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Dark Shadows
There was a private channel on Roku awhile, and before it was taken down for copyright claims, I began watching Dark Shadows, first airing in 1966. I saw it when I was a kid and my mom watched it. I think I liked Quentin, the werewolf. Pretty sure I thought he was cute. I remember thinking how the show was all so very chatty, just talk talk talk like most soaps.
I've managed to find another source for the show now. I've read how the show took off once Barnabas the vampire was introduced. But to me, the best part so far (and this is quite a project, watching it--there's around 1,200 episodes) is the very first story line. It's a gothic tale in moody black and white, and explores a murder on the grounds of the Collins estate. It gets crazier after that, very fast, but this first, quiet story worked best for me. I'm pretty sure most fans of the show wouldn't agree with that. There was that Barnabas craze which I just don't get. I love vampires, but ... nah.
And good God, now I'm into the story line covering Frankenstein and briefly, I think, Dorian Gray, and Jesus they're painful. I'm not quite sure why I'm watching at this point, and this comes from a person who appreciates camp and bad acting and fun.
My favorite characters remain Roger Collins and Elizabeth Collins, though I'm fond of others as well. Angelique drives me kind of nuts, all quivery voice and what I might be wrongly interpreting as the actress thinking she's da bomb.
Still fascinated, somehow, somewhat, even though kind of not--being tired of the stupidity.
The Adam character (the Creature) has gesticulated and moaned and made sobby noises enough that I must needs mix another drink at this point to get through it.;)
Oh shit, Caroline's voice has gone just as wobbly as Angelique's. Such a mod girl, that Caroline (and also a brat).
Oh wait--one other thing I was kind of into--when Barnabas and Willy were first together, and Barnabas was so cruel and Willy so cringy--was somehow, for me, unavoidably slashy. Willy was a really terrible character at his introduction (still is, mostly), and actually hard to watch because of his anger and the way he bullied women. But he sure knows how to let the alpha dog lord it over him. It's violent and dark and so-not-right.
Later on, the show became more concerned with showing Barnabas in a sympathetic light. Willy left, and when he returned that dynamic was lost.
I've managed to find another source for the show now. I've read how the show took off once Barnabas the vampire was introduced. But to me, the best part so far (and this is quite a project, watching it--there's around 1,200 episodes) is the very first story line. It's a gothic tale in moody black and white, and explores a murder on the grounds of the Collins estate. It gets crazier after that, very fast, but this first, quiet story worked best for me. I'm pretty sure most fans of the show wouldn't agree with that. There was that Barnabas craze which I just don't get. I love vampires, but ... nah.
And good God, now I'm into the story line covering Frankenstein and briefly, I think, Dorian Gray, and Jesus they're painful. I'm not quite sure why I'm watching at this point, and this comes from a person who appreciates camp and bad acting and fun.
My favorite characters remain Roger Collins and Elizabeth Collins, though I'm fond of others as well. Angelique drives me kind of nuts, all quivery voice and what I might be wrongly interpreting as the actress thinking she's da bomb.
Still fascinated, somehow, somewhat, even though kind of not--being tired of the stupidity.
The Adam character (the Creature) has gesticulated and moaned and made sobby noises enough that I must needs mix another drink at this point to get through it.;)
Oh shit, Caroline's voice has gone just as wobbly as Angelique's. Such a mod girl, that Caroline (and also a brat).
Oh wait--one other thing I was kind of into--when Barnabas and Willy were first together, and Barnabas was so cruel and Willy so cringy--was somehow, for me, unavoidably slashy. Willy was a really terrible character at his introduction (still is, mostly), and actually hard to watch because of his anger and the way he bullied women. But he sure knows how to let the alpha dog lord it over him. It's violent and dark and so-not-right.
Later on, the show became more concerned with showing Barnabas in a sympathetic light. Willy left, and when he returned that dynamic was lost.