I did a search and didn't find anything about it, DSi here we go. I just finished watching and it was actually pretty good. For what it was going for.
Don't get me wrong, I'm as nitpicky as the next fan, but I get what they were going for. If you've seen the series you get the clever little references. I saw shades of the original series, at least one of the movies, and the '91 series. Hell, play close enough attention and you'll see a couple kick butt cameos.
It is not the original Dark Shadows soap opera ultra drama. It doesn't take itself seriously, because it doesn't need to. twilights doing that now. Almost everything in that show we've seen in other films and books a thousand times since. Hell they ripped off a number of their storylines from existing books and movies. Adam, leviathans, Quentin Collins, Barnabas, and many others all came from other places.
If you're still reluctant, allow me to ease your mind.
1. Is the acting campy and a little over the top? Yes, they're trying to do it like the show.
2. But the trailer made it look silly? The trailer was lame. It was a bad trailer.
3. Are there references to Carolyns father that go unanswered? yes.
4. what about Maggie Evans? She's in it.
5. Laura Collins.
6. The original cast loved it (RIP Jonathan Frid), and I think I'm now a step or two away from Johnny Depp. I met Lara Parker at a con in 1999.
Don't get me wrong, I'm as nitpicky as the next fan, but I get what they were going for. If you've seen the series you get the clever little references. I saw shades of the original series, at least one of the movies, and the '91 series. Hell, play close enough attention and you'll see a couple kick butt cameos.
It is not the original Dark Shadows soap opera ultra drama. It doesn't take itself seriously, because it doesn't need to. twilights doing that now. Almost everything in that show we've seen in other films and books a thousand times since. Hell they ripped off a number of their storylines from existing books and movies. Adam, leviathans, Quentin Collins, Barnabas, and many others all came from other places.
If you're still reluctant, allow me to ease your mind.
1. Is the acting campy and a little over the top? Yes, they're trying to do it like the show.
2. But the trailer made it look silly? The trailer was lame. It was a bad trailer.
3. Are there references to Carolyns father that go unanswered? yes.
4. what about Maggie Evans? She's in it.
5. Laura Collins.
6. The original cast loved it (RIP Jonathan Frid), and I think I'm now a step or two away from Johnny Depp. I met Lara Parker at a con in 1999.
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