tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23449634.post85564765444079521..comments2024-03-28T14:28:59.530-07:00Comments on Taliesin meets the vampires: The World of Dracula – reviewTaliesin_ttlghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10105263634442191232noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23449634.post-88405437306820190092016-04-16T00:22:35.449-07:002016-04-16T00:22:35.449-07:00Hi
thanks for comment - I knew this would have a ...Hi<br /><br />thanks for comment - I knew this would have a nostalgic appeal to readers from the US and it does appear so.<br /><br />Nouri was the one who stood out - but there was also an interesting performance in the latter half of the series and I'll touch on that when I post the Loves of Dracula review. You are, of course, absolutely spot on with the licence plate observation and I do mention that in the second review :)Taliesin_ttlghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10105263634442191232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23449634.post-90698856896241032622016-04-15T21:59:15.271-07:002016-04-15T21:59:15.271-07:00Oh my, do I remember this one. I was excited to se...Oh my, do I remember this one. I was excited to see ads for it on NBC and in TV Guide. The other two shows with it had a certain goofy charm, but I was particularly interested in this one.<br />I found the story line a bit clunky (Kolchak and Dark Shadows had set the standards for TV gothic horror for me), and was also struck by the incompetence of the hero (how was it so difficult to kill this guy?). I thought Nouri did a good job with what he had. His Dracula gave off the right dismissive attitude towards his foes. Having him profess his love for the heroine so soon into the series was a shark-jump, probably indicating nervousness by the show runners that the ratings were not up to snuff. And they weren't. The rest of the cast was pretty much standard issue, none actually standing out. I was hoping he would add to his group as the series progressed, but no such luck. In my part of the country, they did not even air the final two episodes. Until YouTube, I never knew how it ended.<br />My most vivid memory of it was that his town car had the license plate "ETERNAL."Octobercynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05907962351434985107noreply@blogger.com