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Current Talk '24 I / Re: Depp/Burton DARK SHADOWS Is In Release!!
« on: July 06, 2016, 05:44:54 PM »
And I've mentioned this before but before the '91 series the target of derision was NoDS. That film was hated by many in fandom for a good 25 years - not necessarily because of any of the enforced editing but mainly because Barnabas isn't in it. As such, the comments often went like "It's not DS without Barnabas," which, of course, completely invalidates the first nine months of the show as well as the last three. But then back then few fans had even seen the first nine months. And who's to say if finally being able to see those nine months on Sci-Fi or on VHS had anything to do with it, but right around the mid '90s the tide began to turn and more and more favorable comments about NoDS were often seen. At first it still was the case that more fans liked hoDS better - but today you're just as likely to see fans say they actually prefer NoDS. Saying THAT would have been considered blasphemy during those 25 years of hatred and would have prompted responses similar to those that have been seen against fans of the Depp/DS film.