OUCH! that's brutal...

still i no longer think it's worth getting upset or defensive about this type of thing. just because we like this show doesn't mean everyone has to.

but this one's harsh.

we've been hearing the words "funny" and "black comedy" thrown around for many months. it' nothing new.

changing gears a bit...

aren't HODS and NODS supposed to be released on dvd at some point soon? does anyone know when?

Oh, dear God.

burned once was plenty...

as ever the timeline of these alternate DS universes has me mystified...

since angelique's modus operandi is to drive barnabas bananas what the heck does she want with tony peterson? and since nicholas blair destroyed "cassandra", then brought her back as a vampire, who then became model/housewife extraordinaire mrs.shyler rumson, when/how is ang brought back again? and again since the whole "cassandra" disguise was to fool barnabas and vicki there's really no need to ever revive it.

and is this taking place in the 70's? the 80's? none of it makes any sense. it just sounds like a very flimsy pretext to get parker and lacey together in this series.

indeed.

at first it felt like the feeling of the OS had been captured. now it's drifting into standard adolescent, comic book fare.

kind of a let down.

one thing about this series that is starting to disappoint me is that...

[spoiler]like many variations on the series it's looking increasingly like elizabeth,roger and david are just part of an establishing presence. they're not involved in the plot. it's starting to very much resemble "the adventures of barnabas and quentin". a popular pairing which nonetheless bores me to tears. in that it's reminding me of the gold key comics or the later ross novels. and really, so angelique shows up again for the twentieth time. so what.[/spoiler]

also i really dislike the drawings of angelique in a pink sleeveless dress. visually it doesn't coordinate well with the darker, more 70's look of the rest of the book.

this is only a 4 dollar investment so i don't mind shelling out but unfortunately my interest is starting to drift. this happened with the audiodramas as well. i'm thinking that stuart manning and i have very different sensibilities and wants from DS.

what i find astonishing is that our dusty old soap opera, and i mean that with great affection, is being turned into a very big budget, star studded affair and there are those who will nitpick and complain about it to death.

most old television shows get tossed into the  dustbin. and daytime soaps NEVER make it to the big screen. no one is spending 65 million dollars to send the recently cancelled 'as the world turns' to the multiplex. we have a great opportunity here.

who knows. it might be horrible and 4 months from now i might be eating my words but it just might be great.