Will Dockery wrote:
>
> On Dec 27 2007, 8:38 am, vince garcia wrote:
> > Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy wrote:
> >> Terry Austin wrote:
> >>> vince garcia <vggarci...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote
> >> >> Sea Wasp <seawaspObvi...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > >>>> vince garcia wrote:
> >
> >> >> >> >> If ther be any classic DS fans here, you may be
> > > >> >> >> >> interested in hearing there is going to be a new DS
> > > >> >> >> >> movie starring Johnny Depp as Barnabas.
>
> So, this is really going to be happening?
Don't know. Depp bought the rights, and the DS convention flier says to
come celebrate the upcoming movie.
>
> I liked Depp in Deadman, and although I've missed most of his work,
> one thing is certain, he'll most likely give us a smash hit DS...
Yeah, but some are concerned about his playing Baranabas
>
> > > >> >> >> > Depp's an excellent actor, but in some ways for me
> > > >> >> >> > one of the true
> > > >> >> >> > attractions of the old Dark Shadows was seeing how
> > > >> >> >> > Jonathan Frid, who objectively wasn't particularly
> > > >> >> >> > good-looking at all, managed to pull off the magnetic
> > > >> >> >> > and majestic character of Barnabas Collins on live TV.
>
> Drid /was/ quite the heart-throb for my cousins Jenny and Gloria, and
> even my *grandmother* of all people, who was one of the biggest fans
> of the original episodes, watched many episodes with her, and
> discussed the plots often.
>
> > > >> >> >> Where Depp's acting strength lies in playing characters
> > > >> >> >> that are crazy in a manic sort of way. No, doesn't work
> > > >> >> >> at all.
> >
> > > >> >> >> Beware the other head of science. It bites.
> >
> > > >> >> > I must reluctantly agree. He certainly does not fit the
> > > >> >> > mold of the classic Barnabas.
> >
> > > >> >> It will, of course, be a "re-imagined" Dark Shadows.
> > > >> >> Usually, re- imagining involves making everything much
> > > >> >> darker, but Dark Shadows was very dark to begin with, so I'm
> > > >> >> guess in the re-imagined Barnabas will be a New York City
> > > >> >> metrosexual, and the entire movie will be a musical. After
> > > >> >> all, homoerotic vampires are very in these days.
>
> I have to say that I think (or hope) that it'll be better done than
> the 1990s version, although it did have its moments, it just never
> seemed like Dark Shadows to me for whatever reasons... could be that I
> just can't shake the iconic images of /all/ the original cast, and the
> sometimes tacky sets...
Yes, that's it
a bit like Star Trek, it seems the low buget
> was part of the charm, for me, anyhow.
>
> I can imagine Depp's version catching some of that (as his Ed Wood
> film caught /that/ feel so well).
>
> > > >> >> "There's no law west of the internet."
> > > >> >> - Nick Stump
> >
> > > >> > Don't say that too loudly--some producer may actually take
> > > >> > the suggestion seriously...
> >
> > > >> What makes you think I'm joking. That is, seriously, what I
> > > >> expect.
> >
> > > > Well, the positive thing is that Depp's been a fanatic about the
> > > > original series since childhood, and no fan like that would
> > > > disrespect its tradition by making that sort of alteration.
> >
> > > The same thing was said about Peter Jackson and Lord of the Rings.
> > > And yet, there's a significant amount of dissatisfaction among long
> > > time fans of the books over the movies.
> >
> > Interesting comment. You're going to have that problem with ANY
> > masterpiece of literatur brough to the screen. No one would evr be
able
> > to duplicate everyone's vision of what they've read.
> >
> > In the case of LOTR, I know any number of original fanatics, and all I
> > talked to, while they might have done this or that differently, are
> > appreciative of PJ's work.
> >
> > My only serious gripe is the cinematogrphy, which is abominable, with
> > that constant blue or blue-grey wash to the background.
> >
> > > > A
> > > > producer who cares only about the bottom line would, but not a
> > > > true fan. Depp himself bought the rights to do the movie, so I
> > > > am predicting he will keep the original spirit of it.
> >
> > > It is possible. But the true fan will sometimes produce even worse
> > > atrocities than the money driven hack, *because* he's a "true
> > > fan." He'll produce his personal vision, based, as often as not, on
> > > decades old childhood memories. If his vision happens to be very
> > > close to most of the fans, it will do well. If not, well, throbbing
> > > purple marijuana flowers are inevitable. The greedy hack is more
> > > reliable, in that he, at least, understands the value of finding
> > > out what _other_ people think it's all about.
>
> Hmmm... that is a danger of Depp's vision (and who is the director?
> Tim Burton?)
Burton is also a fan, so my guess is that he will be involved
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