Elizabeth, in her confused state brought on by the curse of Angelique, fell as easy prey to an aluminum siding salesman and was now having all of Collinwood covered in the miracle metal, so there was scaffolding along the outside wall (along with one of those signs by the front gates advertising the siding company) allowing Adam easy access to Vicki's window.

Well, it's possible, isn't it?

Gerard

Actually, I was glad to see FRANKENSTEIN - THE TRUE STORY because I haven't seen it since its first airing, and I remembered it as being pretty decent. I watched the first hour of it and recorded the rest, since, by then, my old bones were growing weary. Will probably watch the rest of it today. The part I did watch matches my memory exactly; looking forward to seeing more.

Still, it's annoying as hell that AMC runs an entirely different movie from what they advertise -- and even their promo 30 seconds before the start of the film was for the DC version. It makes it a bit difficult to trust their program schedule. They did the same thing a few months ago with GODZILLA VS. MOTHRA; instead of the superior 1964 version, they ran the newer, 1992 G VS. M. A bit easier to understand, given the titles, but still -- one would hope their programmers would do a spot of double-checking before they list something on their schedule.

[shadow=black,left,300]--Mark[/shadow]

The '64 "Godzilla vs. Mothra" was the very first Godzilla movie I saw, and from that moment I was hooked on the jolly green giant stomping away at plastic duplicates of Tokyo and other sundry Japanese metropolises.  When I saw the '64 film, however, it was then-named "Godzilla vs. the Thing".

I prefer my Godzilla as he was in those earlier films (Godzilla, King of the Monsters; Gigantis the Fire Monster; King Kong vs. Godzilla; Godzilla vs. Mothra) when he was evil.  I never cared much for him when he became a hero, saving Japanese children (with the help of his smoke-ring-blowing son Minya [aka Tadzilla]; where the heck was the Mrs.?) from other rubber-suited creatures of earth and sky.  The one positive thing about his 1990's resurrection was that they made him evil again.

I had the chance to see the original, first production, "Gojira" (Godzilla's name in Japanese), sans Perry Mason, with all the uncut scenes and subtitles at a film festival.  Even though the Raymond Burr Americanized version is truly eerie and powerful, it pales in comparison to the authentic thing, an around-three-hour epic.

Gerard

Hey, Bob, I could even see Claude Rains filling in for Louis Edmonds as Roger!  He could swirl a brandy snifter with the best.

Gerard (Who Would Ask Miss June Lockhart to Fill In For Grayson Hall Should She Become Ill and Miss Bette Davis was Unable to Participate)

I had mentioned a buncha posts ago that I always save MB's fantastic montagues and now it seemed I know longer could - right clicking on them would not call up the command.  However, I just discovered (to my delight) that AOL for whatever reason won't do it, but Netscape will, so once again I'm able to continue with my MB Montague collecting!  What is it with AOL anyway?

Gerard

The one who could always bring up every emotion in me as a viewer - comedic; tragic; evoking fear - has been Willie.  Both then and now he does it.

But as a wee-widdo-kid when I first watched it, the one character that absolutely terrified me was the ghost of Jeremiah.  That Evenlyn-Ankers-chasing mummy all dolled up in bloody bandages with a smooshed-up face scared the bejeepers outta me.  I use to watch the show with my hands over my eyes whenever he made an appearance.

Gerard

My favorite credits-blooper is when some of them peeled away and fell off as they rolled.  I don't remember which episode it was on, but it appears on the Bloopers video.

Gerard

I'm actually on vacation right now, but getting the occasional chance to get on-line so I can make sure I don't miss Mark's posting of the chapters.

I am NOT reading each chapter (except for the first three) as Mark posts them.  So what am I doing?  I print them off without peeking and am keeping them altogether in a binder until we have received his entire work of art, and then I shall sit with either that Skyy Curacao martini or Stoli Vanil Black Russian (I haven't decided which yet) and enjoy it the way it was meant to be enjoyed until HarperCollins and Dan Curtis Productions had their hissy fits over who got what money and this fantastic novel did not end up between glossy illustrated covers.  Of course, that means I have to be careful about reading everyone's posts regarding it so I don't end up with any spoilers.

Gerard