And Even Yet Another New Slideshow

[Nicky]

Don't you think that Barnabas and Vicki's relationship in the 2012 film is similar?  I'm thinking of the scene at the "happening," where Vicki reveals her troubled past.  I think their connection was less one-sided than it was in, say, 1967. 

[Mysterious Benefactor]

Oh I totally agree that in the Depp/DS film Vicki and Barnabas develop a wonderful connection. And even though she doesn't realize why, Vicki is certainly drawn to Barnabas (just look at how after first seeing it she seems to be instantly drawn to Barnabas' portrait). But it's just not as overt from the outset as it is in this pilot. Upon their first meeting in the film it isn't Vicki who's already asking Barnabas if they've met. 

[Mysterious Benefactor]

I need to start getting caught up with the latest quotes. First up, the July 27th's quote -

Page 35 - Barnabas: 'I would have remembered.'

- which Barnabas delivers in a somewhat unsettled fashion, though he does his best to cover it. And after that quote the script indicates:

Barnabas finally takes his hand away. Victoria flickers a smile, slightly embarrassed

[Mysterious Benefactor]

Probably not surprisingly, the script indicates that Vicki -

turns to David.

- before July 28th's quote -

Page 35 - Victoria: 'Come on, David, back upstairs.'

- though what Vicki actually says in the pilot is "David, let's get you back..." before David cuts her off with his dialogue for the 29th.

[Mysterious Benefactor]

When it comes to July 29th's quote -

Page 35 - David: 'No! Not until he leaves! He'll ruin the old house and frighten Sarah away.'

- it's one of the rare moments in this scene where something is delivered verbatim and in full. And after the quote the script explains:

At the name "Sarah," Barnabas turns, curious.

[DarkLady]

OMG. I am so gutted that I never saw this. 

[Mysterious Benefactor]

Rather than respond to Elizabeth's question of the 30th -

Page 35 - Elizabeth: 'David, what are you talking about?'

- what David actually does in the pilot rather than deliver today's quote -

Page 35 - David: 'She lives there! She's my only friend!'

- is he rather angrily tells Barnabas "Nobody wants you here!" And the most likely reason for that is that after Elizabeth's quote, the script indicates:

Angry, David pulls away from Victoria and goes to the piano where, among framed photos and old curios, he finds a small

PAINTING OF A LITTLE GIRL

wearing a white lace dress and bonnet. He holds the painting up for Roger to see, but Barnabas suddenly TAKES IT, struggling to control his emotions.

But Sarah hadn't been cast when the pilot was shot, so in the pilot David doesn't actually get a painting of Sarah to show anyone.

[Mysterious Benefactor]

Why does today's graphic have photos of Roger and Vicki? Well, that's because in the pilot today's quote -

Page 35 - Victoria: 'David, that's enough! I'm sorry, Mr. Collins.'

- is actually split between Roger and Vicki. After David tells Barnabas that Barnabas isn't wanted, Roger reprimands his son with "David, that's enough!" And after an angry David runs from the room, Vicki turns to Barnabas and says "I'm sorry, Mr. Collins."

[Mysterious Benefactor]

After today's quote -

Page 35 - Barnabas: 'No apologies necessary.'

- the script explains that:

Victoria grabs David and pulls him back toward the stairs. As they go, Barnabas stares after her, then turns his eyes back to the portrait of the little girl.

But, of course, practically none of that happens in the pilot because, for one, there are no stairs in the room, for two, David has already run from the room, and for three, there is no portrait of Sarah. What does happen in the pilot is that Barnabas stares after Vicki as she leaves the room.

[Mysterious Benefactor]

After Barnabas has waxed on (in August 3rd's quote) about the old house being the family's home for hundreds of years (certainly much longer than in the original series! - which begs the question of when the pilot's Collinwood was built?) and asked Roger for his permission to restore it, the script indicates that:

Roger looks at Elizabeth. She silently urges him to say yes.

And right after that is when Roger delivers today's quote:

Page 36 - Roger (still suspicious): 'As long as I'm not involved. Welcome to Collinsport.'

And tellingly Roger delivers the latter part as "Welcome... to Collinsport," obviously emphasizing that it's not welcome to the family, or even welcome to Collinwood - it's simply welcome to Collinsport. But then, as the script indicates, Roger is still suspicious of Barnabas.

And after all of that, the script then indicates -

OFF Barnabas' haunted look...

- and it's the end of the scene.

And interestingly, beginning with what we'll get into tomorrow, from that point on for the rest of this month and even a bit into next month, nothing that we'll be covering in the slideshow from the script appeared in the pilot. Some of it was completely dropped, while something else was radically changed. But we'll start to get into all that tomorrow...

[Gothick]

Wow.  Banner work from you with this, MB!   Could they have crammed anymore into that scene?  We have Barnabas introducing himself to the family, Roger's hostility, the Barnabas-Vicki connection, David's issues, Sarah, the Josette backstory (implied, only) ... all in about 5 minutes of footage?  Whew.

I wonder whether any outtakes exist for the edit of the pilot that has been screened multiple times?

Quite intrigued to see what's coming next!  I wonder whether a certain WITCH is about to show up...

G.

[Mysterious Benefactor]

The latest chart -

- will provide a clue as to what's coming up next. But I guarantee that anyone who's never seen/read about the pilot could ever completely figure it out...

[Cousin_Barnabas]

It seems as if Roger is in charge here.  Not too sure I like that.  Why is Elizabeth not more authoritative?  I suppose it has to do with the fact that Carolyn is in the hospital, and that has drastically reduced the character...  Still.  I don't like Roger making family decisions. 

[Josette]

The caption for the pilot slideshow is the same as for the movie in Current Talk.

[Mysterious Benefactor]

The caption for the pilot slideshow is the same as for the movie in Current Talk.

I just finished fixing that.