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Current Talk '06 II / Re: Character's fate you would have liked to have changed...
« on: November 02, 2006, 08:21:02 PM »
Quote from: IluvBarnabas on October 30, 2006, 01:43:13 AM
Quote from: Bob_the_Bartender on October 29, 2006, 10:34:23 PM
I would have preferred if the likable and avuncular Sam Evans had not been killed.  (Of course, Barnabas commissioning Sam to "age" that portrait of Angelique, resulting in Sam's blindness, was an absolute stroke of "genius" by Mr. B., imho.) [hall2_angry]

I don't believe Barnabas meant any harm to come to Sam and he did realize it had been a mistake to involve him, but unfortunately it was too little too late by then.  [hall_embarrassed]

Yes, I agree with you that Barnabas did not intend to get Sam harmed with that "portrait-altering" gig.  Nevertheless, I suspect that both Sam and Maggie would have been a heck of a lot happier IF  they had never met Mr. Barnabas Collins in the first place. [hall2_grin]

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Caption This! - Vicki's Arrival-Burke's Revenge-Matthew Morgan-Introducing Josette / Re: Episode #0035
« on: October 29, 2006, 11:02:51 PM »
"I tell you, Joe, ever since Dr. Hoffman gave me that B-1 injection, I feel as peppy and as happy as Vice President Hubert Horatio Humphrey on Election Day!" [hall2_grin]

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Caption This! - Vicki/Jeff-Cassandra/The Dream Curse-Adam/Eve/Nicholas / Re: Episode #0522
« on: October 29, 2006, 10:48:55 PM »
"Well, what do you say, Julia and Barnabas?  Do you think that they'll, at least, appraise this at around $1.98 on 'Antiques Roadshow - Portland'?"

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Caption This! - Vicki/Jeff-Cassandra/The Dream Curse-Adam/Eve/Nicholas / Re: Episode #0486
« on: October 29, 2006, 10:41:05 PM »
"No, really, Julia!  As much as I like your Lucy Ricardo, red hair color look, I much prefer to stay with my Ben Cartwright, 'silver fox' look."  [hall2_shocked]

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Current Talk '06 II / Re: Character's fate you would have liked to have changed...
« on: October 29, 2006, 10:34:23 PM »
I would have preferred if the likable and avuncular Sam Evans had not been killed.  (Of course, Barnabas commissioning Sam to "age" that portrait of Angelique, resulting in Sam's blindness, was an absolute stroke of "genius" by Mr. B., imho.) [hall2_angry]

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Calendar Events / Announcements '06 II / Re: A Happy DS Birthday, Gene Lindsey aka Randell Drew 1840
« on: October 26, 2006, 06:07:59 PM »
Gene Lindsey was an actor who appeared frequently on the New York stage and also in many nationally-televised commercials.

About a million years ago (actually, perhaps back in the mid-to-late 1970s) I was standing on the corner of Fifth Avenue and 50th Street, waiting for the light to change, when I noticed Mr. Lindsey also standing on the corner, talking to some other fellow there, about an upcoming audition of his for some commercial product.

I quickly recognized Mr. Lindsey from his many commercial appearances, but, quite honestly, it wasn't until the Sci-Fi Channel aired the 1840 Dark Shadows episodes many years later, that I realized that I had also seen Mr. Lindsey on the show (as Randall Drew) back in 1970.  Time maches on!  [hall2_smiley]  

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Caption This! - 1897 / Re: Episode #0703
« on: October 26, 2006, 05:49:10 PM »
Quote from: CastleBee on October 26, 2006, 05:41:31 PM
For the love of...these new dentures are still loose...I suppose I'll have to suffer through yet another aggravating trip to the dentist!  [hall2_undecided]

LOL!!!  [laughing4] [lol3] [hello] [knockwood]

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Current Talk '06 II / Re: TCM's Osborne Gives HODS a Nice Intro
« on: October 26, 2006, 05:43:04 PM »
Quote from: Midnite on October 22, 2006, 01:30:41 AM
Quote from: Bob_the_Bartender on October 21, 2006, 05:57:12 PM
"The Return of the Vampire" had a wonderfully spooky graveyard set in the film.  I wonder if the Dark Shadows set designers were inspired by that highly-underrated Bela Lugosi film, when they designed the Eagle Hill Cemetery set?   [hall2_smiley]

Bob the Bartender, I thought the same thing!  I also see a similarity between the mausoleum that contained Tessla's coffin and the secret room of the Collins mausoleum, though the former's opened to the outside whereas Barn's has the anteroom.  And the first thing we see as Lugosi comes out of his coffin is the hand wearing one large ring, which becomes important to the plot, though it's actually worn on his ring finger.

