Carolyn had to get it somewhere, and I always just got the impression that Paul was not really that wild. Elizabeth probably was a "funny drunk."

Bleh, this whole generations thing confuses me to death. First-generation would be people who saw the show in its original airing. Second-generation would be the revival, or would it be the 1980s reruns/VHS releases of the original? If that's the case, revival fans are third-generation, which means... guh! Okay. 1: Original, 2: Revival, 3: Film Revival. In chronological order:

Generation 1.0: Watched the original first at its first airing
Generation 1.5: Watched the original first, but in reruns or on the VHS release
Generation 2.0: Watched the revival first at its first airing
Generation 1.9: Watched the original first in reruns or on VHS/DVD after the revival's first airing
Generation 2.5: Watched the revival first, but in reruns or on the VHS/DVD release
Generation 3.0: Watched the upcoming film first

Anyway, that was a bit off-topic. As a version 1.9, I prefer the original to the revival, but I'll gladly see the movie. The movie, however, will just be a novelty. In my mind, that's not the real Dark Shadows. The real Dark Shadows, to me, will always be the original series, not the revival, and not any of the three films. I will compare it to the original, but hold it up as its own film, as well.

[spoiler]Was it really necessary? It seemed to me that he came, Julia and Barnabas tucked him away somewhere, the storyline ended, and he came back with them (with a bit that was potentially rather insulting to Thayer David, as the writers had Stokes check the refrigerator first thing after his return to the present!). I was wondering if anyone felt the same way, or if the writers provided some sort of explanation for this in interviews, as it just seemed odd that they would do that.[/spoiler]

Yes, the coma was supernaturally induced, and so Julia probably shouldn't be at fault there. But she did stop being Super Doctor. At first she was just a blood specialist, then she was a psychologist running an insane asylum (and a psychologist running a funny farm as opposed to a psychiatrist doing it is about as likely as Willie's arm actually being "totally drained of blood" is in the real world! ), then she was Dr. Julia Hoffman, M.D., D.D.S., OBGYN... everything under the sun. And then her mad scientist phase where she raised the dead not once, but twice! And all that just disappeared suddenly.

Barnabas probably could have killed Jeff, but put it off due to the fact that Jeff (as far as we know) was not a prostitute, and in addition to not being a hooker, he was someone who several could likely identify as a contender for Vicki's affections, which anyone with half a brain could tell Barnabas wanted (of course, Vicki had somewhere in between 1/3 and 1/4 of a brain at that point, so she can be excused ).

On the subject of panty shots, Carolyn had a camera pointing up her dress for practically the entirety of the bit of the Leviathan Arc where she and Elizabeth were staying at the Rumsons' house.

Back on topic, what about Sarah Michelle Gellar for Angelique? She's physically right for the part, in both age and appearance, and she's shown that she can play bitchy with her time on All My Children.

Would simply posting "THAT WAS BILL MALLOY'S FAVORITE SONG!" be spam, or would it be what everyone was thinking anyway?   

Seriously, though. It they had said, "That was Bill Malloy's favorite drinking song," I could buy that quite easily. But his favorite song? The one he would have on repeat on his phonograph for hours as Quentin did with his theme? I know that, with a few exceptions, DS didn't license music, but... his favorite song?!?!