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Testing. 1, 2, 3... / Re:How to Play the Videos
« on: April 11, 2004, 09:14:36 AM »
I tried again, this time waiting a couple of minutes, but nothing happens.
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Testing. 1, 2, 3... / Re:How to Play the Videos
« on: April 11, 2004, 08:59:57 AM »
I know what you're saying about a little bar or something appearing on the bottom showing if the video is loading -- but that doesn't appear for me. Nothing happens at all or shows up other than what I described. I waited about 30 seconds or so, I'd say. Normally, I can tell if something is downloading. I have a cable connection which usually works the same as you've described (i.e., downloading videos can take a while depending on its length.)
I'll try again this time waiting a little longer. If I have success, I'll come back here and post it. If I don't post anything, that means I still didn't have any success.
Also, I am using Internet Explorer, which tends to load things faster than Mozilla, which I also occasionally use.
I'll try again this time waiting a little longer. If I have success, I'll come back here and post it. If I don't post anything, that means I still didn't have any success.
Also, I am using Internet Explorer, which tends to load things faster than Mozilla, which I also occasionally use.
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Testing. 1, 2, 3... / How to Play the Videos
« on: April 11, 2004, 08:27:15 AM »
This was my first venture into the special Video section of the board. I may be missing something obvious, but how do you get the video(s) to play?
I tried three of the selections and none of them worked. Each one opened like a normal post and had a picture of the RealOne logo. I have the most recent version of RealOne on my computer. But nothing happens when I go into these posts. I tried clicking and double-clicking on the RealOne picture, but nothing happens.
Thank you.
I tried three of the selections and none of them worked. Each one opened like a normal post and had a picture of the RealOne logo. I have the most recent version of RealOne on my computer. But nothing happens when I go into these posts. I tried clicking and double-clicking on the RealOne picture, but nothing happens.
Thank you.
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Current Talk '04 I / Re:1991 DS/WB DS observations
« on: April 11, 2004, 08:11:12 AM »
Sometimes we're told something so many times that we believe it without taking the trouble to examine the situation anew and question the assumptions we accept uncritically. In this case, you make a good case for the 1991 series not being a simple "rehash" as is often said (I'm sure I've used that term myself in talking about it).
I'd agree most of these were among the 1991 series' strong points. And while I'll continue to rewatch the 1991 series every so often -- it is DS, after all -- my approval rating is about 50 percent and disapproval (e.g., the new interpretations of some of the characters) about 50 percent. In my view it definitely had some great moments. My approval rating of the many and varied aspects of the original series, though, remains much higher.
CassandraBlair, I like your thoughts on telling and retelling stories.
I'd agree most of these were among the 1991 series' strong points. And while I'll continue to rewatch the 1991 series every so often -- it is DS, after all -- my approval rating is about 50 percent and disapproval (e.g., the new interpretations of some of the characters) about 50 percent. In my view it definitely had some great moments. My approval rating of the many and varied aspects of the original series, though, remains much higher.
CassandraBlair, I like your thoughts on telling and retelling stories.
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Calendar Events / Announcements '04 I / Re:New DS Casting Scenario
« on: April 11, 2004, 02:31:36 AM »...I don't know what you're talking about Vlad. Were there two African American actors on DS?And an Asian actor?
Midnite just posted the information on the actress appearing as a Colllinsport nurse (whose credits I didn't have).
Istvan was played by Henry Miller, a black actor who specialized in playing "heavies." Although he appeared in about four episodes in the 1897 sequence, he never received credit, apparently because his character didn't speak. Sad, because this was an "extended" appearance or principal role.
Mr. Nakamura, an art dealer associated with Olivia Corey, was played by Japanese born actor Sho Onodera.
Incidentally, I discovered the inspiration for this character a few years ago, but I've lost the specific information. A little-known series of occult-supernatural novels featured a Japanese art dealer/detective named Mr. Nakamura.
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Current Talk '04 I / Re:Dark Shadows 2004
« on: April 11, 2004, 02:13:34 AM »
Great job on your website! Will be checking back for updates!
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Current Talk '24 I / Re:WB ORDERS FILMING OF NEW DS PILOT
« on: April 11, 2004, 02:08:23 AM »I hope they'll work on the angles, lighting, etc., so the place doesn't scream CALIFORNIA! so blatantly.
It really looks like a California mansion in the photos on Stuart's site (courtesy of Bob Issel) -- architecture, building materials, color, foliage, everything. Yet in the photo in the "Dark Shadows - Comparison" thread started by a new poster under "Announcements," Greystone looks like a passable stand-in for Seaview Terrace. Therefore I'd conclude, hopefully, that with lighting, filters, and camera angles we'll have the Collinwood of Maine (and Massachusetts
) ...I agree that part of the problem with the miniature used in the 1991 opening credits was the lighting, which highlighted the fakiness of the model, and the shrubbery especially looked fakey.
Great "breaking news" reporting by Stuart.
Given that the series has to be filmed in the Los Angeles area, I'm glad Greystone is being used, if for no other reason than that it is one link back to a previous "Collinwood."
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Calendar Events / Announcements '04 I / Re:New DS Casting Scenario
« on: April 10, 2004, 02:56:45 AM »AI = American Idol
Oh, THAT guy! (I had been guessing he must be the latest hot action adventure hero I'm oblivious to). I wouldn't have known -- since I've never watched American Idol -- but that guy is on TV every time I turn around (I just saw/heard [cringe] him on a morning news show this A.M.). Thanks for explaining.
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Current Talk '24 I / Re:WB ORDERS FILMING OF NEW DS PILOT
« on: April 10, 2004, 02:39:39 AM »I had a nice discussion with Mark Verheiden, Co-Executive Producer of the new Dark Shadows on Sunday, March 28 at the 12th Annual Creation Sci-Fi Summit. Notes of our discussion and pictures are (URL). Note: also contains other materials since it was not an exclusive Dark Shadows convention.