Midnite,  yes that mausoleum in the film did look very much like the secret room on Dark Shadows.

I loved the part in the film, when that Nazi plane bombed the cemetery and literally kayoed Tessla the vampire.  I wonder if an American B-52 bomber ever accidentally dropped a bomb on the Collins mausoleum as Barnabas was about to bite Maggie, would Barnabas too have been completely kayoed like Tessla was?

And, what about Andreas (sp?), the werewolf/slave of Tessla?  Andreas was the first (and only) speaking werewolf, I've ever seen in a horror film.  As I remember, Lon Chaney, Jr., Michael Landon, Oliver Reed and James Naughton all snarled in their respective werewolf fillms!    [Wolfie]

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Caption This! - Vicki/Jeff-Cassandra/The Dream Curse-Adam/Eve/Nicholas / Re: Episode #0563
« on: October 26, 2006, 05:12:39 PM »
A truly landmark ABC 1968 soap opera episode: Dark Shadows explores both miscegenation and menage a trois.  [hall2_kiss] [hall2_rolleyes]

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Caption This! - 1897 / Re: Episode #0702
« on: October 26, 2006, 04:59:12 PM »
"You want Julianka's current campsite address, Quentin?  It's going to cost you...big time! [hall_grin] [hall_wink]

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Caption This! - The Werewolf-Quentin's Ghost / Re: Episode #0688
« on: October 26, 2006, 04:49:23 PM »
In his brand new L.L. Bean dress campbell flannel robe, David has an especially frightening, future psychic-vision of the "American Idol" television program! [hall_shocked]

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Polls Archive / Re: Favorite very brief characters
« on: October 26, 2006, 04:36:46 PM »
How about Haza and Oberon, those two Leviathans, who shanghai Barnabas?

I don't believe that we ever got to hear Haza (or Hazar?) ever actually speak.  However, Oberon was quite loquacious.  In fact, Oberon was so talkative and downright grandiloquent, that he even made the haughty Diabolos sound like comedian Norm Crosby by comparison! [hall2_wink]

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Calendar Events / Announcements '06 II / Re: RIP SCI FI Channel Dark Shadow Board
« on: October 21, 2006, 06:02:58 PM »
I don't want to say that the Sci-Fi Channel "original" movies are that bad, but, in comparison, they make such beloved 1950s sci-fi/horror clinkers as "The Giant Gila Monster" and "Frankenstein's Daughter," look like masterpieces! [hall2_rolleyes] [hall2_wink] [hall2_smiley]

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Current Talk '06 II / Re: TCM's Osborne Gives HODS a Nice Intro
« on: October 21, 2006, 05:57:12 PM »
"The Return of the Vampire" had a wonderfully spooky graveyard set in the film.  I wonder if the Dark Shadows set designers were inspired by that highly-underrated Bela Lugosi film, when they designed the Eagle Hill Cemetery set?   [hall2_smiley]

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Current Talk '06 II / Re: TCM's Osborne Gives HODS a Nice Intro
« on: October 21, 2006, 05:20:32 PM »
Quote from: David on October 21, 2006, 05:08:39 AM
HODS just began airing on TCM a few minutes ago.
TCM's host Robert Osborne gave it a lovely intro, talking a bit about
Joan Bennett's Hollywood career, and the Oscar nominated
work of make-up artist Dick Smith.

The show's extreme popularity was mentioned, and this was credited to Mr. Frid.
Dan Curtis and Grayson were also mentioned briefly.

And the print looks superb!!!!

Yes, TCM is a wonderful channel.  I especially appreciate the fact, that after Mr. Osborne's introductory remarks, TCM does not interrupt the film's presentation at all (unlike that "other" all-movie cable channel, that will remain nameless).

And, did anyone watch that other horror film on TCM last night, "The Return of the Vampire" with the great Bela Lugosi?  Of course, Lugosi was terrific.  But, that werewolf/servant of his, looked as if he needed a can of Nair for that sprouting "hair" on his face! [hall2_smiley]

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