Snowman999
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When I was a kid, I'd run home from school to be sure to see Dark Shadows. Besides the vampire/witchcraft/spooky aspect it had Lara Parker the most gorgeous vampire witch EVER -
That's when you're a kid. It's a freakin soap opera. To see it as an adult it must really suck.
I've known for a while that the ENTIRE series was released on DVD. 1225 episodes on 131 discs. Released in 2012 it was $200. I figured I'd wait for the price to drop. Instead it's now over $250 and there's bootlegs of the deluxe edition. I found one a little under $200 and thankfully it's real. I didn't know about the bootlegs till after I received mine a few weeks ago.
Barnabas and Angelique don't enter the series for a year. But, the moment I saw the first episode, all the people I'd forgotten about 40+ years ago came streaming back, including their names. I watch over 3 hours a day, and I'm up to episode 130. I think this is basically where I came in when I was a child. I vaguely remember the storyline.
This is a GREAT show, that holds up to time. 1966 they open with a boy attempting patricide. It is a soap opera, and as a person who worked in live theatre for years, you can tell it's written and shot quickly with plenty of missed lines, bumbling and repeating the same thing over and over again. But, all in all it's still a wonderful show, and Katherine Leigh Scott (Maggie) is MaryAnn to Nancy Barrett's (Carolyn) Ginger of Gilligan's Island.
I haven't had so much fun in a long time.
That's when you're a kid. It's a freakin soap opera. To see it as an adult it must really suck.
I've known for a while that the ENTIRE series was released on DVD. 1225 episodes on 131 discs. Released in 2012 it was $200. I figured I'd wait for the price to drop. Instead it's now over $250 and there's bootlegs of the deluxe edition. I found one a little under $200 and thankfully it's real. I didn't know about the bootlegs till after I received mine a few weeks ago.
Barnabas and Angelique don't enter the series for a year. But, the moment I saw the first episode, all the people I'd forgotten about 40+ years ago came streaming back, including their names. I watch over 3 hours a day, and I'm up to episode 130. I think this is basically where I came in when I was a child. I vaguely remember the storyline.
This is a GREAT show, that holds up to time. 1966 they open with a boy attempting patricide. It is a soap opera, and as a person who worked in live theatre for years, you can tell it's written and shot quickly with plenty of missed lines, bumbling and repeating the same thing over and over again. But, all in all it's still a wonderful show, and Katherine Leigh Scott (Maggie) is MaryAnn to Nancy Barrett's (Carolyn) Ginger of Gilligan's Island.
I haven't had so much fun in a long time.
A show about vampires that "really sucks..." Sorry. I liked that. Also, I did the same thing in the early 70s. My mom was addicted to it. (Yeah, it was my MOM. ) 
She was real purdy! 
Yep cut my long ass hair and we went for the commercial..another long story I won't go into right now...BUT WE DIDN'T MAKE THE CUT! Totally screwed up ...Funny thing was I had no idea of the social prejudice that lay underneath me having long hair. A few weeks later I go into a Tile contractors office to interview for a new job and the first thing out of this guys mouth is OH THANK GOD! Finally a clean cut looking man without long hair! LOL I got the gig.
