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Current Talk '24 I / Re: Innovation's '91 DS Comic, Book 4, The Book That Never Was
« on: September 15, 2020, 01:38:23 PM »
You might be onto something there!
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Listen closely, says Liz, you made a threat to Miss Winters, and I don't want any more of that--she's going to stay here, tutor you, and you're going to cooperate--is that quite clear?All she wants to do is get me in trouble, pouts David, arms crossed over his chest. I don't think you need her help for that, says Liz, not after what you've done. He rises from the chair and anxiously says he didn't do anything. Sit down, she says, and he does. You almost got your father killed, Liz reminds him, and that wasn't Miss Winters' fault. But I... begins David, but she warns him not to try denying it to her, not now. He sits back, angry. You hate me, just like everybody else does, he says. Liz assures him she doesn't hate him, if she did, he wouldn't still be living in her house--but she is angry with him, very angry indeed. I don't care, he says. You'd better start caring, advises Liz--the world isn't a very happy place for boys who don't care what other people think--it's lonely and cold--and I don't want you living like that. You want to send me away, just like my father does, accuses David. Annoyed, Liz asks if she hasn't already...there will be no more talk about sending him away, the accident, or any of it--that's all past--what they will discuss is the future. David rises and says, Miss Winters. Yes, says Liz, I brought her a long distance to help you--and I don't want any problems--you're going to listen to her and do as she says. What if I don't? he demands. Don't make me answer that, she says, I'm not asking much. You like her more than you like me, he says. Is that all you can say? she asks. But it's true, isn't it? he asks--you always said you loved me, isn't that what you said? Of course, I do, says Liz. Well I don't believe it, says David, wounded, not anymore! Liz rises and goes over to the boy, pulling her nephew against her chest and holding him close. Help me, Aunt Elizabeth, he pleads, holding tightly to her, help me! I'm trying, sue says, but you've got t help, too! I won't do anything else bad, I promise I won't! he cries--but you mustn't stop loving me. (Poor baby!) He looks up at her. You're my family, how could I stop? Asks Liz. Easily enough says Roger, entering the room--just look at the boy and realize what he is--a potential murderer. David's face is guarded again. Roger! chastises Liz. It's the truth, isn't it? Roger asks her, unless you prefer to ignore the truth--(with immense sarcasm) it's truly a pleasure to come home from a nice friendly chat in town to be greets by the smiling face of my beloved son![/spoiler]
Today's scene was a dramatic, traumatic event for many viewers in 1971.
We all said, "No, it can't be! Dark Shadows MUST go on!"
Nevertheless here we all are, fifty-some years later, still enjoying our favorite show.
The front door bursts open. Mrs. Collins! calls Harris, carrying Melanie in his arms--I found her lying in the woods. Ben Stokes is with them, too. They all run into the foyer, Kendrick calling, Melanie! He takes her from Harris. Put her on the sofa, orders Julia. Everyone gathers around in consternation. She must have been attacked by something, suggests Stokes--some kind of wild animal. Look! cries Julia, pointing to two bite marks on Melanie's neck. Harris, get a doctor, says Flora. Kendrick, horrified at the sight of the bite wounds, asks Melanie, "What caused them?--tell me!" Bramwell stares down at the marks. What could have happened? wonders Flora. What kind of animal would attack her like that? asks Julia. Says Ben Stokes, "If I didn't know better..."Yes, Stokes? asks Kendrick. "If I didn't know it wasn't possible," says Stokes, "I'd swear there was a vampire at Collinwood."[/spoiler]
I can't say exactly just why I like it so much; it just has that DS feel, but with different characters and storyline.
ABC didn't seem to have a lot of faith in the pilot or they wouldn't have buried in a late August broadcast.
It's interesting to see soap icon Marj Dusay in her ingenue days, around the time she was stealing Spock's brain on Star Trek.