Even though original cast members have done some of the audio dramas, the first one which is the only one I have heard in entirety just did not work for me as a "continuation" of the original series.  I found the dialogue and characterizations too different from how the characters/personalities were established in the OS.  I'm particularly remembering a scene between Maggie and Willie at the Blue Whale and a couple of later ones with Quentin and Angelique.  The dialogue just felt really off key and jarring to me.

I am a writer (of sorts) and very sensitive (maybe overly so) to the textures of words and the nuances of characterizations.  Why I consider DS my all time favorite show is because the characterizations were so exquisitely nuanced and theatrically presented in the unfolding story.  Granted, even the OS had its speed bumps--I mentioned in the episode discussion a couple of episodes where I felt Julia was behaving and speaking completely out of character.  It was Grayson Hall in a show produced in 1968 or whenever but I just felt as if something wasn't right there.  Not to belabor but I guess it stuck out because by and large, the OS writing, even when it had severe continuity problems, DID have consistent writing for the characters. 

This kind of thing is very subjective.  But at one point in time, the definition of canon for TV shows was really simple. Anything that was aired, original broadcast content, was canon.  Period.  Fanfic, novelizations, tie-ins etc. have a relationship but aren't canon.  Film versions are their own canon.  I definitely think this about Serenity, the film that spun off from the Joss Whedon FIREFLY series (just to give a more recent example).

cheers, G.

It's really too bad these scenes were cut.  I don't know how much I missed since I was away and offline starting last Wed. (28th), but this capture and the one for today again makes me think of just how good this movie COULD have been,  And that's all I have to say at this point.

cheers, G.

Actually LP had long periods of hiatus from the show.  Despite what I think of her as a writer, I always found the show more lively and fun when she was on.

And I'll also say in her favor, that at least Parker markets her work as fiction.  There's a high imaginative content, for lack of a better phrase, in the KLS books, but she sells those as if they're historical documentations of the series and its production history.

G.

I just re-read the original list of spoilers posted (I think it's topic 2 in the spoilers thread) and only a couple of them happen to be stuff that happened or was featured in the completed film. 

Anne Rice's cameo is alluded to.  I don't recall seeing her in the completed cut but she might have been present at the ball sequence. 

An odd line is about seeing some very familiar artwork hanging at Collinwood.  I wonder if this was meant to mean the series of swag portraits of herself Angie had done through the centuries.  I presume those portraits were done via CGI but then again, knowing Burton, maybe he had them done for real.

The idea that Magtoria was [spoiler]a student of the occult who came to Collinwood because of her studies[/spoiler] seems to have been a complete red herring.

G.

Today's image reminds me of a question whose answer I couldn't figure out from my one viewing of the film.

Magtoria's childhood incarceration at Windcliff Sanitarium has zero to do with Julia, right?  The fact that the van says Windcliff is just a nod to fans?

I don't remember any dialogue from the film where Julia or Liz speak of Windcliff, and I'm presuming that in this DS-verse, Julia has no connection with the sanitarium.

Am I right?

G.

I understand how you feel, Gerard, but so far as I am aware, Jim Pierson actually works for Dan Curtis Productions (or whatever it's called now) as a paid employee.

I love the books I catalogue (well, some of them *wink*) for the large University library that employs me, but I'm "in it for the money" because if I don't get paid, I can't provide for myself and keep it all going.

Just a thought.

G.

I missed Philippe's earlier update in July, but I am glad to see that his convalescence has been going well and he has been able to make some contact with friends.

Offering prayers for a full return to health and a safe, smooth, timely convalescence.

G.