Odd thing is I read a post on the Internet from someone in Venezuela.  He said he would not be seeing Dark Shadows when it came out, because it was "evil" and its title was symbolic of "Satan."  If it didn't have that title, he would have seen it, as he is a big fan of Tim Burton, but the title was a turn-off of sorts.   

I know virtually nothing about South American countries and customs, but I wonder how many people have similar views.  It can't be too many in the other countries, as the film seems to have done well in many of them. 

the workmen didn't dig up Josette's ghost from out of the floor. 

Dave: Julia, are you trying to tell me that somebody actually wanted to sleep with you?

 

OMG!  I seriously laughed out loud when I read that.  It is written exactly how Gerringer would deliver it!  Props to you for nailing the original character's voice in your response! 

One of my theories about Angelique in 1840 is that they felt it would be easier to write her as an out and out villain and so she did not have any memories or understanding of the events in her life in the 20th century.  It was a cop-out to make the task of writing the show a bit easier, in other words.

I agree.  I found it very odd that Angelique had apparently never been ''destroyed'' between the events of 1795 and 1840 and was able to simply adopt her (non-aging) human form without having to acknowledge she had lived other "lives" a la 1897, 1968, and 1970. 

roxanne was so vacuous and dull ang could have swatted her away like a moth.

 

That's rather interesting, MB.  So did they cut the first notes of the DS theme from the end of "The End?"  Or was something else cut? 

that you say nothing when Mrs. Johnson serves those awful boiled dinners!

... loud hacking off-camera. 

"Nights in White Satin" is playing on the radio.  Every time I hear it now, I think of the beautiful opening sequence, with Maggie arriving on the train.  As I was listening just now, I realized how poignant the song is (in relation to the movie) and how symbolic it is for the character of Maggie Evans.  It really suits her.  A number of the songs lyrics are applicable to her character, but these are probably the most powerful: "Just what you want to be, you'll be in the end."

I was sad that they didn't use the entire song, as that could have been even more powerful, especially the last part of the instrumental which bears a striking resemblance to the work of Bob Cobert.  The finale of HoDS anyone?