WTF Happened to Beauty and the Beast (1987 TV Show)?
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- Опубліковано 21 сер 2024
- The Beauty and the Beast fable ranks as one of the most filmed fairy tales ever written. There have been so many different versions, with arguably the animated Disney version from 1991 being the one that’s endured the most. But, many other versions exist, including the landmark Jean Cocteau version and this week’s subject of Gone But Not Forgotten, the 1987 TV version, starring Linda Hamilton and Ron Perlman as the titular pair.
Boasting a writing staff that included none other than Game of Thrones writer George R.R. Martin, the TV version of Beauty and the Beast reimagined the fable as a contemporary fantasy show. Hamilton’s Beauty, aka Catherine, was no longer a peasant farm girl but a high-powered New York attorney. After a brutal attack, she’s nursed back to health by Ron Perlman’s Vincent, a kind of man/lion hybrid living in an underground society of outcasts. Physically massive, he has a kindly demeanour, which draws Catherine to him. In a departure from the original story, the Beast remains in his beastly form even after gaining true love, with the show aiming to explore the BeautyBeauty within.
While it only lasted three seasons, Beauty and the Beast has a strong following, thanks to the fantastic cast and Rick Baker’s incredible make-up. Its run was abbreviated because Hamilton left the show in season three to have a baby, and given that both she and Perlman went on to larger fame after the show ended, a reunion was never in the cards. Nonetheless, it remains an interesting curiosity, as we explain in this episode of Gone But Not Forgotten, written by Jessica Dwyer, narrated by Travis Hopson and edited by Cesar Gabriel.
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I was a huge fan of this show and became a fan of Ron Perlman. He was perfectly casted for this role.
Same , great fantasy show
My mom and I watched this show together. It also made me a Ron Perlman fan.
Beauty and the Beast crawled so that Lucifer could fly.
Ron Pearlman fan, an old movie i watched because his name was in it and end up laughing and impressed as he played a Neanderthal in Quest for Fire
@@emancoy I will check it out.
Same here. Me & Mom watched, together. We loved Ron Perlman's performance. 👀
I met Ron Pearlman in New York while he was filming Beauty and the Beast. He was so gracious and kind to me, a total stranger. He has the heart of a true gentleman.
He is a libtard who has exposed himself with his Trump-deranged pathetic nonsense he constantly spews on Twitter. Fuck him.
Linda and Ron had such a great chemistry together
I loved this program, especially the tune, it was awesome.
ABSOLUTELY ONE OF MY FAVORITE SHOWS 💖💖💖💖💖
After Linda Hamilton left the show the series couldn't recover how could you have the beast without the beauty.
because of contractual obligation to film Terminator 2
You can't, that's why it failed.
@@skeaneable BS, that didn't start until AFTER she left the show. She admitted to wanting out because she wanted to be with her son and the relationship in the show wasn't progressing, which got on her nerves and I don't blame her.
@@skeaneable she had a baby irl, and wanted time off to spend with newborn
That’s when Beast lost the last bit of humanity he has left and let his heart fill with rage. Turning it to pure evil. Morphing him into a red monster with great big horns he chose to file down out of embarrassment for letting such hatred fill his heart. Only when he found love again did he change his name and dedicate his life fighting paranormal monsters. Little did he know, his beauty left to fight monsters of her own to save humanity from a future she was determined to alter.
I remember the pilot episode when Linda Hamilton's character started taking self-defense classes after she had been cut up and had healed from her scars. In particular I remember the scene where her instructor was pushing her particularly hard, and she all of a sudden look like she came unglued and was ready to kill him. At that point he stopped her and told her that was what she needed to reach, that point where she wouldn't hold back and was ready to do anything to protect herself. That was such a powerful scene.
That scene actually got me to sign up for a self-defense course!
Yes, it was. That show was great, especially the first season.
