DARK SHADOWS FORUMS
General Discussions => Current Talk Archive => Current Talk '24 I => Current Talk '08 II => Topic started by: Mysterious Benefactor on September 04, 2008, 08:13:32 PM
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Not surprisingly, DS pops up on Film. com's TV's Top 10 Vamp-Tastic Series (http://www.film.com/tv/story/tvs-top-10-vamp-tastic/22791152). Some of the series that rank higher are, uh, quite surprising, though. (Dracula: The Series at #1??!! [wow] And even Buffy/Angel at #10 is bizarre!! [eek]) However, with the exception of #1, I'm mostly happy to see most of the other series on the list (though Blade: The Series can't compete with the movies) - but I'd definitely rearrange them...
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That is, indeed, a very, very odd order. [ghost_blink]
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That is one of EFFED UP list! DS ranks lower than Port Charles. Oh Please!!
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I didn't even know there was a Dracula: The Series...
Of course, DS definitely should have been #1! What's wrong with those people? [ghost_tongue2]
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Dark Shadows deserves #1, that's for sure. Don't get me wrong, though I love DS, BtVS will always be my favorite show. A couple episodes of it when I was 11 were what cured me of my immature viewing habits; without Buffy, I'd likely be on a forum discussing Naruto right now instead. But on a list of the top ten, DS, the original vamp series, completely deserves #1.
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No harm Goober we all have that special show that is hard to beat even though we watch Dark Shadows. I have my own rules in my universe though and Dark Shadows, Charmed and 90210 tie as my # 1 shows ever! I decided in my universe number can be 3!!! LOL Even though Buffy & DS is written better than Charmed and 90210 I have a special love for those two that I cannot even really explain. [ghost_wacko] So don't try to ask me. I think it's the fact that BH 90210 defined my generation as they have said on all the new 90210 show commercials and I followed it from day one until the end. TEN Years is a long time to follow a show. Man what me and that show went through together. Dark Shadows same way and Charmed too. It seemed as if they all hit key points in my life and even had a part in defining who I am today. Art is amazing isn't it? Our favorite slayer comes in at number two though. :)
Sorry to get off topic:
I disagree with this list a whole lot!
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PS. Sorry for the mistakes as I didn't have enough time to edit. I know it probably would cost more or something but that is one thing I wish we had a longer time to modify posts.
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The Preview feature is actually our friend, and with it one can proofread/modify one's post for as long as one wants before actually submitting it. It's the best way to catch mistakes before they're ever made public. [ghost_wink]
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I had no idea. Thanks for introducing me to my new best friend MB! Hello Preview button how are you my dear??
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I enjoyed "Forever Knight" and it was a CBS late night show back in the early 90's. Seven years ago, Sci-Fi Channel aired the show every morning about eight years ago. I never seen the very last episode, but I have read they have decided to kill off the character and end the series altogether. He commited suicide by stepping outside in the sun. I have seen the 1st and 2nd season on dvd for sale at Walmart.
I remember "Kindred". I watched the very first episode and it was alright. But I amazed when they decided to cancel the series after that.
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Weird list. [ghost_angry] So here is mine... [ghost_wink]
10. Kindred: The Embraced (a few interesting details here and there)
9. Vampire High (only saw parts of some episodes but they looked awesome)
8. Dark Shadows Resurrected
7. True Blood (have seen the pilot and was very impressed)
6. Dracula: The Series (good campy fun, with some very nice touches--plus Mia Kirshner)
5. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (actually quite a different show from its spinoff)
4. Dark Shadows (needs no explanation)
3. Angel (just a superior series about a vampire seeking redemption)
2. Forever Knight (had pretty much every ingredient and used them well)
1. Ultraviolet (really excellent in every way)
Never saw Blood Ties or Blade: The Series nor the BBC The Little Vampire so I cannot judge them. Moonlight did not interest me, although I tried watching it.
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I like Aaron Spelling shows so I have no idea how I missed Kindred: The Embraced possibly since it was cancelled so quickly!
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When peeps here wrote of Dracula: The Series - I thought it was referring to the storyline in that 70s series "Cliffhangers" which I LOVED...... [ghost_tongue2]
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I like Aaron Spelling shows so I have no idea how I missed Kindred: The Embraced possibly since it was cancelled so quickly!
