Then & Now
John: Burke seating Carolyn next to the letter on the couch is a bit obvious. Perhaps if he had placed it on the end table...
I do admire David holding his aunt's protection over his father's head.
Christine: I hadn't appreciated how early the writers began planting the idea that Roger's animosity toward David might stem from doubts that he was the boy's father.
Shadows on the Wall
John: Lots of letters left lying about in this series.
Roger drinks! Of course, it's probably easier to track how often he comes into the drawing room and doesn't pour himself a fresh one.
David's Japanese robot toy is still a standout piece. It appears to be a Horikawa "Attacking Martian" robot. I seem to recall he'll have other toys in his room, though I don't know if they warrant cataloguing.
Christine: I was amused that, shortly after insisting that one drink won't make him an alcoholic, Roger pours himself another.
With the amount of grease, dirt–or perhaps Bosco chocolate syrup–covering David, I'm surprised he didn't leave a trail of evidence throughout Collinwood.
While I don't recall seeing David play with toys very often, I think enough interesting toys appear throughout the series to warrant cataloguing.
Would anyone else be interested in a Collection page devoted to the toys that appear throughout Dark Shadows?
4 comments:
I'll never vote against adding another catalogue page! Good point about letters left lying around Collinwood. They so often move the story that way that I stopped noticing it.
You may be interested to know that I'm still adding links on the Dark Shadows wiki. I've put links to these posts in the articles about the first ten episodes, and am through October 1970 with the links to the original blog. I do that for a selfish reason- sometimes when I'm looking for one of your posts it doesn't show up on a Google search, so if I've linked to it from the wiki page about the episode all I have to do is go back there and I can find it again.
Thanks Acilius, both for taking the time to comment on the blog, and also for helping promote the site on the DS Wiki. With so many episodes, it's handy to be able to have direct links to them (which is also why we made a point of linking to our original posts in our 60th anniversary revisit)! I keep throwing out new potential things to track in separate pages because I know it's a weak spot for Christine (she was responsible for most that came up during the 50th Anniversary run — though I may have suggested the slap-tracker!). ;) Keep the comments coming!
You are most welcome! And thanks to you for everything you've posted here over the years, your site is a magnificent feast for DS fans.
John, don't go revealing all my secrets! 😄 While I don't think every prop or character habit necessarily deserves its own Collection page, I do have a few in the works. Admission to the Collinwood Collection is surprisingly selective—it has to reveal something interesting about the series, reward a closer look, and, perhaps most importantly, spark enough interest from fellow fans. So keep the suggestions coming... and stay tuned!
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