SAVE THE VAMPIRE FROM INSIPID CULLENS!!!

catefrances

YEAH FOR TIM BURTON.

http://www.fhm.com.au/burton-to-rescue- ... -genre.htm


Burton to rescue vampire genre?
By Jamie Watt

When Alice in Wonderland director Tim Burton announced his plans at Comic Con last year to helm an upcoming film adaptation of 1960s vampire TV show Dark Shadows, fans of the bloodsucker genre all over the globe breathed a collective sigh of relief.

For vampire enthusiasts fond of the many awesome and varied film, TV and literary depictions of the fanged miscreants of the night, the last few years have been a barren wasteland populated by zombie-esque teen girls, clinging desperately to copies of the various Twilight novels and moaning heatedly about the “beautiful Edward Cullen”. Thank Christ there’s a traditionally dark, gore-filled vampire flick on the horizon.

Twilight is giving vampires a bad name. There, we said it. The vampire myth is one of the most time-tested and beloved legends in pop culture history, and while we’ll allow for cool examples of experimentation with said myth (Blade was a human-vampire hybrid who waged war on his own kind, Daybreakers depicted a future where vampires were the majority and humans the minority), we won’t stand for the liberties Twilight has taken with it.

At no point were vampires intended to be used as a platform for sexually repressed religious drivel. No, they can’t walk around during the day and no, their skin doesn’t sparkle like a diamond when exposed to the sun. At least Twilight got the vampires’ traditional rivalry with werewolves right, but since when were all lycanthropes perennially shirtless goons who look like they just stepped out of an informercial for the Ab King Pro?

With the announcement of his upcoming project, Tim Burton has thrown bloodsucker fans a buoy to rescue them from this sea of vampire mediocrity. Dark Shadows was an eerily gothic vampire yarn and the unhinged Burton is just the man to bring it to the big screen. With mostly-successful collaborator Johnny Depp on board too, this could finally be the stake through Twilight’s heart we’ve been waiting for.

BinauralJam

i'm a Lestat fan, but Ann Rice just writes too much guy on guy stuff, hard to read that shit

Fifthelement

Hmm, well, I'll give it a chance. I'm sure that whatever Burton comes out with will be a million times better than any of the Twilight-related movies/books.

To be honest, in regards to most Vampire related movies, I'd rather read about them than watch them on the screen. There is something much more intimate in having to use your imagination as opposed to having someone's interpretation of a story on the screen. Having said that, I really liked Let the Right One In.

BinauralJam

Fifthelement wrote:

Hmm, well, I'll give it a chance. I'm sure that whatever Burton comes out with will be a million times better than any of the Twilight-related movies/books.

To be honest, in regards to most Vampire related movies, I'd rather read about them than watch them on the screen. There is something much more intimate in having to use your imagination as opposed to having someone's interpretation of a story on the screen. Having said that, I really liked Let the Right One In.

+1 that's a freaky little movie, there doing an american remake with Hitgirl from Kickass, well see.

Who Princess

Fifthelement wrote:

To be honest, in regards to most Vampire related movies, I'd rather read about them than watch them on the screen. There is something much more intimate in having to use your imagination as opposed to having someone's interpretation of a story on the screen. Having said that, I really liked Let the Right One In.

Great movie. If there's got to be a movie about teen angst and vampires, that's the way to do it. :thumbup:

catefrances

i agree with you 5th.. my imagination is way better than anything hollywood could possibly come up with.

Fifthelement

catefrances wrote:

i agree with you 5th.. my imagination is way better than anything hollywood could possibly come up with.

That's probably why I like LtROI, it's NOT a Hollywood production I wonder how Hollywood will package and sell that to NA audiences. Honestly, what makes it so effective is that it tells a story about isolation and loneliness via the location, the weather, as well as the type of existence of both the protagonists. If they are going to jump on the Twilight-related madness, they are probably gonna F that aspect up big-time.

