Inconsistencies

[stevea]

Originally Posted by vitoscotti

What they had to pull off 5 days a week in a limited time is truly amazing though . The writers had to be closely knit and work together well. Watching the credits after episodes the writers seemed to go solo each episode but change quite often. That would be interesting to hear writers speak about DS days. Wasn't Clarice Blackburn a soap writer coinciding with acting on DS.

Oh yeah, what they did was absolutely phenomenal. When I first got hooked on DS as a kid I didn't appreciate it, but watching the repeats on Sci-Fi, I was amazed. Some of the special effects, scenery, etc....just amazing for the times, and with the relatively low budget they undoubtedly had. One more thing...we are downright lucky that the majority of these videotapes were not wiped. (and with the ones that were, kinescopes were retained). Someone must have realized they had something special and kept them preserved, to all of our benefit.

[vitoscotti]

Originally Posted by stevea

Oh yeah, what they did was absolutely phenomenal. When I first got hooked on DS as a kid I didn't appreciate it, but watching the repeats on Sci-Fi, I was amazed. Some of the special effects, scenery, etc....just amazing for the times, and with the relatively low budget they undoubtedly had. One more thing...we are downright lucky that the majority of these videotapes were not wiped. (and with the ones that were, kinescopes were retained). Someone must have realized they had something special and kept them preserved, to all of our benefit.

When they start a plot twist it seems so stupid. I'm like this is going to be a dud .
But it always works and is interesting.

[Dreamcurse]

It was the elderly Daniel Collins who appeared in 1840, played by Louis Edmonds.

Writing for a soap opera must have been incredibly difficult On a prime time show the entire cast is at your beck and call each episode. On a soap opera
you have to deal with cast members being on vacation, Louis Edmonds and Joan Bennet would be gone for long periods of time appearing on stage. There are contracts that require people to be in a certain number of episode probably clause that restricted the number of episodes. That;s why at times the show would focus on boring subplots becaue the person they needed for the main plot would be off.

Jonathan Frid took a month off during 1897 resulting in the Barnabas being staked plot.

1970PT must have been a nightmare with most of the regular cast doing HODS.

[vitoscotti]

Originally Posted by Dreamcurse

It was the elderly Daniel Collins who appeared in 1840, played by Louis Edmonds.

Writing for a soap opera must have been incredibly difficult On a prime time show the entire cast is at your beck and call each episode. On a soap opera
you have to deal with cast members being on vacation, Louis Edmonds and Joan Bennet would be gone for long periods of time appearing on stage. There are contracts that require people to be in a certain number of episode probably clause that restricted the number of episodes. That;s why at times the show would focus on boring subplots becaue the person they needed for the main plot would be off.

Jonathan Frid took a month off during 1897 resulting in the Barnabas being staked plot.

1970PT must have been a nightmare with most of the regular cast doing HODS.

DS has brilliant casting for major and minor characters​. That gives it a of strength too.