Klaatu Barada Nikto

  I'm never sure if what I'm saying on my blog is new or original or creative.  You've probably heard in a billion other places this bit of trivia which I think is interesting.  What do the movies 'Return of the Jedi' and 'Army of Darkness' have in common?  Of course, you know the answer is that they both pay homage to 'The Day The Earth Stood Still' (the original, not the remake).
  In that movie, the alien tells a lady what to tell Gort, the big robot.  "Klaatu barada nikto".  Then in 'Return of the Jedi' in Jabba's palace, there are three guards with the names: Klaatu, Barada and Nikto.  Of course, in 'Army of Darkness' the magic words Ash has to say when he takes the Necronomicon are "Klaatu barada nikto', which he bumbles up, bringing to life the titled army of darkness.  I'm only putting this into a blog for those of you (myself included) who have not seen this written anywhere else and didn't notice it on their own.
 

Trilogies

  Kayla and I just watched Lost Boys: The Thirst and it was so cool.  As far as trilogies go, it's up there with Star Wars (not the new shit), Back to the Future and the Evil Dead trilogy in my mind.  Lost Boys and Near Dark are some of my favorite vampire movies.
  Near Dark never had any sequels that I know of.  I could be wrong.  To me, it was just a gritty, dark film with no frills.  It didn't glamorize vampires.  These were just real people who had to kill to eat.  I don't even recall them having fangs.  I don't think there was anything about crosses, bats, garlic or any of the usual vampire shit.  It was just people like you and me who have been forced to get used to a condition which makes them have to drink human blood.
  That's the sort of feel I'd like to have with the vampires in my stories.  In the Nocent stories, since all the vampires are only half-vampires, I have the added element of how they can protect humans without killing anybody.  Of course, they can destroy the zombies because they're already dead, but there are also human followers of the Nocent who must be dealt with in a humane fashion.