Wow!  Just ... wow.

It all looks very DS, but I also detect a touch of the Addams Family, particularly in Mrs. J. and the "creepy ... ooky" vibe... which is to be expected in a Burton/Depp production.

Helena's makeup and demeanour are hysterical!

G.

Am I right in thinking that the last time Vicki's mysterious past was EVER mentioned was that scene with Jason Maguire at the end of his storyline?

Sometimes the Dark Shadows plotlines just withered away in a rather odd manner.

G.

I watched a couple of clips on Youtube.  It looks very derivative (of such films as The Craft and The Academy), but lots of fun.

G.

Happy Birthday, dearest Heart.

Grayson always makes me think of the "Ode" by Arthur O'Shaughnessy which famously begins:  "We are the music-makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams," but tonight I think of the final verse whose lines read:

We, in the ages lying
     In the buried past of the earth,
     Built Nineveh with our sighing,
     And Babel itself with our mirth;
     And o'erthrew them with prophesying
     To the old of the new world's worth;
     For each age is a dream that is dying,
     Or one that is coming to birth.

Something that pleased me a month or so ago was discovering on the IMDB board for Grayson that some fan in the UK who is watching DS on DVD (I would guess?) criticized her acting on the series.  Very quickly several fans posted their personal experience that Grayon's art is one of the treasures of DS, and her personality brings so much of the magic that we love in our show.

To this rare dreamer of dreams, I bow, and salute you!  Grayson, you were truly unforgettable.

G.

I tried to find that clip montage again but it wasn't showing up, and Youtube was so slow it was practically crashing when I was looking... if I do find it again, I will post the link so you can check it out.  It was something along the lines of, "here's what you need to know before you watch season 3."

G.

Janet, does King actually use the phrase "a container of coffee" in any of his effusions?  What a hoot if so!  I had forgotten about the coconut custard doughnut.  How exotic for little old Collinsport!

Best, G.

Thanks Michael for the fashion notes.  The hat really isn't working for me.  Too 1940s and too much out of sync with the rest of what he's wearing.  I don't know if they're playing on the whole cousin from England bit and giving him a post-Carnaby Street, proto glamrock look, or what.

I would have preferred a darker color on Vicki's jacket and boots with the Ashley dress... but then, I'm no fashionista.

G.