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Post by Digi on Apr 26, 2019 10:27:24 GMT
Wow. I only had time to get to Episode 7 this morning, and wow!
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Post by barnabaslives on Apr 28, 2019 4:40:02 GMT
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Okay, I'm going to speculate that everyone who has been sent back into the past have all been sent back to 1767 just because if they were sent back to different years, five different time travel stories might be a bit much? - or also because I'm hoping to hear more of the modern day characters in the past than just Tom, I guess. And then on Monday, this prediction too will probably be proven wrong. :-)
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Post by Trace on Apr 28, 2019 5:28:01 GMT
But didn’t Michael Shon outdo himself in this one? He was so good. Just love his Tom!
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Post by barnabaslives on Apr 28, 2019 5:35:41 GMT
But didn’t Michael Shon outdo himself in this one? He was so good. Just love his Tom! Tom makes quite the ingenue, as Kathryn Leigh Scott might say. Alexandra Donnachie outdid herself in the last episode too I think.
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Post by bobod on Apr 28, 2019 6:07:26 GMT
Fans of Michael Shon as Tom may be interested to know he is running the London Marathon today. He can be sponsored here.
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Post by joehart1962 on Apr 29, 2019 0:33:33 GMT
But didn’t Michael Shon outdo himself in this one? He was so good. Just love his Tom! Will Tom still be a werewolf in 1767? After all, Quentin hasn't been born yet!
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Post by Digi on Apr 29, 2019 1:37:33 GMT
But didn’t Michael Shon outdo himself in this one? He was so good. Just love his Tom! Will Tom still be a werewolf in 1767? After all, Quentin hasn't been born yet! What...does that have to do with anything? Tom's not from 1767, he's from 1980whatever. Lycanthropy is still in his bloodline.
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Post by Joseph Lidster on Apr 29, 2019 9:52:54 GMT
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Post by Digi on Apr 29, 2019 10:35:59 GMT
Excellent! Just gotta finish up this podcast first....
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Post by Digi on Apr 29, 2019 11:25:06 GMT
Well, that was certainly an odd one, wasn't it? Kind of felt like, rather than directly advance the plot, it reconfigured the board in the aftermath of Episode 7, so that we can move forward for the remaining six episodes--but it manages not to feel contrived, because so much of it is seeded into the first six episodes. I can't wait to revisit this whole story once we know how it ends, and see how all the pieces fit! Episode 8 scattered thoughts: - The bit about there being women's clothes in Barnabas's closet and them not wanting to ask - Who is the ghost? Is it one of the missing, time-displaced cast? - Barnabas coming unglued out of hunger, uh oh. And an actual mention of his fangs growing, that's exciting! - The whole Quentin & Jessica thing is just too weird. - Another Reverend (Orville?) Trask! - Vivian Bell disappears mid-episode, so whatever's happening is still going on! What the heck is going on?? - Marina Lane is an actual person after all! And was that Alexandra Donnachie voicing her? - So the Jackie trial stuff is in 1820 then! After last week's episode I suppose I should've been that coming, but I really didn't. And hey, didn't we see Cody in the Episode 2 trial-related scene? So Cody's going to end up in 1820 too? Assuming I'm not misremembering that, I wonder if somehow he'll be the key to getting everyone home? Also, I'm throwing out all my old predictions. Obviously I was 100% wrong
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Post by fingersmash on Apr 29, 2019 12:54:33 GMT
Well, that was certainly an odd one, wasn't it? Kind of felt like, rather than directly advance the plot, it reconfigured the board in the aftermath of Episode 7, so that we can move forward for the remaining six episodes--but it manages not to feel contrived, because so much of it is seeded into the first six episodes. I can't wait to revisit this whole story once we know how it ends, and see how all the pieces fit! Episode 8 scattered thoughts: - The bit about there being women's clothes in Barnabas's closet and them not wanting to ask - Who is the ghost? Is it one of the missing, time-displaced cast? - Barnabas coming unglued out of hunger, uh oh. And an actual mention of his fangs growing, that's exciting! - The whole Quentin & Jessica thing is just too weird. - Another Reverend (Orville?) Trask! - Vivian Bell disappears mid-episode, so whatever's happening is still going on! What the heck is going on?? - Marina Lane is an actual person after all! And was that Alexandra Donnachie voicing her? - So the Jackie trial stuff is in 1820 then! After last week's episode I suppose I should've been that coming, but I really didn't. And hey, didn't we see Cody in the Episode 2 trial-related scene? So Cody's going to end up in 1820 too? Assuming I'm not misremembering that, I wonder if somehow he'll be the key to getting everyone home? Also, I'm throwing out all my old predictions. Obviously I was 100% wrong {Spoiler} I think the ghost is David. We don't know where he is and he's the only person we've seen disappear in person. For all we know, he could be trapped in an entirely different situation.
