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[Blueblood]

What ever happened to manly Vampires? I mean really.

Count Dracula was a consummate gentleman and Blade, was Shaft incarnate with badass clothes, a manly sword and other assorted gadgets. (ok ok, he’s ½ Vampire, but still…)
Granted the virus can infect anyone but my rant is about generational evolution of our beloved blood suckers.
(Must be because these movies are made for swooning tweens.)
I think it started down hill from ‘Lost Boys’ and ended with Twilight. I’m not saying Twilight is a *ahem* bad movie, just Edward comes across as ‘Tickle Me Emo’.
Sparkly Vampires? Dude, c’mon. Where’s Blade when you need him?

Nosferatu (1922), Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979) and Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992) were three of my favs, Again there are countless others that are good but these three I like! In my younger days I liked watching Barnabas Collins in ‘Dark Shadows’. Now there’s a Soap for ya!

(I can’t wait for the new Barnabas Collins. He will be played by Johnny Depp in the 2010 film by director Tim Burton!)
I don’t think he’ll be sparkly…or emo.

[Elwood72]

Blueblood said:

What ever happened to manly Vampires? I mean really. Blade, was Shaft incarnate with badass clothes, a manly sword and other assorted gadgets. (ok ok, he’s ½ Vampire, but still…).....I’m not saying Twilight is a *ahem* bad movie, just Edward comes across as ‘Tickle Me Emo’.
Sparkly Vampires? Dude, c’mon. Where’s Blade when you need him?

He's closer than you think.....


I agree,and if Hollywood had any balls,this is exactly what they'd do.....

[Blueblood]

*o*m*g* i love it lol!!!

[itsallblack]

I could have been a Badass Vampire,but i got dentures.

[Blueblood]

Hmmmm...Yeah.

I guess it wouldn't have the same passionate impact using a salad fork and cocktail straws.

[Jo_Pierce]

E72 - that was absolutely brilliant. I may have to steal that.

[Elwood72]

Jo_Pierce said:

E72 - that was absolutely brilliant. I may have to steal that.

Thanks,but I can't take credit for anything more than having the inspiration to post it in the thread.Actually I should thank Blueblood for giving me the perfect setup.
Or,to put it another way:

Be my guest,but remember....

If you steal it from me,you're stealing twice.

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[TakkunEG]

I liked the Anne Rice series to a point. First three - Interview with the Vampire (amazing movie, only thing I like Tom Cruise in), The Vampire Lestat, and Queen of the Damned (decent as a movie, even if it totally strays from the book) are classics. The rest of the series, which I tortured myself with until the end, even where it mixed with the Mayfair series (don't get me started on how THAT arc ended). The Vampire Armand and Blood and Gold (Marius' story) are the only other two worth reading, as they have not much to do with the asinine plotlines that come after the original three, just more backstory. Pandora was okay, but it would have been better if Pandora herself had played a better role in the series overall, then I would have cared more about her backstory. I might go back and read it, now that I have a bigger interest in ancient Rome.

Blackwood Farm was good...until she dragged both the vamps and the taltos into it. Seriously, if (SPOILER, if you care) the evil spirit twin had just been some other kind of demon, and Quinn hadn't secretly been a Mayfair all along, it would have been an AWESOME book.

Twilight is good in theory, ridiculous in practice. It seems like Smeyer had a good mythos going, then got hooked on sugar cookies and My Chemical Romance and shot it all to hell.

I'm actually looking forward to the new "Daybreakers" movie. The premise and its version of the vampire mythos looks promising.

I haven't been able to get into True Blood. The characters are just too irritating and the show too...idk, typical "OMG we're on HBO, let's be shocking because we can."

I honestly never cared for either Blade or Bloodrayne, myself. But Bram Stoker's Dracula...HOLY CRAPSTICKS HOTT GARY OLDMAN. Oh, and Coppola directing, of course. I love that movie for so many reasons. And I was a big Buffy watcher...Spike fan over Angel, of course. (Not that I don't like Angel, but he was a little too broody for me until he got his own series.)

Myself, I'm working on a vamp novel right now that's equal parts sanguine and psychic vampirisim. (Who knows when it might see daylight, though...pun partially intended.)

I like my vamps badass, yet slightly gay.

[Blueblood]

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I like my vamps badass, yet slightly gay. :razz:

You mean cosmopolitan.

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Seriously, if...the evil spirit twin had just been some other kind of demon, and Quinn hadn't secretly been a Mayfair all along, it would have been an AWESOME book.

Yeah...a doppelganger twist!

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Twilight is good in theory, ridiculous in practice. It seems like Smeyer had a good mythos going, then got hooked on sugar cookies and My Chemical Romance and shot it all to hell.

An interesting note from Chemical Romance...




Oh, and Here's something Chris sent me on Face Book...It's a riot!!

[All_Or_Nothing]

Blueblood said:

You mean cosmopolitan.

Got to lol that one!!!


Oh, and Here's something Chris sent me on Face Book...It's a riot!!

Haha jesus christ man!! good thing the girls didnt go after the poor comedians! they can be vicious!



But i agree with you Leo.. its nice to see a new vampire movie if youve heard its gonna be good.. but that doesnt mean it is, and that you have to love it just because teenagers do..






Cheers!

[Elwood72]

All_Or_Nothing said:

Cheers!

Speaking of stealing.......http://www.bluesbrotherscentral.com/forum2/public/style_emoticons/default/icon_cool.gif

[Blueblood]

Elwood72 said:

Speaking of stealing...

uh, Rob? Hate to tell ya, who do you think modeled for that...?

[TakkunEG]

Blueblood said:

An interesting note from Chemical Romance...

+2 Awesome coincidence. I actually like them an iota more now (not that I know any of their stuff in the first place.)

This is also funny that this thread came up. Shortly after my post here, I found where someone had posted excerpts from Rice's Memnoch the Devil (5th in the VCs) in LJ's weepingcock comm.

[Elwood72]

Blueblood said:

uh, Rob? Hate to tell ya, who do you think modeled for that...?

I have no idea...should I be worried?

[Blueblood]

It IS All_Or_Nothing. I'd show you a picture of her but she has no reflection.

Yeah, be afraid.

Be very afraid.

[itsallblack]

And she will tear your heart out,and show it to you.

[Elwood72]

Blueblood said:

It IS All_Or_Nothing. I'd show you a picture of her but she has no reflection.

Yeah, be afraid.

Be very afraid.

That's good.Fear is good for the soul...helps one feel alive

itsallblack said:

And she will tear your heart out,and show it to you.

Good luck to her at finding it.I honestly believe I don't have one left.

[itsallblack]

C'mon 72 this will be your year.you gotta believe it.

[vicious]

vampires are supposed to be bad, not pussy's

[Blueblood]

vicious said:

vampires are supposed to be bad, not pussy's

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