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I'll agree that literature doesn't necessarily have to convey a message, but then I doubt that a massive army of tween girls are going to their nearest bookstore to read pick up Paradise Lost.Originally Posted by Keeviin
Agreed, though this kind of message seems completely irrelevant or ridiculous compared to the "bad message" or controversy presented in Paradise Lost, Heart of Darkness, Lolita, or <insert anything by Nietzsche>.
Then again, comparing Twilight to these masterpieces is even more ridiculous.
My point should have been that good literature (may also apply to other forms of art) does not have to convey a good message, or any "message" (=intentional communication) at all.
Twilight is directly targeted towards kids (admitedly this says alot about my priorities, such as vampire movies and loneliness, that I would be so pissed off about something aimed at teen girls), and as such the author should try to be a little more careful about what she is saying in her books.
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...and starting a thread about sparkling vampires (4 pages and counting), getting people like me aggravated about something we've never even heard or read about.I sure hope you're proud of yourself Sir!
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I have a friend that likes the original Dracula, An Interview with a Vampire, and - believe it or not - Twilight! Lighten up people.
Nobody likes emo vampire fanatics.
But those are mainly the audience that Twilight books have spawned.
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Get The Strain by Guillermo Del Toro. I've been listening to the audio book, read by Ron Pearlman, and it certainately puts a nice phat stake into Twighlight and any other teen vamp genres.
(sorry Twighlight fans, I caught a glimpse of it the other night, and was not impressed)
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I read the first book of Twilight, I disliked it so much I never wanted to see the movie.
True Blood on the other hand I'm hooked on. My favorite show ever, even though I have no wish whatsoever to read the books.
As for movies, I have to get my hands on this oneLesbian Vampire Killers
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I'm curious about True Blood...I read the first book of Twilight, I disliked it so much I never wanted to see the movie.
True Blood on the other hand I'm hooked on. My favorite show ever, even though I have no wish whatsoever to read the books.
As for movies, I have to get my hands on this one
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I started watching it. I'm about 4 episodes in. I'm not impressed so far but I'm told it gets better. I shouldnt have to endure a portion of a series in order to get to something worth appreciating, but it's too early to tell really. I enjoy the concepts and how they are handling the vampire bit, but it feels like....I dont know how to say it....overacted by B rate actors.....melodramatic....corny.... it has its moments but I'm not sure if there are enough moments to hold my interest.
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I just started watching it too and so far I'm enjoying it a whole lot.
Vampire Bill was also in Ultraviolet, the other vamp show I recommended earlier in the thread. Yay typecasting.
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It's a similar premise of a lot of vampire movies but the whole deal is that vampires have revealed themselves to people and they're trying to fit into society, get civil rights, and all that. But you've got lot's of skeptical people and churches that hate 'em, it's pretty much an allusion to civil rights moments. Good show imo
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It's genuinely funny in places too, which is a nice change for a typically pouty and serious genre.
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Its like vampires meets X-men.
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I don't know, I think True Blood is great, especially when compared to all the vampire related crap I've been watching recently (e.g. Embrace of the Vampire). Maybe it's because I find the world in TB similar to the World of Darkness (White Wolf's one), and I love pen and paper vampire RPing, and I also do the whole trading card game thing
Anyways, season 2 is better than season 1, and I've watched season 1 three times. But you know, opinions are like assholes...
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I like TruBlood even though I really don't like how powerful they've made their vampires.
My concern with this show isn't its quality its HBO's history of coming up with really, really good shows and the canceling them prematurely for idiotic reasons. Case in point: Deadwood being cancelled for a show about surfers (that failed after one episode)!! Deadwood easily could have gone on for two or three more seasons! There are also shows like Rome and Carnival that died with little to no reason. Lets hope that TruBlood isn't added to that list.
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I know what you're saying, and I hope the same.
TB actually has a great chance of surviving though, I've read that the season 2 premiere viewer ratings were as high as The Sopranos final episode, and supposedly the number of viewers has been growing... I can always hope, right?
