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<blockquote data-quote="Willie Oleson" data-source="post: 412392" data-attributes="member: 8">Oh my, Dark Shadows really struck gold with the casting of the child actress playing Amy (and I just found out she&#039;s chewing gum-addict Violet in my all-time favourite movie!).Even though the manipulative ghosts of Quentin and Beth are temporarily silenced in these episodes (well, let&#039;s hope&nbsp; it&#039;s only temporarily) there is still something very ambiguous about every chirpy sound that comes out of Amy&#039;s little mouth. I&#039;m not talking about the Rhoda Penmark kind of ambiguity because that was self-explanatory from the script.It&#039;s more subtle, and perhaps the kind of subtlety that a person of this age shouldn&#039;t possess. Needless to say, she&#039;s totally playing Jonathan &quot;learning my lines? what is that?&quot; Frid off the screen.Every non-Collins character is summoned to Collinwood on a whim. Somebody cries, it&#039;s an emergency. And an emergency usually requires a check-up by Dr. Julia Hoffman who is sort of running a General Hospital&nbsp; all by herself.In these episodes we see Joe Haskell being all over the place, most notably his various confrontations with cuzzin Chris in all shapes and sizes.However, now that he knows the situation becomes increasingly dramatic. There&#039;s a lot of genuine gloom and desperation in the scene in which he tries to kidnap Amy in order to protect her from Chris.Speaking of Chris, yes[ATTACH=full]54716[/ATTACH]This scene is the ultimate proof that he and Joe are a perfect match (which I knew from the very beginning, but some other fans might be a bit slow).Now if only there was someone who could cure his werewolf-affliction. Besides, it&#039;s a storyline that doesn&#039;t show much longevity but of course I could be wrong.I hope David and Amy will return to the creepy room very soon. It looks like a great storyline in the making.Cassandra&#039;s spell and even Cassandra herself have creeped back into the saga - nobody asked me - but I will concentrate on the consequences, and there is at least one interesting development. Maggie has become the new governess.This is, perhaps somewhat unintentionally, killing two birds with one stone. There was nothing more for her to do in the Evans house, and The Turn Of The Screw story needs a governess.Vicky has vanished into thin air (literally) and we&#039;ll never talk about it again. It was all so very pointless.And now the big question is: what new set will they use for the obsolete Evans house? Or will it become someone else&#039;s residence? A villain, perhaps?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Willie Oleson, post: 412392, member: 8"] Oh my, Dark Shadows really struck gold with the casting of the child actress playing Amy (and I just found out she's chewing gum-addict Violet in my all-time favourite movie!). Even though the manipulative ghosts of Quentin and Beth are temporarily silenced in these episodes (well, let's [I]hope[/I] it's only temporarily) there is still something very ambiguous about every chirpy sound that comes out of Amy's little mouth. I'm not talking about the Rhoda Penmark kind of ambiguity because that was self-explanatory from the script. It's more subtle, and perhaps the kind of subtlety that a person of this age shouldn't possess. Needless to say, she's totally playing Jonathan "learning my lines? what is that?" Frid off the screen. Every non-Collins character is summoned to Collinwood on a whim. Somebody cries, it's an emergency. And an emergency usually requires a check-up by Dr. Julia Hoffman who is sort of running a [I]General Hospital [/I] all by herself. In these episodes we see Joe Haskell being all over the place, most notably his various confrontations with cuzzin Chris in all shapes and sizes. However, now that he [I]knows [/I] the situation becomes increasingly dramatic. There's a lot of genuine gloom and desperation in the scene in which he tries to kidnap Amy in order to protect her from Chris. Speaking of Chris, yes [ATTACH type="full" alt="1730681362937.png"]54716[/ATTACH] This scene is the ultimate proof that he and Joe are a perfect match (which I knew from the very beginning, but some other fans might be a bit slow). Now if only there was someone who could cure his werewolf-affliction. Besides, it's a storyline that doesn't show much longevity [B]but of course I could be wrong[/B]. I hope David and Amy will return to the creepy room very soon. It looks like a great storyline in the making. Cassandra's spell and even Cassandra herself have creeped back into the saga - nobody asked me - but I will concentrate on the consequences, and there is at least one interesting development. Maggie has become the new governess. This is, perhaps somewhat unintentionally, killing two birds with one stone. There was nothing more for her to do in the Evans house, and The Turn Of The Screw story needs a governess. Vicky has vanished into thin air (literally) and we'll never talk about it again. It was all so very pointless. And now the big question is: what new set will they use for the obsolete Evans house? Or will it become someone else's residence? A villain, perhaps? [/QUOTE]

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