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Off Topic => Off Topic => Topic started by: Trevorcard on August 09, 2013, 04:01:42 AM
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I been recently watching the Hammer Dracula films and also rewatch the Dracula 1931 which I love. I was wondering what is you guys favorite vampire movies? I can name at least my Top Five
1) Nosferatu (1922)
2) Dracula (1931)
3) Dracula (Horror of Dracula 1958)
4) Thirst (2009)
5) Near Dark (1987)
Also I got to mention the first Blade movies not because they are masterpieces but they actually have a badass vampire hunter. We need more of those type of movies :D
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Bram Stoker's Dracula 1992. Even though it is more of a love story then the novel, this film is as close to the novel as we can get. Plus I also consider this film to be the only real predecessor of Castlevania bloodlines.
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The first Vampire Hunter D will forever have my vote as best vampire movie ever.
Other than that: Buffy. Seriously. I love that movie.
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That's an interesting question, and I hadn't really thought about it. My tastes have always run more towards cheesy acting and cheesier costumes, so I'm more a monster movie buff/werewolf fan myself. But off the top of my head...
5. Son of Dracula
4. Bram Stoker's Dracula
3. Fright Night
2. Nosferatu
1. Hellsing Ultimate OVA series (Ok so I cheated, I guess bump Nosferatu up to #1 and add in Vampire Hunter D at the end?)
Honorable mentions for "Dracula A.D. 1972", "Dracula's Daughter" and "The Lost Boys"
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- Interview with the Vampire
- Bram Stoker's Dracula
- Blade 1 & 2
- The Lost Boys
- Vampire in Brooklyn
- From Dusk Till Dawn (mainly due to the Salma Hayek striptease scene lol)
last but not least
Best Scenes from "Vampire's Kiss" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfcJUl39iiA#)
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Yeah, so I don't know why I didn't mention Fright Night (the original). Such a fantastic movie.
I actually just sold my Blu-ray copy for $150. Kinda sucks to have parted with it, but, you know, money.
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That and I made a few backup 1:1 copies anyway.
Ahem.
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Let's see what I can remember, because I've seen a lot of vampire stuff...
1º Interview with the Vampire
2º Rosario to Vampire
3º I Am Legend
4º Bram Stoker's Dracula
5º Renkyuun-San Magical Pokaan
6º Let the right one in
7º Dance in the Vampire Bund
8º Let me in
9º Thirst
10º Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
11º Van Helsing
12º Queen of the Damned
13º Underworld (saga)
14º Lesbian Vampire Hunters
15º Return to Salem's Lot
16º Kiss of the Damned
17º Dracula: 2.000
18º Dracula: Reborn
19º Buffy: The Vampire Slayer
20º Vampire Hunter D
21º Nosferatu: The Vampire
22º Nosferatu
23º Dark Shadows
24º Bloodrayne 2: Deliverance
25º Blade (saga)
26º Vampire in Brooklyn
27º Ultraviolet
28º Transylvania Hotel
29º The Little Vampire
30º Hellsing
31º Day Watch / Night Watch
32º Priest
33º Twilight (saga)
From best to worst (in my personal preferences). The last ones are the ones I didn't like, Twilight saga being the worst, by far.
I know, I'm a vampire fangirl :P
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No mention of Shadow of the Vampire so far. It's a sort of "behind the scenes" story about the original Murnau Nosferatu with the idea put forth that Max Schreck was an actual vampire. It's a good movie, but I've always been bothered by Willem Dafoe's gopher teeth (as opposed to the sharp fangs that Count Orlock had).
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What, Buffy but no Angel love?
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Interview with the Vampire (right in Brad Pitt's glory years, love it, even for not being 100% to the novel)
Dracula (Coppola, 1993 version)
Dracula(Lugosi version)
Son of Dracula
Fright Night (original or remake, though I prefer the former)
Salem's Lot
Return to Salem's Lot
Let Me In
Abraham Lincoln : Vampire Hunter
Jesus Christ : Vampire Hunter
Queen of the Damned (for being horribly inaccurate to the books, it's still not too bad)
Dracula 2000
Nosferatu : A Symphony of Horror(Max Schreck ftw)
Dark Shadows (series)
Dark Shadows (film)
The Underworlds (but mostly the first one, because Bill Nighy)
Bloodrayne (even though they kind of suck, they're still a decent watch)
The Blade series On second thought, I fucking hate this series. I don't know why I put it up here. :>
THE LOST BOYS GOD YES THE LOST BOYS
Vampire's Kiss (because Nicholas Cage)
The Little Vampire (because I know a bunch of us had to have grown up watching it)
Ultraviolet (even though I still don't quite understand it)
Vampire Hunter D
These aren't in any order of preference, just the order I remembered/thought of them. I would have included the following in that list, but since the thread technically specifies movies, I'm putting them in their own bunch:
Hellsing (ALL OF IT)
Rosario + Vampire (getting better with each update IMO, even with the Aizen-esque stereotypes)
Anything involving Vampire Hunter D. Anime, graphic novels, the original novels themselves...it's just amazing.