There are other Vamp movies that I have enjoyed, such as the Underworld series, but usually I am terribly disappointed. After all these years, I still haven't sat all the way through Interview with a Vampire because I was so angry/disappointed with Cruise being cast as Lestat :oops: :?

What other Vamp movies/series do you guys recommend? I have Buffy, Angel and Supernatural (with some Vamp aspects) on DVD.

BinauralJam

I still haven't sat all the way through Interview with a Vampire because I was so angry/disappointed with Cruise being cast as Lestat

I was too, but now i've seen the movie so many times, i actually hear tom cruises voice when i reread the books. maybe your better off not watching it. Queen of the Damned movie was Horrible =Epic Fail!!!
but had outstanding soundtrack.

demetrios

Wish Tim Burton took a shot & made an live action film on Vampire Hunter D or Vampire Hunter D : Blood Lust. Or Christopher Moore's You Suck novel to film. Would love to see these on big screen.

Claireack

Think it will be a good one.

Fifthelement wrote:

hat other Vamp movies/series do you guys recommend?

You'll have probably watched Trueblood, I really like that one, although without satellite tv I'm way behind on that one so am reading the books instead.

I also really like Being Human a series BBC3 have done, there's been 2 series so far and I'm hoping for more. Quite funny at times, but also sad at times too. Anyway it's about a vampire, werewolf and ghost sharing a house and trying to live in the 'normal' world. Worth a go.

milarso

Salem's Lot is the best vampire book ever written (with the exception of Dracula )

Digital Twilight

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0403358/

NIght watch and its sequel Day watch is a great example of how a vampire (ish) movie can be done.

It's russian but there is a dubbed version on the dvd (of course subtitles are much better)

Kilgore_Trout

johnny depp too?!? christ burton... am i the only one that thinks this guy is a total hack for working with the same annoying actor in every movie?? it'd be one thing if they each pushed eachother in new directions and broke new ground... but theyre just rehashing the same dark, weird lil world in every movie

get a room you two

they're worse than twilight

JaneNY

KO282453 wrote:

I still haven't sat all the way through Interview with a Vampire because I was so angry/disappointed with Cruise being cast as Lestat

I was too, but now i've seen the movie so many times, i actually hear tom cruises voice when i reread the books. maybe your better off not watching it. Queen of the Damned movie was Horrible =Epic Fail!!!
but had outstanding soundtrack.

Queen of the Damned was atrocious, but Interview was funny in a lot of places - I thought Cruise did a decent job with the character, in terms of the irreverent and inappropriate humor that was part of Lestat's personality. Brad Pitt as Louis I hard a harder time with.

If anyone hasn't read the original Dracula, I highly recommend it.

But Burton, Dark Shadows, that sounds decent.

BinauralJam

Queen of the Damned was atrocious,

I was gona say Atrocious, but i didn't know to spell it.

BinauralJam

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkiW5boHKmk

just a small example of the awesomeness of the QueenOFTD soundtrack

The Juggler

i thought you were a big twilght fan, young catherine?

catefrances

The Jeagler wrote:

i thought you were a big twilght fan, young catherine?

once again jeags you thought wrong.

BinauralJam

i Do have to give credit to the Twlight books in this way, for the 7 to 10 days i took my wife read the four of them, well lets just say, that was a good time for me, i didn't understand it and i didn't question it.
Tahnk Your Stephanie Meyer's

catefrances

KO282453 wrote:

i Do have to give credit to the Twlight books in this way, for the 7 to 10 days i took my wife read the four of them, well lets just say, that was a good time for me, i didn't understand it and i didn't question it.
Tahnk Your Stephanie Meyer's

considering how sexless the books are i dont understand it either.

BinauralJam

i think it's the build up. the Sookie books ARE even better books, god bless C.Harris i read the first one, just not my thing, i appericated it for the Historical part, my wife for the Sex, whatever works.

catefrances

yeah the sookie stackhouse series is better imo. a different audience. eric has really gotten to me and i dont usually go for blondes. even the vampire diaries are better than the twilight series and they have the same target audience.

