I know what you mean, mscbryk. But I do hope that Pfeiffer's youthful appearance doesn't change the type of Elizabeth we are used to seeing... She's one of my favorite characters, if not my favorite.
As for the other topic, Josette is such an integral part of Dark Shadows, it would be hard imagining it without her. She was the one constant in the series. She was there in the earliest episodes and continued to be present until the bitter end. It was Josette that really helped save the series. She was the supernatural element which led to the others. And in all of the three major supernatural stories of the early years, Josette was the glue that held them together. Once that final early supernatural storyline took off in its own direction, the character of Josette became further cemented into the history of the show, eventually earning her own popular theme song. Where would we be without Josette? Nowhere. I hope the creators of the new version see it the same way.