i haven't seem 1840 all the way through but for me part of the problem with angelique during this period is that she's fighting against such an unworthy opponent.

as opposed to the mythic, legendary figure of josette dupres(and her various other incarnations over the centuries)her rival here is the wishy-washy nothing of a character that is roxanne drew.

watching poor lara try and work herself into a jealous froth over this lightweight is painful to watch. sure josette could be a bit wimpy herself, but her status within series mythology was so great that it elevated her into a potent and considerable rival. roxanne was so vacuous and dull ang could have swatted her away like a moth.

ang is more fun when she's going toe-to-toe with an equal of sorts.

love it, g.


but who knows. perhaps parker actually watched a few episodes since her last masterpiece and understands the plot of the story a bit more.

maybe her and her buddy scott picked up a few dvd collections at the last fest.

...that uncompromising, enterprising, anything but tranquilizing RIGHT ON MAUDE!!!

sounds very $$$...

i'm wondering why they would scale the whole thing back so massively this year only to expand it to a much larger format next?

i've only seen richards on DS...


where her performance as sabrina was often questionable although it might have been her direction.

has she been a highly regarded actress elsewhere?

and i also think that julia and vicki rising as vampires at the movie's conclusion was more than enough to "hint" at future stories(and suggest possible sequels)without going completely outside the context of the film at hand.

perhaps i'm focusing on the name-change snafu too much in terms of the vicki/maggie character...


so while i can see why maggie aficionados were pleased that she appeared in the film somewhat unexpectedly, for those who favor victoria, of course being among the most ardent, the character "merger" ended up being something of a negation.

in a sense she's not really "present" in the story. she's just an impostor. some girl using a pseudonym. i mean in terms of series' mythology it's victoria's storyline, she's the girl who comes to collinsport by train(elemental to the story)to serve as collinwood governess. she's the girl barnabas meets and is enchanted by. so in terms of plot and temperament she's victoria. and she calls herself victoria. and so does everyone else in the movie. but since it's not "really" her, but someone else, it's hard to identify with the character. at least for me it was. she was just some strange girl using that name. she sort of left me cold.

her real name was maggie evans. but since she in no way resembled the maggie character from OS mythology again it was just a name. it was impossible to relate to her as maggie either. instead of giving the character victoria's setup they should have given her a hint of maggie if they were determined to go that route. the general public has never heard of either girl so it doesn't really matter. but to me it didn't so much feel like a "merger" as much a negation of both characters. i'm not sure why they did it.


and yes, of course, i know we're taking about completely fictitious people. none of them are "real" anyways. but whether or not one likes victoria, or thinks she's "dumb", she is indisputably "collinwood heroine" for the series' first couple years and in a sense she's absent from this variation of the story. at least that's my take on it.

what one can expect, and tolerate, from a daily, shot live, on the cheap soap opera from 45 years ago and what's acceptable in a 100+ million dollar movie five years in development are two totally different things.

if the deleted scenes and extras on the blue-ray help make sense of it than good. but otherwise it's just sloppy writing.


and as to whether or not there were "clues" in retrospect as to carolyn's being a werewolf is somewhat beside the point. it meant nothing to the plot of the movie. it was just plain stupid.