Who Princess

Fifthelement wrote:

What other Vamp movies/series do you guys recommend? I have Buffy, Angel and Supernatural (with some Vamp aspects) on DVD.

I like Near Dark: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093605/
Off beat for a horror flick with a lot of humor thrown in. A group of white trash vampires traveling around the Midwest.

BinauralJam

whoprincess wrote:

Fifthelement wrote:

What other Vamp movies/series do you guys recommend? I have Buffy, Angel and Supernatural (with some Vamp aspects) on DVD.

I like Near Dark: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093605/
Off beat for a horror flick with a lot of humor thrown in. A group of white trash vampires traveling around the Midwest.

Great now its 12:15 at night and i'm all into this movie, is Mae ,Paullette from Grease 2? i used to be in love w/that girl.

BinauralJam

thats not paulette, damn i would have bet.

Poncier

Kilgore_Trout wrote:

johnny depp too?!? christ burton... am i the only one that thinks this guy is a total hack for working with the same annoying actor in every movie?? it'd be one thing if they each pushed eachother in new directions and broke new ground... but theyre just rehashing the same dark, weird lil world in every movie

get a room you two

they're worse than twilight

I'm sure Burton will cast Helena Bonham Carter as well.
What the hell happened to him. Its been all downhill since his amazing cameo in "Singles".

The Juggler

catefrances wrote:

The Jeagler wrote:

i thought you were a big twilght fan, young catherine?

once again jeags you thought wrong.

well then i stand corrected. i thought i remembered you and pam being excited about them at the other place.

Flagg

milarso wrote:

Salem's Lot is the best vampire book ever written (with the exception of Dracula )

This.


And someone buy Tim Burton a beer for this. May he set the vampire genre back on course. Someone has to.

milarso

Poncier wrote:

Kilgore_Trout wrote:

johnny depp too?!? christ burton... am i the only one that thinks this guy is a total hack for working with the same annoying actor in every movie?? it'd be one thing if they each pushed eachother in new directions and broke new ground... but theyre just rehashing the same dark, weird lil world in every movie

get a room you two

they're worse than twilight

I'm sure Burton will cast Helena Bonham Carter as well.
What the hell happened to him. Its been all downhill since his amazing cameo in "Singles".

Just found this today- 10 Director/Actor Pairings Who Need a Break
http://thefilmstage.com/2010/05/14/10-directoractor-pairings-who-need-a-break/

No. 10 Helena Bonham Carter and Tim Burton
Helena Bonham Carter, believe it or not, used to be a distinguished actress who was nominated for an Oscar for her performance in The Wings Of A Dove. Since with Burton, however, she only seems to find work in his films slumming around in creepy makeup. Apart from some appearances in the Harry Potter series, the actress hasn’t made a notable splash outside the Burtonverse since 1999’s Fight Club and it seems like there is no slowing down this husband/wife movie making duo. Burton has three projects slated for production that will likely feature the quirky actress.

No. 1 Johnny Depp and Tim Burton
It’s hard to argue with success (their most recent film, Alice in Wonderland, has garnered their highest box office) but Tim Burton’s reliance on Depp has reached a level of near parody. Their collaborative efforts have become more and more predictable and the once exciting duo has been reduced to a bland mix of dayglow hot topic merchandise. Their last truly great film together was Ed Wood in 1994 and found both at their career best. It is possible for them to reclaim this glory but Burton is going to need to cast Depp more appropriately instead of dressing him up in garish make up and wigs and letting him run on autopilot.

catefrances

The Jeagler wrote:

catefrances wrote:

The Jeagler wrote:

i thought you were a big twilght fan, young catherine?

once again jeags you thought wrong.

well then i stand corrected. i thought i remembered you and pam being excited about them at the other place.

as i said.

though i have to admit i found the scenery very thrilling and the best thing about the films so far. michael sheen as aro deserves a mention too.