it very rarely rears it's ugly head at this fine board but there is unfortunately a gruesome underbelly of highly disturbed people in this fandom...

this film, and of course repeating a film that no one has seen so much as five seconds of, has brought that into sharp relief.

there have been many, many times during this process when i have found myself mortified to be part of it.

i hope you like it too.

i simply cannot tell you how much i hope you like it.

yes cassandra was...or had the potential to be...loads of fun.

but she quickly got sidelined by the adam drivel. it was a wasted opportunity.

i also hated the way the original cast was treated during this time. they were either written into the margins or written out altogether in favor of a cast of disposable monsters.

by the end of the year many of them were gone.

it would be interesting to know what DS actors were under contract and who was not.

karlen's characters would disappear for months at a time. there were extensive periods when angelique wasn't around. is it possible lara parker was without contract?

soap actors really made the rounds in those day. lots of DS actors ended up on 'the secret storm' and 'edge of night' as well.

it would appear...given the few crumbs we've been tossed...that barnabas and angelique are in close and frequent contact.

and where might this contact be taking place? seems like collinwood. and why is angelique at collinwood?

i really wonder if some type of "cassandra" situation is not in store?

also do we feel comfortable that there is no "old house" and b is living at collinwood proper? we haven't heard anything about it.

good points phil...

everyone keeps questioning depp's "love" and "loyalty" to the OS.

but one can have a great fondness for it and still approach it in a lighthearted way. a camp. a bit of a jest.

it's not like the OS doesn't readily lend itself to such an approach.

and as someone mentioned a dark, heavy, serious approach has not always served the series' offshoots well.

the fashions of the early 1970's practically come with their own laugh track...

gauchos! platform shoes! bell bottoms! leisure suits!

burton and colleen atwood look like they've gone with a light and subtle hand with the costuming. from the few shots we've seen nobody looks stupid. actually everyone looks nice.

so perhaps the parody is not as broad as is being predicted.

i'm with you sara monster...

the hand wringing is growing suffocating.