The novels (Dreams of the Dark) and the audios (Return to Collinwood) have both established Liz as Vicki's mother, as did the Innovation comic series for the Revial Series, but neither went into much details on why Liz gave Viki away and didn't acknowledge her.
I think there's a good chance this may get explored in Lara Parker's upcoming novels, as Wolf Moon is supposed to have some flashbacks of a young Liz, and the in progress 4th novel focuses on Vicki. Maybe we'll finally get some answers (especially on the identity of her father) - as well as some closure to Vicki's fate.
I'm also still holding out hope that someday Alexandra Moltke Isles will do some audio plays.
It is kind of neat that the story of Vicki, and DS, is still unfolding

Those are some really interesting points Magnus. I'd never quite thought about the possibility that Barnabas could have come out of the coffin in 1967 with a vendetta against the family.
I've always been a bit obsessed with how Barnabas forms relationships with the family in all time periods. I may be projecting this more than the writers intended, but it seems to me that, for example, since Liz, Flora and Judith all so strongly resemble Naomi, that Barnabas naturally has a quick fondness for them.
Barnabas's love of his family is a defining trait of the character, but not one that is given much focus of discussion.
I do think that Barnabas agreeing to be staked, and Joshua's subsequent decision to instead chain him in the coffin indefinitely works with the characters and the story. Victoria's hanging makes for a powerful climax to the story imo.

what was however extremely obvious to me was that revealing Carolyn to be a werewolf in the film's last five minutes was a crude setup for a Quentin themed sequel...


one that may not even feature Barnabas.

Before I ever saw the movie, I was speculating that a Barnabas - free sequel focusing on Quentin would be an option, seeing as how Depp would be in demand and possibly unavailable for the sequel.
I also thought that with Victoria clearly to be paired with Barnabas and no Maggie cast, that perhaps Maggie could be brought into the sequel as a love intrest for Quentin.
Clearly I was wrong on the last part.
I'd still be all for a Quentin driven sequel. There's all kinds of potential for DS beyond Barnabas, but I'm not sure the studio would go for it.

I'm dying with all the delays to Lara Parker's book, been waiting for YEARS! I'm psyched from what I've heard about book 4 in progress.
The Vampirella cross over date keeps getting moved back and forth. I'm also waiting on the second volume of the regular comic series. I originally got the tpb of the first collection as it's a nicer format and I figured surely the next volume would be out in six months or so, a reasonable wait. I didn't allow for such excructiating delays.
Oh well, it's still nice to have new DS stories to look forward to (and now Year One too!) and the Big Finish audios begin releasing their new series of linked dramatic readings this month too. It's a good time to be a DS fan with so many new stories upcoming.

In the book both Margaret and Carrie are very overweight. Considering this is the third Carrie movie, I think sticking closer to the book would at least be a worthy reason to remake the movie again.
Still want to see it though. I love Julianne Moore, and I think she'll be great in such an extreme role.

I was only a few weeks old when the series ended, so I didn't discover the series until many years later. I first got into DS when I found old Marion Ross paperbacks at a used book store, being interested by all things gothic and vampires. Then years later I discovered the vhs tapes and was able to watch the actual show.
I do find it a little disapointing that the finale is a bit week - the last minute change to the bite just being a harmless animal bite is lame. It would've been so much better for DS to have gone out with one last chilling moment. But then it's a let down for the series to end in 1841 PT anyways. Even though I enjoy the story, it had no ties to the main characters of the series.
It does have the distinction of being the only tv series to end 115 years before it began in a whole different timeline.
And there's been the Revival series, the new novels, and the ongoing audio dramas, and the new movie...so DS is still alive and well for me at least. The medium may change, but I'm anxiously awaiting new stories with my favorite characters in the cds (which begin their new "season" of dramatic readings next month), Lara Parker's Wolf Moon novel coming out this fall (and some really intriguing details for the plot of her still being written fourth DS novel recently discussed), the comics (which have been hit or miss so far but the Year One 1795 adaptation looks promising...DS is still an ongoing story for me.

For what it's worth several years ago I bought several autographed pictures of KLS from her website (my bedroom is decorated with autographed DS pictures and one large gorgeous B&W poster of KLS and Frid as Barnabas and Maggie in the Old House) and she sent me a bonus autographed picture and a very nice hand written letter. So I think of her as being a very nice, warm person who appreciates her fans.