I still remember several episodes very clearly. Great show and superbly acted. Very 80s, but really great.
my favourite seasons is one and SOME of season two! A Happy Life and the Masques
A fantastic show. Too bad that Hollywood doesn't make shows of this caliber anymore.
Yup! all they do is remake of classics that's not to be touched!!!!
@TheMaidofMiddleEarth the. Inception are never dated. The so-called “modern audience” is generally uneducated,illiterate and has far to short an attention span. Stories only become “dated” because the low calibre modern audience believes that anything more than 20 years old is too old and therefore irrelevant or bad.
Linda Hamilton really was stunning in this.
Used to watch this every Friday night with my grandmother. Seeing this brought back some lovely memories ❤️
To this day, there's never been another series like Beauty and the Beast that captured my imagination and made me drop everything so I wouldn't miss a single episode. I was depressed for two weeks when the show was cancelled and Catherine's character was killed off. It was the most beautiful fantasy, and Linda Hamilton and Ron Perlman were perfectly cast in their roles. It's hard to believe it's been 35 years since then, but it lives on in my mind and heart.
Wait, she DIES?!
@@sydneyslaughter7163
Did you not watch this video?
12:00 - A more brutal tone to the show started with the first and second episodes (of the season) being a SWAN SONG for the Beauty in the title.
12:15 - The Writers penned a script where Catherine became pregnant with Vincent's son and gives birth to the child, She then DIES in Vincent's arms
12:42 - Though Lovers be Lost, Love Shall Not
12:49 - It is hard to have a series named Beauty and the Beast without the Beauty in the title but another strong female lead stepped into the series, Diana Bennett.
Yes, Ron Perlman was a heart-throb. I was in college, and when Beauty and the Beast was on it was standing room only in the front lounge of the women's dorm.
I still watch for him.
The recording of music from the show and Perlman reciting poetry is so beautiful! When I taught high school English, my poetry intro included his recording of Let Me Not To The Marriage Of True Minds. Poetry is about the heart - this show is about poetry. Visually and auditory. That’s what made it different!
So much better than any shows being made today.
I can remember crying 😢 my eyes out when Catherine was killed literally 😭 and when Walk slowly was played omg I sobbed. I haven't watched season 3 to this day . No Beauty and the beast without Catherine. I love ❤️ it to this day I can't go a day without watching. Love just love ❤️ this show. Linda and Ron my heroes ❤️
You're not missing much with not seeing all of season 3. Killing off Catherine pretty much killed the show for me too though I watched all 11 season 3 eps just to see what would happen with Vincent & his & Catherine's baby son. Gabriel was a really creepy villian & Jo Anderson did her best as Catherine successor Diana for the 10 eps she appeared in (though she & Vincent were just platonic friends) but I wish instead of dragging out 11 eps to struggle to gain more male viewers they instead just wrapped the series up with a 2 or 3 hour TV movie that gave Catherine & Vincent a happy ending then left it at that. Yes Vincent was united with his baby son by the end of Season 3 but for me it was bittersweet because of the way Catherine couldn't be there too.
So the Reader's Digest version for anyone who doesn't want to watch any or all of Season 3 but wants to know what happened: Gabriel kidnapped Catherine & killed her so her & Vincent's baby could be his own son then Vincent, Diana & several allies worked to find and defeat Gabriel and save the baby with Diana getting the honor of making sure Gabriel would be killed off and Vincent finally being united with his baby son (sorry Gabby, the baby was Vincent & Catherine's baby not yours!) with Diana standing nearby.
Please watch s3, it's about their love living on in their child. I know it's not the same without her but it is an important part of Vincent's arc.
@@ghouling1111 I will give it a try. I'm very traumatised by the image of Vincent carrying Catherine home
One of my favourite tv shows in my 76 years. I was mesmerized by it. I love fantasy and found this to be one of the most romantic shows ever. Yes, I was one of the ladies in love with the beast!
I was a HUGE fan of this show, and was terribly taken with Vincent. In many ways, Vincent was the "Beauty" of the series, and the Beast was the world outside the underground tunnels.
