Ahh, the case of the vanishing script!

It looks like it has mysteriously reappeared!

Very interesting, but I wonder if these scripts have been verified ... authenticated ... tested ... proved ...  remember the "Hitler" diaries ... the Vinland map ... the Kensington rune stone ... the ... ??

 

Thank you, Josette.  That makes sense.

Theiy're obviously going for a much sexier look than Frid or Cross.

I saw him in "Dune," which I watched mainly out of a sense of duty that this was one of the great epic works of sci-fi ... it seems to me he may be English or Scottish?  If so, he should have no trouble giving Barnabas a believably refined, cultured manner of speaking (and hopefully, manner) ... a trait of the new Barnabas I've been greatly concerned about!

Interesting that they went for the blond look.  The photo linked here reminded me immediately of Geraint Wyn Davies, the Canadian actor who starred in "Forever Knight."  Though maybe I have him on my mind because I just bought and have started watching the first season of "Forever Knight" on DVD.   

Ben Cross may not have had cover boy looks (thank goodness), but in some of those 1991 scenes he really turned up the heat with his acting.  One of the scenes, I forget with which actress/character, was one of the most sensual vampire scenes I've seen.

 

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Oh, the David photo just popped up.  Certainly looks perfect for the part!  I could never cotton to the David the of the 1991 series, sorry!

If I remember the 1991 series accurately, the first appearances of Angelique were as some weirdly floating screeching ghost.  I guess the special effects were high-tech, but I just thought the whole thing looked ridiculous and really ruined the character of Angelique for me in that series.

Thanks for going to the trouble of setting up the side-by-side comparison of the NODS script with your transcription from the movie.  My copies of the DS Almanac, the movie book, etc., are all in storage.

The additional dialogue is smoothly integrated into the scene and action, so it's definitely not something Ms. Hall ad libbed.  Not that I'm all that familiar with these things, but my guess would be that the writer (Mr. Hall) pencilled in the additional dialogue. It's a nice touch, providing us as it does with additional information and atmosphere, and I'd guess they just didn't trouble too much with logic and consistency 

The additional photos and links here were great.  Wish there were a link to the Barnabas shots if they are on a webpage.  I'd like to save these on my computer, but the forum won't allow me to copy them.  But at least I was able to get the one from Connie's link.  I know copyright issues are sticky and complex, but there are "fair use" provisions, and I don't know how likely it is that someone would use them for personal gain, but you never know ...  It's just that it would be nice to be able to view them on one's PC from time to time.

I was thinking, the back of that one wooden house, the one that looks sort of like a lean-to (or part of it does) looks very much like an old house/building that's on the adjacent lot from my building.  When I first moved here, I thought it was ugly (there's a much more pleasing old brick home, turn of the century, now used by an architectural firm, that's directly in my line of vision), but then my mom said "even that one is interesting," and so I've come to appreciate it more, which is good since I do see it, too, whenever I look out my windows.  It was a house but is now owned by the architectural firm and seems to be used for storage.  I'm inspired now to try to find out when it was built.  It does remind me of a smaller version of the House of the Seven Gables, though my guess is it isn't much more than 100 years old.  I'm sure it's "historic" though.  The oldest building I know of in my area is a stone church built in the 1850s.

That wood-paneled great room looked very much like Colllinwood's drawing room -- the closest resemblance to Collinwood of any of these lovely photos ...

My reaction to the pic of the Spratt House was the same as Connie's ... is there a source for that photo where one might be able to copy and save it?  (This was the shot of the facade seen so often on the show).

I hadn't seen the detail of the disrepair of the colonnade of the Spratt House until seeing this photo so large ...

Also, I second Connie's question -- what did you mean about Grayson Hall/Carlotta's line about Collinwood being built by Joshua in the 1600s as being unscripted?

Ever Curious ...

And thanks for all this great background on architecture and the photos ...

In a way, I think Miss Milicevic looks like Lara Parker.  Her eyes are just as piercing.  I consider her a very good choice to play our favorite witch.

I didn't visit the board yesterday so missed the chance to see Ms. Milicevic on "Miami CSI" as announced by MB.  Is that where you saw her eyes as piercing?  That would be great if that's the case ...

The fact that she as a foreign look helps, even if she doesn't look French.  Lara Parker didn't either!  But hopefully her look will bring a certain exoticness to the role.  Does she have an accent?