Dark Shadows on Tubi

[Figuremod73]

A look at the card. I wonder if any Angelique and Quentin customs are floating around out there in mego form?

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[PNGwynne]

That's superb--who's Brent?

[Figuremod73]

Courtesy of Brent. A cane for him is being made also.

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[Liu Bei]

Has anyone noticed excessive cropping on the Tubi prints? I was watching it on Hulu and it never happened, but when I started watching it on Tubi (right around the time when Willie got shot by the police) it almost looks like they took a 4:3 print that had been cropped to fit 16:9 screens, and then cropped again to make it 4:3. Even the title card is chopped off on the edges. Just really weird.

[Earth 2 Chris]

Dark Shadows Every Day is certainly a champion of Grayson Hall and Dr. Hoffman. She's certainly captivating, and always interesting, but having watched all her episodes now, I think she can at times be the BEST actor on the series and the WORST, based on her choices.... sometimes in the same episode!!! She goes big or goes home, every time! She's like a female Shatner in that regard. Technically, a very good actor, but sometimes a bit too...indulgent in her projecting. In my opinion, of course.

Chris

[PNGwynne]

Frid accused her of not knowing her lines and over-acting. But she was hardly the only one guilty of that and he was pretty crabby in later interviews. I like the by-seat-of-your-pants, let's-put-on-a-show aspect of DS and am very tolerant of it.

She could really turn in finely-modulated performances in other venures, so I consider her in DS as specific to that show and milieau.

[RonnyG]

I've been watching Grayson Hall DS clips on youtube. I've always liked her, from Night of the Iquana onward. Her acting is sometimes (ironically) amusing but she's always engaging and sells the scene. Gad, they must have worked under terrible pressure and time constraints on that show.

I enjoyed her performances on the show, too. She was always over-dramatic, but she was definitely entertaining to watch. I remember watching her on One Life to Live, too, many years later where she played a matriarch and spoke with a a wonderful Southern accent.
Since Grayson was married to one of the writers, I always wondered if she influenced him to beef up her role, or if she had any input on her role.

[PNGwynne]

A quality I have never disliked in most acting, either. And honestly, isnt that style tailor-made for DS?

I've been watching Grayson Hall DS clips on youtube. I've always liked her, from Night of the Iquana onward. Her acting is sometimes (ironically) amusing but she's always engaging and sells the scene. Gad, they must have worked under terrible pressure and time constraints on that show.

[jwyblejr]

Pluto TV is getting in on the action now. They've added a Dark Shadows channel.

[Barnabas Collins]

I got The Resurrection of Barnabas Collins on DVD about 20 years ago, which had a 20-30 minute summary of the pre-Barnabas Collins episodes. By far, the Laura Collins story was the most intriguing in that summary. I'll get to it some day!

Barnabas Collins

You got to at least watch the Laura Collins story arc! She makes her first appearance in episode 123 and leaves in 191, so it's only about 70 episodes.
I found those early episodes very engrossing and spooky. It's faster paced than the first 100 episodes which I found kinda slow. Apparently, this is a turning point because the ratings were low and Dark Shadows was on the verge of being cancelled, and Dan convinced the network to give him 13 more weeks to pick up the ratings so they went more supernatural and introduced Laura Collins. The ratings did pick up a little more so he was able to convince the network to renew another 13 weeks and that is when he brought in Barnabas and the rest is history!

[PNGwynne]

She's kind of theatrical and over-acts a bit--not quite as much as Grayson Hall-- but Diana definitely brings a little camp to the show, which I appreciated.

A quality I have never disliked in most acting, either. And honestly, isnt that style tailor-made for DS?

[RonnyG]

I always thought Diana Millay who plays Laura Collins was an interesting actress to watch. She's kind of theatrical and over-acts a bit--not quite as much as Grayson Hall-- but Diana definitely brings a little camp to the show, which I appreciated.

[RonnyG]

Although I believe Josette's ghost makes a one-off appearance before Laura, yes?

Yes, Josette's ghost appeared before Laura so the show had dipped their toes into the supernatural, but I don't think she made a big impact on the show until after Barnabas was introduced.

[Earth 2 Chris]

^I find myself falling off the wagon a bit at episode 33. It's interesting, well-written and well-acted, but now that I've gotten past the "newness" of being introduced to all the characters and their dynamics, the story has become pedestrian compared to what I think of for DS. I may continue, or I may just skip to 123 and get to the spook stuff. Although I believe Josette's ghost makes a one-off appearance before Laura, yes?

Chris

[RonnyG]

As long as I've been a fan of Dark Shadows, and I've had the DVD set for years, I have never seen the first 200 pre-Barnabas episodes (except for the first episode). No real reason, except too much tv and not enough time. I look forward to watching them some day.

Barnabas Collins

You got to at least watch the Laura Collins story arc! She makes her first appearance in episode 123 and leaves in 191, so it's only about 70 episodes.
I found those early episodes very engrossing and spooky. It's faster paced than the first 100 episodes which I found kinda slow. Apparently, this is a turning point because the ratings were low and Dark Shadows was on the verge of being cancelled, and Dan convinced the network to give him 13 more weeks to pick up the ratings so they went more supernatural and introduced Laura Collins. The ratings did pick up a little more so he was able to convince the network to renew another 13 weeks and that is when he brought in Barnabas and the rest is history!