And Even Yet Another New Slideshow

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the Capital Cities video for "Safe and Sound."

That video was shown on ES.TV today. (They feature a comic and a music video in addition to interviews with movie stars.)

[DarkLady]

Today's image: *thud*

[Gothick]

Alec Newman was yummilicious in the role of Barnabas.

G.

[DarkLady]

Still yummilicious today. *thud*

[DarkLady]

I found a one-minute clip on YouTube with Alec Newman that made me swoon all over again. I hope that someday the whole pilot will be available....

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Yes, screen caps from that video will be featured in the slideshow next month. 

(Before then a couple more official stills will be featured...)

[DarkLady]

Thank you, MB--a benefactor indeed!   

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Yesterday the slideshow moved into a new scene. I don't want to get into the previous scene until I catch up to it to explain the difference between the way it plays in the script and the way it played in the pilot - but I do want to set up this new scene. So, the script establishes it with:

INT. THIRD FLOOR CORRIDOR - OLD MANOR HOUSE - NIGHT

Temporary work-lights shine down as they walk through the corridor. Barnabas stops at a small end table to light the candles on an exquisite silver candelabra.

And that's when yesterday's -

Page 54 - Victoria: 'Candles?'

- and today's -

Page 54 - Barnabas: 'There's something so garish about electric light.'

- quotes come up. And given the graphic you've probably already figured out that this is yet another scene that was dropped, which is actually interesting because a similar scene was shot but cut from the pilot for the '91 DS (and it only appears on MPI's DS Resurrected VHS).

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After Vicki responds to Barnabas' eccentric remark with today's quote -

Page 54 - Victoria: 'Believe me, after Collinwood, my "eccentric" bar is pretty high.'

- (which I love and wish that it had been in the pilot), the script explains:

With the candles lit, Barnabas unplugs the work-lights, leaving only the glow of the candelabra. As the room fills with soft, orange light, Victoria's breath is taken away.

[DarkLady]

*swoon*

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After Barnabas delivers yesterday's quote in response to Vicki saying the candles make the house seem "like being in another world" -

Page 54 - Barnabas: 'Not so different from now, really. (as they start down hall) There was a time when these halls were filled with light and laughter.'

- and Vicki replies with today's quote -

Page 54 - Victoria: 'With luck, it'll be that way again.'

- the dropped scene concludes with the script explaining:

They stop at a door and Barnabas reaches for the knob.

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The script sets up today's new scene with:

INT. JOSETTE'S ROOM - OLD MANOR HOUSE - NIGHT

Barnabas pushes open the door, entering with the silver candelabra, Victoria follow behind him and GASPS.

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After Vicki exclaims that she doesn't believe it upon entering Josette's room, the script explains -

As she enters, REVEAL a room that has.been preserved from the 1790s. A large, antique four-poster, fireplace, a gilt-edge mirror, silver jewelry box. There are signs of age, cobwebs and dust, but otherwise it's perfect.

- before today's quote -

Page 55 - Victoria: 'This is the way you found it?'

- comes up, though it was dropped in the pilot.

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Rather than today's quote -

Page 55 - Barnabas: 'For some reason the door had been plastered over. It's exactly the way it looked two hundred years ago.'

- what Barnabas actually says in the pilot is "For some reason, the door had been boarded up and plastered over. But it’s exactly the way it must have looked over two hundred years ago."

[Gothick]

Another scene of which I have no memory.  Many thanks, MB, for the script quotes, explication, and annotations.

We're getting down to the end of the road, I presume, with this...

It's been fascinating to get such a close look at the pilot, and I really wish I could see it again!

Best,  G.