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Post by Graveyardbride on Aug 5, 2014 13:47:52 GMT -5
New 'Ragged Isle' Episode September 8Ragged Isle was created by the husband-and-wife team of Barry Dodd and Karen L. Dodd as a project for their production company, The Entertainment Experiment. The story was conceived by Greg Tulonen, Barry Dodd, Karen L. Dodd, Rick Dalton, and Jacob Lear, with episodes directed by Barry Dodd. It was shot in the summers of 2010 and 2011 and features an all-Maine cast and crew
Drawing inspiration from such cult classics as The X-Files, Twin Peaks and the gothic soap opera Dark Shadows, Ragged Isle has been crafted with genre fans in mind. With more than 30 talented actors and over 20 picturesque Maine locations, this project is as ambitious as anything we have ever seen in an online series.
The show centers on young journalism school graduate Vicki Burke, who has just landed a job at a newspaper on the quiet Maine island of Ragged Isle. She is soon caught up in a mystery involving several deaths by drowning, though the victims' bodies are discovered nowhere near the water, their clothes completely dry. The solution to the puzzle may uncover secrets that have been kept on the island for generations.
We shot the first 10 of 22 planned episodes (season one) during the summer of 2010 and spent the rest of the fall and into the winter editing. The first episode premiered online on March 9, 2011, and a new episode was released each week until our shocker of a season finale aired May 11, 2011.
We shot seasons two and three (six episodes each) in the summer of 2011. Season two premiered May 29, 2012, with episodes released every other week. The season finale, featuring another shocking cliffhanger, aired August 14, 2012.
On September 29, 2013, we screened the Ragged Isle season three premiere in London, England, as part of the prestigious Raindance Film Festival's first-ever "Web Fest." The third (and final) season debuted online on October 31, 2013. Who will survive? What will be left of them? You will have to wait and see, but we can tell you that no one is safe! A new episode is scheduled for September 8, 2014.
This show has been, and will continue to be, a labor of love. The writers, actors, cast, and crew are fueled by the chance to be a part of something special. Thank you so much for your interest and for spending a few minutes with us. We can't wait to bring you all to the island! www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7T__IkjH-s&list=PLF9A0D62B9EE6358ASource: Ragged Isle.
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Post by kitty on Aug 6, 2014 1:44:29 GMT -5
I'd never heard of this show until now. I watched part of it and it's nothing like Dark Shadows and I didn't find it all that interesting.
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Post by barry on Feb 25, 2015 23:27:57 GMT -5
Hi there! My name is Barry Dodd and I am the director of Ragged Isle. Just wanted to say thank you to Graveyardbride for posting this and letting your board members know about our web series. Also, I wanted to thank kitty for checking us out. I appreciate the feedback good and bad. For fun, I made an alternate cut of our first episode in the style of the early B&W episodes of Dark Shadows. The pre-Barnabas stuff will always be my favorite. In this video, I use original score pieces from DS. It's actually the music I edited most of our first season to before we put in the final soundtrack. For those who were hoping for a more Dark Shadows style show, I hope this might make you smile. If you get interested in the mystery we set up in this first episode, I hope you give our supernatural murder mystery series a chance (without DS music and not in B&W.) You can watch the entire 3 season story at raggedisle.com. We'd love to hear from more of you and hope that we might hook some of you on our mystery from Maine. |
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Post by Graveyardbride on Feb 26, 2015 11:34:33 GMT -5
Thank you for the additional information and for posting the video. I haven't watched Season 3 yet, but intend to do so and I'm sure a lot of our members and many visitors will do the same.
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Post by pat on Feb 26, 2015 13:43:28 GMT -5
I've watched all of Ragged Isle because I enjoy the scenery. I've never been to Maine, but I've been a Dark Shadows fan since I was a kid and I'd love to visit Maine someday.
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Post by natalie on Feb 26, 2015 14:37:53 GMT -5
I see a YouTube link included with the article, so are the episodes on YouTube then?
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Post by kitty on Feb 27, 2015 19:17:34 GMT -5
Barry: I also like the Dark Shadows shows before Barnabas, but I think that the most interesting were those just before Barnabas, when people were talking about animals being found that were drained of blood, women being attacked by a dark figure, and Willie's strange sickness.
You're a man, so you probably don't notice much the way people dress, but one of the best things about Dark Shadows were the outfits the women wore. I remember waiting each day to see what Elizabeth, Victoria and the others would be wearing. But on Ragged Isles, people just wear jeans and work clothes.
Like Pat, I've never been to Maine, so I did like the outdoor scenes.
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Post by catherine on Mar 3, 2015 17:47:38 GMT -5
This internet show is no "Dark Shadows" or "Twin Peaks," but I watched it until the producers sacrificed realism for political correctness and brought in all these black people. We've been spending more than a week in Maine every year, but one, since 2007 and never once have we seen a black person. We have been in different parts of Maine and we've visited lighthouses, museums, theaters, hotels, restaurants, etc., etc., and there has never been a black person in any of them. Julia lives in Maine and she says she never sees any blacks and Lee was stationed in Maine when she was in the Navy and she said that the only blacks she ever saw were those in the Navy. Yet, in this show, there are whole streets full of black people that are much, much too clean for a street where blacks live. I checked and the black population of Maine is less than 1.5%.