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Post by argdov on Apr 29, 2019 15:03:46 GMT
Wow, again, so much. The number of twists this miniseries has packed into it is honestly a bit astounding! My own random scatter of thoughts: -I was right before, the Jackie trial WAS in the past.
-I thought I'd heard a different theme last time at the start of the episode but this one has the regular theme. Did I somehow mishear something in the previous episode or did the sound designers decide to use a different theme since last episode was predominantly in the past?
-Hearing everyone play detective trying to figure this out was really enjoyable. It was common on the show (for various reasons relating to budget and time constraints) to have the characters react to the hauntings or other supernatural going ons at a slow pace, and from what I've seen it's eventually just Barnabas and Julia doing the investigating. Hearing everyone work together was a great treat.
-So it seems everyone who just disappeared didn't go to the same time...interesting. Confusing though since it sounded like Cody was in the past with Jackie. I guess it was just his actor playing an ancestor of some kind. And while it's possible he'll get sent back soon...I kind of doubt it. Perhaps its his ancestor, who was ALSO possessed by a demon? After all, Rosier did mention his bloodline...
-Speaking of which I'm going to guess that next episode is going to focus on another time displaced person- probably Jackie, with a few flash forwards to the present. But we'll see.
-Man I don't blame Cody for being upset, Id honestly kind of forgotten his dad was killed as well.
-So wait..:they're just gonna spill all the insane family secrets to Vivian? That doesn't seem smart...and she sounds like shes not buying it either. Im surprised she didn't just walk out.
-That couple is back...Im wondering if they're just background characters to give the town some more depth?They've still not done much. Unless they end up being somehow responsible for all this? It seems unlikely, we've only heard them speak to each other and I feel like we'd have gotten a clue that they were up to something other than being a tad obnoxious.
-While I admittedly prefer his pairing with Leila this budding Quentin/Jessica romance is kind of sweet. It made me uneasy before but I'm assuming (hopefully not incorrectly) that once Lela is back this will stop and Lela won't hold this against him....which is probably wishful thinking, but who knows. In the meantime, I'm just going to try and enjoy it.
-Speaking of which, Lela.s little scene where she escaped was great, though now I kind of wonder if EVERYONE whos been sent back is getting accused of something- it sounds like Tom might get accused of murder as well
-Vivian Bell disappearing at some point in the episode was actually a tad chilling. I’d literally just been thinking that shed gone quiet and was wondering when shed get another line when Amy said “Whos’s Vivian?” Its a great trick that they can play with since this is an audio drama- the characters can just vanish from a scene without us knowing because we have no visuals. Its a creepy idea.
-Also, a bit more theorizing- it seems unlikely since he was the big bad in Bloodlust but I can't help but wonder if this is somehow Petofi's doing. I kind of hope not since it'd feel like a bit of a cop out to make him come back to be the main villain once more but...it's certainly a possibility.
-Thank goodness Cody finally told someone about Rosier, I was wondering if he ever would.
-Id basically suspected that Marina Lane would be a person from the start but I didn't think they'd be someone alive in the present.
-Oh, gosh, Barnabas...just...no. I hope Harry's ok. This is not going to end well...
