These are all great shows, but my top favorite scenes are the ones with Mrs Johnson in the diner.  Clarice projected such realism in that part.  I'm older than Mrs J was supposed to be at this point, and she looked and talked like such an "old lady"!  It's really too bad that that character was watered down so much in the later years.  I always love it when I play the episode when Cassandra is asking her about her dreams and she snaps:  "I'm too BUSY for dreams!"

Great coments, Emerald Rose! (btw, do you own or have you ever heard any of the songs by that band, Emerald Rose?  They're really fabulous if you like good Celtic music, with a hearty Pagan edge.)

Best,  Steve

I'm not opposed to the petition, although I personally have no interest in new DS products.  I do have a morbid curiosity in the rejected pilot because of all the hoopla (plus, I think Alec Newman is seXXXy).

Just for what it is worth, I have heard that for whatever reason, industry types are much more impressed by old fashioned snail-mail letters than online petitions.  Perhaps people who have a serious interest in this should start a campaign to have fans send snail letters to Burton's office.  Someone could write up a template letter--the fan could just send this as is, or embellish it according to personal preference.

I also disagree that the "DS franchise" (a phrase I personally detest) is in serious trouble.  Those electric disc-thingies are selling like the proverbial hotcakes, and the entire series is STILL in print, IN ITS ENTIRETY, on VHS.  Do you know how quickly most material goes out of print on VHS and DVD?  I think DS has an excellent track record in terms of niche marketing.

As for its absence on the small screen, I blame WorldVision.  I have no details, but I bet they're asking the usual way-beyond-the-market price for the b'cast rights.

G.

That's a really interesting little piece, Victoria.  Thanks for sharing it.  It does sound as if the "preview" is still on the cards--I do hope we get to see this.

I personally find that make-up artist's work beyond OTT, but he won me over with his obvious devotion to Dark Shadows.  That did look like Alec Newman in the top photo.

My apologies to fans of the English language (a once popular tongue, gradually wiped out in the late twentieth century)--my original post should have spelled the phrase "back-pedaling," though I suppose there's a certain macabre justice to the way my fingers insisted upon spelling it.

G.

I played all three promos--FANTASTIC work!  I think my favorite is the Parallel Time one; in part because it's an exciting promo that doesn't give too much of the story away.  The 1967 one could run on the WB today, although the writing, acting and direction are about 500 times better than the WB's standard (if you can call it that).  but I'm not bitter...

G.

Huh. sounds like backpedalling to me, plus ye passing of ye olde bucke...

G.

I watched part of a DS reunion and got really irritated at the guy who played Peter Bradford (forgot his name) making fun of JF's short-term memory.

That would be Roger Davis.  Believe me, what you mentioned is just the tip of the iceberg!

Matt and I are the same age--I'm 3 weeks older than him. He'll be 46 this August.  I get to wear the birthday hat a week from Monday. *wry grin*

I can never really describe the feeling I got when I realized that Grayson and my Mom were carrying children more or less in sync.  Definitely a surprise to learn that...

Steve

Well, I personally liked the way that sequence was handled.  It was offbeat and very dark--and filmed in such a creepy way.  That definitely rates as among their most amazing episodes.  Even though KLS had a good laugh about the makeup in the original edition of Scrapbook memories, it was stunningly effective. to the point where the picture of the undead Josette kept being reprinted in Famous Monsters of Filmland (a popular horror mag back in the Sixties and Seventies) "You AXXXED FOR IT!!!" column.

G.