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Post by madeline on Mar 3, 2015 22:36:36 GMT -5
NOTE: It has been pointed out to me that I was watching the wrong show. The actual "Ragged Isle" didn't have any blacks. I don't know if there was something wrong with the link, or if I just clicked on the wrong show. Anyway, I apologize for not being sure of what I was watching. I have now watched "Ragged Isle" and it wasn't bad and I didn't see any political correctness.This internet show is no "Dark Shadows" or "Twin Peaks," but I watched it until the producers sacrifice realism for political correctness and brought in all these black people. We've been spending more than a week in Maine every year, but one, since 2007 and never once have we seen a black person. We have been in different parts of Maine and we've visited lighthouses, museums, theaters, hotels, restaurants, etc., etc., and there has never been a black person in any of them. Julia lives in Maine and she says she never sees any blacks and Lee was stationed in Maine when she was in the Navy and she said that the only blacks she ever saw were those in the Navy. Yet, in this show, there are whole streets full of black people that are much, much too clean for a street where blacks live. I checked and the black population of Maine is less than 1.5%.
That was the same reason that I stopped watching it. I HATE political correctness!
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Post by Joanna on Mar 8, 2015 1:12:50 GMT -5
Like Madeline, I watched the wrong video, although I cannot imagine how it happened. I have since watched the series and it is an accurate representation of the demographic makeup of the state of Maine and I have no problems with it. For those who might not know, the population of Maine consists of 94.4% white, 1.3% Hispanic, 1.1% black, 0.6% American Indian, 1.0% Asian and 1.4% mixture of 2 or more races. There were no minorities in either the elementary and high school I attended and while there were a miniscule number of scholarship students of other races at Bowdoin, I did not know any of them personally and seldom saw them.
My original post:
I was born in Maine and have never lived anywhere else. In the Boothbay Harbor region where I live, less than 1% of the population is black, so I was also disappointed when "Ragged Isles" introduced all these blacks for the sake of political correctness. True, it was no "Dark Shadows," however, I did watch it, but the blacks ruined it for me because it tossed realism out the window. The same thing happened in the 2002 remake of "Carrie," in which a black girl was cast in the role of Susan Snell. If people want political correctness, they shouldn't set their movies, shows, or whatever, in Maine!
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Post by barry on Jun 26, 2015 13:54:14 GMT -5
Thanks to all of you who have watched and enjoyed Ragged Isle.
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Post by barry on Jun 26, 2015 18:55:31 GMT -5
I was born in Maine and have never lived anywhere else. In the Boothbay Harbor region where I live, less than 1% of the population is black, so I was also disappointed when "Ragged Isles" introduced all these blacks for the sake of political correctness. True, it was no "Dark Shadows," however, I did watch it, but the blacks ruined it for me because it tossed realism out the window. The same thing happened in the 2002 remake of "Carrie," in which a black girl was cast in the role of Susan Snell. If people want political correctness, they shouldn't set their movies, shows, or whatever, in Maine! Can someone please explain to me where "all these blacks" are in Ragged Isle? I seriously think you're watching a different show. There are literally 2 black people in the entirety of Ragged Isle. Not that there would be anything wrong with having black or other nationalities in my show. Please don't delete this comment like the last one. I'd really like to have a discussion on this since three of you brought it up. |
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Post by barry on Jun 26, 2015 18:58:58 GMT -5
This internet show is no "Dark Shadows" or "Twin Peaks," but I watched it until the producers sacrificed realism for political correctness and brought in all these black people. We've been spending more than a week in Maine every year, but one, since 2007 and never once have we seen a black person. We have been in different parts of Maine and we've visited lighthouses, museums, theaters, hotels, restaurants, etc., etc., and there has never been a black person in any of them. Julia lives in Maine and she says she never sees any blacks and Lee was stationed in Maine when she was in the Navy and she said that the only blacks she ever saw were those in the Navy. Yet, in this show, there are whole streets full of black people that are much, much too clean for a street where blacks live. I checked and the black population of Maine is less than 1.5%. I should add that I have lived in Maine my whole life too. I see black people every time I go to town. |
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Post by jason on Jun 26, 2015 23:39:24 GMT -5
Don't get your knickers in a twist, Barry, Catherine and Maddie bitch about everything.
BTW, the guy in your show called "Paul" looks a lot like Ted Bundy from a distance and has the same mannerisms. Was that intentional?
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Post by Kate on Jun 27, 2015 1:30:00 GMT -5
When this was first posted, when I clicked on the link, it took me to a video of a bunch of black people, so I didn't watch it. A few days later, I clicked on it again and it took me to Ragged Isles. There was apparently something wrong with the link in the beginning. I found it interesting and when the mystery was finally revealed, it reminded me a little of The Mephisto Waltz. It didn't have anything to do with the devil, but I don't want to give too much away. If you want to know what happened, you'll have to watch it yourself.
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