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B...@yahoo.com
May 15, 2012, 9:33:58 PM5/15/12
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The train that Victoria rides during the opening credits is apparently
an Amtrak "Downeaster", featuring equipment that won't exist for
another 20 to 30 years after the film is set (1972), and featuring the
current Amtrak logo, which was adopted in 2000.
In 1760, there was no state of Maine. That territory was part of
Massachusetts. Maine did not become a state until 1820.
While talking with Carolyn, Barnabas recites the lyrics to the song
"The Joker" by the Steve Miller Band. This song wasn't recorded until
1973, one year after the movie's setting.
When Barnabus is on fire and doused with water the inside of the
bucket appears dry.
Towards the end when Angelique and Barnabas are in her office, he
opens the door and is chained into a coffin. The lid of this coffin is
separate. However, later when we see Angelique opening and shutting
this coffin, it appears to be on hinges.
When Barnabus and Angelique are in the drawing room, Angelique's
lipstick mark on Barnabus' chin disappears and reappears between
shots.
When the police and the inhabitants of the town rush to the Collins
mansion, the crowd arrives only two seconds behind the police cars,
although they were on foot.
an Amtrak "Downeaster", featuring equipment that won't exist for
another 20 to 30 years after the film is set (1972), and featuring the
current Amtrak logo, which was adopted in 2000.
In 1760, there was no state of Maine. That territory was part of
Massachusetts. Maine did not become a state until 1820.
While talking with Carolyn, Barnabas recites the lyrics to the song
"The Joker" by the Steve Miller Band. This song wasn't recorded until
1973, one year after the movie's setting.
When Barnabus is on fire and doused with water the inside of the
bucket appears dry.
Towards the end when Angelique and Barnabas are in her office, he
opens the door and is chained into a coffin. The lid of this coffin is
separate. However, later when we see Angelique opening and shutting
this coffin, it appears to be on hinges.
When Barnabus and Angelique are in the drawing room, Angelique's
lipstick mark on Barnabus' chin disappears and reappears between
shots.
When the police and the inhabitants of the town rush to the Collins
mansion, the crowd arrives only two seconds behind the police cars,
although they were on foot.
Kishin
May 16, 2012, 6:10:18 AM5/16/12
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of continuity errors and anachronisms are common in movies. There are
whole web sites devoted to enumerating them.
--
Kishin
Marcovaldo
May 16, 2012, 12:39:30 PM5/16/12
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On Tuesday, May 15, 2012 6:33:58 PM UTC-7, B...@yahoo.com wrote:
> The train that Victoria rides during the opening credits is apparently
> an Amtrak "Downeaster", featuring equipment that won't exist for
> another 20 to 30 years after the film is set (1972), and featuring the
> current Amtrak logo, which was adopted in 2000.
>
Well, Vicky always was a time traveler!
> The train that Victoria rides during the opening credits is apparently
> an Amtrak "Downeaster", featuring equipment that won't exist for
> another 20 to 30 years after the film is set (1972), and featuring the
> current Amtrak logo, which was adopted in 2000.
>
As for the others, remember it just wouldn't be Dark Shadows without flubs!
B...@yahoo.com
May 16, 2012, 2:11:50 PM5/16/12
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producdtion has a whole continuity departtment that is supposed to
find these things before the movei is released.
Kishin
May 16, 2012, 5:56:12 PM5/16/12
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Kishin
Tim
May 16, 2012, 11:41:23 PM5/16/12
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B...@yahoo.com wrote in news:hs06r7tn80csqb4p5...@4ax.com:
> The train that Victoria rides during the opening credits is apparently
> an Amtrak "Downeaster", featuring equipment that won't exist for
> another 20 to 30 years after the film is set (1972), and featuring the
> current Amtrak logo, which was adopted in 2000.
>
> In 1760, there was no state of Maine. That territory was part of
> Massachusetts. Maine did not become a state until 1820.
Nowhere in the movie is it ever called a state. In Barnabas' narrative
concerning the events of the 1760s, he only calls it the "land of
Maine."
Tim
>
> While talking with Carolyn, Barnabas recites the lyrics to the song
> "The Joker" by the Steve Miller Band. This song wasn't recorded until
> 1973, one year after the movie's setting.
>
> When Barnabus is on fire and doused with water the inside of the
> bucket appears dry.
>
> Towards the end when Angelique and Barnabas are in her office, he
> opens the door and is chained into a coffin. The lid of this coffin is
> separate. However, later when we see Angelique opening and shutting
> this coffin, it appears to be on hinges.
>
> When Barnabus and Angelique are in the drawing room, Angelique's
> lipstick mark on Barnabus' chin disappears and reappears between
> shots.
>
> When the police and the inhabitants of the town rush to the Collins
> mansion, the crowd arrives only two seconds behind the police cars,
> although they were on foot.