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What, Buffy but no Angel love?
Dunno about anybody else, but my Buffy is the original movie. That's where it's at, and there ain't no Angel there.
It has Pee-wee Herman as a vampire. What could be better?
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- From Dusk Till Dawn (mainly due to the Salma Hayek striptease scene lol)
Oh man forgot this one. I'm not the world's biggest Tarantino fan (I find him a bit too derivative most of the time) but that's a great flick. And I agree the Salma Hayek scene certainly doesn't hurt. I remember Frank Frazetta made it the focal point of his illustration/poster for the movie lol. And then there's that Rammstein video inspired by it.
I still need to see Vampire's Kiss.
Dunno about anybody else, but my Buffy is the original movie. That's where it's at, and there ain't no Angel there.
It has Pee-wee Herman as a vampire. What could be better?
Yeah unfortunately due to his then-recent theater arrest they downplayed Peewee's role in the promotional materials for the movie, at least according to Joe Bob Briggs. Also I was talking about the original Fright Night to, haven't seen the remake and don't really care to.
Hellsing (ALL OF IT)
The manga is the best part for me. I'd like to see the original 13 episode series again since it's been about 5 years but the recent Funimation re-release is too expensive. Might collect the old now-dirt cheap 4 individual volume release sometime.
PS- For those that thought BLADE was cheesy/bad.
Shira: The Vampire Samurai Official Movie Trailer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5KbU0vTWjY#ws)
The Horror. The Horror. (Though I actually enjoyed it lol.)
And if we're not talking strictly about western vampires I'm a big fan of Jiang-Shi movies, especially the original Mr. Vampire.
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I remember watching Salem's Lot (1979). Good lord. 100 minutes of some boring drama / thriller ending with around 15 minutes of actual vampires. I suppose it makes sense for a story based on a Stephan King book, that are all about suspense. I guess I was just too used to horror film who throw the scares at you instead of building suspense. Anyway, the suspense is too long.
Abraham Lincoln vampire hunter is surprisingly entertaining, even though they really skip character development, i.e. how Abe actually BECAME a politician. But since it's an action film it's okay.
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No mention of Shadow of the Vampire so far. It's a sort of "behind the scenes" story about the original Murnau Nosferatu with the idea put forth that Max Schreck was an actual vampire.
Is this the same Max Schreck, murdering business tycoon from Batman Returns??
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Is this the same Max Schreck, murdering business tycoon from Batman Returns??
That character was named after the actor who played Count Orlok (Dracula with his name changed in a fruitless attempt to avoid a lawsuit from Bram Stoker's widow) in the first screen adaptation of Dracula. 1922's Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror.
I remember watching Salem's Lot (1979). Good lord. 100 minutes of some boring drama / thriller ending with around 15 minutes of actual vampires. I suppose it makes sense for a story based on a Stephan King book, that are all about suspense. I guess I was just too used to horror film who throw the scares at you instead of building suspense. Anyway, the suspense is too long.
Abraham Lincoln vampire hunter is surprisingly entertaining, even though they really skip character development, i.e. how Abe actually BECAME a politician. But since it's an action film it's okay.
I've read a few books by Stephen King and he strikes me as someone who really got famous and has such a following because he had the right ideas (especially Carrie) at the right time. And they could be adapted into movies pretty well. But for the most part I think his work is extremely overrated, Salem's Lot isn't an exception.
Abe Lincoln: Vampire Hunter was ok but pretty forgettable I thought. The idea probably seemed more novel to those who hadn't seen/heard of Jesus Christ: Vampire Hunter which, yes, is a film that actually exists.
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Abe Lincoln: Vampire Hunter was ok but pretty forgettable I thought. The idea probably seemed more novel to those who hadn't seen/heard of Jesus Christ: Vampire Hunter which, yes, is a film that actually exists.
LOL, theres a promo poster of it?
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That character was named after the actor who played Count Orlok (Dracula with his name changed in a fruitless attempt to avoid a lawsuit from Bram Stoker's widow) in the first screen adaptation of Dracula. 1922's Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror.
Fruitless indeed. I believe she took legal action and had all copies of the film destroyed anyway.
