I was fortunate enough to see much of the production of Coppola's Dracula firsthand - it is one of my favorite movies, and a REMARKABLE demonstration of classic in camera effects and overall craftsmanship.

I'd love to have a movie night at our house, to watch "Martin" followed by Coppola's "Bram Stoker's Dracula" - it's a fantastic Bluray now :D

As you may or may not know, the series is based on the Sookie Stackhouse / Southern Vampire series of books by Charlaine Harris. The first season followed the first book fairly decently, but so far, the second season is a bit more distant from the second book.

The script is pretty fun, actually. I'm looking forward to it. The film is a combination of the first few books but it distances itself from the series quite a bit, I believe.

True Blood! OMG! I love this show. There's one episode left I think. It all comes down to this! :snap: :cheers: :snap:

I've read the books and I still can't wait to see how it all plays out. :D

We're still working our way through season one and I can't wait to get started on season two

Season 2 has had so very little to do with the books. Not a complete disconnect, but nothing like the connection between Season 1 and Dead Until Dark (the first book in the series).

Don't get me wrong: I have been loving the show!

The old school in-camera effects, the costume design, and general sumptuous visuals make this movie worth revisiting, but I hated what they did with the character of Lucy (turning her into a blatant c**k-tease), and the whole reincarnated-love-from-my-past angle is completely alien to Stoker. (Which wouldn't matter if they hadn't made such a big deal out of supposedly being a faithful adaptation.) But any movie with Tom Waits as Renfield deserves a look.

I haven't seen Martin in a long time, and only once, at the dawn of the VHS era. I'll have to put that in the queue again soon.

Bah, two week break till the True Blood finale. Yes, a much bigger departure from the books for the 2nd season, but I think that's the norm for TV based on books. Pretty much for the better, but the denoument of the Dallas adventure was SO MUCH BETTER in the book. Other than that, the TV series rules over the novel.


The better parts of the first season were also those that were not in the book. Loosely Based On is the way to go for this show, bravo!



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As for FC's BS' Drac., the reincarnation bit may have been an invention, but I believe it's the single best invention of the entire prolonged, many-hands-in-the-pie, continuing evolution of the Dracula story.

[QUOTE/] As for FC's BS' Drac., the reincarnation bit may have been an invention, but I believe it's the single best invention of the entire prolonged, many-hands-in-the-pie, continuing evolution of the Dracula story.[/quote]

Not for me, but then I guess I should have known when the tagline for the movie was "Love Never Dies." (I want my vampire movies scary, not swoony romantic - but I'm living in the wrong era for that.) Given my resistance to the idea, I will admit that the denouement was handled very effectively.

Vampire movies, maybe. But Dracula has been a romance story since at least the 1930's.

In fact, I take that back. I'd say most vampire movies and tales hinge on sex and romance far more than horror.