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Current Talk '24 I / Re: (**NEW Photos/Michelle Pfeiffer Interview In The April W!!** Reply #3083 ) Depp/Burton DARK SHAD
« on: April 30, 2012, 03:47:40 AM »
I'm not so sure it's rewriting history. As I've posted a few times with regard to the '91 DS, DC said that he specifically made Willie the main comic relief because he felt the show needed humor to counterbalance all the ripping and tearing vampire action. And as I've also posted a few times with regard to the '04 pilot, DC said back in '04 that they planned to explore Barnabas' introduction to the 21st century with humor (Jim Pierson's '08 MPI interview also confirmed that). So, what's written in that except from the film's production notes would seem to completely follow what DC came to see as a needed ingredient in DS. And even though we have absolutely no way of knowing that if the pilot had gone to series it would have had as much humor with Barnabas dealing with the 21st century as the new film would seem to have with him dealing with 1972, at least the concept of dealing with that situation humorously would definitely seem to be well within DC's wish. And I'm glad that something has finally surfaced to say as much because it seems as if the articles from back in '04 that went into how DC wanted humor in a potential '04 series have disappeared into the ether (like so much of the stuff that we linked to back then seems to have), or at least I can no longer find them. But trust me, they did indeed exist...
11 days 1 hour 12 minutes 20 seconds until the day the Depp/Burton Dark Shadows is released(ET)!!
11 days 1 hour 12 minutes 20 seconds until the day the Depp/Burton Dark Shadows is released(ET)!!