I think Stuart was saying is that the Fest should not have made that statement (basis of this topic) because it is based on DC's belief that he can make a DS movie almost at will and when he felt like doing so and that a new DS movie is always about to happen. I agree that DC feels this way is some egotistic context.

I don't think that at all - the Festival can say what it likes. I just don't get why it warrants any detailed discussion, because there's nothing there to really talk about.

"a potential new DS movie and other projects are being planned..."

Has so much ever been read into so little?

po·ten·tial (p-tnshl)
adj.
Capable of being but not yet in existence; latent: a potential problem.
Having possibility, capability, or power.

n.
The inherent ability or capacity for growth, development, or coming into being.
Something possessing the capacity for growth or development.

Applying that logic, has there ever been a time when there hasn't been potential for a new DS movie?  Sorry guys, but Dan Curtis sitting in his office saying "I'd like to make a DS movie" doesn't really cut much ice.  If wellmeaning intentions were all it took to get a film project bankrolled, we'd all be in showbusiness.

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I have heard that the cancellation was abrupt... the ratings apparently plunged quickly when the character of Barnabas was gone, and then the real ratings nosedive a bit later led to cancellation almost the same week, something like this.

Sorry, hate to be contrary, but it didn't happen like that at all.  The 1841 PT story runs for over nine weeks of shows, so it wasn't something decided within a matter of days. Reading between the lines, I think the cancellation was more about economics than DS' performance.  When I interviewed David Selby last summer, he pointed out that by the end of its run, ABC could afford a bunch of game shows for the outlay DS demanded.  It's interesting to note that within a couple of years, a lot of the DS crew are back at the same studio making another ABC daytime soap, "Ryan's Hope". Also, the ratings for the 1841PT story were actually markedly up on those in the months before, so make of all that what you will.

As for the final episode, apparently Jonathan Frid felt that the line about the vampire sent up Barnabas, and didn't want to do it.  The rehearsal script doesnt have the closing monologue from Thayer David, nor does it have Ben Stokes in it.  So it seems they brought in Thayer at the last minute just to plug that final scene.

And I think that's pretty damned nifty - Thayer was the best actor on DS by a mile, for my money.  If anyone deserved to take the final bow for the show, he was the one.

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This obit was posted late yesterday on a message board.  Take from it what you will...

That one's pasted from the bio page on my site... ho hum.

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