Hey gang,
In watching the Adam-and-Eve DS storyline the other day, I was intrigued when Angelique "enlisted" the aid of Jeff Clark in an attempt to rid herself of warlock Nicholas Blair's vampire curse, by providing the "life-force" for Dr. Hoffman's creation and escaping Nicholas' curse in the new female body.
After Angelique had put the "bite" on poor Jeff (who, as an apparent man of the 18th century somehow knows all about wiring up and operating state-of-the-art 20th century electronic medical equipment, go figure!), she forces Vicky's fiancee to "rev-up" Dr. Lang's Victor Frankenstein-like gizmos.
However, at up to this point, the female body had been fully wrapped in surgical gauze. Maybe I'm just naturally suspicious or even cynical, but wouldn't the extremely beautiful Angelique have wanted to "check out the "merchandise," so to speak,
before providing the "life-force" for the "new" Angelique? I mean, I don't intend to sound to be too "superficial," but what if Angelique had discovered
after the, hopefully, successful experiment, that Angelique now looked like, say, Mrs. Lift, the odious and oh-so-repulsive "Momma" from the film, "Throw Momma from the Train," or even worse, Angelique now looked like that world-renowned singer Alice Cooper, whom Johnny Depp's Barnabas characterized as "
THE ugliest woman I've ever seen!"?
Wouldn't Angelique now have buyer's (or more to the point "life-force" donor's) regret?
Maybe Angelique just might have wished she had remained that drop-dead gorgeous vampire in that almost virginal white dress of hers?
Bob
PS Happy New Year!!! We all made it past 12/21/12 and we're all still here to watch and schmooze about our beloved Dark Shadows for at least another millennium!