Re: Why wasnt Barnbas kept in a coffin?

On Tue, 18 Dec 2007 14:13:23 -0500, Nina Jarvis <Don't bother send to
usenet> wrote:

>>>> It's one of those magic coffins that only exist on TV, the kind that
>>>> illustrate what happens to continuity when you make up the story as
you
>>>> go along. (See also "Star Wars" and "X-Files")
>
>>> 
>>> Continuity is not a strong point during the Dark Shadows series.
>
>>Yes, recall how we used to try to call on Continuity Collins to explain 
>>what was going on?
>I'd cut them alot of slack on the Continuity front since the show ran
>every day, didn't have the luxury of retakes, and had a non-existant
>budget.
>
>It was an excellent show given the constraints of the time period when
>the show was made.

The tight schedule was for the actors.  The writers should have had a
better handle on what was to come and how to tie things together. Of
course to make the stories interesting they may have took some
liberties but at times seem to have gone way overboard