Subject: Re: Why I give up
From: mhr@ccicpg.UUCP (MHR {who?})
Date: 1991-01-23, 17:49
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks

In <19255@shlump.nac.dec.com>, boyajian@ruby.dec.com writes:
> > 
> > The fact that something isn't introduced at the beginning doesn't mean that
> > it wasn't planned to be introduced or that the introduction of it wasn't a
> > good thing. The original DARK SHADOWS was a simple, gothic soap opera with
> > no supernatural elements when it started. It only became supernatural with
> > the intro of Barnabas Collins sometime after it first appeared. That,
> > obviously, was a smart move on *their* part.
> > 
Excuse me?  I'll have to assume you never watched the show or read the
book about it or talked to any avid fan of the show.  On the original
Dark Shadows, the supernatural entered the show very near the beginning
with the character of Laura, the Phoenix, who tried to kill herself and
her son, David (Collins, by Roger, who became a total wimp after that)
in a fire.  A phoenix is not a natural being, so you'd have to overlook
Laura entirely to miss the supernatural stuff.

What happened with the introduction of Barnabas Collins as a real
character (his portrait was over hall of Collinwood for the entire show)
was that the series' popularity expanded dramatically, and they _really_
plunged into the supernatural after that.

Cheers!

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