Tonight I was thinking: what if, in the fictional world of Dark Shadows, the Collins family attracted as much attention as the Hilton family, or as Brangelina, and someone approached them with an idea for a reality show. What would that idea be, and who would the show revolve around?

Would it showcase Liz running the household and trying to keep all the maids from eavesdropping and making them actually do their job? Would it follow Angelique and her latest plot to infiltrate the Collins family and take Collinwood for her own? (Wouldn't that be interesting ) Could it possibly follow Barnabas and the secret, inner-workings of his plan to make a new bride in the image of Josette. Or maybe it would center on Julia and her constant pining for Barnabas, and her coming up with the latest way to become more involved with him. Possibly Willie would be the focus, and we'd get to see all the behind-the-scenes workings of just how he completed all those tasks for Barnabas. Maybe it could be a show centered on Maggie Evans and it could be a Top Chef type of show...only in a diner.

And finally, the one that actually made me laugh out loud when I thought of it:

The Rise and Fall of Victoria Winters: I Don't Understand.

Any thoughts, ideas, comments?

Now, I know that this isn't exactly DS-related, and if it is, it's a real stretch to relate it. But I really need some help here.

Does anyone know where to find script brads? You know, those little screw-and-bolt things that keep scripts bound together? I really need to find where I can buy some. I've checked Staples and Office Depot, and no dice. So I don't know where else I could check.

If MB, Midnite and Dom wanna keep this thread down to this post, that's fine. Just PM me with your responses.

Thanks in advance for the help.

I found this nifty little website that has a bunch of television and movie scripts housed on it, that you can view, read, print all for free! And it just so happened that....

THEY HAD THE PILOT SCRIPT FOR THE 90s REMAKE!

So I read through all 133 pages (JESUS!) of it. I was surprised it was so long. I haven't seen the remake series, but hopefully will be getting a copy of the DVDs soon. Was the Pilot episode two hours long? Maybe this script was split in half at some point and used for two episodes. I was totally surprised at how long it was since usually TV scripts are like 30-60 pages.

Anyway, head over there and take a gander at it. I thought it was a great read, and really well written, though with no clearly expressed act breaks, it was hard to imagine where the commercials would've been.

There's also a number of other scripts on the site. Many more movie scripts than TV scripts though.

Here's the site:

www.dailyscript.com

And just click on "TV Shows" and scroll down. The DS script is one of the first few listed. Enjoy!

Thought it might be fun to make some good ol' top ten lists. Try yer hand.

Top Ten Reasons To Become A Governness At Collinwood

10. You'll get to attempt to find your roots before your curosity is abruptly taken.
9. Time traveling is a perk.
8. You can ride the "Hang Me As A Witch" ride at the Collinsport Gallows.
7. It'll be the perfect chance to kill your sisters adulterous boyfriend.
6. A trip down horrified lane with terrorist children.
5. It'll provide an escape (for a while) from the molesting school teacher from your past.
4. You'll make tons of cash by copyrighting the phrase "I don't understand."
3. Free time with a blow up doll. Juggins, Mr. Juggins.
2. If the going get's tough, you'll be killed for no reason at the whim of the writers.

And the number one reason to become a governess at Collinwood is.....

1. You'll be the hot new date of that mystery man down the lane.

It's been mentioned in a number of other threads that we who love DS tend to spend a lot of time 'round these parts. So, this got me curious--just how MUCH time has everyone spent here? We can tell how many posts one another has because it's displayed, but the time you've been here is only displayed to the individual person when they're logged in. So, if you're willing, post your time here.

I have 3 days, 2 hours and 12 minutes.

I've spent over 3 days of my life here?!!!!

And, do you specifically set aside time each day to log on, or do you just do it when you think about it?

Personally, I log on after my classes are over on campus, and then again late at night when I get home from work.

Hello All!

While on my break at school today I happened by the library and hopped on a computer and went to You Tube where I found a great many DS videos, quite a bit more than I would've guessed were actually there.

There were all sorts of things from music videos to clips to tributes to videos taken at fests, and more I'm sure I didn't get to. I wanted to save some for tomorrow! lol.

Anyway, I was just wondering if anyone cared to talk about some of those videos. I particularly found most of the videos I viewed that were by Dark Shadows Addict to be very entertaining, and quite a bit of the music videos that I watched were quite well done.

I also watched the first part of a David Selby interview from the Merv Griffen show I believe. It was great fun to watch it, and very entertaining even though I've never watched Falcon Crest, which was the show he was on to talk about. I recommend it to everyone!

And finally, I watched a number of clips (okay, so I spent like 2 hours there, so what?!) from the 91 Revival Series and found it to be quite well done. Before I was hardly interested in ever watching it, and now I'm kind of intrigued. Any comments that anyone could provide about the series would be greatly appreciated. I'm thinking about tracking down a low-cost copy somewhere so I can watch the show.

I'm just curious, but earlier yesterday morning (Fri) I couldn't get into the site. It said the site couldn't be found. I was just wondering what happened. Did the server crash or something? Not that it makes a difference since I'm obviously able to get on here now...lol

For Christmas I got DS DVD Set 19, among other things. I've noticed a couple of problems with mine and I'm wondering if anyone else has had these problems or if mine is just defective.

First, there's no postcard with a picture inside. Nothing at all. The fold out episode guide thing is there, and so is MPI's too-thick booklet. But no post card. Bah! I want my post card!

Also, there's a misprint on the back where the interviews are listed: KLS is listed instead of Nancy Barrett.

Everything else if fine. They play just fine, so far, and I'm enjoying it. If everyone else is missing the postcard too, then I guess I'm not the only one. But I'm pretty sure that I'm one of the few that didn't get the postcard.

If someone else has it, can they post a picture of it or say what it looks like? Thanks.