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Current Talk '24 I / Re: Happy 50th Anniversary, Night of Dark Shadows
« on: August 20, 2021, 05:28:23 PM »
For a variety of reasons, first up from after the Night of Dark Shadows change is this:
As far as the photo of Gerard goes, I don't believe it has ever been published elsewhere. However, a different version from the same shoot appears on page 156 of the Millennium Edition of the DS Almanac. It's an almost full body shot that also shows "Collinwood" in the background.
But the real reason I'm sharing this first is because of what the blurb says. Once again Michael Stroka is listed in the cast, and given the blurb was definitely published if not actually composed after NoDS had already opened, one might suspect word would have gotten out that he is not in the film - but apparently not to whoever wrote the blurb up. And with regard to that writer, I absolutely hate that they give away Gerard's entire story ark! Was it really necessary to do that?! Thankfully I had already seen NoDS before I read the blurb, but I'm sure there were many others who had not. (But then the entire plot of hoDS, save for the very end, had been spoiled by dozens of hoDS articles, too many of which came out before the film even opened, so a fear of spoiling things was not on any of those writers' minds either.)
And the second thing I want to share is this (mostly because of recently posting the 16 Magazine announcement article):
Apparently that was part of a Jerry Lacy piece of some sort. (The rest of that is stored in an even totally different place than all of my daytime DS and movies stuff. )
As far as the photo of Gerard goes, I don't believe it has ever been published elsewhere. However, a different version from the same shoot appears on page 156 of the Millennium Edition of the DS Almanac. It's an almost full body shot that also shows "Collinwood" in the background.
But the real reason I'm sharing this first is because of what the blurb says. Once again Michael Stroka is listed in the cast, and given the blurb was definitely published if not actually composed after NoDS had already opened, one might suspect word would have gotten out that he is not in the film - but apparently not to whoever wrote the blurb up. And with regard to that writer, I absolutely hate that they give away Gerard's entire story ark! Was it really necessary to do that?! Thankfully I had already seen NoDS before I read the blurb, but I'm sure there were many others who had not. (But then the entire plot of hoDS, save for the very end, had been spoiled by dozens of hoDS articles, too many of which came out before the film even opened, so a fear of spoiling things was not on any of those writers' minds either.)
And the second thing I want to share is this (mostly because of recently posting the 16 Magazine announcement article):
Apparently that was part of a Jerry Lacy piece of some sort. (The rest of that is stored in an even totally different place than all of my daytime DS and movies stuff. )