Perhaps Susan Young gives the misimpression that Kindred only aired one episode, but that's not true. Seven episodes aired. Eight were shot and the unaired one as well as an alternate version of the pilot are available on the DVD. I quite enjoyed the show - though, sadly, Mark Frankel's accidental death brought it to a premature end. [ghost_sad]
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I know it never works on shows when they try to go on after a death. IE 8 Simple Rules etc....so I guess it's best they didn't continue and try to do it without him. That is so sad!
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Somehow, I think the author reversed the order, because on #1, he says "it was between this and the Munsters." Well, if it were a decision like that, then the Munsters should slip into slot #2. So, either the order is reversed, there is no order, or the author was running really close to his deadline. [ghost_cheesy]
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I just found some episodes of Young Dracula on YouTube and must say I am delighted! What an utterly charming show!
For those of you who don't know, this is a Canadian series about Count Dracula having moved his family to a castle in England. His son Vlad doesn't want to be a vampire, but a normal kid (his dark bangs remind me of someone <g> ), while his eldest daughter Ingrid is eagerly to grow fangs and start drinking the blood of "breathers." She tells her father "You are a vicious, evil bully--and so am I but you won't see it!" [ghost_cheesy] Their mom ran off to be with a werewolf, but shows up now and then to make their unlives more complicated.
It is a children's series, but surprisingly sophisticated.
Anyway, this certainly would take the place of Kindred:The Embraced on my list.
I'm looking for episodes of Blood Ties now...
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I only watched the first episode of Blood Ties. I didn't care for it enough to keep watching, but it was okay.
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Here is a picture of the Count and his two kids from the show Young Dracula. His reluctant son is the one on the right. Doesn't his hair remind you of maybe another reluctant vampire?
(http://img370.imageshack.us/img370/2435/youngdraculash0.gif) (http://imageshack.us)
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When peeps here wrote of Dracula: The Series - I thought it was referring to the storyline in that 70s series "Cliffhangers" which I LOVED...... [ghost_tongue2]
Talk about ghosts from the past! [8_1_1] I remember that show too! Michael Nouri was Drac I believe -- and that was the best of the three segments by far. LOL you bring back memories of watching that, esp the Secret Empire stuff that most people I know watched JUST to watch Mark Lenard.
Jeannie (whom life the universe and everything let go of long enough to post stuff again)
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Something I missed from the 70s! I didn't see much from Canada, though I remember the first Strange Paradise, and Starlost. Mark Lenard was in this? Egad, I want it!
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Something I missed from the 70s! I didn't see much from Canada, though I remember the first Strange Paradise, and Starlost. Mark Lenard was in this? Egad, I want it!
This wasn't from Canada, a la Strange Paradise. It was one of those extravaganza things, backed bigtime by (If memory serves me correctly), Brandon Tartikoff, when he worked for NBC. There were three series in each ep, and each one ended each week like the Saturday Morning serials, with a CLIFFHANGER (thus the name).
LOL in a way you could say I have this, but not in a usable form. Way back then I had a Videorecorder which I had gotten cheap [signerror] -- turns out because it was a THIRD format that came out the same time as BETA, and was killed off by VHS waay before Beta. I have a TON of stuff with the Trek actors back in the day, all stuck on this format (one inch tapes, and tapes that came in 3 types according to length of time on them. Did I also mention that the Quazar tapes were the size of a LARGE hardcover book? [eek]
Sigh, I wish I could watch some of that old stuff, esp the Mark Lenard guest starring stuff. For a period of time there, it was a toss up whether he or Malachi Throne played more evil South American dictators on Mission: Impossible. [lol2]
Then there was the Sunday morning show Insight, with one ep that had no less than FIVE Trek Guest Stars -- and Ephraim Zimbalist Jr. -- in an excellent ep called "The Day God Died". That ep came to mind lately, and even has a DS connection to keep this SORT OF on topic. The plot centered on the mid 60s question of whether God was dead, and the upshot (moral) of the piece was the holier than thou types were the ones who saw God in the coffin, and the only one in whom He was alive was the purported atheist, who was the only one living by the teachings of right and wrong. Remind you of any REVERENDS we all know and hate? [devil] [firedevil]
Jeannie