thanks, MB.

i'll have to keep an eye out if this gets screened in new york. dreamy as ever.

i'll never,ever understand this weird competitive stuff with "star trek".

so it's not as "big" as star trek whatever that's supposed to mean. does that somehow negate out experience with the show?

b.t.w. perez hilton reported on the carolyn casting yesterday.

the tone of this thing seems to get stranger all the time.

the original series was often unintentionally "campy"...the over-the-top performances,the chromekey,those desperate searches for the teleprompter...but it was dead serious in it's intent.

so i'm not really sure where the "comedy" in this tale is supposed to come from in terms of the film. is it a spoof? a sendup? is it supposed to be "hilarious" when barnabas first sees an airplane or hears the phone ring? since it's to be set during the 1970's is the humor going to come from leisure suits and platform shoes?

i'm just not sure what's "funny" about this story.

no matter how successful the film is i'm really not sure how many "new fans it will bring to the original DS".

i've said this before but i think the main reason our fanbase has stayed relatively small is the series' colossal number of episodes and it's serialized format. for it to make sense it must be watched regularly and followed sequentially. one could not randomly watch an 1840 episode and a 1970 parallel time episode and a 1966 episode and an 1897 episode and expect to make heads nor tails of it. the sets and some of the actors might be the same but otherwise it's almost a different show if one's not already familiar with the progression of it.

other "cult" shows with a fantasy angle might have overarching themes but in general they can be viewed in the order desired and likely only produced a hundred or so episodes as opposed to over 1200. that takes a huge commitment and sort of discourages casual viewership. it took me over five years to watch this thing and still i haven't seen all of it.

i've tried to get friends with a similar sensibility involved to no avail. i've loaned them a dvd, they watched and "liked" it but that was the end of it. it's too big a commitment and most people simply will not set aside the time to watch this from beginning to end.

i know what you mean and it's a trick that really only angelique employed on the series.

one scene that comes to mind is when "cassandra" first meets maggie evans and decides that she shall initiate the dream curse through her.

staring up at barnabas' portrait she announces that the "dream shall begin with one who looks like josette"...then breaking the fourth wall completely and addressing the viewer directly..."nothing could be more appropriate, could it?".

so it is the 1970's and not the 1960's. interesting choice visually. should we expect gauchos and dorothy hamill haircuts?

we haven't heard a peep about additional casting since early february. i'm still assuming stalwart characters like roger,carolyn and david will be at least part of an establishing presence if not major characters.

i was once on the receiving end of the angelique glare...chills!

at my first fest(brooklyn '03)lara was seated next to nancy barrett in the autograph line. at the time i had only seen the first year and a half or so(i was just beginning the barnabas episodes)so i hadn't gotten to lara's part of the series yet. i told her i hadn't yet seen her work on the show but would still like her autograph...

WELL. la parker was NOT amused. she coolly signed the program but treated me to the aforementioned glare. i'll never forget it.