... they should have made it a multiple episode theme where Serena dates various mortals or those warlocks that pretend to be mortals.
"It's the system, Lara. People will be different after the Revolution."
Disagree. It was an interesting idea, but blandly executed, and filmed in
the worst time period of the series - those non-Darrin duds.
I think that's the one that shows Liz's double Melanie very clearly as they both peak through the door of the service.
Odd they let that one go.
Odd they let that one go.
Good post. Personally I got a kick out of catching that after seeing it so many times without noticing it.
That Was a nice gesture towards Melanie.
Nice feedback. Thanks.
But here's something really odd. I just found out that being a stand in can be a career move which I think of as rather odd. Don't you? If I am to believe the imdb entry for Melanie/Melody, she was not only a stand in for Elizabeth Montgomery all those years ago in early 1970s, she was also stand in for Goldie Hawn in the early 1990s!? http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0566386/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cr20
There was NO way they "wanted" to show Melody's face, for heaven's sake. But
you're correct that with the lower resolution of TVs then, they just did a
quick shot. And Liz really mugs it up in that tag, trying to draw the attention
to SAM.
The "Oops, there's Melody" thing happened several times. In season six's
"Serena Stops the Show", Sam and Serena enter the living room to greet Darrin
and Larry. Today, all you have to do is hit "pause" and Melody's face is seen
briefly, but clearly.
In season seven's "Darrin Goes Ape", Sam (Montgomery) "changes" into Serena in
the hallway, as Darrin works in the den. It is obvious that Melody simply takes
over as Serena, to save time.
The effects on BW were primitive - even during its original run. But who watches
the show to be dazzled by the effects? "Charmed" has much better effects, but
isn't nearly as charming a series.
I wonder if they planned to do a horizontal split screen with that closing shot, but ran out of time or money (or they just didn't care). I've always been interested to see what the actual budgets for seasons and episodes were, and how much was for effects.
shareNope. Unless it was discussed at the initial script reading, the shot was
done as planned. It's called storyboarding.
In any case, this is such a s45tty episode - from a truly s65tty time of
the series - that any and all effects wouldn't have helped. At all.
"I'm going to find a mortal and MARRY it!"
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