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<blockquote data-quote="Snarky Oracle!" data-source="post: 439025" data-attributes="member: 57984">Yes, that was always a symptomatic weakness of DYNASTY -- there was very little sense of place or location. That was partly due to the fact that DYNASTY was the only one of the four shows which almost never shot on location (so they had to rely on stock footage and Second Unit material) and southern California spots which looked like it (e.g., Delta Carrington Rho Farms, Arden Villa). Made worse by DYNASTY lack of a sense of identity.Southfork&#039;s mansion on DALLAS has an inviting, unpretentious look, but the terrain around it is vaguely depressing as if it&#039;s located in the middle of a gulch. (The grounds around The Southern Cross are much more attractive).KNOTS had the L.A. beach right there.During the first 3 or 4 seasons, FALCON CREST had the most organic, mysterious vibe, the Napa locations and the two main houses inextricable from what made it work. But after Bob McCullough was dumped in 1984, the show quickly lost what it originally had. Even the rural village soon became a bustling suburb. And the continued on-location filming failed to maintain the cozy atmosphere the program started out with, especially once the writing got too shlocky midway through.&nbsp; <img src="https://dynamic-media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-o/0c/7c/e9/57/stags-leap-manor-house.jpg?w=900&amp;h=500&amp;s=1" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Snarky Oracle!, post: 439025, member: 57984"] Yes, that was always a symptomatic weakness of DYNASTY -- there was very little sense of place or location. That was partly due to the fact that DYNASTY was the only one of the four shows which almost never shot on location (so they had to rely on stock footage and Second Unit material) and southern California spots which looked like it (e.g., Delta Carrington Rho Farms, Arden Villa). Made worse by DYNASTY lack of a sense of identity. Southfork's mansion on DALLAS has an inviting, unpretentious look, but the terrain around it is vaguely depressing as if it's located in the middle of a gulch. (The grounds around The Southern Cross are much more attractive). KNOTS had the L.A. beach right there. During the first 3 or 4 seasons, FALCON CREST had the most organic, mysterious vibe, the Napa locations and the two main houses inextricable from what made it work. But after Bob McCullough was dumped in 1984, the show quickly lost what it originally had. Even the rural village soon became a bustling suburb. And the continued on-location filming failed to maintain the cozy atmosphere the program started out with, especially once the writing got too shlocky midway through. [IMG]https://dynamic-media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-o/0c/7c/e9/57/stags-leap-manor-house.jpg?w=900&h=500&s=1[/IMG] [/QUOTE]

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