I honest to God hated the name Vincent prior to watching this show - have no idea why, just hated it. Almost didn't try the show because of it. Then 6 weeks after binge watching and rewatching it all later, Vincent became my favorite word. I still love it to this day. And him.
Yes yes this❤
Oh man, blast from the past! I almost completely forgot about this show but seeing clips brings back a wave of nostalgia. I was only 4 when it came out but my family loved it.
Keep the memories, trust me don't rewatch it. Most ppls older selves, let's say, have very much older taste.
His voice. It didn’t matter what he looked like, I fell in love with the voice.
Me too
Ron Perlman at his absolute best, voice and acting!
When this show came to Swedish television I was glued to the screen.
I loved this show when I was in high school! So exciting and romantic! Credit to the amazing acting of Hamilton and Pearlman. Didn't realize that George R.R was a part of it but now makes perfect sense.
RIP Roy Dotrice(Father), Tony Jay(Paracelsus), James Avery(Winslow), Beah Richards(Narcissa), and Edward Albert(Eliot Burch).
❤
This show was part of my childhood growing up. I absolutely ADORE this show. Everything about it from the cast to the storytelling to the environment to the topics it addressed, all were well done. I fell in love w/Vincent, as I know many did, and also fell in love w/Ron Perlman. I have watched a lot of his movies & shows. He was great in all of them. He really gives his all w/each role he plays & story he tells. Same w/Linda Hamilton. I ended up buying this series off of eBay and although it's not the best quality, I was thrilled to be able to watch it again, over and over, as at the time it was not avail to watch as a rerun & streaming was not a thing. Thank you for making this video. It was a nice trip down memory lane and shows what quality TV is & should be.
I adore this show! I was in my 20s when it aired. I was friends with a bunch of super fans - we called ourselves the "Beastie Girls". These friends recreated the tunnel world in their basement using mostly cast-offs including a few real antiques. They were the most creative people that I have ever known. In fact, the show inspired creativity in people who didn't think they were artisitc. It was beautiful to see. It was truly a one-of-a-kind show! ~ Anastacia in Cleveland
The “Beastie Girls”, I remember that.
One of my favorites! Beauty & The Beast was a favorite story for me ask a kid, and seeing this as a teenager I was instantly hooked. And, yes - I was surprisingly attracted to Vincent! I was not at all surprised to discover it was Rick Baker responsible for the make-up, but I was surprised that I found it attractive (I never had before). I did like the love story, and thought the two actors had a great chemistry, but my favorite part was the "world below" and all the world-building there. I would have loved to see more. I was disappointed with the end, and at the time (remember, no Internet) there was a lot of speculation that they got rid of Hamilton because they didn't like the romance angle of the show, so fans were left very disappointed. The huge shift in season 3 seemed to confirm this. Really good review - you really get what made this series special!
No, at the time, we knew Linda wanted out because she was pregnant. Personally, I've never forgiven her for that, because that was the end of the show without Catherine. We didn't have the internet but we certainly burnt up the phone lines a lot within the fan base and calling CBS! I still think it MIGHT have worked if they would have replaced LH with a look-alike actress to continue on playing
Catherine. Would have had to been better than killing her and trying to replace her with that red head. Season 3 just does not exist. No one died, no one ever dies!
They weren't against the romance angle.
Linda wanted out because she had miscarried while filming the earlier season and felt the toll shooting 22 episodes was too risky for her and her subsequent pregnancy.
This was and actually still is my all time favorite show. Have all 3 seasons on dvd. And, I totally loved the whole feline / male lion approach they took with Vincent's look. Rick Baker did an amazing job with him.
I still have all of the episodes on dvds...This was the most romantic show ever...
Wow! I remember this show! I felt for the Beast. Very attractive personality. I didn't even remember she was the actress from the Terminator. The actor did a great job.❤️
I feel like this show (which I loved as a kid) was a blueprint for the Goliath/Eliza relationship in the animated series Gargoyles.