[/spoiler] Overall Im still really invested. On the whole this miniseries has a different feel than Bloodlust which was more of a murder mystery/character drama. This is I suppose more of a “straight forward” supernatural soap opera. Although “straight forward” feels like a misnomer- the constant twists and sudden narrative turns are far from that!
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Post by newt5996 on Apr 29, 2019 18:47:28 GMT
So I'm out of class for the day giving me time to listen to Episode 8 and I have thoughts: {Spoiler} I love the idea that with David going missing it alters events so Maggie vaguely remembers Amy playing with imaginary friends (though this could easily be just Quentin). The parallels between Jackie, Tom, Lela, and Vicki are apparent so I'm expecting some sort of Victoria Winters reveal by Episode 13. The séance at the end of the episode just makes this one feel more like Dark Shadows than Bloodlust did. The personification of Barnabas' Bloodlust coming in the form of Angelique and Josette is a great little story device. I also have a feeling that sometime soon we're going to be wrapping up Cody's story as Rosier. Also Barnabas' freak out at the end may be paralleling Tom's impending freak out.
Cody admitting Rosier is in his head is interesting and I'm a bit annoyed we haven't had any of John. The reveal of Marina Lane at the end is interesting as well (my theory is that Vivian isn't supernatural though Marina might be). Does anyone know who's playing Marina? Oh also there's another Trask! His scene with Lela is great (imagine Lela in Vicki's 1795 role)
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Post by barnabaslives on Apr 29, 2019 19:13:33 GMT
Outstanding! This series really is keeping up the suspense and surprises. What an event this is! I hardly know what to say about the latest episode. {Spoiler}
-People really are being sent back to different times in the past, wow! When it rains time travel...
-I think argdov is probably right, sounds like everyone who's gone back to the past might end up on trial?
-A seance! I know one's been in the planning but one never knows - but it would hardly be Dark Shadows without one, of course.
-No idea how much sense it would make but I wonder if the ghost is someone who was on trial? Phyllis Wick?
-The show's first time travel device was...
-So now everyone knows about David, Tom and Jackie because of Rosier? How curious - and way to go, Cody!
-Orville Villorus Trask. Sounds like a chip off the old fire and brimstone block. Awesome!
-Yay, Lela! That was great - expect she probably confused the poor guy, he'd probably think Houdini was a sorcerer?
-People keep on disappearing apparently. There went Vivian, pfft! Who will be next?
-Barney's about to be in a lot of trouble with Amy, isn't he?
-I think we might be about to find out more about Marina Lane?
-I love hearing references to Vicky Winters. I wonder why I keep thinking maybe they're not just idle references, though? A recast doesn't seem very likely somehow.
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Post by barnabaslives on Apr 29, 2019 19:17:34 GMT
Tom's not from 1767, he's from 1980whatever. Lycanthropy is still in his bloodline. You're probably quite right, Digi, but it does seem very timey-wimey to see a curse in effect years before it's even been cast. :-)
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Post by silverednickle on Apr 29, 2019 20:16:41 GMT
Everyone has been posting great ideas and perspectives. Here's my attempt adding onto what's been said. -Didn't someone say that David is in Collinwood with Anna. Didn't Quentin say his mom was Anna (a big deal for longtime fans because we've never known the generation between Gabriel Collins and Quentin and his siblings. It's always been one of Gabriel's sons plus a wife. If Quentin was born in 1870, then David is in Collinwood between 1870-1897, probably sooner rather than later.
-I wonder what Vivian did to get herself sent back in time, also how is Harry going to deal with that congitively. He's still around, but is it just that he forgets she ever came to Collinsport? Vivian left after she proposed that maybe Amy was breaking up her wedding to David...
-Did Cyrus get sent back in time? Is that why he was running?
-We still don't know what ever happened to Redmond Van Burren and Halley Stokes. Plus John is playing or actually clueless in the basement. Too many villains right there for something to happen.
-Mariana Lane doesn't appear until after the seance. Is she a released spirit or a time traveler with a really good cover story or just a human?
-5 episodes left! I can't wait to hear the conclusion and then go back and appreciate all the hard work Joe, Davy & Co did to make this success.
