What strikes me as extraordinary about the imagery of the poster is how the flesh on Angelique's face has partly decayed, but her eye makeup and false eyelashes look as fresh as if they had just been touched up moments before.  I wonder whether there was ever an attempt to show a close-up of the corpse which got cut from the completed film but might have survived in a publicity still?  I have certainly never seen it, if so.

I think overall, given what has been written about the content of the book and the illustrations, I'm just as glad I gave it a big miss...

G.

Janet the Wicked, I think I love you.

saluting,

G.

You know I love today's quote, and the shot of our Babs delivering it!  One of the high points of the series!

cheers, G.

It sounds as if Depp & Burton's favorite DS period may be Leviathan and PT 1970.  In PT 1970 there was one line where Elizabeth (during the two weeks or so when she was given dowdy clothing to wear) mentioned that she entrusted the management of her money to Roger, and he squandered it, as a result of which they were both dependent on handouts from Quentin.

Of course the idea of Ang being married to Roger and cursing Liz hearkens back to the Cassandra storyline.  I have to say if this results from the input of the two big-name fans in the group (Depp & Burton), they both have really good taste... *wink*

G.

She's so lovely.  Thanks, MB.

A most excellent of Birthdays to the most Excellent of Benefactors!

May cake, fun, frivolity and tapioca be the order of the day!

cheering, Gothick

No matter what the events or how strenuously the writers attempt to convince one otherwise, the idea of a man being found guilty of practicing Witchcraft in a 19th century court of law is utterly and irretrievably preposterous.

But even worse than that is the proposed sentence, which was clearly outlawed by our constitution, no doubt supported by a number of legal statutes.

And that's all I have to say on the matter.

G.

I read in an early 1971 fan club newsletter that Grayson's appearance in her first episodes as Aunt Julia of PT 1841 was due to the fact that she had been unable to attend a wardrobe fitting because of her father-in-law's sudden death while she and Sam were out in Ohio for a holiday visit.

I think the main reason Eliot was brought to 1840 was because somebody was concerned that the folks at home were getting really confused at this point.  You'll notice that the first thing that happens when he arrives is that we see him interrogate Julia as to just what has been going on since she arrived.  And poor Grayson gets pages and pages of expository dialogue of the kind the DS actors dreaded, with lots of names and relationships jumbled together in a heap. 

After that, apart from having him explain Parallel Time, they sort of don't know what to do with Eliot.  I still relish these final appearances of the character.  Back during the time of the original broadcast, I still remember the thrill his initial appearance down the stairway through time (which I thought was just the coolest thing ever) gave me--as a child, I found time travel endlessly intriguing.

G.