This is one of the shows that made the 80s (and my childhood) feel like a very mystical time for a kid.
When this first came out, I was HOOKED!.., I bought all of the VHS and now today I have ALL of the DVD'S!.., I am old lady now and I have NEVER, NEVER seen a LOVE story as Wonderful as this series!.., It is still the greatest love story of ALL TIME!.., Sorry it had to end so soon!.., There are still millions that feel the way I do and I have watched the episodes again and again!.., Wouldn't it be WONDERFUL if Linda and Ron would make a final movie of them years later?!.., I am sure this is too much for me to wish for!
I ABSOLUTELY LOVED THIS SHOW !!!
This was such an excellent series, and I was totally choked when they ended it, way way too soon. The chemistry between Ron Perlman and Linda Hamilton was magical, again, it was a great series and it could have gone on for years.
I remember this show. The end of Vincent and Catherine's love story was a mess. The shoulder pads, however, kill me.
It was the style during that period.
I saw this show a few times in 87, but saw the whole reruns on Syfy channel. Linda Hamilton and Ron Pearlman had great chemistry. And I'll take a practical Beast makeup over that 2017 CGI garbage.
The first fandom I ever wrote a letter to the networks to stop a cancellation.
Father, Mouse, Pascal, Paracelsus... The underworld was so vivid, but Joe, Elliott, and so many others in the world above were also vibrant. Catherine seemed a bit of a cipher sometimes, but it's a tough role and her connection to Vincent was palpable.
No cell phone
I loved this show. And the music, especially the intro, always tugged at my heart. I used to daydream about having the same kind of connection with my soulmate that Vincent has with Catherine.
I fell in love with Vincent as much as Catherine did. I think this was the most touching, wholesome and beautiful series tv has ever aired. I owned a collection of merchandise at the time and listened to the cassette of Ron Perlman as Vincent reading poetry so beautiful! Thank you for this lovely walk down memory lane.
Ron Perlman's voice was just amazing, made for poetry.
While attending college, I enrolled in Theatre Costume Production. Our semester final project was to assemble/create our own costumes based on the series. Another gem of delightful memories proving how awesome the 80s were.
Pity the show burned out after only about three years…it was a unique and lively show
Once upon a time I watched this show and I loved it ❤
The fan base for this series is unbelievably big and very very close knit. They’re wonderful people and very creative, and we love Ron, Linda, Roy and everyone so very much. Beautiful show and more heart than any other. I love your video, thank you so much!❤️
I adored this show when I was young. And it still holds up today. The scenery of the world below was so amazing, and of a set quality you don't get anymore. I tried watching the newer series. I really did try. I made it through about 8 episodes before I just gave it up. It was a poor, poor comparison.
Ich bin seit der ersten Folge fasziniert von dieser Serie. Ich habe damals alle Folgen auf Videokassetten aufgenommen. Schon allein das Intro am Anfang jeder Folge macht diese Verfilmung zu einem Schatz. Auch die Darstellung der Charaktere und die Schauspieler sind eine Klasse für sich. Ich habe mir die komplette Serie auf DVD zu Weihnachten gewünscht und auch bekommen. Und auch heute noch hilft es mir, wenn nicht alles gut läuft ein paar Folgen anzuschauen und schon ist die Welt etwas schöner.
I was a teenager and completely in love with the beast, loved this show, when he was drawn to their child and not her it broke my heart.
Also; growing up in the early 90s, did anyone else feel like 'Beauty & the Beast' influenced some OTHER shows, particularly 'Gargoyles'? =)
Nope. You've right on the money that connection. The relationship between Vincent and Catherine is beautifully mirrored with Goliath and Elisa.
@@Pastel_Dreams Right on! ; )
@@BuckarooBanzai84 Which is weird since there isn't any crossover fanfic between the two shows. Vincent and Goliath would be very good friends to say the very least 😁
@@Pastel_Dreams No kidding! And I think you may have just given me an idea for MY next story...! ; )
Not only did I love Beauty and the Beast, I also loved Roar and Moonlight. Three great shows 😎!
