I'm not sure if the quote is still there at the beginning of this thread, but doesn't one of the first moments in the pilot involve Vicki trying and failing to get a signal on her cell phone once she gets off the train?

G.

Again, MB, this is all fascinating.  I don't remember Carolyn at all from my one viewing of this, and I certainly don't recall her scene with Vicki at this point. 

The chart is pretty cool but I actually find your discursive notes the most helpful, since I do not have a copy of the screenplay, or a tape of the film (obviously). 

I would, of course, completely understand if you're unable to keep up with writing the notes.  Life happens while we are making other plans (jejune comment, but true).

Best, G.

An interesting note about the Burke plane crash incident is that so far as I remember, this was the last time the writers played with the idea that David was actively clairvoyant.  If I'm remembering correctly, that notion began with Burke himself present David with a gift of a crystal ball, so it's in some ways fitting that after Burke left, the subplot failed to be an active part of the proceedings.  Of course, it could be argued that the "haunting of Collinwood" plot and subsequent developments still showed that David had a very special affinity for the spirit world, but that's a little different from having the gift of prophecy.

G.

Well, the way I see it is [spoiler]the way the original narrative played out in 1968-69, it was indeed Quentin's skeleton that was found in his old room.  I think that when Beth's ghost tells Julia the events of the night when Quentin died, he did wind up making his way back into his bedroom.  Presumably Judith ordered it bricked up and closed the West Wing permanently to avoid any whisper of scandal, leaving word that Quentin had left town again for another of his "sojourns."  The idea of a skeleton in a forgotten room might have been a steal from the William Faulkner story, "A Rose for Emily"--an amazingly creepy tale.  Anyhow, the idea of Judith's revenge on Trask ending the way it did seems to have emerged from the question, "Then just whose skeleton did the kids find in the West Wing?"  Had Count Petofi's plan succeeded, it's conceivable that at one point, the "evil ghost" might have had the appearance of Quentin but actually been the spirit of Petofi.  What really doesn't make sense is that after Barnabas and Julia return, everyone in the family still retains the memory of Quentin's haunting, which technically never happened in the revised timeline.  I think Warren Oddson tried to come up with some bizarre theory to "explain" this--I've just come to accept that it's "more DS weirdness at work.[/spoiler]

But then,the fascination of this show is that each fan can have her or his own interpretation of what happens onscreen and it's open ended enough that any way you have of looking at certain things can be deemed valid.

G.

FreshMayo, absolutely love your handle and avatar!

It's nice to see someone else keeping alive the sacred flame at the Clarice Blackburn altar.

Best,

G.

Very stylish and cool.  It looks as if inspired by THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN but with a much darker, more explicitly Gothic edge.

G.

Fans,

Over the President's Day weekend, I had the opportunity to catch a preview of the "new" Jim Jarmusch film ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE, about a pair of star-crossed vampire lovers, Adam and Eve, played by Tom Hiddleston and Tilda Swinton:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycOKvWrwYFo

I've been hearing about this project ever since Jarmusch started talking about it back in 2011.  The film was actually completed in 2012.  Filming happened mainly in Detroit and Tangier.  The film only really shares in common with DS the theme of "supernatural" beings whose story involves some very human emotional complications.  I am totally in awe of the art direction, the writing, the use of music and imagery... the pace is very slow (I prefer to think of it as leisurely) and the focus is on character dynamics, mood, atmosphere, and carefully built emotional tension.  Mia Wasikowska plays the sister of the Tilda character, John Hurt plays an aged Christopher Marlowe (yes, the Elizabethan playwright) living as a vampire in Tangier, and Anton Yelchin is a cute, clueless lad who is the Hiddles character's Willie.

I think DS fans might find this one very interesting.  The US release is supposed to be sometime in April but it is unclear whether it will be a full, nationwide release or only selected cities as an initial test.

G.

I looked on Amazon just now for the Dracula score CD and couldn't find it.  Is it only going to be available at the event?  Marketed through MPI?  any further info?

G.