It sounds to me as if a "wiki" is a combination between a chatgroup or e-list (like the yahoogroups) AND a blog--perhaps like an affinity group on LiveJournal.  From what you're saying, Proudhug, it's as much a social thing, a sharing of fannish enthusiasm, as it is an attempt to create a metatextual artifact focused around a specific topic (Dark Shadows).

I would think that the people who would be into this would be people who do other "wiki" projects.  I'm obviously completely unfamiliar with those.

If you want to post links to other projects to give me a better idea of what you have in mind, that might help!

Good luck!

G.

I am personally not at all enamoured of the idea that I would write something for this, then have some other individual go in and "edit" it with a lot of mistakes and bad writing.  (You have to be aware that those of us who have been here for awhile have seen a lot of misiinformation about this series aired--some of it was in the DS entry in Wikipedia the last time I looked.)

So, this is not for me, but I hope you and your friends enjoy it.  And, obviously, hope to see you posting more on this board.

Long live Dark Shadows!

G.

This is just my personal opinion, and I'm not criticizing anyone intentionally by stating it, but I really do not think fans should be expected to purchase sub-par products or deliberately mangled prints of DS material in the altruistic interest of "supporting the DS franchise."

I also want to issue a plea for fans to wait until we get hands-on reviews of the actual product from the trade sites before proceeding to write letters of complaint.

If you want to take the time to write a letter, I suggest sending it via snail mail. It may have changed but I remember being told back in the 1990s that studio offices took snail mail letters much more seriously than stuff received online, for whatever reason.

Finally, I don't see why Warners would take the sales of the itty-bitty 1991 series set more seriously than those of the massively plentiful MPI sets, which seem to be doing very well--or at least getting an awful lot of exposure in trade sites on the Internet!

but then, I do not pretend to know what goes on inside the head of today's studio executive--far from it!

G.

Oh, THAT scene!  Thanks, Midnite!

xo G.

This is definitely one of those situations where the prudent will wait and read the trade reviews before purchasing.

I wonder whether Barbara Steele had any scenes in the deleted sequences from the 1990 pilot?  Maybe *I* should invest in some of those MPI tapes...

G.

Ian, it's very studly!  beautiful work!

G.

Hail Satan!
I agree wih you regarding the idea of a remake.  If it were a REALLY different angle on some of the characters and themes, that would whet my interest much more.  I have to say that the reports of the 2004 pilot made it sound as if the people behind it were bringing some genuinely fresh material and ideas to the subject matter.

If it were a remake, it would invite comparison with the original, and I just don't think it's a good idea.  How do you equal something that was so magical in the first place, with such an extraordinary cast?

I also don't agree with KLS that the scripts of DS are like Shakespeare, and we could see just anybody playing those roles.

OK, I feel a rant coming on, so it's time for me to stop.

G.