Have any of you on this message board ordered the new audio CDs of "Dark Shadows?"  It's brand new stories featuring some of the original cast of DS.

The first one that came out is called "Return to Collinwood."  That one can be ordered at MPI Home Video.  The newer ones are from http://www.darkshadowsreborn.com

"The House of Despair" and "The Book of Temptation" are already out on audio CD.  "The Christmas Presence" and "The Rage Beneath" comes out in January 2007.

If you go to www.barnabasundead.com they have more information about the WB pilot and the writer of that pilot talks about what he had planned for the series that was never picked up by the WB for their fall schedule. 

I am so disappointed that the WB chose not to add "Dark Shadows" to their lineup.  And now I find out that the writer of the new series was going to add my favorite character, Burke Devlin to future episodes.

I don't understand why the WB didn't even have the new "Dark Shadows" for their midseason lineup.  A lot of the shows they had for their fall lineup have failed.  DS would have been a great series for midseason.

My favorite DS characters:

Burke Devlin (portrayed by Mitchell Ryan), Gerard Stiles,
Victoria Winters (portrayed by Alexandra Moltke),
Matthew Morgan/Ben Stokes (portrayed by Thayer David), John Yaeger, Bramwell Collins, and Maggie Evans.

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I'm a new fan to the original DS series and I want more new stories for the WB series.  I think it will be a mistake for the WB series to be a complete retelling of the original DS series.  I think the new series will be a complete waste if it's just the same old stories told again.

Gerard/Judah always came across like he didn't care.  He never really question things that were happening around him.  For example he never bothered to find out who killed Randall Drew.  As far as Gerard/Judah was concerned as long as things like that suit his purpose then he didn't care who did it.

Also, he never really bothered to do any real investigations into who tried to kill him.  He just assumed it was Samantha.  And he didn't really investigate Samantha's claims that Joanna was "dead."

I don't know why Barnabas, Julia, and Professor Stokes ever think of the harm they cause when they tamper with the timeline.  They did so much damage in 1840 that I don't know where to begin.

Edith shouldn't have died in 1840.  She originally died in 1897.

Angelique shouldn't have died in 1840 as a human.  That means that she couldn't exist after 1840 which means that a lot of the things that Angelique did as a witch Post 1840 didn't happen.

Angelique would have been alive if it wasn't for Barnabas having a romance with Roxanne which caused Trask to be jealous of Barnabas.  Plus it didn't help that he wanted revenge for his father's death.

Also, this means that Roxanne shouldn't have existed in the 1970 or 1970 PT time due to the fact that Roxanne died in 1840 which meant that she wouldn't have a PT counterpart for 1970.

Also, by Julia being in 1840 for a little while her presence created an 1841 PT counterpart.  So there shouldn't have been a Julia 1841 PT counterpart.

I guess the only good thing about 1840 means that Carl Collins should be alive in 1897 and be married to Pansy Faye.

Barnabas and Julia should have just concentrated on their mission and not get so caught up in the lives of the 1840 Collins family & townsfolk.  They changed way too much in 1840 that affected the future.

I think it would have been great if the producers & writers did a 1971 storyline that was about how so much got changed because of what they did in 1840.

Time travel stories are always tricky to do because it's so many details that writers have to remember in order not to cause conflict with stories that have already been written.

This is my first time watching "Dark Shadows."  I have been watching DS since the first episode that aired back on May 17, 2001, on the Sci Fi channel.

I am very disappointed that the Sci Fi channel have decided to stop airing this series.  They should finish the current run before taking the series off the air.