Some thoughts and questions about why we like what we like. Oh, and Kirk.

[my_daroga]

I have things I should probably talk about, that might be interesting, but I keep falling into that cycle of "I'm too tired/busy/braindead to do it justice right now" which is what leads to not posting for months (and it also why I fail at emailing/calling/socializing back

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[inlaterdays]

I think another reason TOS seems a bit camp today is that a lot of people look at it out of context. In its era, it was ground-breaking television! I mean, the other shows on at the time were things like I Dream of Jeannie and Gilligan's Island. TOS was SRS SCIENCE FICTION; just look at the names of the episode writers.

For me, the person who probably fills that silly-but-there's-an-archetype-in-it space is Barnabas Collins.

[my_daroga]

That's a good point. I think I've probably mentioned that when I was a kid, I probably saw ten minutes of each show (TOS and Batman--I even remember it was "A Piece of the Action") and decided people in the 60s were actually really dumb and didn't realize how stupid their comedy was. I just totally missed the point. And now I'm a little less contextless. Or I have multiple contexts? I'm not sure.

You know, I've never seen more than a few minutes of Dark Shadows, but one of my best friends is/was devoted.

[inlaterdays]

Well, if you look at Laugh-In...people in the 60s were really dumb and didn't realize how stupid their comedy was, lol. D:

TOS also had about zero budget for production values, and they did pretty well with what they had! Aside from the bouncing rocks and the "everyone lean left and fall over" on the bridge...but I'm kind of fond of that, too.

YAY FOR DS FANS! They show up in the most unexpected places. I was just having a Quentin-or-Barnabas? conversation with someone from phandom the other day.

[my_daroga]

OH SNAP.

That's true, they did. I mean, some of it you just can't get around if you also want people to be dressed. Sometimes they didn't, obviously, but still. And the budget shrank every year.

Yeah, I had to take him to the mansion they used as the outside when we were in Rhode Island together.

[inlaterdays]

You went to COLLINWOOD?!?!!??! :D

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brb hyperventilating!

[my_daroga]

Oh you didn't KNOW? Here:

[inlaterdays]

I am flailing like a silly fangirl. THAT'S A GORGEOUS PHOTO.

Oh man, it looks exactly the same!

[my_daroga]

Heee. I think I have one of James biting me in front of it. I'll have to look.

I used to work half a block away, giving tours of the Vanderbilt place.

[deathmask_revel]

WIN! Barnabas Collins is love.

...Johnathan Frid is so old now, it makes me sad.

What makes me even more sad, is that Johnny DeRpp will be playing Barnabas in the new Dark Shadows movie. I want to cry.

[inlaterdays]

Oh, I know, he's ancient! I love, though, that even though he's 80? 90? he is still game for climbing out of coffins at events and autographing things for fans. He seems to really enjoy himself.

ARGH I FEEL YOU. I thought I was the only one who wasn't over the moon about Johnny Depp playing Barn. Is the movie project still on? There was a stir about it for awhile, but I haven't heard anything new for a month or so...

[my_daroga]

Just so you know, I haven't seen anyone say anything but "Get Depp away from my DS."

Then again, that's because I've only see DS fans talk about it.

[inlaterdays]

That actually makes me feel a whole lot better; thank you. :) I don't really participate in the fandom, so I was going on YouTube comments - and YouTube probably has a higher percentage of Depp fans than DS fans.

I need more Barnabas icons. And maybe some of Willie...

[my_daroga]

I'm going by... well, I guess Fandom!Secrets comments?

[inlaterdays]

Ah. I only drop in there occasionally (usually when someone I know has submitted something), so I've only seen one DS secret in the past few months.