Thankfully a few good reels were found and Kino did an amazing restoration some years ago. They're set to bring it to Blu-ray soon, and theirs is still the most complete version, I think. Should they give the option for original text cards and a soundtrack that's top notch, it'll be perfect.
But, I'm glad he's Count Orlok. His appearance is certainly different from how Universal imagined Dracula. In my opinion, Orlok/Nosferatu is his own vampire.
And it gave us Olrox, after all.
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LOL, theres a promo poster of it?
(https://castlevaniadungeon.net/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F25.media.tumblr.com%2Ftumblr_mb27fdKmQl1r0tjgbo1_500.jpg&hash=0359b4fbe8b95be1dbc0ead20e2f4970e05d7709)
It's an ultra low budget parody of 70s exploitation movies from 2001.
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Hahahahahaha Im saving this image right now, otherwise any of my friends would take me seriously when I says "anyone watched Jesus Christ: Vampire Hunter?" hahaha. Thanks, I need to see it sometime.
Also, about Nosferatu, someone know where I can see it online?
edit: wow, I only needed to type Nosferatu on youtube and a bunch of videos popped.
Please Ab and Ratty, you two can say if this version is really complete? Im watching it now:
Nosferatu - Uma Sinfonia do Horror (1922) - Legendado - Filme Completo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1qgZedFWIo#)
Haha, cool part at 11:15 "The evil spirits become all-powerful after dark".
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Hahahahahaha Im saving this image right now, otherwise any of my friends would take me seriously when I says "anyone watched Jesus Christ: Vampire Hunter?" hahaha. Thanks, I need to see it sometime.
Also, about Nosferatu, someone know where I can see it online?
edit: wow, I only needed to type Nosferatu on youtube and a bunch of videos popped.
Please Ab and Ratty, you two can say if this version is really complete? Im watching it now:
Haha, cool part at 11:15 "The evil spirits become all-powerful after dark".
Yeah that's pretty complete for a public domain copy, the restored Kino version is about 15 minutes longer. But with silent films it can be kinda hard to tell exactly what that means, since sometimes different versions will be slowed down or sped up, or spend more or less time on the dialog cards to create running time differences.
Fruitless indeed. I believe she took legal action and had all copies of the film destroyed anyway.
Thankfully a few good reels were found and Kino did an amazing restoration some years ago. They're set to bring it to Blu-ray soon, and theirs is still the most complete version, I think. Should they give the option for original text cards and a soundtrack that's top notch, it'll be perfect.
But, I'm glad he's Count Orlok. His appearance is certainly different from how Universal imagined Dracula. In my opinion, Orlok/Nosferatu is his own vampire.
And it gave us Olrox, after all.
Yes I'm also rather fond of thinking of Count Orlok as his own entity. Though Nosferatu probably is my favorite version of the original Dracula story because of the make-up, the eerie feel and the fact it doesn't have any of that Dracula-as-tragic-lover nonsense. While in the Hammer films Drac more often comes across like a rabid animal than a true monster to me.
I love Lugosi but I find the 31 version a little dull after they leave the Castle up until the climax. If only they could have had Lugosi, Dwight Fry and Edward Van Sloan in the simultaneously produced Spanish version. It's shot a lot better and has the beautiful Lupita Tovar as Eva (Mina).
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Thanks, I stopped watching it for do some things but I'll continue it now.
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I see not one mention to Blacula. Lol seriously tho I love the underworld movies.
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I see not one mention to Blacula. Lol seriously tho I love the underworld movies.
It's been many years since I saw it but Blacula is definitely well made for a blacksploitation movie. However you'll be shocked by how many times they could say "fag" in a PG movie in the 70s (then again, they were able to get even more homophobic dialog in The Monster Squad over a decade later, and in kid's dialog then no less) since Blacula is brought to America by a couple of stereotypically flaming interior decorators, and he then preys on the gay community. Not kidding. I guess they thought he'd be more sympathetic if he targeted gays. Oh he's also the victim of racism from Dracula. Not seen the sequel though it looks to be pretty amusing.
Only seen the first Underworld, felt pretty meh about it because at the time (now to but especially then) I strongly disliked CGI werewolves compared to practical effects. Might be more appreciative of it as a mindless popcorn movie these days. Been meaning to rewatch Van Helsing (which I loathed upon first viewing) for similar reasons. Though actually the werewolf design in that was one of the few things I did enjoy about it even at the time.
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Yea I feel u about the Whole underworld cheese ball CGI. Like wannabe gore almost but it's kinda funny IMO. Plus i have a crush on Kate Beckinsale because of these movies. U should see these werewolf hybrids now lol.
