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« on: February 20, 2013, 10:40:50 PM »
Wanted to comment on this post from a little different perspective. I was hoping that the new Dark Shadows movie would generate interest in our Central Florida Dark Shadows Fan Club from new people not familiar with either the original series, HODS or NODS or the 91 NBC series. Unfortunately, this hasn't occurred. Even though our club is thriving and doing very well, I made a major effort to bring in new members by handing out tons of club flyers at the movies midnight showing, the premiere night and showing at a nearby drive-in. While we have picked up a couple new members in the last 2 months, they were already fans and loved the original. I'm thinking that while many people who saw the movie and liked it who are unfamiliar with the original, haven't yet made the leap of watching it on dvd. I'm hoping that a cable network will give Dark Shadows a shot and give it the widespread availability when it ran on SciFi. We also might see interest spike when Dark Shadows starts airing on HBO. I'm not giving up yet.