VW, I just took a quick look through your "interview" with the new DS writer, and I have to say this is the most encouraging insider information I've seen yet! Thank you!! You did a great "reporting" job!
Mr. Verheiden, and the concept for the new show, sound very promising.
The only tiny thing in the back of my mind is that I hope the new writers will be as literate as they often were on the original series -- especially versed in literature (and not only Gothic literature), as were Art Wallace, Francis Swann, Joe Caldwell, and several others.
The example I always go back to (long-time posters will think me a broken record) -- but it's only one example -- is Louis Edmond's recitation of "Dover Beach" while gazing at Angelique's portrait. Thematic borrowings from Hawthorne ("House of the Seven Gables") in the early months of the series were a subtle influence on the show's concept.
Just one other element that made the original series unique -- and appealing to a higher common denominator.
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Calendar Events / Announcements '04 I / Re:New DS Casting Scenario
« on: April 10, 2004, 01:51:43 AM »just as long as they don't cast William Hung as Mr. Nakamura.
I have no idea who this William Hung is ("Who is Hung?"), but your mention of Mr. Nakamura is interesting.
I've been thinking during all the casting discussions here how DS was fairly ground-breaking in casting two black and one Oriental actors during the course of the original run. True, they were small parts, at least one of which wasn't credited, but at least there was some racial diversity. If the original show managed some cultural diversity 35 years ago, it would be a shame if the new series neglected to follow through on this.
P.S. Why is this thread under "Announcements"? The topic is casting the new DS; seems like a "Current Topic" to me.
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Current Talk '24 I / Re:WB ORDERS FILMING OF NEW DS PILOT
« on: April 10, 2004, 01:26:24 AM »Frid wasn't offered a role per se; just a cameo appearance as an "ominious" figure who warns Victoria Winters on the train about going to Collinwood.
Omigod, Frid would have been fantastic in a part like that!!
I almost feel more disappointed now, knowing that the producers specifically had Mr. Frid in mind for this cameo. I don't think this would have been stunt casting; for one thing, this would probably appear in the first few minutes of the show, so older viewers wouldn't be on pins and needles for half the show waiting for him to show up. It's not a vampire role, and I thought THAT was Mr. Frid's real disinterest in revisiting Dark Shadows. Finally, he does the menacing thing s-o-o-o well; as a casting choice based on acting alone, I doubt anyone else will do it better than he would have.
I know Mr. Frid has no obligation to satisfy the decades-old, insatiable clamor of fans ... but it's just that he would have added a real element of class ... and ominousness ... to the scene.
In a broader, non-DS context, I feel the world of film and TV really blew it in not offering this very original actor a wide choice of roles. What I wouldn't give to see more of his talent in film or TV today. So even the DS cameo would have been a plus.
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Current Talk '24 I / Re:WB ORDERS FILMING OF NEW DS PILOT
« on: April 08, 2004, 10:08:48 AM »Seriously, though, I just figure that given this is the WB network, the casting director is obligated to make a few non-acting choices and must keep the target audience in mind ...
Vlad, you seem to think that there are insufficiant numbers of stunningly beautiful people out there who also happen to be talented, well trained, professional actors.
Did I say that?
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I hardly think that can be true, considering how many young people today are enrolled in serious Film and Theatre programs.
No doubt!
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That being the case, why on earth would a business enterprise like a film studio stoop to hiring untrained talentless models to be performers in TV pilots....which surely must be among the most expensive new "products" produced by any business in America?
In other words...who in their right minds would risk the money it takes to make a pilot, by hiring a kid who can't act, just because they're cute......when cute kids who CAN act are lined up around the block?
It's 4 in the morning as I read this, so I can't really put myself in the mind of a TV exec and explain why they might do this, but, hmmm ... seems rather obvious that this DOES happen ...
Actually, I wouldn't want to deny the possibility of talent -- there are many who seem to "have it all" -- I'm reminded of an art opening I attended at a trendy gallery some years ago -- the guy's exhibit, which showed a creative and puckish mind, was also a model (no surprise when you saw him) AND the v.p. of an investment firm. (He was my age, late 20s). Life's just not fair!*
*And did I mention, he wrote his dissertation on "Finnegan's Wake"?**
**OK, that part I made up
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Current Talk '04 I / Re:WB DS Ad Campaign?
« on: April 07, 2004, 01:44:16 PM »
Maybe add two puncture wounds in his neck, and send it in!
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Current Talk '24 I / Re:WB ORDERS FILMING OF NEW DS PILOT
« on: April 07, 2004, 01:42:01 PM »
But to be fair to Jason Shaw, unlike some of Calvin Klein's models, apparently he's modeled much more than underwear for Tommy Hilfiger and Versace, and he's appeared in ad campaigns where the clothes he wore weren't the focus of what was being sold (i.e. Karl Lagerfield fragrances).
Hmm, I'm not sure just how far you have your tongue in your cheek ...
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Also, keep in mind, Vlad, that you yourself have said that the WB DS casting director is no slouch. So, chances are that he must have seen more than the obvious in Shaw...
ditto ...
Seriously, though, I just figure that given this is the WB network, the casting director is obligated to make a few non-acting choices and must keep the target audience in mind ...
Blair Brown is probably going to feel like everyone's mother on this set ...
P.S. In case anyone wondered, I really wasn't logged in to the forum for 12 straight hours yesterday ... must have forgotten to log out ...
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Current Talk '24 I / Re:WB ORDERS FILMING OF NEW DS PILOT
« on: April 07, 2004, 02:29:08 AM »
Now that we have a male underwear model onboard, can Paris Hilton being cast as Julia be far behind?
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