And don't forget that Julia had started "treating" Barnabas, so that would probably allow him to begin tolerating limited amounts of sunlight (note that he must remain pretty much covered up, wear dark sun glasses and shade himself with an umbrella).

after multiple viewings i'm still confused on this point...

[spoiler]was Julia actually "treating" barnabas at all? I mean we learn towards the end of the film that she was using his blood to make herself young. so was she actually doing anything to change his physical condition or was it just a ruse to gain access to his blood? remember he tells her he doesn't feel like he's changing?[/spoiler]

according to the FB page Marie Wallace also had to bow out due to a "family emergency".

unless they could find a way to really zoom in on one element of it...most likely Quentin's storyline...I would think 1897 is too colossal and unwieldy with dozens of characters to ever be effectively encapsulated in a two hour film.


and even that's a stretch.

since it meant absolutely nothing to the plot at hand and wasn't even introduced as a story element until the film's last five minutes...


then, yes, I can only assume it was meant to tease at the possibility of a werewolf themed sequel. presumably revolving around Quentin.


I rolled my eyes and groaned at the "reveal". it was my absolute least favorite part of the movie.

my first exposure to the series was a late(11-ish)airing that I thought was in the late 1990's early 2000's...


I remember distinctly it was the episode where david locked vicki in the attic and she saw the ghost of bill malloy. the whole "what would you do with a drunken sailor" routine at the blue whale left an impression. I was living in a large brownstone in brooklyn at the time and sometimes watched television with my landlady and she must have seen this with me because when I started to watch the series in it's entirety she always asked me about joan bennett and "that girl that got locked in the attic".

what run would that be?

i'm sure i'll catch some flack for bringing up a touchy subject but I think some(many)fans have somewhat unrealistic expectations for what level of participation the OS cast would have in any new version of the story other than small roles/cameos...


with the exception of the child actors the living cast members are now largely in their seventies and eighties. given the existing framework of the story and the established characters there isn't a lot of material for actors of that age. believe it or not even the story's "grand dame" character Elizabeth, a woman in her 50's with a teenage daughter, is now well out of reach for most of the OS actresses.


true new roles could be written. or a supporting character like doctor Woodard could be played by a man of any age. but in terms of the principal characters the OS cast is past that. we are talking about a show that premiered nearly half a century ago.

thanks g...


the way things turned out i'll bet vicki wishes she had taken sandy's advice and "gone out to long island and had a ball"...


as I do every year on this date I think i'll pop episode one in.