>
--
"That's the problem with goals. They become
the thing you talk about instead of the thing
you do."
~ Cherry Darling
> The train that Victoria rides during the opening credits is apparently
> an Amtrak "Downeaster", featuring equipment that won't exist for
> another 20 to 30 years after the film is set (1972), and featuring the
> current Amtrak logo, which was adopted in 2000.
>
> In 1760, there was no state of Maine. That territory was part of
> Massachusetts. Maine did not become a state until 1820.
concerning the events of the 1760s, he only calls it the "land of
Maine."
Tim
>
> While talking with Carolyn, Barnabas recites the lyrics to the song
> "The Joker" by the Steve Miller Band. This song wasn't recorded until
> 1973, one year after the movie's setting.
>
> When Barnabus is on fire and doused with water the inside of the
> bucket appears dry.
>
> Towards the end when Angelique and Barnabas are in her office, he
> opens the door and is chained into a coffin. The lid of this coffin is
> separate. However, later when we see Angelique opening and shutting
> this coffin, it appears to be on hinges.
>
> When Barnabus and Angelique are in the drawing room, Angelique's
> lipstick mark on Barnabus' chin disappears and reappears between
> shots.
>
> When the police and the inhabitants of the town rush to the Collins
> mansion, the crowd arrives only two seconds behind the police cars,
> although they were on foot.
>
"That's the problem with goals. They become
the thing you talk about instead of the thing
you do."
~ Cherry Darling
Tim
May 16, 2012, 11:42:33 PM5/16/12
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Marcovaldo <tana...@hushmail.com> wrote in
news:3129171.983.1337186370675.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@pbcjt7:
> On Tuesday, May 15, 2012 6:33:58 PM UTC-7, B...@yahoo.com wrote:
>> The train that Victoria rides during the opening credits is
>> apparently an Amtrak "Downeaster", featuring equipment that won't
>> exist for another 20 to 30 years after the film is set (1972), and
>> featuring the current Amtrak logo, which was adopted in 2000.
>>
>
> Well, Vicky always was a time traveler!
And she always comes on the train.
Tim
>
> As for the others, remember it just wouldn't be Dark Shadows without
> flubs!
>
news:3129171.983.1337186370675.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@pbcjt7:
> On Tuesday, May 15, 2012 6:33:58 PM UTC-7, B...@yahoo.com wrote:
>> The train that Victoria rides during the opening credits is
>> apparently an Amtrak "Downeaster", featuring equipment that won't
>> exist for another 20 to 30 years after the film is set (1972), and
>> featuring the current Amtrak logo, which was adopted in 2000.
>>
>
> Well, Vicky always was a time traveler!
Tim
>
> As for the others, remember it just wouldn't be Dark Shadows without
> flubs!
>
B...@yahoo.com
May 17, 2012, 1:02:09 PM5/17/12
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On Wed, 16 May 2012 22:41:23 -0500, Tim
<dingba...@collinsport.me.us> wrote:
>> In 1760, there was no state of Maine. That territory was part of
>> Massachusetts. Maine did not become a state until 1820.
>
>Nowhere in the movie is it ever called a state. In Barnabas' narrative
>concerning the events of the 1760s, he only calls it the "land of
>Maine."
Which means he should have called it the "land of Massachusetts."
<dingba...@collinsport.me.us> wrote:
>> In 1760, there was no state of Maine. That territory was part of
>> Massachusetts. Maine did not become a state until 1820.
>
>Nowhere in the movie is it ever called a state. In Barnabas' narrative
>concerning the events of the 1760s, he only calls it the "land of
>Maine."
Kishin
May 17, 2012, 6:48:27 PM5/17/12
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"American and British forces contended for Maine's territory during the
American Revolution and the War of 1812, and British forces occupied
eastern Maine in both conflicts.[21] The treaty concluding revolution
was ambiguous about Maine's boundary with British North America. The
territory of Maine was confirmed as part of Massachusetts when the
United States was formed, although the final border with British
territory was not established until the Webster-Ashburton Treaty of 1842."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine#History
Yeah, I know it's Wikipedia, but on non-controversial topics, they are
usually pretty reliable.
--
Kishin
Jim Nason
May 17, 2012, 6:50:41 PM5/17/12
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end. Maine was indeed part of Massachusetts until 1820. Before statehood, it
was referred to as the "District of Maine." Close enough.
All passenger rail service into Maine (via Boston and Maine Railroad) ceased
in 1965. Therefore, Vicki could not have arrived by rail even at the
beginning of the TV series (1966). Knowing all this doesn't diminish my
enjoyment of the series in any way. It is a work of fiction, anyway.
You are correct about continuity errors. Film history is riddled with them.
Jim Nason
wind...@voyager.net
May 24, 2012, 3:52:25 PM5/24/12
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>
> And she always comes on the train.
history! Funny.
WR
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