Thanks for that bit about Blacula. I always felt it was subjective to that era (70's) but hadn't really noticed much of the underlying message. (Haven't seen it in years) It's been many years since I saw it but Blacula is definitely well made for a blacksploitation movie. However you'll be shocked by how many times they could say "fag" in a PG movie in the 70s (then again, they were able to get even more homophobic dialog in The Monster Squad over a decade later, and in kid's dialog then no less) since Blacula is brought to America by a couple of stereotypically flaming interior decorators, and he then preys on the gay community. Not kidding. I guess they thought he'd be more sympathetic if he targeted gays. Oh he's also the victim of racism from Dracula. Not seen the sequel though it looks to be pretty amusing.
Only seen the first Underworld, felt pretty meh about it because at the time (now to but especially then) I strongly disliked CGI werewolves compared to practical effects. Might be more appreciative of it as a mindless popcorn movie these days. Been meaning to rewatch Van Helsing (which I loathed upon first viewing) for similar reasons. Though actually the werewolf design in that was one of the few things I did enjoy about it even at the time.
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Blacula? It is a black Dracula?
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Blacula? It is a black Dracula?
Yep. Pretty much, "Blacula- Dracula's soul brotha. Deadlier even than he!" as the film's trailer put it. Even though that makes little sense outside the context of their both being vampires, considering he and Dracula would be bitter enemies based on the character's backstory wherein Dracula makes him a vampire then seals him in a coffin to lay in eternal hunger while his wife dies of thirst/starvation on the outside. It's a very corny movie but pretty well executed all things considered. Worth a watch.
I can't speak for the many imitators it spawned though. Like "Dr. Black, Mr. Hyde" and of course "Blackenstein", and the disappointingly not-"black"-titled Exorcist take-off "Abby". As well as some of my favorite fake movies mentioned on the Simpsons "Blacula meets Black Dracula" and "The Blunchblack of Blotre Blame"
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LOL, if they did it now, a large amount of people would consider it racist. (Im not one of them, unless they do derogatory thing on these movies)
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I remember I watched a (bad) movie with Eddie Murphy playing a black Dracula, thinking that was Blacula, but it seems Blacula is much older, and the movie I watched was called "Vampire in Brooklyn" - 1995.
While we're on the subject, I remember my TV company decided once to air a couple of old SNL episodes from the 70's. Don't know why they did it, but let me tell you this, the humor was utter S**t. I'm not saying SNL is the funniest show today, but back then... Hell, I'll be damned if half of the jokes weren't based solely on stereotypical ignorance of black characters.
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Haven't seen Vampire in Brooklyn since I was a kid but even then I thought it was kind of dumb, what with the rotting zombie sidekick/"comic relief". Wonder if that bit was "inspired" by American Werewolf in London?
LOL, if they did it now, a large amount of people would consider it racist. (Im not one of them, unless they do derogatory thing on these movies)
Yeah it was part of a sub-genre of exploitation films called blaxsploitation that was popular in the 1970s. Such films are known for being stereotypical and even negative in their depictions of African Americans. But they found an audience because non-whites were, and honestly still are, underrepresented and marketed to by mainstream American cinema. While they were often ham-fisted many of these films deal with issues faced by African Americans at the time. Urban decay and the rise of gangs, drugs and violence. However Blacula was a fairly early movie in the genre and, as I recall, portrays black Americans and their culture in a mostly positive to neutral light. Some other well known examples of the genre are the two Shaft films, Foxy Brown and Super Fly.
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Oh, I've finished watching Nosferatu at that day that we mentioned it, its pretty cool for it time. Someone tried to remake it with sucess? Lack of sound apart of music ever makes me laugh (I know that old movies are like that).
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Oh, I've finished watching Nosferatu at that day that we mentioned it, its pretty cool for it time. Someone tried to remake it with sucess? Lack of sound apart of music ever makes me laugh (I know that old movies are like that).
It was remade as Nosferatu the Vampyre in 1979, but I've never seen it because there was allegedly some pretty heinous animal cruelty in the making of it. There's also Shadow Of the Vampire which as some others already mentioned is a fictionalized imagining of the making of Nosferatu, asking the question "What if Max Schreck really had been a vampire?"
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I'm having a hard time narrowing down my favorite vampire films, but I do know Dracula: Dead and Loving It is my favorite comedy. ;D
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Oh I missed "Dracula: Dead and loving it" in my list!
It's one of the best comedies, so funny!
I love Mel Brooks comedies!
