THE "ANNA KARENINA" TRAIN ACCIDENT IN THE MULTIVERSE

This sequence in "Anna Karenina" has greater meaning at the end of the story.  Here is a compilation of all the train accident scenes from different productions of "Anna Karenina".  Most of them belong in alternate dimensions of the Cineverse, but today's "ASOTV" showcase can be seen in there as well.  It represents Earth Prime-Time.....

Yeah.... sorry about that, Chief!

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"ANNA KARENINA"

Here's the trailer for today's "ASOTV" showcase, 'Anna Karenina':

THE "DOCTOR WHO" CHRISTMAS SPECIAL - PREQUEL

So good to see Strax back in the game!  I suppose this is from earlier in his life before "A Good Man Goes To War".  However, he could also be a Sontaran clone of the original.....

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THE "DOCTOR WHO" CHRISTMAS SPECIAL - TRAILER

Next up in our 'Doctor Who' offerings - the trailer for the Christmas special!

This was presented last night during the Children In Need telethon.....

THE "DOCTOR WHO" CHRISTMAS SPECIAL - BEHIND THE SCENES

We've got quite a bit o' 'Doctor Who' content for this Video Weekend!

First up: 

Here are three videos of filming behind the scenes for this year's Christmas special.....

"ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS" - "BAD ACTOR"

Maybe because I saw it first, but the remake of this episode, "Method Actor", seen in the 80s remake of the series, had a more powerful finish.  Of course, that was probably because we finally saw what was in the ice bucket.....

Still, you can't beat Robert Duvall!



The "Method Actor" remake starred Martin Sheen, Robby Benson, Marilu Henner, and Parker Stevenson.  It was directed by Burt Reynolds.

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REALI-TV: DEER-SPOTTING NEWS

I would not be surprised to see this story adapted as a "Twipped From The Headlines" plotline in some murder mystery series.  It doesn't really work for 'L&O: SVU', but I think its proper home would be in an episode of 'Longmire'......

AS SEEN ON TV: ANNA KARENINA

I trust that Team Toobworld knows that the character of Anna Karenina originated in BookWorld. However, I'll bet there are a lot of younger people out there who'll think Keira Knightley's new movie - which opened yesterday - is an original story......

ANNA KARENINA

AS SEEN IN:

"Anna Karenina"

CREATED BY:

Leo Tolstoy

PORTRAYED BY:

Claire Bloom

TV STATUS:

Original of the TV Recastaways

Multiversal:

(BookWorld, Cineverse, Toobworld)

TV DIMENSION:

Earth Prime-Time

From Wikipedia:

"Anna Karenina" is a novel by the Russian writer Leo Tolstoy, published in serial installments from 1873 to 1877 in the periodical "The Russian Messenger". Tolstoy clashed with its editor Mikhail Katkov over political issues that arose in the final installment (Tolstoy's unpopular views of volunteers going to Serbia); therefore, the novel's first complete appearance was in book form.

Widely regarded as a pinnacle in realist fiction, Tolstoy considered "Anna Karenina" his first true novel, when he came to consider "War and Peace" to be more than a novel.

Princess Anna Arkadyevna Karenina was Stepan Oblonsky's sister, Karenin's wife and Vronsky's lover.

"Anna Karenina" is the tragedy of married aristocrat and socialite Anna Karenina and her affair with the affluent Count Vronsky. The story starts when she arrives in the midst of a family broken up by her brother's unbridled womanizing—something that prefigures her own later situation, though with less tolerance for her by others.

A bachelor, Vronsky is willing to marry her if she would agree to leave her husband Karenin, a government official, but she is vulnerable to the pressures of Russian social norms, her own insecurities and Karenin's indecision. Although Vronsky eventually takes Anna to Europe where they can be together, they have trouble making friends.

Back in Russia, she is shunned, becoming further isolated and anxious, while Vronsky pursues his social life. Despite Vronsky's reassurances she grows increasingly possessive and paranoid about his imagined infidelity, fears losing control.

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SCHNITZEL ON THE EDGE OF FOREVER

This is a turkey schnitzel.

I'm not sure if my friend Javier Andino made this as part of his cooking class, or if it was his lunch order last week and he liked it so much he photographed it. (Thankfully before he digested it.)

However, when I saw the picture, the first thing I thought was - I wish I had my 'Star Trek' action figures there......

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AS SEEN ON TV: DAMON SALVATORE

Since it's Casual Friday here at Toobworld Central.....

DAMON SALVATORE

AS SEEN IN:

'The Vampire Diaries'

CREATED BY:

L. J. Smith

PORTRAYED BY:

Ian Somerhalder

TV DIMENSION:

Earth Prime-Time

From Wikipedia:

Damon Salvatore is the anti-hero and a main character of 'The Vampire Diaries'. He was the main antagonist in Season One. He is the elder brother of Stefan Salvatore. He was born in the 1800s and lived in the colonial town of Mystic Falls with his brother Stefan and his father, Giuseppe Salvatore. He became a vampire in 1864. At the time of his return to Mystic Falls, Damon and Stefan hadn't seen each other in fifteen years due to their bitter, violent relationship. 

Damon’s sole purpose for coming back to Mystic Falls was to free Katherine Pierce, the vampire who turned him and the woman he loved. After realizing that Katherine never loved him, Damon started working with Stefan and Katherine’s descendent and doppelgänger, Elena Gilbert, with whom he fell in love with. 

Damon is also the head of the Town Council, along with Sheriff Forbes and Carol Lockwood, and currently lives with Stefan in the Salvatore Boarding House. For the majority of the first season, Damon was the main antagonist, but during the later seasons, he cooperates with Stefan to protect Elena as he has a change of heart, literally. 

He was bitten by Tyler Lockwood, a werewolf, after freeing him during a full moon. He was saved when Katherine brought him a vial filled witih the cure, Klaus’ blood.

O'BSERVATIONS:

Toobworld Central has determined that one of the many reboots to the timeline of Earth Prime-Time will wipe out the development of Tru-Blood and thus the acceptance of vampires in open society.  So 'True Blood' is on the "previous" timeline (whichever that may be), but most of the storylines from that show will be gone forever.  (However, the characters will still exist but with different destinies.)

On the other hand, the lives of the Salvatore brothers will for the most part remain unaffected by this seismic temporal alteration.  (The same holds true for the characters in the UK version of 'Being Human'.)

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