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Barnabas1 · 12-13-2002, 08:53 PM

Don't you guys agree? I mean it was like a horror movie...Wasn't the haunted one the "West" wing?

Sean Snow · 12-13-2002, 08:58 PM

Erm well there are soap opera overtones throughout the series, especially the first few storylines before Barnabas arrived and from what I've read, the last storyline taking place in parellel time in 1841.

The entire house was haunted, which I loved. The West Wing was haunted by the ghosts of Quentin Collins and Beth Chavez in late 1968/early 1969.

DarkBouchard · 12-13-2002, 11:02 PM

I don't like when 'Dark Shadows' is said to be a soap opera. It's way awesome! It's like the neverending horror movie to me. That's what makes it good.

JT · 12-14-2002, 02:31 PM

I consider it to be a soap opera because:

1) It's most popular timeslot was 4:00pm (eastern), Monday through Friday.

2) If you missed one episode, you would probably be clueless when watching the next episode.

3) It had an enormously large cast.

It's a soap opera, it was always meant to be a soap opera, even though fans say it's horror. What's so wrong if it's a soap opera? People act as if the world is gonna be on fire because it's a soap opera.........

DarkBouchard · 12-14-2002, 02:48 PM

well, not really but...w/e. -- we just don't consider it a soap opera. I believe in the beginning it was supposed to be a soap opera like all the others. But, Dan Curtis saw that it wasn't working. So he revamped it in a way... And it turned into a daily suspense show.

JT · 04-12-2003, 11:15 AM

Let's just say it was a serialized horror show that ran in the daytime, Monday-Friday

12-13-2002, 08:53 PM	#1
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12-14-2002, 02:31 PM	#4
JT Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Apr 29, 2001 Location: USA Posts: 7,223	I consider it to be a soap opera because: 1) It's most popular timeslot was 4:00pm (eastern), Monday through Friday. 2) If you missed one episode, you would probably be clueless when watching the next episode. 3) It had an enormously large cast. It's a soap opera, it was always meant to be a soap opera, even though fans say it's horror. What's so wrong if it's a soap opera? People act as if the world is gonna be on fire because it's a soap opera.........
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12-13-2002, 08:58 PM	#2
Sean Snow moo Forum Fanatic Join Date: May 06, 2001 Location: Georgia Posts: 10,408	Erm well there are soap opera overtones throughout the series, especially the first few storylines before Barnabas arrived and from what I've read, the last storyline taking place in parellel time in 1841. The entire house was haunted, which I loved. The West Wing was haunted by the ghosts of Quentin Collins and Beth Chavez in late 1968/early 1969.

12-13-2002, 11:02 PM	#3
DarkBouchard Banned Banned!! Frequent Poster Join Date: Dec 13, 2002 Location: Sunnydale, California --- and I actually registered at sitcomsonline July 25th, 2001 Posts: 260	I don't like when 'Dark Shadows' is said to be a soap opera. It's way awesome! It's like the neverending horror movie to me. That's what makes it good.

12-14-2002, 02:48 PM	#5
DarkBouchard Banned Banned!! Frequent Poster Join Date: Dec 13, 2002 Location: Sunnydale, California --- and I actually registered at sitcomsonline July 25th, 2001 Posts: 260	well, not really but...w/e. -- we just don't consider it a soap opera. I believe in the beginning it was supposed to be a soap opera like all the others. But, Dan Curtis saw that it wasn't working. So he revamped it in a way... And it turned into a daily suspense show.

04-12-2003, 11:15 AM	#6
JT Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Apr 29, 2001 Location: USA Posts: 7,223	Let's just say it was a serialized horror show that ran in the daytime, Monday-Friday