Oh good! (I think...) It is an interesting phenomenon with a lot of facets. I wouldn't mind a little chat either on the web-log or by email. I have a hard time getting over to this site and finding everything lately. (Not that I don't appreciate the site! Calms me down a great deal.)

Making friends with a fan of the idea first has been an endless blessing to me. Wish I could have her stay with us for a week. ^_^

Looks like a bird to me! Maybe it's more a Laura Collins cane instead. 

Hmm - the author of this one certainly seems confused:

The Vampire Comedy 'Dark Shadows' Is Getting A Reboot On The CW
A new adaptation of the American cult series is now on the cards.

I'm not sure which country this site is in, but they do use the European method for dates (the article is dated 12/09/2019) so perhaps they can be forgiven for only knowing the Depp/DS film. But still, they manage to claim the original series was a comedy, which it obviously wasn't...

We-l-l-l-l, it actually says "a mix of soap opera and the comedy typical of the era." That's pretty close to me as when I started viewing the original. I thought, "Wait, that person cracked a joke! I can't remember ever hearing this kind of humour on a soap opera before." Of course I was growing up on things like 'Eastenders' and 'Another World' (sorry), and other ones I saw were always dead-serious in tone. Then, with 'Dark Shadows', things like Carter's issue with his mustard on ham from the deli came up. That seemed to be really important to him over the details of Roger's accident.

At first I was thinking, "Maybe they are considering the era as the 1960's for having humour," but the only semi serious drama I can (at present) remember with that went back to the 1950's on radio, X Minus One, which had quite a bit of humour at times that kept me interested over other science fiction stories. I've often wondered if there was a window of time in broadcast and silver screen where humour was expected or natural as a basic cushion, whereas "comedy" in label might be more in keeping with never ending gags piling up.

I'm so grateful to see all the discussion about this. I got the news a few minutes ago and just wasn't sure what to guesstimate. I'm so encouraged by everyone's thoughts and comments to give me some solace on the possibilities and probabilities. It's big news, but when isn't it?

I wish I could find the line and which episode for Cassandralique expressing Victoria going into the past giving her the clue. I did look about but I realised it was definitely "needle in a haystack" work.

Wow, that was most informative. Thank you all. Now my teeth are chattering a bit at the price of a new paperback starting at $819.16! Yikes.

I wouldn't be surprised. Actually it's a good thought. He could sell the 1790's money to get new clothes after getting out of the coffin.

I definitely remember when I was writing for my own vampires one of the gals had a piece of eight lodged in her purse, along with other tidbits from various decades.