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In no particular order:
Let the Right One In (The remake Let Me In was good too)
John Carpenter's Vampires
Fright Night (original)
Fright Night 2
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Till Dusk till Dawn
Forever Knight
The Lost Boys
Blade 1
30 Days of Night
Dracula 2000
Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter
Near Dark
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (The one with Pee Wee in it..lol)
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Forever Knight
Oh, there was a movie? I didn't know that. Always thought it was purely a TV show.
Oh I missed "Dracula: Dead and loving it" in my list!
It's one of the best comedies, so funny!
I love Mel Brooks comedies!
"Mina... you are in the closet."
Also: that overly gory stake-the-vampire scene. ;D
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I just rewatched Fright Night and man, maybe it should have been higher on my list. I love love love Roddy McDowall in this. He takes a character most actors would just play as a bumbling caricature and gives him a sad but relatable and believable ethos. The characters are (mostly) believable and the series of events seems pretty organic, making it easier for you to imagine what it would actually be like in such a situation. I think that's the main reason Fright Night is one of the few if not the only vampire movie to actually scare me. Great script and great performances coupled with memorable special effects elevate what could easily have been a quick, cheap and disposable movie.
Fright Night 2
Part of me wants to see this, but another part of me says that judging from the trailer it takes a "The Howling II Stirba: Werewolf Bitch" turn in budget and plot.
PS - If you're in the US you can watch the original Fright Night free on crackle until next month.
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"Mina... you are in the closet."
I love that scene!
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Oh, there was a movie? I didn't know that. Always thought it was purely a TV show.
"Mina... you are in the closet."
Also: that overly gory stake-the-vampire scene. ;D
It was a Tv Show but I added it anyways. Pretty good.
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It was a Tv Show but I added it anyways. Pretty good.
There was a TV movie made a few years before the show. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097969/ (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097969/)
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"Mina... you are in the closet."
Also: that overly gory stake-the-vampire scene. ;D
Completely funny!
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I'm a huge fun of anything that has to do with Vampires.
My favorite Vampire movie is Bram Stoker's Dracula. Gary Oldman is amazing and Winona Ryder looks really beautiful in the film.
I also like the Underworld movies.
I used to like the Buffy movie but after seeing the TV show I now find it to be boring and an insult to Joss Whedon.
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I used to like the Buffy movie but after seeing the TV show I now find it to be boring and an insult to Joss Whedon.
Try watching Angel, a series that originated from a Buffy's character called Angel, its really good.
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Winona Ryder looks really beautiful in the film.
Oohh... to be like her and get lost in a mystic and gothic landscape with wolves and castles and bushes...
Dreams, dreams... :(
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I used to like the Buffy movie but after seeing the TV show I now find it to be boring and an insult to Joss Whedon.
Well it came first and Whedon wrote it so you don't need to see it as an insult to him. He was just going for something less serious with the movie. I've never been able to get into the franchise because the TV show always seemed to take itself too seriously for me.
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Oohh... to be like her and get lost in a mystic and gothic landscape with wolves and castles and bushes...
Dreams, dreams... :(
Red Riding Hood syndrome?
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I would love to see The Last Voyage of the Demeter on these lists. If it ever gets finished....
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Red Riding Hood syndrome?
I'm not familiar with the term, if it means I dream a lot, I guess the answer is yes. But not exactly dreaming. More like fantasizing.
You know, when you are watching a movie, drinking tea and covered with a sheet in winter, all the lights off, and you find yourself completely lost in the world you are watching on screen? And you have that feeling that you are the character in the screen... that happened to me in Dracula with Wynona's character, and that breathtaking haunting world that movie displays.
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Well it came first and Whedon wrote it so you don't need to see it as an insult to him. He was just going for something less serious with the movie. I've never been able to get into the franchise because the TV show always seemed to take itself too seriously for me.
Joss really wasn't going for a less serious tone for the movie. He had his script rewritten to make it more silly.
Joss is very outspoken about his dislike of the Buffy movie.
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Joss really wasn't going for a less serious tone for the movie. He had his script rewritten to make it more silly.
Joss is very outspoken about his dislike of the Buffy movie.
Ahh I see, I'll take your word for it as a fan of the franchise. I liked the first movie alright but like I said never got into the series. Strange considering one of the things I dreamed about being the most when I was a kid was a monster hunter lol.
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Joss really wasn't going for a less serious tone for the movie. He had his script rewritten to make it more silly.
Joss is very outspoken about his dislike of the Buffy movie.
If it's not Wedon's vision, I'm fine with that. I love the movie and don't much care for ANYTHING else Wedon's done.
No wonder the movie's of such quality. ;D