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PROMPT May 4th May the Fourth Be With You! Write about a movie franchise or book series that you love. My cousin let me borrow a set of books last year when I was recovering from my shoulder surgery. It was the Orphans and Inmates series by Dr. Rosanne Higgins. The books follow the owner of an antique shoppe, who is also an anthropologist, as she attempts to solve the mystery of bones that were discovered at a historical site in Buffalo, New York. It has history, mystery, local interest and mysticism. The five books take the reader from modern Buffalo to 1800's Buffalo, following the life of an Irish immigrant. Wonderfully written and engaging, it was truly a delight to read. So much so, that after I returned the books, I bought them for my Kindle. Here is a link to the author's website, in case anyone is interested. https://www.rosannehiggins.com/home.html NOW... for my REAL guilty pleasure! It just isn't a book or movie series. It is the cult classic soap opera DARK SHADOWS! Yes, I know, I am not even old enough to remember when the series was originally aired. However, my sister watched reruns of it in the afternoon after school. Oh, how I hated that show! I mean I was five or six and the plot was way over my head! I hated it so much I used to make fun of my sister for watching it. Then, one day, my husband turned the TV on and the movie Dark Shadows with Johnny Depp was on. I watched it and fell in love with it. I found the original series on Amazon Prime and then Tubi. I watched the entire series...all 26 seasons, 40 episodes a series...20 minutes an episode. AND I have started rewatching it again! It is really interesting for many reasons. First, the actors shot the scenes live. There were no retakes. All the mistakes, forgotten lines, miscues, and stagehands caught on camera are there for the world to see. What amazes me, is that in all the episodes, I only saw one actor break character during a blooper. Every other time when a line was forgotten, or a character was called by the actor's name, the actors kept going. They keep trucking along, like nothing ever happened. A second reason I absolutely love the show is how they intertwined 1960's life, with vampires, witches, the 1700's, the 1800's, werewolves and a Phoenix, without being too campy. The story lines all play out seamlessly. Granted, when compared to shows now, it seems a bit campy, but when you consider the sow was made in the late 1960's and filmed live, it actually seems amazing. FYI, four of the original actors from Dark Shadows have cameos in the Johnny Depp movie! |
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