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Title: OT -- Strange Paradise episodes on Youtube
Post by: Gothick on July 28, 2010, 09:27:16 PM

Close to 25 episodes of the cult Gothic daytime drama series Strange Paradise have been loaded onto Youtube on this channel:

http://www.youtube.com/user/strangeparadise69

Enjoy!

Best wishes,

G.

Title: Re: OT -- Strange Paradise episodes on Youtube
Post by: Taeylor Collins on July 28, 2010, 10:01:57 PM

I had heard about this show and bought a VHS of the first episode years ago but I can't remember it at all.  I think I taped over it so I must have not been impressed; however my older self may like it.

Title: Re: OT -- Strange Paradise episodes on Youtube
Post by: The Doctor and K9 on July 29, 2010, 02:43:49 AM

It's VERY SLOW, but I got through the first arc of 65 eps or so on the island. When they switched locales and changed a large segment of the cast, I gave up on it. I might go back and finish it though. I think you can watch the first 13 weeks or so, get a feel for the best of the show and then bail without being left hanging. I think they were half expecting to be cancelled after the first 3 months, so they were wrapping things up fairly neatly.

Title: Re: OT -- Strange Paradise episodes on Youtube
Post by: Taeylor Collins on July 29, 2010, 03:48:38 AM

Thanks for the recommendation TD&K9 I appreciate it! :)

Title: Re: OT -- Strange Paradise episodes on Youtube
Post by: The Doctor and K9 on July 29, 2010, 04:02:04 AM

I really should add that I meant to finish the series. My daughter and I were watching it regularly, but then we got out of the habit of watching around Christmas one year. We meant to go back to it, but never did. Had we not  been interupted, we probably would have finished. We were up to somewhere around ep 130 of the  195 or so they made. I probably will go back and finish it some day.

Title: Re: OT -- Strange Paradise episodes on Youtube
Post by: Gerard on July 29, 2010, 01:54:41 PM

It's interesting, but it does move slow.  Here's a recap of a chunk of the episodes:

Episode 10:  "They won't let us off the island!"
Episode 11:  "They won't let us off the island!"
Episode 12:  "They won't let us off the island!"
(...)
(...)
Episode 63:  "They won't let us off the island!"
Episode 64:  "They won't let us off the island!"
Episode 65:  "Well, at least they finally changed the bed linens."

Gerard

Title: Re: OT -- Strange Paradise episodes on Youtube
Post by: RachelDrummand on December 27, 2010, 10:01:35 AM

I'm really  hooked on this show. Yes, it's a tad slow (I'm still working my way through the first story arc) but it's very interesting. :)

Title: Re: OT -- Strange Paradise episodes on Youtube
Post by: Taeylor Collins on December 30, 2010, 01:37:49 PM

"The won't let us off the island!" must have been their version of "YOU MUUUUUST NOW!!!"   [santa_wink]

Title: Re: OT -- Strange Paradise episodes on Youtube
Post by: Gothick on December 30, 2010, 06:05:38 PM

For fans of this series, there are some interesting new goodies on show on this site:

http://www.maljardin.com

Enjoy!

G.

Title: Re: OT -- Strange Paradise episodes on Youtube
Post by: Mysterious Benefactor on December 30, 2010, 06:10:14 PM

Having never seen DC's '96 reworking of his Trilogy of Terror, I didn't realize that he'd used Casa Loma in it. I loved that house as Desmond Hall on SP.

Title: Re: OT -- Strange Paradise episodes on Youtube
Post by: RachelDrummand on January 02, 2011, 01:42:25 AM

Oooh that's brilliant! I'll have to take a closer look to that house now.