I really can't comment on the '91 series, since I didn't see it when it was on and I've never had the heart to shell out money for the tapes (they're on video, aren't they?), especially after hearing mostly negative things about it. Maybe if I run into them in a video rental place or something I might check them out.

However, as far as a new series in general, I'm not sure if I'm in the minority here or not, but I always just cringe everytime I hear about the possibility. It just seems to me that while the original series was hokey in a good way, a new series would be hokey in a horrifyingly bad way. Maybe it's because I just really love the kitsch factor of the original show, with the sketchy plots and touch and go acting that seemed come along with the soap opera format. A clean, slick, prime time sort of production of the show really doesn't appeal to me at all. I guess it could work as geared to a new audience who is unfamiliar with series, but I don't think I could go for it as a viewer of the original show.  Any thoughts?

I got a kick out of the mention that they were using Vicki's old clothes for Daphne too. I was totally waiting for the kids to come bursting into the room holding a pile of those wretched sleeveless bag dresses that seem to make up Ms. Winters' whole wardrobe in the early color episodes. One of my favorite Vicki wardrobe moments has to be when she is brooding over whether she should sport her baby blue sleeveless bag dress or her pink speckled bag dress for her date with Burke - what a trying decision. I believe she had to consult Dr. Hoffman, being of course the Dark Shadows high priestess of fashion.