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Title: Wild review of Dark Shadows: The Beginning Collection 3
Post by: Charles_Ellis on March 18, 2008, 10:56:46 PM: This reviewer does some terrible mispellings of names of actors and characters, yet he does know his DS history. For us DS Forums regulars, you'll all be pleased to know that the review has special emphasis on THE PEN!!

http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/read.php?ID=32630
Title: Re: Wild review of Dark Shadows: The Beginning Collection 3
Post by: Mysterious Benefactor on March 19, 2008, 12:26:31 AM: Quote from: Charles_Ellis on March 18, 2008, 10:56:46 PM
For us DS Forums regulars, you'll all be pleased to know that the review has special emphasis on THE PEN!!

Well, shouldn't it go without saying that THE PEN should get special emphasis? I mean, anyone overlooking its massive significance in that storyline, yea, in the entire DS oeuvre would be a, well, let's be polite and simply say they would be a dunce! [snow_wink] Though how dare he say that the "fountain tipped plot pointing" is enough to "pray for the quick arrival of the hated Leviathans." [snow_wow] [snow_mad] Ha! The Leviathans aren't even worthy of the task of blotting THE PEN's ink. Their significance by comparison is a mere blip in the annals of DS!!

(http://www.dsboards.com/images/THEpen.jpg)
[size=8]All hail THE PEN!![/size]
Title: Re: Wild review of Dark Shadows: The Beginning Collection 3
Post by: MagnusTrask on March 19, 2008, 01:11:18 AM: Did The Pen at least write underwater?
Title: Re: Wild review of Dark Shadows: The Beginning Collection 3
Post by: PennyDreadful on March 19, 2008, 02:06:33 AM: Complex universal truths make themselves known upon repeated viewings of The Pen storyline. Would DS even be remembered today if it weren't for The Pen? No. No it would not. All hail the might and majesty of The Pen.

[thewave]
Title: Re: Wild review of Dark Shadows: The Beginning Collection 3
Post by: barnabasjr on March 19, 2008, 02:32:58 AM: [9050]
Title: Re: Wild review of Dark Shadows: The Beginning Collection 3
Post by: michael c on March 19, 2008, 06:31:57 PM: great review...

it's good to see the PEN PLOT getting it's due.

a pen.an automobile accident.a dispute over the ownership of a cannery.the first year was something else!
Title: Re: Wild review of Dark Shadows: The Beginning Collection 3
Post by: michael c on March 19, 2008, 06:48:21 PM: i forgot to add this...

for another odd review of the early episodes check out a site called "the blunt review:by emily blunt".

http://www.bluntreview.com/reviews/dark.htm

it gets alot of details super-wrong but it's fun.
Title: Re: Wild review of Dark Shadows: The Beginning Collection 3
Post by: Gothick on March 19, 2008, 07:47:38 PM: It's nice to see such appreciation for a period in the show's history that used to be routinely dissed without defense because nobody had ever seen it (yes, that's how long in fandom I've been around).

I'm glad the DS reviews on that site have, on the whole, been of such good quality. I just read the two Peter Gunn reviews on the site, and it sounds as if the reviewer hardly even bothered to watch more than a few moments of one show on each set.

G.
Title: Re: Wild review of Dark Shadows: The Beginning Collection 3
Post by: Lydia on March 20, 2008, 11:17:49 AM: Quote from: mscbryk on March 19, 2008, 06:31:57 PM
a dispute over the ownership of a cannery
I first read that as "a dispute over the ownership of a canary" and wondered how I managed to miss that.
Title: Re: Wild review of Dark Shadows: The Beginning Collection 3
Post by: arashi on March 20, 2008, 07:04:54 PM: Quote from: MagnusTrask on March 19, 2008, 01:11:18 AM
Did The Pen at least write underwater?

No, but it might have written under whipped cream. Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk.
Title: Re: Wild review of Dark Shadows: The Beginning Collection 3
Post by: MagnusTrask on March 20, 2008, 07:43:31 PM: Quote from: arashi on March 20, 2008, 07:04:54 PM
Quote from: MagnusTrask on March 19, 2008, 01:11:18 AM
Did The Pen at least write underwater?

No, but it might have written under whipped cream. Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk.

Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk indeed.... I'm not sure what I just said meant anything...

Quote from: Lydia on March 20, 2008, 11:17:49 AM
I first read that as "a dispute over the ownership of a canary" and wondered how I managed to miss that.

"Give me the damn bird, Collins! Give me that bird or I'll ruin you!!!"-- Burke.
"The day will never come, when a ruffian such as you will force me to do anything I do not wish to do! You'll have to pry my beloved tweety bird from my cold, dead fingers!"-- Roger.
Title: Re: Wild review of Dark Shadows: The Beginning Collection 3
Post by: Mysterious Benefactor on March 20, 2008, 08:01:14 PM: It's official - we're all insane! [nut]

But then, would we want it any differently? Just think of how dull it would be around here if we weren't. [b003]
Title: Re: Wild review of Dark Shadows: The Beginning Collection 3
Post by: Lydia on March 21, 2008, 09:35:36 AM: Quote from: MagnusTrask on March 20, 2008, 07:43:31 PM
"Give me the damn bird, Collins! Give me that bird or I'll ruin you!!!"-- Burke.
"The day will never come, when a ruffian such as you will force me to do anything I do not wish to do! You'll have to pry my beloved tweety bird from my cold, dead fingers!"-- Roger.
Exactly! And LOL!
Title: Re: Wild review of Dark Shadows: The Beginning Collection 3
Post by: arashi on March 21, 2008, 03:58:43 PM: Magnus, It's from a 3 Stooges short:

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2xz2u_three-stooges-heavenly-daze_fun
Title: Re: Wild review of Dark Shadows: The Beginning Collection 3
Post by: MagnusTrask on March 21, 2008, 06:28:18 PM: Quote from: Mysterious Benefactor on March 20, 2008, 08:01:14 PM
It's official - we're all insane! [nut]

But then, would we want it any differently? Just think of how dull it would be around here if we weren't. [b003]

Oh, and MB, I'll watch the 'fanfic' from now on... It didn't occur to me that this counted...

Lydia, thanks... arashi, I wish my computing device had speakers and could handle moving images longer than seven seconds. Thanks.
Title: Re: Wild review of Dark Shadows: The Beginning Collection 3
Post by: Miss_Winthrop on March 21, 2008, 07:11:06 PM: Quote from: Lydia on March 20, 2008, 11:17:49 AM
Quote from: mscbryk on March 19, 2008, 06:31:57 PM
a dispute over the ownership of a cannery
I first read that as "a dispute over the ownership of a canary" and wondered how I managed to miss that.

[easter_grin]