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Today's the 45th anniversary of the first episode of the gothic soap opera, Dark Shadows. It's one of my three major Fandoms in my life. I loved the show, bought the trading cards, sighed over the actors (and wanted to grow up to be one of the actresses - it didn't work) and all the other Fan stuff. Loved the show, didn't care much for the movies. Wore out a few copies of the soundtrack album.
I watched it in re-runs on various channels through the years - I think it may have been the first soap to ever *have* re-runs but I'm not sure of that. I was thrilled when the prime-time remake came out in the '90s starring Ben Cross and even felt a little disloyal that I felt most of the new actors were better than the originals.
Now Johnny Depp is creating it anew and I'm looking forward to this one. I hope it's not just a re-telling of the show again but I also hope that it manages to keep the same feel as its predecessors.
Happy Anniversary, Dark Shadows!
Jan
I watched it in re-runs on various channels through the years - I think it may have been the first soap to ever *have* re-runs but I'm not sure of that. I was thrilled when the prime-time remake came out in the '90s starring Ben Cross and even felt a little disloyal that I felt most of the new actors were better than the originals.
Now Johnny Depp is creating it anew and I'm looking forward to this one. I hope it's not just a re-telling of the show again but I also hope that it manages to keep the same feel as its predecessors.
Happy Anniversary, Dark Shadows!
Jan
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