Last night I was reading about plans to do a new series of The Munsters on one of the major networks.  This time around, it sounds as if the series is going to be a full-on horror/drama series rather than a comedy.  The official blurb says that Herman's artificially assembled body is starting to rot and he needs to find a living human "donor" for a new heart.  Sounds tasty, doesn't it?  What surprised me is this time around, Eddie is described as a "child werewolf" which I definitely don't recall being part of the original scenario.  Makes me wonder if they're going to grab anything not nailed down from the 2012 Depp Shadows movie for this series.

I won't be watching, but no doubt I will be reading at least some of the reviews if this makes it to the airwaves.

G.

OK, this is really trivial and barely on topic, but ... we all know about the DS themed cosmetics campaign one of the big brands (I honestly forget which one) has launched as a movie tie-in... well, I was just in the drugstore buying a few sundries and I saw in the perfume and makeup department this huge maquette (or whatever it's called) for a new line from Cover Girl with the tag, "Don't spend your life living in somebody else's shadow."  And whether I'm hallucinating or not, the model featured on the ad looked a lot like Magtoria/Josette as portrayed by Miss Heathcote.

It made me giggle...

G.

There were definitely tweets from Thomas McDonell about his work on the movie in London.  I remember there being mention of his work coming at the end of the filming schedule. 

I would guess that his material did not even make it into Burton's final cut, so it is unlikely (IMO) that his footage will make it into the "deleted scenes" on the Blu Ray (which I expect to contain the material Graham-Smith mentioned in that interview).  But who knows. 

I heard that the WB suits have claimed that for the Avengers disc, deleted scenes will only be included on the Blu Ray release, btw.  I wouldn't be surprised if the same thing happens with Depp Shadows.  I presume that Warners owns the company that manufactures Blu Ray players or has some kind of interest in the sale of same.

cheers, G.

Simply stunning!  You know how I love that scene with Hoffman and AngelExis from PT 1970.

"I HATE having to take orders from HER!"

"Now Julia... we are playing a war of nerves..."

Sublime.  Parker and Hall played off one another so brilliantly in those scenes...

G.

Is "foley" shorthand for some form of post-sync type sound production?

Thanks for the clarification, Darren!  Love your theory about the Claret Cup.

Life staggers onwards, and as the late Kurt Vonnegut used to say... "so it goes."

Steve

Yet another Strange Paradise announcement, and this one is also relevant to DS.  Like many other genre periodicals and mags in recent months, the magazine Rue Morgue released a special DS issue (with Barnabas on the cover) earlier in May.  The magazines are finally showing up at some local outlets, and I just saw the issue this evening in Cambridge's Newbury Comics.  The final page of the issue is a recurring feature entitled Classic Cuts and in this issue the Classic profiled is none other than Strange Paradise. It's illustrated with a never before published photo of Raxl (as portrayed deliciously by Cosette Lee) and scans of two of the Dorothy Daniels paperback covers.

Very cool that Strange Paradise was remembered in conjunction with material on DS.  The profile is actually a reasonably affectionate tribute, too.  Most press received by Strange Paradise since 1969-70 has been, to be euphemistic, less than positive.

G.

Hi Tragic Bat,

if you're interested in seeing stills, anecdotes, info and more about Strange Paradise, check out these two excellent websites:

http://www.strangeparadise.net   (scroll down and look for the ENTER button to click on the lower right hand sign of the front page)

http://www.maljardin.com

And to MB (sorry for the delay in response), the 3rd story arc involved the departure of Holly and Quito and the arrival of some new characters, including one played by Trudy Young who went on to appear with SP veterans Jack Creley and Colin Fox in the occult thriller feature film, "The Reincarnate," in 1971.  The third story arc involved changing the pivotal role of Raxl from a force for good to the outright villain of the series.  The original backstory established in the first 13 week arc was dropped in favor of a new backstory to "explain" the "Desmond curse."  I found the writing often clumsy and repetitive, although there were still great moments, thanks almost entirely to very strong and imaginative actors such as Colin Fox, Cosette Lee, Jack Creley, and Pat Moffatt.

Best, G.

Fascinating. It makes me wonder about Bob O'Connell's career in general, a topic I admit I have never thought to research.

Thanks for the intriguing note, Uncle Roger.

Best,  G.