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Offline Nelson Collins

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Re: Which is dumber?
« Reply #15 on: January 21, 2007, 05:12:15 PM »
I hope that were I to find myself in that position, I'd have the sense to say, "Oh, deary me, I don't know what happened, and I don't understand it at all!  Please, Miss Abigail, burn those clothes and PRAY with me!  Oh, Reverend Trask, please PRAY for me!"
Agreed.  If she'd shown some foresight and been seen to enter church and spout the Lord's Prayer on occasion, especially when she could be sure that Abigail was watching or even go with her, that might have solved some problems...

It still irks me a little though.  Angelique is the only person in all this that benefits from the "witch" Vicky's actions.  I mean, did the snooty Collinses perhaps think that a servant girl marrying into the family was part and parcel of the witch's goal of destroying the family or something? ;)

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The clothes part always gets me.  "I'll need those clothes!"  She knew that she had other clothes to wear in 1967,  and she could reasonably assume that if she ever got back to her own time, her friends would not reject her for temporarily wearing strange clothes - so why couldn't she let that one outfit go?

I still maintain, however (until the next time I watch 1795), that Vicky thought she was in a nightmare - literally - so she though it was OK to say all the stupid things that she said.
I do seem to recall that she did think she was in some kind of a nightmare for a time so some of her reactions at first were natural.  She had no past experience at all to fall back on, so yes "nightmare" seemed the most logical "default setting."

However.....teaching Sarah and Daniel about airplanes, and describing the ram's head on her zodiac charm bracelet (!!!) as a "devil" to them (done IIRC off screen and mentioned as evidence against her at the trial) well, gosh, Vicky, if that was true them may as well start tying the noose now. :)

Regarding the clothes, well, you know how fashion conscious Collinsport girls are! ;)  But you have a point.  After all, she does still have that happenin' red long sleeved sack dress with the blue trim waiting for her at home....  :P

I liked the way the revival series handled the clothes issue. I haven't seen it since is originally aired, but IIRC, Abigal is examining Vicky's dress and finds the cleaning instructions tag, with reference to using a "cool iron" and the washing symbols that she thinks are witch's sigils or somesuch. Very amusing. :)
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Re: Which is dumber?
« Reply #16 on: January 21, 2007, 05:26:17 PM »
If she is smart enough so see the difference in the Old House. Barnabas dressed in strange clothes. (that is not his costume from the party) Sarah being alive. It would have been interesting to make Vickie smart here. Maybe she would have thought about Angelique being the witch.

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Re: Which is dumber?
« Reply #17 on: January 21, 2007, 05:28:34 PM »
A bit off-topic but this is something that has always bothered me.... [spoiler]in the original show, the Countess and the whole family (except Barnabas and Naomi) believe Vicki to be the witch and are determined to see her hang as a witch. In the revival, the whole family and the Countess are FOR Vicki and want to see her acquitted....Trask had Abigail, Natalie, Angelique and Nathan testify against Vicki and she is convicted in the daytime show. In the revival, Trask only had Abigail's testimony, whereas Vicki had Joshua, Ben Loomis, the Countess testifying FOR her, yet Vicki is still convicted.

I understand Dan wanted to make changes for the revival but shouldn't he have at least divided the Collins a little more when it came to Vicki's innocence or guilty like he did on the show? Half of the family believe her guilty the other half innocent? I appreciate the fact he decided to make Vicki be the Josette look-alike in this one but still....as I said Dan should have put members of the Collins family on a more even divided stand...having Vicki convicted on Abigail's testimony alone looked really silly to me, especially since it was obvious Abigail didn't like her or never liked her.[/spoiler]

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Re: Which is dumber?
« Reply #18 on: January 21, 2007, 05:29:52 PM »
If she is smart enough so see the difference in the Old House. Barnabas dressed in strange clothes. (that is not his costume from the party) Sarah being alive. It would have been interesting to make Vickie smart here. Maybe she would have thought about Angelique being the witch.
I need to get a hold of the Revival series and watch it again.  ISTR Vicky being much more with it there.  Am I right?
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Re: Which is dumber?
« Reply #19 on: January 21, 2007, 05:41:22 PM »
This is making me want to see the revival series now. I really didn't have any interest before. I'll have to check and see if it is in Net-Flix.

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Re: Which is dumber?
« Reply #20 on: January 22, 2007, 02:43:07 AM »
The revival series DVD's are always for sale on Ebay. I like it but not as much as the original of course.

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Re: Which is dumber?
« Reply #21 on: January 22, 2007, 04:08:21 PM »
I liked the way the revival series handled the clothes issue. I haven't seen it since is originally aired, but IIRC, Abigal is examining Vicky's dress and finds the cleaning instructions tag, with reference to using a "cool iron" and the washing symbols that she thinks are witch's sigils or somesuch. Very amusing.

I liked that scene as well, LOL!  The Collinsport Players did a skit at the '91 November Fest called Victoria Winters' Bogus Journey that was based on the new show and absolutely hilarious!  The above-mentioned scene was very amusingly parodied as well.  ;)
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Re: Which is dumber?
« Reply #22 on: January 22, 2007, 06:19:21 PM »
I, too, have wanted to see the Revival Series for a while. I don't want to pay too much for it. I'd like to get it real cheap so I can watch it and resell it if I don't like it. I'm willing to wait a few more years until I can find it dirt cheap, I'm not pressed to watch it.
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Re: Which is dumber?
« Reply #23 on: January 22, 2007, 08:40:55 PM »
I, too, have wanted to see the Revival Series for a while. I don't want to pay too much for it. I'd like to get it real cheap so I can watch it and resell it if I don't like it. I'm willing to wait a few more years until I can find it dirt cheap, I'm not pressed to watch it.
yeah, looking for a good deal here myself.  I did love it when it first aired, though, and was very disappointed that it ended when it did.  Up to that point, I had only ever seen the vampire arc and 1795, so in a way the revival was covering the same ground :)
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