tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5664865869429189611.post2613319277678841830..comments2024-03-15T19:22:00.426-07:00Comments on Dark Shadows Before I Die: Episode 26 - 8/1/66John Scolerihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15830334036783163702noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5664865869429189611.post-49425670445591817862022-08-11T13:06:54.025-07:002022-08-11T13:06:54.025-07:00Thanks very much, John! I've decided to post e...Thanks very much, John! I've decided to post episode-by-episode commentary on a site of my own. I'm linking to your blog frequently there, and pasting some of my comments. Right now I'm a few days behind on that site where I am in viewing. I'm using your comment section to post my first impressions, then am posting more detailed comments as I catch up. I've changed my identity here to link to that site, so that you can see what I'm doing.Aciliushttps://whataciliusthinksaboutdarkshadows.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5664865869429189611.post-88178939544899389532022-08-01T21:13:30.221-07:002022-08-01T21:13:30.221-07:00I'm enjoying your comments, Los Thunderlads — ...I'm enjoying your comments, Los Thunderlads — please keep 'em coming! It's certainly true that it's a different experience watching the shows again once you're made your way through the series. John Scolerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11800985021534562914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5664865869429189611.post-4557389752413078622022-08-01T20:43:57.491-07:002022-08-01T20:43:57.491-07:00Watching the series first time through, it bothere...Watching the series first time through, it bothered me that Vicki didn't bring the valve to the drawing room and show it to Liz. She knows David is a clever, mechanically competent little fellow, and no respecter of private property. Why on earth would she leave the valve in a dresser drawer which she knows he likes to riffle through and to which he has had considerable time to find or make a key? <br /><br />That time, I could come up with an explanation. She is in shock, bewildered by the confirmation of the dark suspicions we've seen forming in her mind, and isn't thinking straight. <br /><br />(SPOILERS FOLLOW)<br /><br />This time, though, I'm coming to the episode having seen the series through. This is the first time they resort to Idiot Plot- a story that would resolve itself immediately if the characters behaved as intelligently as would the average member of the audience. And it's Vicki supplying the idiocy. Later on, they will rely heavily on Idiot Plot, and because she is so much the point of view character Vicki winds up as the Designated Idiot. That will ultimately destroy her character and drive her off the show. So I can't help but feel sad now when I see this first appearance of Dumb Vicki. Los Thunderladshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13897455151203429353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5664865869429189611.post-155089360912624202016-08-29T10:51:09.105-07:002016-08-29T10:51:09.105-07:00As most of my Dark Shadows history is from the Bar...As most of my Dark Shadows history is from the Barnabas era, the only thing that occasionally spoils the show for me is knowing that certain characters survive whatever events are currently going on in Collinsport.John Scolerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15830334036783163702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5664865869429189611.post-20516729270707376062016-08-26T19:18:50.253-07:002016-08-26T19:18:50.253-07:00Here's where I start imagining Victoria Winter...Here's where I start imagining Victoria Winters lured into a room in the unused wing of the house and locked away by David. Just a prediction. I think this was done to somebody later in the series but these pre-Barnabus episodes are totally new to me.thingmakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14011048675050396438noreply@blogger.com