Thanks for posting this link, Nancy.  There were some fun essays that had been added since my last visit.  I particularly enjoyed the one about JF's training to "de-Canadianize" his voice--the Canadian twang on the word "house" really does jump out at me every time I'm back in Ottawa.

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Wow.  Wouldn't it be hot if the series finale involved a 3 way between Adam Baldwin, James Marsters and Boreanaz?

probably a snowball chance's in Hell of seeing anything like this on the Froggy Bore, but we can dream.

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Oh yeah. Did you ever see The Cat Creature?  It was an early 70s TV movie (on "ABC Movie of the Week") directed by Curtis Harrington with juicy roles for Gale Sondergaard and John Carradine, plus a tarot card scene that looked just like a salute to DS.

That, and "The Two Deaths of Sean Doolittle" (with supporting roles for Grayson Hall and Diana Davila) are at the top of my want lists.

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In the Innovation comic books based upon the 1991 remake, they showed what Barnabas looked like after having been trapped in a coffin with no blood supply for 172 years.

I have to wonder whether one of these guys is meant to be Barnabas as Willie first lays eyes upon him when he cracks open the chained coffin.

I'd also love for Karlen to have been given a part in the new series.

Thanks to Ben Martin for continuing to delight us with his photographic panache, and to Stuart for sharing this on his site.

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Well, I missed it--this week has been a real grind.

I bet Marsters looks mega cute with his new look, though.

I'd heard in some column or other several months ago that Marsters had been signed for one of the leads in the US remake of an Italian gay mobster film that was going to begin lensing this Fall.  Perhaps that was an unsubstantiated rumor, since I did not see it on his IMDB page when I checked a few days ago.

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This whole thread just illustrates why television today is not just trashy or tasteless, it's above all a crashing bore.

And it illustrates why, discussing people I'd had in mind for the casting of Julia in The New WB DS, I commented to my roommate last night:  "Of course, Helen Shaver would have been magnificent.  And she would have been way too good for what the WB are going to produce here."

Although he's a diehard fan of a currently airing WB series, he agreed with me.

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I know this is REALLY OT, but has anyone spotted a link in the vast world of Angel websites that has spoilers for the final relay of episodes?

Adam Baldwin, who's a favorite of mine, is supposed to be appearing in some of them.  I taped the one that introduced him.  He wore an ugly suit and had less than 5 minutes of screen time.

I'd like to know whether his remaining appearances are going to be similar "cameo" turns, or whether he's actually going to have something to DO (hopefully getting him out of that suit!)

Baldwin played Jayne Cobb, the security hunk, on Joss Whedon's short lived series Firefly, which is well on its way to becoming a classic "cult" series even though it departed the airwaves less than 2 years ago.

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