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Post by silverednickle on Feb 25, 2016 15:45:49 GMT
I've really enjoyed Dark Shadows Everyday. While I've seen the series through a few times, these posts offer a new perspective and a depth that I have yet to manage. In many ways, I too felt like Panic was a DS episode and Shurafa felt more like a transplant. Then again, the show had it's own transplants, which quickly were either gobbled up within the DS continuity or written off within a few weeks. Nesir didn't seem connected enough with the characters, nor the drama. Then again, it did make her offer to Barnabas seem much more of a viable option before he got his inspiration.
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Post by lurkerintheshadows on Apr 23, 2016 16:09:36 GMT
Just had my first listen to this, and really enjoyed it. I remember in the early days of BF DS being a little wary about stories that ventured away from Collinsport and wondering if it'll affect how 'authentic' a Dark Shadows feel they would have. I realised quickly that as long as the DS characters felt in-character then it felt like DS to me. And with 'The Curse of Shurafa' I thought the characters of Barnabas, Julia and Stokes were spot on, no matter if they were in Maine or Cairo. When Barnabas is presented with the idea of killing the girl to free his friend, I was thinking to myself that the classic Frid Barnabas would make straight for the jugular, so I was pleased that the character behaved just as I would imagine it on video. And I adored those tiny but wonderful vocal cameos from our dear Dr Hoffman. Beautifully judged, and they brought a grin of delight to my face. The casket of fly larvae is one of the most beautifully repulsive forms of execution I've yet encountered. And the continuation of the story into what I had thought was just the framing device was completely unexpected, though works beautifully too, as I had wondered at Barnabas's frankness in discussing his bloodlust while telling young Harry the tale. This is the kind of story that feels in keeping with Sam Hall's famous 'TV Guide' article on what might have happened next with the characters after the TV series finished - an article which is also narrated at the end of the series on DVD, and whose spirit, if not following the content to the letter, seems to have carried into the audios in several ways.
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Post by bobod on Apr 23, 2016 16:56:07 GMT
I like your write-ups Mr/Ms Shadows, keep it up.
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Post by Rob Morris on Apr 28, 2016 19:18:08 GMT
The casket of fly larvae is one of the most beautifully repulsive forms of execution I've yet encountered. And the continuation of the story into what I had thought was just the framing device was completely unexpected, though works beautifully too, as I had wondered at Barnabas's frankness in discussing his bloodlust while telling young Harry the tale. I suddenly remembered where I thought of that... it was on a Virgin Trains journey to the Edinburgh Festival in 2014. I'd been struggling with "why the flies?" and then suddenly it was there and it was horrible and that scene flooded out of my fingers and I'm still quite horrified with myself. (Wine may have helped the creative process, if truth be told.) And that time in Edinburgh was the first time I met Roy Gill and Katy Manning. Dark Shadows and Doctor Who in one trip. Yay! Glad you enjoyed, though, lurker. And as Bobod says, keep the reviews coming. Always nice to hear new listeners' takes on the releases.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 29, 2018 14:23:27 GMT
Listened three times now and its an engaging tale.Flies make my skins crawl well more the type we call blue bottles...disgusting things .I left my window open one day i live up in an attic flat unbeknown there was a dead pigeon on the roof outside i came home to thirty of them in my kitchen....when it was described in the dramatisation it all flooded back the foulness of them.It is a good tale and Andrew Collins is a great narrator and its good to know you can take DS anywhere in the world,not just confined to Maine.Am on The Phantom Bride another story set elsewhere.Given the right story you can transplant the characters anywhere. Thanks for the tale.
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Post by Rob Morris on Jul 29, 2018 17:28:29 GMT
Glad you enjoyed! I'm still very proud of it. And Andrew is brilliant - as are Scott and Stephanie of course.
I was practically forced into studio to watch Scott record his bits (I was terrified to hear my stuff recorded and didn't want to be anywhere near it) but when he did *that reveal* it was a one-take moment. The hairs stood up on my neck.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 29, 2018 17:42:55 GMT
Glad you enjoyed! I'm still very proud of it. And Andrew is brilliant - as are Scott and Stephanie of course. I was practically forced into studio to watch Scott record his bits (I was terrified to hear my stuff recorded and didn't want to be anywhere near it) but when he did *that reveal* it was a one-take moment. The hairs stood up on my neck. I really haven’t heard one yet that i have not enjoyed .Keep it up its a great talent to have Attachment Deleted
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2018 13:47:46 GMT
Just read Rob Morris’s We Are Cult article for Dark Shadows and thank goodness I only watched ten minutes of the Tim Burton remake and switched off it sits in the never to be watched pile along with Francis Ford Coppola s awful Dracula.I guess from years ago when i originally caught the original Barnabas and also the first time travel episodes i knew DS wasn’t a comedy.Good article wearecult.rocks/50-years-of-dark-shadows
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