Sci-Fi Weekly Interviews Dan Curtis

[mrjuggins]

http://www.scifi.com/sfw/current/interview.html

Sci-Fi sent me the following link to the same interview in an email but it didn't work. Maybe they will fix the link later.

http://www.scifiweekly.com/issue272/interview.html

Tim

[Mark Rainey]

From the Dan Curtis interview:

We had ourselves a hand puppet and another puppet that had a rod stuck up its ass and was held up above the floor. The floor of the set was held up by risers. We cut lines into the floor that were covered by the carpet and we had some idiot underneath running with this thing that moved [the puppet's] arms up and down and its legs. It was pathetic. [Laughs.] It was the worst-looking thing I had ever seen.

I would hate to be a SPFX guy who did work for Dan and later be referred to as "an idiot."

While I generally have a lot of respect for Dan, there are times that I marvel at the sheer cluelessness he is wont to exhibit. And I'm not referring specifically to the "idiot" remark, not by a long shot. This interview is representative of so many that he does, where real achievements by a lot of people he was associated with are glossed over or dismissed out of hand. He probably doesn't intend to be interpreted that way, but if I'd gotten to where he is, I think I might show a considerable amount of respect toward anyone who helped me get there, whether their contribution was large or small.

[shadow=purple,left,300]--Mark[/shadow]

[MrsJ]

From the Dan Curtis interview:
I would hate to be a SPFX guy who did work for Dan and later be referred to as "an idiot."

While I generally have a lot of respect for Dan, there are times that I marvel at the sheer cluelessness he is wont to exhibit. And I'm not referring specifically to the "idiot" remark, not by a long shot. This interview is representative of so many that he does, where real achievements by a lot of people he was associated with are glossed over or dismissed out of hand. He probably doesn't intend to be interpreted that way, but if I'd gotten to where he is, I think I might show a considerable amount of respect toward anyone who helped me get there, whether their contribution was large or small.

[shadow=purple,left,300]--Mark[/shadow]

The only contributions Dan Curtis seems to think are noteworthy are his own.  That came across loud and clear in that strange documentary shown at the end of the L.A. fest.  
I'm grateful to the man for creating Dark Shadows, and especially for his foresight in preserving it...but let's face it, the success and continued popularity of the show cannot be contributed solely to him.  I have seen and read other interviews in which he expounds this point of view.  

MrsJ.

[Raineypark]

I read this interview when it was first posted here a few days ago.

I read it again after reading a few comments by other "cousins".

I've just read it a third time.

No matter how many times I read this thing, he's still going to come across to me as an arrogant jackass, who secretly resents the fact that the first sentence of his obituary is going to read "....best remembered for his Gothic Soap Opera, "Dark Shadows".

How pathetic.

Rainey

[Daphne]

Quoteth Dan Curtis:

Any last words?

Curtis: Dark Shadows will live forever.

LOL well, you have to say, he's a dedicated, loyal fan. Do you think he actually watches the series, or just adores it cuz it's "his"?

[Cassandra]

Quoteth Dan Curtis:

LOL well, you have to say, he's a dedicated, loyal fan. Do you think he actually watches the series, or just adores it cuz it's "his"?

Good question Daphne!  

[Luciaphile]

Quoteth Dan Curtis:

LOL well, you have to say, he's a dedicated, loyal fan. Do you think he actually watches the series, or just adores it cuz it's "his"?

Or perhaps because it's because the show has made him so much money over the years

Ever the cynic,
Luciaphil

[Daphne]

Ever the cynic,
Luciaphil

LOL yes, Luciaphil, you are ^_~

[Bj]

Quoteth Dan Curtis:

LOL well, you have to say, he's a dedicated, loyal fan. Do you think he actually watches the series, or just adores it cuz it's "his"?

Daphne, I believe neither.  I feel his "last words" were those of irony: he won't be remembered for his award-winning mini-series, just a clunky soap opera about ghosts, witches, and vampires he did at the beginning of his career.