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Current Talk '24 I / Re: Which Was More Tedious....
« on: August 26, 2022, 05:23:29 AM »
Agreed on all counts, Gerard.
The whole extended arc is a convoluted mess. 1995 starts off well. The first couple of episodes, where we don't know what happened to Collinwood or the family, are genuinely creepy. But it doesn't maintain that level of intensity.
1970 finds the show with a much smaller cast. But, aside from Roxanne and Sebastian, everyone else is based on the estate.A little contrast would have helped.
We're never really told why Gerard is so focused on destroying the Collins family. Vengeance? For what? And, if she's supposed to be such a powerful warlock, why is he dependent on two idiot teenagers to resurrect him? Wouldn't it have made more sense to have a possessed Eliot or Quentin attempt the ritual? Or simply try it again?
I do understand why there were no scenes played on the Java Queen. Budget conscious DC would not likely have gone for the expense of constructing a proper set.
Then there's Daphne. She's supposed to protecting the kids but invariably leads them into further danger. 1840 Daphne seems to be somewhat frightened of Gerard but ghost Daphne acts like his second in command.
And then there's the kids. We are led to believe that the kids are going to be a pivotal part of 1840. They are quite prominent 1995 and 1970 but are barely seen in the flashback. And, gradually, Barnabas and Julia seem to forget that they were going to alter history and change the present. But they are soon distracted by the return of Angelique, vampire Roxanne and a very talky witchcraft trial. Carrie shows up a couple of times muttering about a vision of her and Tad on the playroom floor. Just to remind the audience, I guess.
This would have been a difficult storyline to pull off without David Henesy. But not impossible. Why not recast? At that point, I don't think that Henesy had completely decided to stop acting. His mother stated at the Anaheim convention in 2002, she persuaded DC to use David on a recurring basis. He did make a few appearances (3, at the most) but the scenes were kinda dull.
The whole extended arc is a convoluted mess. 1995 starts off well. The first couple of episodes, where we don't know what happened to Collinwood or the family, are genuinely creepy. But it doesn't maintain that level of intensity.
1970 finds the show with a much smaller cast. But, aside from Roxanne and Sebastian, everyone else is based on the estate.A little contrast would have helped.
We're never really told why Gerard is so focused on destroying the Collins family. Vengeance? For what? And, if she's supposed to be such a powerful warlock, why is he dependent on two idiot teenagers to resurrect him? Wouldn't it have made more sense to have a possessed Eliot or Quentin attempt the ritual? Or simply try it again?
I do understand why there were no scenes played on the Java Queen. Budget conscious DC would not likely have gone for the expense of constructing a proper set.
Then there's Daphne. She's supposed to protecting the kids but invariably leads them into further danger. 1840 Daphne seems to be somewhat frightened of Gerard but ghost Daphne acts like his second in command.
And then there's the kids. We are led to believe that the kids are going to be a pivotal part of 1840. They are quite prominent 1995 and 1970 but are barely seen in the flashback. And, gradually, Barnabas and Julia seem to forget that they were going to alter history and change the present. But they are soon distracted by the return of Angelique, vampire Roxanne and a very talky witchcraft trial. Carrie shows up a couple of times muttering about a vision of her and Tad on the playroom floor. Just to remind the audience, I guess.
This would have been a difficult storyline to pull off without David Henesy. But not impossible. Why not recast? At that point, I don't think that Henesy had completely decided to stop acting. His mother stated at the Anaheim convention in 2002, she persuaded DC to use David on a recurring basis. He did make a few appearances (3, at the most) but the scenes were kinda dull.