Well, I went to lunch and then the office Halloween party and when I got back here, *everything* had changed (why, it's just like sweeps month on the WB!).

I love the black and white look, which seems like a salute to the delicious 1966 episodes I have been savoring... and the red bat-eyes looking out above are VERY creepy, and seem reminiscent of Angelique's winged familiar from 1795...

just batty over all this,

G.

How dare you LYAO! I have you know I look positively stunning in a boustier, garter belt, stockings and heels! YOU should look as good!  [smrtasg]

Well, my dear, folks aren't exactly going to take that kind of declaration on trust.

I want a jpg and I want it NOW! *slams riding crop on table*

Cackling maniacally,

G.

Now, Jennifer, you know that I'd be more than happy to share good laser xeroxes of Briscoe's Colt photos (hmmm maybe it should be stallion for him... mamma mia!!) should I ever be so fortunate as to, um, get HOLD of it.  *slurp*

Maybe I can just post scans of the photos here so *everyone* can enjoy them.  A fun treat that can't be beat!  (or, wait, it can be beat, but, well...)

Maybe I'll honor the sentiment of the latest theme here by watching my Don Briscoe tapes in the nude!

Steve

Darling, I suggest that it is ill-advised to use the word "logic" in any sentence involving Mrs. Barnabas Collins (nee Bouchard).

In all fairness, I think the character of Angelique is really badly handled in the 1840 storyline.  The character's current out-of-control spree abruptly turns into something else halfway through the story, and the writers do not manage to make the transition at all plausible, at least not for this viewer... I am sure there are others with different opinions, and that's the beauty of fandom...

cheers, Steve

This is a wonderfully crafted film, which deserves to be more widely known.  I thought David Hemmings and Sharon Tate had great onscreen chem in it, too.  It's a sharp, subtle telling of one of the oldest stories on Earth.

Thanks for posting this notice, Vlad.

Steve

Jennifer, honey, I'm so sorry!  I'm ignorant of the details but heard the man in the laundromat complaining that the fabulous day (weatherwise) could have been better if the Sox had won.

My condolences,  Steve

Samantha is one of the few elements of 1840 that works consistently throughout the storyline for me, and it's all thanks to Virginia Vestoff's brilliant, bravura performance.  I wouldn't be surprised if Vestoff demanded a real slap, but would be a little doubtful whether Selby would actually hit her, since he seems like such a tender-hearted fellow.

The non-supernatural stuff involving the Quentin/Samantha/Gerard triangle is the springboard for the best scenes in the entire final period of DS' history.

G.

Just to chime in with my two drachmae on the subject...

Agree that Liz was Vicki's Mom; I watched the Oct.-Nov. 1966 episodes recently and the way Joan was playing the role was definitely as if Vicki was the daughter by whom she was trying finally to do right, bringing her to Collinwood.

I think Hanscomb was the Father and that Liz had had an affair with him.  It's too bad they did not do a storyline where Frank found Hanscomb and brought him back to Collinwood for a showdown with Liz.  Perhaps this was discussed and then switched to the Jason story that they did wind up doing.

As for Vicki's fate, she should have married Frank.  Conrad Fowkes was by far the most personable of the men they paired her with, and there seemed to be some genuine chem between the two.  I assume that Fowkes ran afoul of DC and left the series because of that--happened with a lot of other talented folks (Fowkes?)  When AM wanted out of the series in the Fall of 1968, I'd have preferred a storyline where Frank returned to Collinwood and brought Vicki out of her depression in the wake of Peter/Jeff's disappearance from the scene.  I'd have relished dialogue along the lines of "Peter Bradford was just a bad dream."  Yeah, the kind of thing you get after too much chips and salsa late at night.

I don't think DS' run would have been prolonged if Moltke had stayed on board, but we would have gotten the chance to see her do other roles.  I don't see Vicki being paired with Barnabas under any circumstances.  I think the writing team would have had to have been given a freer hand to have developed some different styles of storytelling after 1968 for Moltke to have had sufficient interest in staying, and it is possible that this kind of overhaul might have prolonged the life of the series. Since I personally believe that DC chose to pull the plug on the series, I don't think any amount of retooling or ratings burst could have saved it.

G.