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.
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Monday, January 17, 2011
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Worthy Sequels
Bologna is the best thing since sliced bread. Everybody sing together now, "My bologna has a first name. It's S-T-O-R-E. My bologna has a second name. It's B-R-A-N-D." You know how they have Easy Cheese that you spray out of a bottle onto crackers or whatever? My twisted Asian brain came up with the concept of Easy Bologna. Imagine a bologna sandwich in 3 seconds flat! I could make millions.
What I really wanted to talk about was Lost Boys: The Tribe. It was with hesitant trepidation (as opposed to embrazened trepidation?) that I fired up that flick on Netflix. I tell you what, that movie pleasantly surpassed my expectations for it. Kayla said the same thing. The music was good, so was the story line and the acting. You could tell that whoever made that sequel, obviously liked the original. This wasn't just someone out to make a fast buck by capitalizing on a known franchise. Anyway, I also have Lost Boys: The Thirst in my queue. I'll keep my fingers crossed.
In my experience, most sequels just don't live up to the original. Some exceptions are the Back to the Future trilogy, Aliens, the Resident Evil sequels, Army of Darkness, Star Wars episodes V and VI, and the Nocent books (Your Honor, I object! Insufficient evidence. Objection sustained.). I'd love to hear your thoughts on the subject of sequels.
What I really wanted to talk about was Lost Boys: The Tribe. It was with hesitant trepidation (as opposed to embrazened trepidation?) that I fired up that flick on Netflix. I tell you what, that movie pleasantly surpassed my expectations for it. Kayla said the same thing. The music was good, so was the story line and the acting. You could tell that whoever made that sequel, obviously liked the original. This wasn't just someone out to make a fast buck by capitalizing on a known franchise. Anyway, I also have Lost Boys: The Thirst in my queue. I'll keep my fingers crossed.
In my experience, most sequels just don't live up to the original. Some exceptions are the Back to the Future trilogy, Aliens, the Resident Evil sequels, Army of Darkness, Star Wars episodes V and VI, and the Nocent books (Your Honor, I object! Insufficient evidence. Objection sustained.). I'd love to hear your thoughts on the subject of sequels.
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