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Post by Trace on Apr 30, 2019 4:22:17 GMT
Well, that was certainly an odd one, wasn't it? Kind of felt like, rather than directly advance the plot, it reconfigured the board in the aftermath of Episode 7, so that we can move forward for the remaining six episodes--but it manages not to feel contrived, because so much of it is seeded into the first six episodes. I can't wait to revisit this whole story once we know how it ends, and see how all the pieces fit! Episode 8 scattered thoughts: - The bit about there being women's clothes in Barnabas's closet and them not wanting to ask - Who is the ghost? Is it one of the missing, time-displaced cast? - Barnabas coming unglued out of hunger, uh oh. And an actual mention of his fangs growing, that's exciting! - The whole Quentin & Jessica thing is just too weird. - Another Reverend (Orville?) Trask! - Vivian Bell disappears mid-episode, so whatever's happening is still going on! What the heck is going on?? - Marina Lane is an actual person after all! And was that Alexandra Donnachie voicing her? - So the Jackie trial stuff is in 1820 then! After last week's episode I suppose I should've been that coming, but I really didn't. And hey, didn't we see Cody in the Episode 2 trial-related scene? So Cody's going to end up in 1820 too? Assuming I'm not misremembering that, I wonder if somehow he'll be the key to getting everyone home? Also, I'm throwing out all my old predictions. Obviously I was 100% wrong I think the women's clothes were in Quentin's closet, not Barnabas's. They were Lela's.....or I could be wrong about this. It's just how I'm remembering it.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2019 4:48:15 GMT
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Post by Trace on Apr 30, 2019 4:52:00 GMT
Another great episode---Not many new ideas to add, except to help with timelines. Jackie, we know, is on trial for murdering a woman in 1820. The same year that Millicent Collins, from her room in the lunatic asylum, gives the Crimson Pearl to her brother Daniel Collins, and she has an encounter with Count Petofi.
Lela appears to be in 1795 or 1796....right around the time of Vicki's trial. It almost appears that Lela's next!
Tom, we know, is in 1767, where Angelique has been living as Cassandra Peterson, possibly changing history every day!
Where Willie has gone is a mystery thus far. Would be so great if he found himself in a primeval world with three moons, a lot of dinosaurs, and some very intelligent lizard people.
And Vivian Bell we also don't know. I predict she's gone to Parallel Time. We shall see.
Marina Lane--sounds an awful lot like Susan Griffin!
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Post by Digi on Apr 30, 2019 9:20:11 GMT
Well, that was certainly an odd one, wasn't it? Kind of felt like, rather than directly advance the plot, it reconfigured the board in the aftermath of Episode 7, so that we can move forward for the remaining six episodes--but it manages not to feel contrived, because so much of it is seeded into the first six episodes. I can't wait to revisit this whole story once we know how it ends, and see how all the pieces fit! Episode 8 scattered thoughts: - The bit about there being women's clothes in Barnabas's closet and them not wanting to ask - Who is the ghost? Is it one of the missing, time-displaced cast? - Barnabas coming unglued out of hunger, uh oh. And an actual mention of his fangs growing, that's exciting! - The whole Quentin & Jessica thing is just too weird. - Another Reverend (Orville?) Trask! - Vivian Bell disappears mid-episode, so whatever's happening is still going on! What the heck is going on?? - Marina Lane is an actual person after all! And was that Alexandra Donnachie voicing her? - So the Jackie trial stuff is in 1820 then! After last week's episode I suppose I should've been that coming, but I really didn't. And hey, didn't we see Cody in the Episode 2 trial-related scene? So Cody's going to end up in 1820 too? Assuming I'm not misremembering that, I wonder if somehow he'll be the key to getting everyone home? Also, I'm throwing out all my old predictions. Obviously I was 100% wrong I think the women's clothes were in Quentin's closet, not Barnabas's. They were Lela's.....or I could be wrong about this. It's just how I'm remembering it. No no, you’re absolutely right. I was distracted while typing that and messed up.
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