I didn't care for what the actor playing Adam did with the character, he was just too arrogant and therefore unsympathetic.
The lines were that way... I don't think there was any other way to read them.
After seeing 1968 for the first time
since 1968, recently, I'm still reeling a bit from losing that classic great middle-period DS that I had known was waiting for me to see again... I didn't remember specifics, but I "knew" 1968 was going to be great when I got it. It wasn't. It's as if someone I Chinged back to 1968 and forced them to do DS differently, than the 1968 DS I saw as a kid. That classic period doesn't exist.
After this, I have had to reappraise the storylines. I just went through to the end of DS, and not only is 1841 PT no longer my least favorite (that's 1968 now), but if judged by different criteria, with different expectations than we generally have for DS, it's pretty good. 1841 PT is like the start of a new series, more a romance with supernatural undertones. They may have planned more adult content for later storylines... it seemed they were headed that way. If they'd changed the music it would have helped... R Cobert's celloes are inappropriate in many of the romantic scenes, when someone's bitterly jealous or feelings are involved rather than supernatural threats. It was like a new show, set in the same two houses with the same cast.
I can't fight the "camp" accusation anymore, after seeing 1968. And the writing hit bottom. The voiceovers often seem written at the last minute by anyone who was around. Events and lines don't make sense and are awkwardly written.
SPOILER
Barnabas breaking into Blair's house to kill Eve with a hypodermic? Why even do it, and he's a one-man burglary and assassination squad now?
No disrespect intended to anyone who likes this era. I hope I find things to like in it someday. It starts out great.