You will never know how much I LOVED this show.
Beautiful score , Beautiful production. Wonderful casting. Deserved a better send off and plot finish than it got. Would LOVE a reboot (not the Kruek thing) but something with the same fairy tale feel.
This series is an absolute masterpiece 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
i remember being in third grade, this show was massively popular in the Philippines, and it was such a heartache when Linda's character as the beauty died... i miss the 80s 😁❤️
Excellent piece! Yes, "we can all do with a little saving nowadays." ❤
I have always loved Ron Perlman, even in Blade and SOA, and now I realize why. It all began when I was a kid and watched Beauty and the Beast.
I watched Beauty and the Beast with my grandma when I was little. It wasn't the same after Linda Hamilton left.
My mum was obsessed with this show.
Loved this show as a kid and as an adult I'll still go back and watch this series. When Linda Hamilton's Catherine died that hurt me to my core. Ron Perlman as Vincent was awesome too.
I remember watching this in 87 or 88, this was the first Morden take on Beauty and the Beast. This was after Linda Hamilton had just broken out in The Terminator and was one of Ron Perlman's earlier roles. It's definitely a lot better than the dross they have these days.
I remember my mom watching this show when I was a kid. I'd watch it with her on occasion and I think it planted the seed for me to like shows like Continuum and other shows that combined scifi/fantasy with procedurals.
Same as you I watched this show as a kid and I loved it. It was the ultimate of don't judge a book by its cover. I am still a big fan of sci-fi fantasy. I watched Continuum also I loved that series but the series finale made me cry.
One of my favorite T V series....It was so beautiful and the underground sets was magical....Both Linda and Ron were the reason It was so amazing and romantic...Vincent proved a handsome appearance is not necessary....What is inside your heart matters more...Amazing series..
I remember watching it at my grandparents house every weekend when I stayed over, one of the best shows ever.
I loved this show so much that I bought the soundtrack and still listen to the tracks with Vincent reading poetry when I'm stressed. Thanks for this and for letting me know that Ron Pearlman read the poems in full costume and makeup! I've followed both his and Linda Hamilton's careers and while I think T2 is her best movie and Hellboy 2 is his best movie, I still love them best on this show.
Absolutely agree with you on Hellboy 2
Loved that show so much! Thank you for also mentioning Forever Knight, which was another incredible series. Came before Buffy, Angel, and it’s attempted remake, Moonlight. But nothing will ever be the same as the original.
That first episode was heart wrenching. Her attacker is Bob in That 70's.
Good to see a great show brought back to life for a brief time. Good job. I loved that show in the eighties.
Love this version, Love Ron Perlman as Vincent. I own all 3 seasons on DVD.
Makes me want to see the original series again, I loved this and was sad to see it end.
This was such a pleasant blast from the past. I loved this series! It’s funny, I actually thought the “beast” was more attractive than the actual actor. 😂Thank you. ❤
I’ve watched that series over and over again. I absolutely loved Ron Perlman as the beast. That was one of the greatest shows I’ve ever watched on TV.❤❤❤
We bought it on dvd to watch it because my brother didn’t remember it. We used to watch it as kids with my mom when we were little. Such a good show.
If you were raised in the eighties your mom most likely watched this and secretly loved Vince but when I stayed home from school sick I would watch this and be completely hooked. Bad ass dude with that awesome coat and attitude.
I know "WTF Happened??" is the series title, but in B&tB's case...oh, what indeed.
One of the most bewildering last-season shark-jumps in TV history, and this fresh after Moonlighting's. 😱
I LOVED THIS SHOW! ♥️ And now hate you, for pointing out it was 40 years ago..!
35 years, but who's counting? 😉 and yes, I was there, every friday night (or monday, or wherever it got moved to)
For 1987... this makeup artist should get an award.. pearlmans makeup could stand up today
Was nominated an Emmy but didn’t win. Rick still has his 7 Oscars though.
