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Current Talk '03 II / Re:NODS
« on: December 10, 2003, 12:43:08 AM »
Alas, I don't believe so...
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P.S., now that I think of it, Angelique exploited an innocent child--- was she a previous incarnation of--- gasp!--- MICHAEL JACKSON? I mean, bleach his hair, get him a Wonder Bra, and dress him in the Sexy Nightgown of Death--
If all goes smoothly, I'll be there to show something NODS related but no idea if and what at this point.
What clips that I've shown previously are the most popular and would you want to see?
I felt the ones at the California one a year or so back didn't seem to illicit much of a response and I wouldn't want a dead program.
if parents did think that the violence in house of dark shadows was what the tv show represented they probably would have contacted the local censors long before the movie ever came out
as she secretly wished for the 999th time that her last packet of Marlboros hadn't run out 3 months ago.
a letter from a fan who quoted from her 1971 journal entry describing her disbelief at the shoddy production values in this very episode--wonderful stuff
...
But that fall, I quit work with the (quickly acheived) aim of
producing a family. Don and I had been lifelong fantasy buffs, and
Dark Shadows seemed an intriguing concept in daytime serial
programming and instantly attracted me, as I did freelance writing
at home. The delightful The Dark Shadows Companion from
Pomegranate Press says that by August 1967, the show had about
10 million viewers -- and I was one of them.
Mind you, I didn't watch it with the attitude I hear from some
of the fans today. They watched it as children, home from school
and ready to be terrified by a show in which vampires, withces and
werewolves could be as likely plot elements as lost relatives,
hidden crimes, and fatal attractions. While I enjoyed the
fantastic aspects, one of the things that kept me (and many other
adults) coming back for more were the the gooney moments of
over-the-top fantasy suspense often loused up by the show's hectic
production pace.
My friend science-fiction and gothic novel writer Juanita
Coulson even kept a diary of commentary toward the end of the
series run -- and much of the focus was on those episodes. A sample
entry (from the installment for Monday, January 25, 1971):
"Unintentionally hilarious scene, one which made you sympathize
with the actors. Gerard/Judah said he gave the powers to
Angelique/Valerie and now he was taking them all away and here play
with your doll and see how much good it will do you. The only
dificulty was apparently they used a Barbie doll coated with clay
as their voodoo doll. Nothing wrong with that, except that they
left it out overnight. Which meant that when Gerard and Angelique
handled it (especially Angelique, since the script called for her
to try to strangle the doll with Gerard's scarf) the clay broke off,
revealing the Barbie doll. (Surely there are some art students
around NYC who could tell the stage director if you're going to
leave clay around overnight or over the weekend, wrap it in a wet
cloth, so it doesn't dry out and turn all crumbly.) I really admire
Parker; she undoubtedly knew what was happening but plowed
furiously ahead with her doll-strangling scene, maybe in the hope
that if she were histrionic enough no one would notice"
...
It's also funny that you never do see any PT folks leaving the room by that way either.
Welcome Valerie to the group!
My favorite Joanna screw-up is when she turns to Daphne and says: "you and Daphne will go away together tonight!!" just because you love yourself SO much, my dear. I've seen what you do with your hair when you think no one is watching ... (sorry, that was a brief trip into the psycho shadowland of the Gothick Zone).
I find Bramwell a really, really irritating character. I suppose he was patterned after PT 1970 Quentin
I keep hearing these rumors that he had walked off the set one day and returned to come back unless he was allowed to play someone other than Barnabas.
Beyond the fact that there would not be much of a story if Judah's powers were all-powerful
Couldn't it be Gerard, and not Judah, who falls in love with Daphne? Considering how evil he is, is Judah even capable of loving anyone? Ultimately, it could be the power of Gerard's love and contrition that weaken Judah's powers and resolve.
Another factor that I thought of was love. The mere fact that he fell in love with Daphne (or at least claims he was in love) could have put a damper on his powers in the same way that Nicholas Blair faltered when he fell for Maggie.
where as Trask just sort of snuck off without saying a word.
BTW, there's a sale on cucumbers at Shop Rite.
Bananas are half-price too.
Only a carrot?
Anxiously awaiting MB's snowman.
I live in a city that's surrounded by water on three sides...and we don't have any rat problems. Can't really say that I've ever wondered why that is, though...
They probably can't afford the taxes on that water-front property...