As for Rome, I never watched it but I think a friend of mine said it was canceled because it was extremely expensive, not sure though.
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It was a shame about Carnivale, (not enough people watched, and it was just too damned expensive, similar to Kings) but Rome didn't so much get cancelled as end. Ceaser rose, fail, and named a successor in his place. The end.
There were lots of people watching Deadwood, though. The whole "Sopranos in the 19th century" vibe I got turned me off the show, so I can't say what might have happened. I didn't even know it was cancelled.
Sometimes good shows just need to killed off. Dead Like Me started great and slowly got crappier and crappier. It was a real shame, but sometimes sick dogs need to be put down.
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Jesus Christ! Kung Fu Vampire Hunter! THE MUSICAL!!!!
I'm NOT KIDDING!! This is a truly bad absolutly funny Low Low budget movie filmed here in Ottawa, Canada back in 2000.
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^greatest movie idea ever, hands down
And most recent episodes of true blood take place in Dallas, I keep watching hoping I'll recognize something (assuming they're actually filming in Dallas that is)
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So far.
True Blood has a similar feeling to World of Darkness, but with the little (SURE) difference that people actually know about Vampires in the first one.
So, I think i'll give it a chance...
THOUGH, I didn't liked the fact that synthetic blood made by japanese scientists is what makes vampires integrate again into society. That means that the Japanese could do lots of atrocities and aberrations, because they have the power to do so. Also, what kind of motivation could they have to do so? They knew about vampires from before, yes, but why? Also... lol @ the name of the female protagonist. It's some sort of silly pun, i think.
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Hearing bill say "SOOOKEEEE" makes it all worth it.
LESBIAN VAMPIRE KILLERS is sort of meh. No titty shots, and it smells a lot like someone trying to do a simon pegg/nick frost gambit. (without the funny.)
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I like that the vampire sheriff speaks swedish sometimesAnd also that Bill has got a Wii. Kinda odd detail.
Imo it's a great series. Very good characters and development. Plot seems thick enough as well
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Well yeah, they beat the English scientists to itTHOUGH, I didn't liked the fact that synthetic blood made by japanese scientists is what makes vampires integrate again into society.
artificial blood
Aww man, it's not not even interesting in the pathetic Uwe Boll or Troll2: The goblins kinda way so that you can laugh at how bad it is?LESBIAN VAMPIRE KILLERS is sort of meh. No titty shots, and it smells a lot like someone trying to do a simon pegg/nick frost gambit. (without the funny.)
And yeah, the S'KEEEEH part hehehh
And tobbA, I generally think Swedish is awesome ever since I saw Låt den rätte komma in, I've also seen another one of Skarsgård's Swedish movies, I think it was called Hundtricket or something like that, sorry if I misspelled it... He's kind of a big shot in Sweden?
And, I NEED to get my paws on that musical...
EDIT Oh, and yeah, Stephen Seagal made a vampire movie this year... Against the Dark, didn't watch it but it sounds really REALLY bad, even for him, anyone seen it?
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It kinda is, wait till it hits the 60p rental section though.
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yeah you want it....
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... dear lord... this wasn't what I had in mind when I was thinking about "sunlight" and "flaming"...
yeah you want it....
I'm going to need a crucifix, a set of wooden stakes (preferrably cored with silver and weighted to be loaded in a crossbow), holy water, communion wafers, garlic, relics from saints, a gorget/neck armor piece (preferably with silver inlay and etchings of crosses and varrious other religious symbols, and a sword (if this also doubles as one of the relics all the better)
It should be noted that all this needs to be blessed by an Orthodox or Catholic priest. A bishop or higher would be preferred but I'll take what I can get.
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I think a Whopper does the trick just as good.
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Dude, Sunlight?
Edit: Troub, I fixed it, just for you.
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lens flare that shit :B
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they don't sparkle that much. Believe me its more girly like. Like glitter and shimmerig little pieces of gay.Dude, Sunlight?
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Well, in MY world, if there's glittering to be done it'll be done in an over the top Glam Rock Bowie / Bolan kind of way..
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