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JaiPeur		#21	[-]
Posts: 5413 06/18/11 11:30 AM Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts	Whoosh.. 129 GB is a bit too big for me! I might pick and choose some episodes, though. I'm focusing in on the Quentin storyline via Netflix right now, one DVD at a time. To clarify, Netflix Instant has most of the episodes until the 1795 storyline begins and ALL of the 1991 revival. So, maybe I'm an idiot, but it just struck me yesterday that Angelique probably should have been Afro-Caribbean. A servant girl from Martinique in 1795? Totally black. I wish the Tim Burton version had cast a young sista or blatina in the role, but I'm not the casting director.
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SurvivorLDog93		#22	[-]
Posts: 42399 06/18/11 11:38 AM Admin/Play-By-Play Guru SKYNET is SELF-AWARE! Reply Quote More Recent Posts	JaiPeur wrote: So, maybe I'm an idiot, but it just struck me yesterday that Angelique probably should have been Afro-Caribbean. A servant girl from Martinique in 1795? Totally black. I wish the Tim Burton version had cast a young sista or blatina in the role, but I'm not the casting director. You're not crazy at all. When the show was resurrected 20 years ago, I gave it some thought. I would not be at all surprised to find out that her character was originally planned to be mulatto, but that a struggling network (ABC) didn't have the balls to put a villainess of color on daytime television in the 1960's.
laniluvsit77		#23	[-]
Posts: 1591 06/18/11 02:54 PM Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts	I'm not familiar with the 1966 show but I do recall the show that ran in the 90's. The woman who played Victoria was drop dead gorgeous. I'm not sure about Tim Burton directing but I'm glad it will avoid getting the "twilight" treatment.
JaiPeur		#24	[-]
Posts: 5413 06/27/11 08:20 AM Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts	The show premiered 45 years ago today. MEMORIESSSSSS
StatelyWayneManor		#25	[-]
Posts: 32942 09/23/11 08:00 AM Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts	http://www.darkhorizons.c...the-cast-of-dark-shadows ...Woot! 1st official pic!
JaiPeur		#26	[-]
Posts: 5413 04/19/12 07:36 AM Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts
Trompe L Oeil		#27	[-]
Posts: 3537 04/19/12 09:56 AM Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts	I googled Mary Lara Parker yesterday (she was the original Angelique) and she just started an official webby. She said she's going to also be in the Tim Burton film...can't wait to spot her! I always thought she was the prettiest of all the actresses and never got why Barnabas favored Josette over Angelique. ETA: http://www.masslive.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2012/04/jonathan_frid_played_barnabas.html Frid, Lara Parker and David Selby all have cameos in the new film. Last Edited By: Trompe L Oeil 04/19/12 10:03 AM. Edited 1 times.
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JaiPeur		#28	[-]
Posts: 5413 04/19/12 10:28 AM Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts	I think this image might be huge, but here's the quartet off-set while shooting their cameos: Glad to see they all got to have some time together recently. Still looking forward to the movie!
finger poppin fun		#29	[-]
Posts: 6322 04/19/12 11:06 AM Reply Quote More Recent Posts	Too bad Frid croaked before the premiere.
Harriet Craig		#30	[-]
Posts: 263 04/19/12 11:36 AM Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts	Finally, a thread on here that I can respond seriously to. This series was without ANY peer during its day - it defined soap opera's and although I was in diapers when it came out in the late '60's, I've seen the re-runs and have the complete Dark Shadows DVD set which entails its very 1st season, where Barnabas wasn't even in the show. Flash forward to 2012 and the upcoming Tim Burton adaptation film of this hit show. I will not see the movie - the show as campy, with sometimes bad writing, but it WAS NOT set up as a stage for "one liner's" from the stars. The movie has its own path to take, and other than the title, it bears no relation to the series. MANY are saying to fans of the original to lighten up, take the movie for what it is. I'm not upset because I know the movie isn't for me and while let down that it didn't follow the series, I'm sure there are those who will enjoy it. Seriously, if I didn't get to see the trailers I'd walk out of the movie.
kczar		#31	[-]
Posts: 1279 04/19/12 12:30 PM Reply Quote More Recent Posts	Harriet Craig wrote: Finally, a thread on here that I can respond seriously to. This series was without ANY peer during its day - it defined soap opera's and although I was in diapers when it came out in the late '60's, I've seen the re-runs and have the complete Dark Shadows DVD set which entails its very 1st season, where Barnabas wasn't even in the show. Flash forward to 2012 and the upcoming Tim Burton adaptation film of this hit show. I will not see the movie - the show as campy, with sometimes bad writing, but it WAS NOT set up as a stage for "one liner's" from the stars. The movie has its own path to take, and other than the title, it bears no relation to the series. MANY are saying to fans of the original to lighten up, take the movie for what it is. I'm not upset because I know the movie isn't for me and while let down that it didn't follow the series, I'm sure there are those who will enjoy it. Seriously, if I didn't get to see the trailers I'd walk out of the movie. Totally agree about seeing the movie. It's not a remake - it's a spoof. Which is fine but it's not Dark Shadows. I did watch this show as a kid and it scare the bejesus out of me. My sister had a nightmare after Quentin was holed up in a wall and our mom made us stop watching. Johnny Depp as Barnabas isn't going to give anyone nightmares. (Well, it probably will, but not the right kind.)
Trompe L Oeil		#32	[-]
Posts: 3537 04/19/12 12:40 PM Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts	Love the picture...thanks for posting!
JaiPeur		#33	[-]
Posts: 5413 04/19/12 01:15 PM Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts	David Selby (Quentin Collins) said that Jonathan did die on Friday the 13th and requested no funeral. Apparently there was some kind of remembrance yesterday, which was almost exactly 45 years after Jonathan first appeared on DS.
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