DARK SHADOWS FORUMS
General Discussions => Current Talk Archive => Current Talk '25 I => Current Talk '03 II => Topic started by: Gerard on July 15, 2003, 12:14:26 AM
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When I first saw the episode during which Quentin finds the voodoo doll while Maggie was changing, I was positive that Maggie was topless (her back, of course to the camera). Then, decades later when I saw it again, there she was, wearing a slip. But that couldn't be - I was just so positive she was au natural. Well, I shrugged it off as just another case of Faulty Dark Shadows Memory Syndrome (FDSMS), most likely caused by the hormones of a 13-year-old boy who was madly in love with TLATKLS. So I watch it again today, but this time I decided to do an experiment (I was watching the taped episodes).
I had mentioned in another thread that I grew up watching DS totally in black and white - we didn't get a color TV set until '76. Rewinding the tape, I then toned the color all the down to b&w. Replaying the scene, the color of Maggie's slip blended into a flesh tone and she looked like she was momentarily sans top. It was not a faulty memory; it was not the result of a pubescent boy hopelessly in love. It was the result of an old Admiral black-and-white television set.
Today, I feel vindicated.
Gerard
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methinks you might watch more of KLS in B&W to see that effect Gerard ;D
jennifer
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I never thought of that! Thanks, Jennifer! I feel like I'm 13 all over again!
Gerard
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I never thought of that! Thanks, Jennifer! I feel like I'm 13 all over again!
you're welcome :)
jennifer
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I want to see Minnie Duval in chiaroscuro!!!
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Careful, Bob. Remember, we're in the topsey-turvey world of PT right now. You might end up getting Bathia Mapes in her birthday suit.
Gerard
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Yeah, Minnie Duval and Bathia Mapes. I tell you, it's like being the Parallel Time counterpart of Roger Vadim (read: Horace Gladstone) and choosing between Brigitte Bardot and Jane "Barbarella" Fonda!