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Post by Trace on Sept 16, 2019 1:38:55 GMT
Just to say, I didn't just like the Time Burton movie, I loved it. I've never really understood all the criticism as it's a rather affectionate spoof of the original series, almost what The Curse of Fatal Death is to Doctor Who (though with a Hollywood budget). Maybe a lot of Dark Shadows fans wanted a straight non-comedy version, but really they got that with the two original 1970s DS movies that featured members of the original cast, something no one will ever top. For anyone who has never seen the 2012 movie, ignore the nay-sayers and give it a go. Perfect fun viewing for Halloween even if you've never seen the original TV series. I have always defended it—overall, I thought it was a solid B-. From the very moment I heard it was Depp/Burton, I knew it was going to be exactly the tone that it was. There were moments of beauty in the beginning and off and on throughout, a fantastic soundtrack, good solid performances overall, and gorgeous sets and visuals. There were things I could have done without—the comedy/fish-out-of-water stuff, the messy CGI-laden ending, dropping of some major plot points that seemed to be missing satisfying endings, Alice Cooper’s appearance for no good reason (why??)...but even with all that, it couldn’t take away my enjoyment of the whole. I saw it in theaters three times, and bought the DVD. By the way, I’ve been skewered alive for expressing this in FB groups and other forums by the diehard movie haters (but I still always speak my mind.) Again, the things I’ve mentioned, I just feel were missed opportunities and were things that were SO EASY to do right—and COULD have made this an A+. But a solid B- is still a pretty good grade. And I still get chills every time I see the opening credits, the train, and hear the Moody Blues’ “Nights in White Satin”. And yes, I am a HUGE fan of the original and Big Finish’s audios...and have enjoyed ALL the other incarnations as well—remakes ‘91 and ‘04, movies, Ross novels, Lara’s novels, Mark Rainey and S.E. Hinton novels, every series of comics (Gold Key, Innovation, Dynamite, Ken Bald newspaper strips....) I never once expected that any of them shouldn’t forge their own path.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2019 13:39:27 GMT
Nothing wrong with people enjoying it.I had just regotten into dark Shadows when it came out and was really looking for something more serious and dramatic and when i turned it on and it was spoofing my heart sank a bit lol...its a bit like Coppola Dracula i loathe it i keep trying to enjoy it but i just cannot i have seen it once all the way through and every time i say give it another chance i last less than ten minutes and go find something else.
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Post by Zagreus on Sept 17, 2019 16:33:41 GMT
Oh my! This should be interesting... I suppose I should finish the latter half of the classic series before this comes out lol
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Post by barnabaslives on Sept 18, 2019 2:27:49 GMT
And I still get chills every time I see the opening credits, the train, and hear the Moody Blues’ “Nights in White Satin”. Yes, the opening was absolutely wonderful, but I think in a way that made it worse for me. I saw that and though, "Oh thank heavens, all that gossip about this being a spoof must have been complete exaggeration". Oops. I really did enjoy it but I'm still a bit ticked that the original cast cameos were so short, here they went out of their way to turn up for the movie and it was almost literally a blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment. I went straight home and tried to see if I could find it online and somehow watch it frame-by-frame, lol. Still happy to see anyone doing anything with Dark Shadows, though, and it seems like the movie must have been good for the audio ranges. I'm hoping for the same if this comes about.
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Post by Digi on Sept 15, 2020 21:16:28 GMT
Seeing rumours this afternoon that CW has decided to pass on this reboot/revival/whatever-it-is. Nothing confirmed yet, though.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2020 7:30:58 GMT
Seeing rumours this afternoon that CW has decided to pass on this reboot/revival/whatever-it-is. Nothing confirmed yet, though. Wow does that mean more audios...sneakily am glad I love these audios selfish I know but ...hope it’s bloody true...get writing Joe and team
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Post by anothermanicmondas on Nov 5, 2020 20:40:57 GMT
seems to be confirmed as dead according to TVLine "Dark Shadows: Resurrections — which would have been a continuation of the 1969-71 cult classic, catching up with the supernatural Collins family in modern-day Collinsport, Maine — never made it to the pilot stage and at this point is no longer in development at The CW."
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Post by Deleted on Nov 6, 2020 19:27:44 GMT
seems to be confirmed as dead according to TVLine "Dark Shadows: Resurrections — which would have been a continuation of the 1969-71 cult classic, catching up with the supernatural Collins family in modern-day Collinsport, Maine — never made it to the pilot stage and at this point is no longer in development at The CW." I've heard this too. A great shame. Big Finish remains the home of Dark Shadows for now ... so things could be a lot worse!
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Post by agentten on Nov 6, 2020 19:59:39 GMT
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Post by grinch on Nov 6, 2020 20:02:32 GMT
After looking at a lot of CW’s output I think it’s safe to say they dodged a bullet there.
I’ve said until I’m blue in the face but I’ll still never understand how the likes of Legends of Tomorrow is still on the air. Utterly dreadful.
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Post by Trace on Nov 6, 2020 23:56:32 GMT
It may be dead on the CW, but it’s still very much alive. It’s mentioned on the YouTube cast reunion from Halloween night.
I posted the link to the cast show in the Misc. Dark Shadows thread...Ansel Faraj says that while the CW passed, the idea is still alive and it is being worked on while trying to bring the concept back to more the “original essence” of DS.
If you have not watched that show, do yourselves a favor. It’s pure magic, if you’re a fan of the original.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 8, 2020 16:44:50 GMT
When the time is right it will come again and I hope they continue it along the BF lines it is by far my favourite range and as a TotAl DW fan I don’t say that lightly.meanwhile am at peace waiting for the next set of stories from Joe and his Team
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Post by Digi on Nov 8, 2020 17:52:28 GMT
After looking at a lot of CW’s output I think it’s safe to say they dodged a bullet there. I’ve said until I’m blue in the face but I’ll still never understand how the likes of Legends of Tomorrow is still on the air. Utterly dreadful. I find this a slightly odd choice of contrast. From where I'm sitting, the two shows are quite similar. Both started out trying to be serious drama, but after a while of trying that and it not working, both shows chose to bow to the absurd and embrace a more comedic approach. Granted DS is firmly tongue-in-cheek while LoT embraced full slapstick, but they both did it, and both chose to punctuate the absurd with moments of real character development and emotion. And both shows, as things went along, made/have made the conscious decision to lean right into the absurd, and bring into their main casts literal supernatural people/creatures, which in turn drives the storytelling even further into the supernatural and far away from where each of the shows began.
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Post by agentten on Aug 22, 2021 14:30:18 GMT
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