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« on: March 10, 2017, 04:53:47 AM »Weren't the DVDs being released by '97 (at least Barnabas ones).....?I don't think so. I believe they came out in the early 2,000s.
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Weren't the DVDs being released by '97 (at least Barnabas ones).....?I don't think so. I believe they came out in the early 2,000s.
It is so great that people had the foresight to record those back in the day... Along with the chronicling of alot of the taping of the fests by fans like Joe Integlia.That interview was on the VHS releases. I believe they used the ones on the VHS tapes and added some more for the DVDs. If I recall, every 4th tape had an interview. The DVDs had one per disk.
I remember back then, Bob, when novelizations of movies, particularly horror and sci-fi, flew off the presses like penny-dreadfuls. And usually they were....The only film-to-book that was far-above-average was the adaptation of Prophecy......the novelization was actually better than the movie. The only other time that happened, from the books I purchased or read, was the novelization of Star Wars. Like the film, it was of high quality.I also thought the Star Trek Log Series by Alan Dean Foster were very good. He adapted the animated episodes and did 3 to a book for the first 6 books and then fleshed out the last three into novels by adding story elements. They were better than the Blish adaptations of the original episodes. Blish packed at least 5 and usually more into a similar sized book. The animated stories were really fleshed out and felt like lost episodes from the original show. Foster also did a great job with Star Trek The Motion Picture.
Yes, Dark Mansions was an attempt to revive a DS-type show (DS was mentioned in practically all the publicity for the pilot) but in primetime. And as you know, it's even shot at Greystone.In fact, one of the people involved with the Dark Mansions pilot went to a Manhattan Shadows convention to talk about it. I don't recall who it was.
To each his own, I suppose. I have probably mentioned this before but at one of the early Newark conventions, a couple of fans gave a staged reading from the "best" works of Marilyn Ross. The prose is quite purple when you're reading it to yourself. Try picture it being read out loud.....I read those books when I was in junior high school, in the 70s. Believe it or not, they are what got me into DS. I'm amazed now; because as you say, the prose is pretty awful as are the plots. When I read The Mystery of Collinwood followed quickly by Barnabas, Quentin, and the Body Snatchers DS had just started syndication in Boston. It was on at 11 PM, so I was only able to watch it on Friday nights, if I was lucky. So the Ross novels and a handful of episodes got me hooked. Oh, and there were the Gold Key Comics.
the book generally garners raves on the FB DS pages. i think a lot of fans are so desperate for any new franchise output they lap it up no matter how lousy.
yes in TSB it's pretty much business as usual chez Collins circa 1971. the gang was all there.I'm not exactly sure how this fit the previous books but Barnabas is there, however briefly. I also don't recall Julia ever being mentioned. She was there througout the other books [spoiler]but she became a vampire if I remember correctly in either the second or third book.[/spoiler]
amazingly HOC doesn't make a single reference to Julia. not one. was she dispatched with in the other books?
backpeddling a bit as to whether or not Parker even follows her own canon from book to book i'll have to say NO...
the only other one i read was TSB and i pulled it out for a quick cross reference. it's set in 1971 and without completely rereading it it doesn't seem to mesh at all with what's happening in HOC which takes place a year later. it's basic setup was closer to what would have actually been happening with OS continuity. HOC might as well take place on another planet it's so far off base.
again a year passes between the two. so i suppose Parker gave herself a bit of "wiggle room". but the framework of the story seems completely different.
actually the "Angelique" equivalent is a completely different character in both books.
so she's clearly not bothering to follow her own canon.
There were others that were to follow, including another one by Mr. Rainey.Mark Rainey did finish his novel and has offered it as a free download. If it had been published, it might have been the first novel to be consistent with the original series. I'm not sure whether HH would have been.
I actually don't mind some "revamping" of the canon in the various novels that came out from the late '60's through today.I don't mind if the characters are pretty much kept the same. I enjoyed "Dreams of the Dark," the second Harper Collins novel. It really didn't fit continuity, but it felt like a lost story from the OS, even though Vicky was more like the '91 version. It was set after 1795 but there was no sign of Dr. Lang, Cassandra, or Nicholas. It's my favorite authorized DS novel.