That's too bad, Amanda.

Thanks for sharing the info with us.

Best, Steve

Fans, I found this the other day and thought it was a really excellent compilation--mostly Barnabas scenes from DS, but at the end there are a couple of scenes from Seizure (Frid's film with Oliver Stone):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0GqXtN7viU

The total clip runs around fourteen minutes.

G.

Amanda, if this means you are going to the screening, I'd love to hear your thoughts.

Perhaps there can be an appropriately tagged thread for reviews of preview screenings (and, eventually, regular screenings).  You could be the first person here to review the completed film.

One reason why I'd like to read whatever you have the energy and interest to set down is the possibility of last minute edits based upon the response to the screening you attend and others like it.

Thanks, Steve

That's funny.  I have started thinking about BarnaDepp as BarnaScissors, short for Barnabas Scissorhands.

It's the dresden-doll clown makeup...

I wonder whether there will be protests from Native American groups over Depp's garish Tonto makeup?  Looks like something Siouxie (of the Banshees) would have worn to a concert circa 1979.

G.

I love the crazy Monkees Monster Mash episode where a Dracula-like Count and his insidious daughter (Davy's girlfriend!) transform the boys into a vampire, a werewolf and a mummy, if I'm remembering correctly.  It was all pretty kooky.

My personal favorite Davy Jones moment, ever, was the film of him riding a horse while a recording of "I wanna be free" played, on the first season of The Monkees. It seems ironic that he died while he was with his horses, which he said to have adored. 

Rest in peace, Davy.

G.

Yeah.  Don't forget that some of the squiddlies, seahorses, cthuloids, etc. come to life periodically through the magic of CGI.

I was afraid that the Burton/Depp version of Collinwood was going to be a baroque nightmare of cluttered claustrophic horror-vacui, but so far I like most of what I'm seeing.

G.

Maybe I'm wrong, but I really doubt that KLS will lose a "huge chunk" of sales because of those scans being posted on the Web/s.  If anything, I would think the scans will make more people aware of and curious about the book than would ever have heard of it otherwise.

In this day and age, having content on the Web doesn't keep consumers from buying your product.  She should view it as part of getting the book promoted.  Lots of people browse books in bookshops without ever going to the cash register and making a purchase.  Having a couple of images available online is really no different than having copies of the book out on a table for customers to examine.  OK, so in an extreme case an individual may print that photo out and put it in their personal scrapbook (or more likely add it to an online file of DS memorabilia), but I bet that the person who would do that would also want a copy of the physical book for their collection.  Particularly if they're a DS fan in the first place, as we're being told there are so many new photos from the golden days published in this volume.

Just my take on it.  Of course I do feel sorry for her anguish, but I think in some ways she is out of touch with how the Internet works vis-a-vis commerce.

G.

I'd really like to hear from someone, preferably a seasoned fan from these boards, as to whether the new book really does have some rare, good quality photos we haven't seen before.    I'd still like to browse the book before I spend good money on it.

G.