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Current Talk '24 I / Re: It's official: Dark Shadows returns as a film with Johnny Depp
« on: April 24, 2011, 09:52:07 PM »
Because they'll be using a Britsh mansion if they go with a real house, I was thinking more along the lines of the same sort of backstory for Collinwood that was used for the '91 Series - that Collinwood was originally built in England and then disassembled and moved to America. And Tudor Gothic (which both Muirhouse and Knebworth House are examples) would be a perfect style for that sort of backstory. And even though the movies used a Gothic Revival house, it was supposed to be more of an original Gothic period house, having originally been built in the 1600s and then added to through the years. They fudged on the actual Gothic Revival period because it spanned 1840 to 1880, which would have been too late a period for the movies' Collinwood to have been originally built.
Of course, we have no idea what Collinwood's backstory will be in the Depp/DS film. For all we know it wasn't built until 1950 and it'll be some sort of glass and steel monstrosity (heaven forbid!! ).
Of course, we have no idea what Collinwood's backstory will be in the Depp/DS film. For all we know it wasn't built until 1950 and it'll be some sort of glass and steel monstrosity (heaven forbid!! ).