Here Be Vampires!

Not Afraid · 07-29-2009, 04:11 PM

I've been a HUGE Vamprie fan ever since Dark Shadows, but haven't had much interest in Contemporary Vampire Television (CVT) mostly because I hate the TV format.

I have always liked different takes on vampires, be it Stoker, Polidori, Burton's Hindu Vampire stories, , MR James, DH Lawrence, E. Nesbit, EF Benson, Anne Rice or the Twilight Series (but the old guys knew when to shut up, where Rice and Twilightwhat'shername took it to the point of uninteresting).

Film-wise, Kinski as Nos is probably my all time favorite, but there are a lot of great Vampire portrayals out there.

I could easily segue from this to Stoker's Lair of the White Worm and Ken Russell's lovely-bad film and other "close cousins" of that realm.

innerSpaceman · 07-29-2009, 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Not Afraid

I've been a HUGE Vamprie fan ever since Dark Shadows, but haven't had much interest in Contemporary Vampire Television (CVT) mostly because I hate the TV format.

I should point out that True Blood is hardly what you might think of as "TV format" - though it is serial (like the books its based on).

Dark Shadows, was of course, much more bound to a much more banal TV format of its day. I was so excited when it repeats were shown a few years back ... because I used to LOVE it when it originally aired ... only to discover, like so many shows of that time (and mine at that age) it was embarassingly awful.

Le sigh.

But, mmmm, Barnabus Collins.

Not Afraid · 07-29-2009, 04:48 PM

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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

I should point out that True Blood is hardly what you might think of as "TV format" - though it is serial (like the books its based on).

Why wouldn't you consider it TV format?

I think the thing that would push me over the top to watch True Blood would be the Alan Ball factor.

innerSpaceman · 07-29-2009, 04:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Not Afraid

Why wouldn't you consider it TV format?

It's not TV.

It's HBO.

Yes, Alan Ball. Characters and plots, not to mention hotness, you won't find anywhere else on TV. (I was stunned to learn it was based on a book series and not downloaded wholesale from Ball's brain.)

07-29-2009, 04:11 PM	#1
Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	I've been a HUGE Vamprie fan ever since Dark Shadows, but haven't had much interest in Contemporary Vampire Television (CVT) mostly because I hate the TV format. I have always liked different takes on vampires, be it Stoker, Polidori, Burton's Hindu Vampire stories, , MR James, DH Lawrence, E. Nesbit, EF Benson, Anne Rice or the Twilight Series (but the old guys knew when to shut up, where Rice and Twilightwhat'shername took it to the point of uninteresting). Film-wise, Kinski as Nos is probably my all time favorite, but there are a lot of great Vampire portrayals out there. I could easily segue from this to Stoker's Lair of the White Worm and Ken Russell's lovely-bad film and other "close cousins" of that realm.
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