even after all this time Carolyn's "woof i'm a werewolf" reveal from today's slideshow in infuriates me...

the final ten cacophonous minutes nearly ruined the entire film for me. it's really just an exercise in marketing. not cohesive storytelling.

it's storytelling 101. you do not introduce plot in the final ten minutes of a movie unless your aim is to open the door to a possible sequel. I almost groaned at the "reveal" it was so cynical and so obvious. I don't think we even need to name the character that was being alluded to with this nonsense. and since it would appear no sequel is in the works it only served to muddy and confuse an already jumbled story.

I still can't believe they did it.

Carolyn sure could pick em!

with only four soaps left on the air and the publishing industry in turmoil i'm not sure how any of those old "soap weeklies" are still on the shelves.



I've seen the reports on AMC in recent days and it really broke my heart. for all of those actors and production people to have been lead to believe they were being given a another chance and to have that taken away again is really sad.

love the group shot...


I think I spot a roll neck caftan on the upper left. nice that KLS reprised her "collinsport waitress" personae complete with short blond wig. although it never appeared in the color episodes if I could have guessed the uniform was that great 60s pale blue. but the yellow looks great!

glad everyone had fun.

very interesting prof. thanks...


and i'm very pleased to see you posting again. the board has missed you.

sorry I cannot post a link but I recently read that both of CBSs daytime soaps, 'the young and the restless' and 'the bold and the beautiful', have had large ratings increases in in recent months...


I wonder if perhaps ABC ever regrets it's very rash decision to cancel most of it's remaining soaps.

Green says of Angelique's "look" in the film's 'visual companion' that what they were going for was "the American dream"...


perfect, too perfect in fact, perfect makeup. red lips and platinum hair. "glamorous yet sophisticated"...


she also references famous actresses from the 1930s like Bette Davis and Marlene Dietrich(although i'm not seeing it)and describes the clothes as "70s with an 'edge' while the Collins family look more 'old fashioned' ".

I get what she's saying and what all of the supposed "references" were but the end result just looked contemporary. almost nothing about it said "1970s".

but in terms of the "garish" red lipstick and platinum hair it was supposed to symbolize some sort of distorted, overdone, almost grotesque vision of the "perfect American woman". it suggests visually, and of course we later see, that Angelique is just a "façade".

I actually think Colleen Atwood did an amazing job with the costuming...


considering it was set in 1972 it could have been, and I feared it would be, WAY campier. but there wasn't really a bellbottom or platform shoe to be seen. and Atwood's palette was beautiful. she handled it with a subtle hand. I liked what she did with Elizabeth, Julia and Vicki in particular. and Roger's "Van Heusen" look was spot on.


 I just think she wimped out on "Angie".