This was a great show and both Ron and Linda were completely perfect in their roles. So many elements made the magic that was unique! I would venture to point out though that the Hallmark Hall of Fame series made a Beauty and the Beast made for tv movie back in the late 70's or early 80's with George C. Scott as the Beast and Trish Van Devere (who was his wife at the time) as the Beauty. That was actually pretty awesome, ranks with me as the best made for TV rendition of the story. That deserves a mention I think.
My mom was obsessed with this show when I was a kid... She had a mad crush on Vincent LOL!
Damn if this retrospective didnt bring back some memories... Absolutely loved this back in the day. Never bothered with the 're-make' as the original was in my humble opinion, perfect. Also, when trying to design the Hellboy costume, they used a head model of Pearlman's head that they had cast for the Vincent character when they were working on that characters make-up. When they were finished, they realized, Pearlman had the perfect head shape to actually play Hellboy (as it had an uncanny likeness of the comic characters design), it was then he was asked to actually play the character.
Obsessed to this day. Absolutely love Linda and Ron. My heroes ❤️
You're not the only one. Over 30 years later still my favorite show.
I started a fan club and we had all the celebrations, including Winterfest. Even went to Vegas for a convention. I still have a few pieces of Beauty and the Beast merchandise..
@@leilathomas6744 wow did you that's awesome. I absolutely love everything about them. I'm UK 🇬🇧 based and a carer so travelling has always been out of the question. I got a glimpse of Linda in London but they turned me away before I got there due to to many there. Younger days though. I have the necelace Vincent gave her. Lots of Ron Perlman memorabilia my kids got me over the years . But I'm a massive fan of linda
@@donna9440 you have perfect taste 👌 they are amazing 👏
@@Kaz741 It will always be my favorite show…except for third season.
I am a guy, and I loved this series as it originally was.
I was 17 when this show started and I loved every minute of it !
OMG you had me crying. I just loved this show. The whole aspect of it was magical. I had seen Ron Perlman in "The Name of the Rose" and "The Clan of the Cave Bear" before I began watching "Beauty and the Beast". As for Linda, I'd only seen her in "The Terminator" and "King Kong Lives" before B&B. Then there was Roy Dotrice who I remembered as Commissioner Simmonds in two episodes of "Space: 1999". Then Edward Albert I'd seen in many episodic television shows including his turn as an unstable murderer in "The Rookies" with his then fiancee, Kate Jackson, and many other made-for-television films. This show became a sort of whose who for actors who went on to do other shows and films.
Thank you for your great video remembering an amazing show. Could I make some suggestions for future videos: Would love one on the aforementioned "Space: 1999" then a show I watched around the same time as "Beauty and the Best" called "Tour of Duty" starring Terence Knox, Stephen Caffrey, Kevin Conroy (I'm Batman), and Carl Weathers. And you mentioned "Forever Knight"...that one I'd love to see you do one on. Again, many thanks for taking me down memory lane of such an amazing show. I never watched the "remake". Thankfully.
I loved this show because of Ron Perlman. his voice! Omg I loved it
I still love this show to this day! I would watch it with my grandmother when I was young.
I had completely forgotten about this show. My Dad would watch it occasionally, so I would watch along with him.
This was a great series, with a great story of a parallel hidden world where the ones left out in this world find shelter.
There seems to be a remake but I can hardly imagine it being any good.
My whole family watched every episode.
I'd love to see it again, the original one that is.
Available on dvd as a boxed set! :)
♥️ I loved this show. It was so great. Wonderfully casted. Pure entertainment. Great narrater on this video, invoking memories.
I Loved this show. They were made for each other and had perfect chemistry 💯💞👍
That was a good show, and I always wondered what happened. Thanks, for the upload ☺️
This was a wonderfully crafted show--classy,charming,great acting by all,dreamy production values...👍👍!!!
