that on the ball we woudn't have had a warlock brother, vampire Angelique, Tom Jennings, etc.[/spoiler]

Considering how KLS felt about the SciFi show, I'm sure she'd be less than thrilled about where a topic about her personal appearance has gone.  Oops.

Can someone refresh my memory and tell me who Ice-T is again?

I *think* he's a rap artist who dabbled in acting along the way.

That's pretty much it.  He has experienced success as an actor and currently stars as a cop (isn't that ironic?) in one of the Law & Order franchises.

I have a morbid curiosity to see that Sciography segment.  I remember thinking when they were sending out press releases asking for fans to be interviewed and they were looking for a fan who slept in a coffin and thought they were Barnabas or Angelique, "HELL will feeze over before *I* ever go before a camera for that bunch!"

There was another SciFi project at around the same time called Sci Luv-- its DS segment has screened at Fests-- and it showcased a few extreme fans.  A couple of other Forum members interviewed for Sciography but we never saw any of their interviews.  But the two shows do blur together in my mind.

I also have to wonder what Jim Pierson was thinking when he scheduled that Sciography segment to air during that Festival banquet.

Surely an individual with even a modicum of social instinct would be able to understand just how upsetting the completed segment would be for the actors and many of the fans?

I think the purpose of showing (a very edited version of the segment which was bad enough) the segment at the banquet was so fans could see why the project was not pursued with the producers of the segment.   

The DS segment wasn't edited; it was a rough cut and shown in its entirety.  Pierson did introduce it by saying that it wasn't meant to be taken seriously, which makes one wonder why he showed it at all.  It was originally in the Saturday list of events but got bumped to Sunday night.  That year's banquet fare (a WTC memorial, Roger Davis' real estate video, and the Sciography piece) was quite a mixed bag.