It will be a cold day in hell before I ever set foot on another cruise ship. Did a day cruise off the coast of Florida a few years ago, and I have never been so sick in my entire life. 

Get the patch!  I use it all the time when I'm at sea.  Despite my fanatical love for being on a ship, I am one of the unfortunate ones who gets mal-de-mar when I stir my coffee too fast.  With it, I've never experienced a moment's queeziness, and I've been through some rough waters (including one transatlantic crossing with 40-foot waves).  It works perfectly at exorcising that demon in the inner ear!

Gerard

An epic feel would be great, but I think they would have to be careful not to bite off more than they (or the audience) can chew.  Trying to jam everything, from Vicki's arrival, to who's-this-strange-family-with-all-these-strange-members, to who-are-all-these-townsfolk-and-how-do-they-relate-to-what's-going-on, to Willie Loomis opening things better left closed, to what he let lose causing all sorts of mystery and mayhem, to trying to get to the bottom of it, to going back over two centuries to see what caused all this, to bringing it back home again, all in, say, two-and-a-half-hours might be just a bit too much, even for a filmmaker like Depp.

Maybe it would work better with a Lord-of-the-Rings approach (although I must admit I've never seen any of the movies; there were three, weren't there?).  Plan on doing two films possibly (hopefully the first one will be a critical and commercial smash so investors will give the green light for the second).  Number One can concern itself with modern day goings-on; Number Two with things centuries past.  And if that works out, well, maybe there'll be a Number Three (it could totally center around THE PEN).  Just my two cents (deduct it from the $9.75 the ticket will cost to see it at the megaplex).

Gerard

I hope I look that good when I reach that age.

I wish I looked that good now.

Gerard

I wonder if it would work if someone notable who is finally cornered by an "over-excited" fan who utilized stalking tactics to just stand there, absolutely still, staring coldly in his/her face, not saying a word, not reacting, just standing there, staring, staring, oh, so coldly.

Gerard

It was a very different looking show in the beginning, wasn't it?  You're seeing it as it was originally intended:  as a gothic romance, not a supernatural thriller.  The difference can be quite jolting to those fans who have only seen most of the show from the-monsters-are-here point months into its airing.  For those of us who saw it from the very beginning, the transition doesn't seem quite as jarring because the viewer "slid" into the change.

Gerard

as far as the dates changing, I'm pretty sure the only time that has happened was the '03 Brooklyn Fest when, "due to scheduling conflicts with celebrity guests," the original dates of August 8th, 9th and 10th were extremely unexpectedly changed in November '02 to August 29th, 30th and 31st, much to many fans' consternation. However, that year there was also an issue that the actual NY hotel location wasn't announced right away.

I was a fan who benefited from that move.  I thought I'd never, ever be able to go to a Fest.  But it turned out that the Fest was being held the weekend I sailed back to New York from that cruise to Bermuda.  I got to spend only a few hours on Saturday at it, but it's something that I will never forget.  I still have the photo of me and TLATKLS sitting on top of my computer monitor.  I doubt if I'll ever be able to go to a Fest again, but for just a brief time in my life my dreams had come true.  (And it seemed that many of the fans had adjusted to the change.  The place was packed.)

Gerard

Mike Douglas - that's it.  I knew it was on an MPI somewhere (I think the documentary made back in the early '90's and aired on Sci-Fi).  I remember Joan wore a very short dress, so very late-sixties/early-seventies.

Gerard

Didn't he also interview Joan Bennett on his show during the height of DS fame?  Or was that somebody else who interviewed her?

Gerard