I have a box of documents from the Dan Curtis Productions files.  A number of the script pages bear the name COSTELLO. I'm wondering if he wrote his name to identify his script or if some unknown person put his name on it before giving it to Mr. Costello.  Does anyone have an image of his signature?  I'd appreciate seeing examples of his autograph.

While they may have the right to pull the book, I think they are foolish to do so. This is not some fly by night pseudo vanity press publication; it's a publication by a university. It gives DS a great deal of credibility.  Is this the first time a single "soap opera" has had this sort of treatment? I wouldn't know off hand, but if I had to guess, I'd say no.

I've just started this book, which was published by Wayne State University Press.  It's a scholarly examination of DS and the cult phenomena surrounding it. I've not read very far into it, but it seems to have been written by a fan. At $14.95, it's a bit pricey for a mass paperback.  The way I look at it though, DS does not exactly saturate the market as compared with say, Star Trek or Doctor Who. It's relatively inexpensive to be a virtual completist when it comes to DS. OK, I draw the line at the Barnabas Vampire Van! I'm also not likely to own a set of original Groovy Horror Heads, or even the Pink Gum Cards. They are too pricey for me. The former two have little to do with DS, and the latter can be reproduced on a quality printer.  I had once hoped to own the model kits, but the 12 inch Majestic Barnabas and Quentin figures have rendered my interest in the kits obsolete.  I'm not very skilled at either building or painting, and the end result, even in the  hands of an expert, is only a mediocre likeness of the characters. Aside from those rare artifacts and a few others like them, I try to get most anything new that's connected to the program. 

I want to apologize in advance if information about this book has already been posted. I tried to do a search several times and got a notice that told me that the page could not be displayed. This happens often to me on several different computers. Is this typical for most people?

At the risk of sounding like a "broken record" or scratched CD for the post vinyl LP crowd, I'll gladly live with anything Burton and Depp give us if it results in a restored NODS.  I've been waiting for that for over a decade. I just hope it gets done. After that, anything else is icing on the cake.

Well, I'm not saying I'd hold it against her either, not in the long term. It's the sort of thing that would probably tick me off, and then I'd get over it. It wouldn't be worth holding a grudge over.

I saw Alice in Wonderland in 2D with kids on a field trip. Can you say free ticket free popcorn, free drink, and "I GET PAID FOR WATCHING THIS!!!?  Any way, I loved it. I took my daughter later to see the 3D version. I didn't think that the 3D added much to the film.  I did enjoy it the second time around very much. It certainly didn't detract from the film and was occasionally very interesting. In the end though, the film pretty much stood on it's own as  a conventional film. Compare that to Journey to the Center of the Earth. I went to see that 3 times and loved it. The second two veiwings were because of situations in which friends wanted to see it, and I did not want to be the only nay sayer. Having said that, I'd not have gone if it did not impress me. I watched it the other day on DVD, or rather half of it. It wasn't a bad film, but it did not compel me to sit through to the end, and I doubt I'll ever have the urge to see it again as a flat film. Perhaps if I ever get a 3D set I might revisit it.

From what I've heard, it's not terribly uncommon for people in the business to be privy to a script, provided they read it on site at the studio or in the presence of someone in charge, like the director or a producer.  This might be Depp's way of testing the waters on the script, sharing it with someone he admires. 

It's worth noting that the Oxfor referred to here is Oxford College in or near Rockdale GA.