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Current Talk '07 I / 1795 Part Deux
« on: January 12, 2007, 07:19:57 AM »
Someone who shall be considered nameless just sent me a veritable .....load of tapes covering the gap in my DS from mid-1795 through early 1897. I feel like waiting for permission to say thanks by name here, why I'm not sure. Maybe there's a good reason in the back of my head that hasn't made its way to the front yet. Anyway, Groucho wrote a song about this individual.
I've been marathoning the new bit of 1795. Remarks so far...
Barnabas to Abigail: "Why does the Devil always want to touch you? Why do you think that?"
Naomi: "It's not like you."
Joshua: "Nonsense. Anything I do is like me."
Great moments: Victoria trying to wake herself up, just before the conclusion of the trial, as she did as a child with nightmares. This made things very real.
Millicent by herself with the tarot cards, talking to the camera.
Trask had an interesting time-share dream, with two ghosts using it to tell him two different things.
Barnabas is just full of supernatural powers, isn't he? He can do everything a witch can do, seemingly.
Nathan Forbes=Tim Shaw.
Great Barnabas/Joshua discussions when B is found.
[spoiler]I didn't know Angelique died! They may be starting to undo that at this point, though. Pretty edgy thing, to have BC just throttle the life out of her, abruptly, with Lara falling like a sack of potatoes onto the floor, closeup on her face, dead eyes open. All in one shot, so LP had great self-control, and may have been hurt. And I didn't think any TV shows were allowed to show dead people with their eyes open back then.[/spoiler]
I may not be able to appreciate atmosphere with my neurological state as it is, but the plot is gripping me. It's possible I never saw this storyline even as a child. Nothing's familiar.
I've been marathoning the new bit of 1795. Remarks so far...
Barnabas to Abigail: "Why does the Devil always want to touch you? Why do you think that?"
Naomi: "It's not like you."
Joshua: "Nonsense. Anything I do is like me."
Great moments: Victoria trying to wake herself up, just before the conclusion of the trial, as she did as a child with nightmares. This made things very real.
Millicent by herself with the tarot cards, talking to the camera.
Trask had an interesting time-share dream, with two ghosts using it to tell him two different things.
Barnabas is just full of supernatural powers, isn't he? He can do everything a witch can do, seemingly.
Nathan Forbes=Tim Shaw.
Great Barnabas/Joshua discussions when B is found.
[spoiler]I didn't know Angelique died! They may be starting to undo that at this point, though. Pretty edgy thing, to have BC just throttle the life out of her, abruptly, with Lara falling like a sack of potatoes onto the floor, closeup on her face, dead eyes open. All in one shot, so LP had great self-control, and may have been hurt. And I didn't think any TV shows were allowed to show dead people with their eyes open back then.[/spoiler]
I may not be able to appreciate atmosphere with my neurological state as it is, but the plot is gripping me. It's possible I never saw this storyline even as a child. Nothing's familiar.