I am a Fan of LEVITHANS. BUT how could have the story been better??

[spoiler]Yes but I don't think either one of them knew it.  We only find out when Barnabas goes back to 1897 and learn of Quentin's curse.  Chris and Amy Jennings are cousins because their great grand mother was Quentin's daughter.[/spoiler]

I also agree that the part of the storyline involving Vicki and Peter was totally unnecessary, and, quite frankly, disrespectful to the fans. If you're going to [spoiler]kill off our initial heroine, do it properly, with a story arc devoted to it; don't give us a line that says, "Oh, by the way, Vicki's dead."

Chris and Carolyn are cousins, yes, but distant ones.[/spoiler]

i'm also a fan of this often maligned storyline.

i appreciated barnabas' return to evil ways and more than that his antagonistic relationship with julia in the early episodes.it was fun to see them squabbling again.

it was very creepy and atmospheric and i loved the antique shop set.in general i'm also quite fond of storylines set in the "present" more than the past.

but yeah the vicki and peter thing was unnecessarily infuriating and by the end it was that kitchen sink storytelling that the show often falls prey to but the first two thirds or so were quite compelling.

I am enjoying this topic SO MUCH!  So glad there are some more LEVITHAN LOVERS out there like me.

That was one of the themes I liked about this storyline too: Barnabas and Julia at odds.  IMO Julia Hoffman was the heroine and she was in many of the episodes.  It was great to see so much of her!  I captured some wonderful pictures from the storyline where the two of them are in a "showdown" but if you look at the picture by itself, as if you didn't know it was from that storyline or that episode where they are at adds, it looks like they're in love. LOL

Here is one of those times they look good together:



This picture is from Ep. 912, and Barnabas is NOT happy with Julia.  It's mutual.

GREAT PIC.  Thanks so very much.   YES this too was one of my favorite plot points!  It was great to see Julia go toe to toe with Barnabas!

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Peter Bradford and his wild story... I'm not convinced that Ned Stuart didn't get drunk and put a noose around his neck and make up the whole thing.
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OK Ned Stuart must have been HAMMERED... for a few days straight, LOL!!

I wonder if it was DAN CURTIS idea to do this storyline or one of the other writers?   Would be curious to know who started the initial DOWNFALL of DS.  Don't get me wrong, I really like the Leviathans storyline, I think its DS at it's creepy best.  It should have been much more fast paced like 1897 though.  Most consider 1897 the best DS storyline so maybe no matter what storyline they went with it wouldn't have worked! Who knows???

As I understand it, it was Dan Curtis.   I agree, the slowing down of the pace was a big mistake.

I disagree that the 1897 was the best arc, but it was one of the best ones, and the fast pace contributed to that. The Leviathan arc felt at some points like hardly anything was happening.

As I understand it, it was Dan Curtis.

Indeed. And according to Sam Hall, against the writers' objections.

Yes, he was inspired by The Dunwich Horror, right?

As I understand it, it was Dan Curtis.

COOL. Very nice to know it was he who wanted to do it. Which leads me to wonder why no one has ever made HP LOVECRAFTS story into a movie or have they?? OH YEAH...no problem Goober.  We all have our favorite storylines.  I guess maybe I should say that 1897 was when DS reached the height of it's fame.

SORRY for the double post...but if I could figure out how to link we could all see what the "LEVIATHANS" might have looked like.  It would be extremely scary if it was done with CGI IMO!   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cthulhu  I am gonna try to link.  Here we go!!

YAY IT WORKED.  That thang is pretty scary.  NO wonder JULIA screamed like never before!!

There are dozens, if not hundreds, of books, films, and even video games (Alone in the Dark, Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth, and Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened are probably the most notable examples) that use Lovecraft's Cthulhu mythos as inspiration. Some even believe the mythos to be fact.