in New York the top interior decorators take over a vacant townhouse every year, each room a different design firm, and do it up to showcase their design sensibilities. it's open to the public and admission goes to charity.


this seem like the same thing. it's essentially "striking a set". it's temporary. like filming a movie (or a television show). when it's over they clear it all out.  but it's fun to see.

some of this is rather odd. but it'll be over and out before you know it.

if I'm reading this correctly you're just insulting other member of the board???

nice.

this go round I noticed that during the weeks Barnabas kept Maggie imprisoned at the Old House he did not actually feed on her. shall we assume some unfortunate ladies of questionable repute down by the docks were serving his "nutritional needs"?


I also noticed more so than in the past that during Barnabas' early weeks the show was very much divided in half in a way it hadn't been before and never would be again. some days were Barnabas episodes and some days were Jason/Liz episodes. the two plots were largely kept separate and distinct and the characters within each plot didn't really interact with those in the other except in superficial ways. it's like the show was trying to "find" itself and the paranormal won out in the end.

once Jason was killed the storyline becomes unified and all the characters are essentially on the "same page".

the Frid fanbase is particularly inflexible and overzealous...

if I see "JONATHAN FRID IS BARNABAS. END OF STORY!" one more time i'll gag. you can't have it both ways. a new story AND endless lamentations about the original cast. 

Millay said in one of the DVD commentaries she did hundreds of episodes of television. most of it live or long since lost. but she does turn up in things from time to time.

I just finished the season...

it was excellent. I actually think it was stronger than season one. the narrative was tighter, less all over the place. and words cannot describe the majesty that is Helen McCrory. her performance was stunning. she really upped the ante.

[spoiler]I am very sorry to see her go.[/spoiler]


my only slight reservation was Vannessa was a bit victimized (not that Green didn't knock it out of the park) and her story sort of overshadowed some of the others. Dorian and Victor felt a bit slighted. but otherwise it was fantastic.

Collinwood had ghosts coming out of the woodwork. at least a dozen haunted the place. Quentin was a particularly memorable one...


but a "ghost" is not generally what the character is associated with in the history of the whole thing. for whatever reason it's the werewolf.

More critics unafraid to step up to profess their love of the Depp/DS film:

Take 2: Dark Shadows
(Boston Globe) Ty Burr and Wesley Morris express their enjoyment of Tim Burton's movie version of the television show 'Dark Shadows' in this edition of Take 2.

very interesting...


frankly there was been a remarkable lack of objectivity in reviews of the film since day one. most of the noise has been coming from disgruntled "fans" or critics hashing out vendettas with burton and/or depp over other things. it hardly gets critiqued on it's own terms which is how a "film review" is supposed to work.