Underrated show
Wow. I just looked this show up like 5 days ago lol. Reminiscing about Vincent being a badass. Definitely think this show had an influence on Gargoyles.
I loved this show, couldn't wait to see what adventure or mishap would befall them. I thought vincent was so awesome with is lion face, very handsome.
I had The BEAST's poster on my wall, I had the calendar, I had the graphic novels....and i NEVER missed an episode as a little girl. I wanted to live in the world below. I still Ron Perlman. I could listen to him read me poetry every single day LOL
Side note about Roy dotrice; he went on to narrate the first five of George RR Martin's song of ice and fire novels, brilliantly! Dotrice holds a world record for narrating the most characters in an audiobook. It's too bad he died of old age waiting for Martin to finish the last two books in the series, rodeo Trace was a truly incredible voice stage and screen actor. Now I understand the connection between Martin and dotrice!
My mom loved this show when I was little.
I absolutely loved this show! I watch it every morning w/a cuppa. So one day I noticed George RR Martin was a producer. No wonder I loved the storytelling and hated how Catherine died almost unmercifully. Then it hit me. This was GRRMs’ original “Red Wedding” from Game of Thrones fame!
I was jus thinking about this show and then you guys make a video about it.. GET OUT OF MY HEAD JOBLO!
I'm so old....I remember watching this with my mom each week.
I watched this as a kid with my mom and loved it
We tried to watch the CW show together too but mom dropped out very quickly and I just watched it because it was such a train wreck lol
I think I only watched the first episode of the remake before bowing out. It lacked everything that made the original so unique. The fantasy element wasn't there at all.
yeah.. I watched a few minutes of the remake. I thought “Nope” … haven’t seen it yet.
I watched into season 3 of the remake 'cause... I don't know, I liked Kristen Kruek and was still in the bargaining phase of my mourning the original show. It's uuuh... it's fine. As it's own thing it's maybe... like a little bit better romance than most CW shows in season 1 and 3. Characters are fine. Not really unique though. The original just had such a presence, such an identity with this other world, as well as painting several other worlds within the city itself and exploring those finer, gruffer, darker and lighter elements of humanity in everything from it's writing to it's guest star characters. The series took it's concept and ran all the way with it in those beautiful matte paintings, gorgeous sets, interesting world building details, it was all there and cared for equally with such great passion.
CW Beauty and the Beast... I think there was passion there in season 1 for some of the story with Catherine, her mom, and Vincent himself. Those parts I thought were legit good. Season 2, don't bother. It's bad. It's stupid. It's pointless. Don't watch. Season 3, they decided to start actually caring about Catherine and Vincent's romantic relationship and them trying to make it work in the real world, which I actually thought was kind of nice as a concept. Everything else in the show by that point though becomes... eh. And then I stopped watching and haven't looked back since.
I've been taping episodes of this on my DVR and I love it! Some of the effects are silly, but that's to be expected. I wish we had shows like this today.
This was a great walk down memory lane. I used to stay up late and watch this with my dad when I was a little girl. Thank you!
It was a great show, gently idealistic and focusing on a love story that wasn't just lust and hormones, but a real spiritual connection. The World Below became a sort of mental refuge for people who felt out of place in the world. The acting was superb, and the emotions felt real....I guess one of the things that helped it age so gracefully.
My mother loves this show and now so do I. I have the whole series on DVD in my possession. I didn't know that was Ron Perlman behind the Vincent make-up when I was little but wow!! Such talent behind this show. I'm kind of glad it ended before the 90s leaving its charm and beauty in the 1980s and I never watched the CW one. Watching it now I feel like I'm five years old again and those are good memories.
Oh the CW one is my absolute favorite! It used to be on Netflix where I found it and was literally obsessed! Now it is on CW app. I did see the 1987 one as well and I loved it too. But I don’t think I’ve seen all the episodes. The CW one lasted 4 seasons but….the last one was my least favorite….but I still loved the show and stil sometimes come back to it….