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    Image of Bill-Lee Bill-Lee
    11/10/09

    In reply to Clueless Director Preps An NYC Based Vampire RomCom
    This surge in vampire movies makes me miss the heady days of my callow youth when the only vampire movie in the theaters was Bram Stoker's Dracula directed by the inimitable Francis Ford Coppola and staring the talents of Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder, Anthony Hopkins, and Keanu Reeves. Now that was a vampire movie I could sink my teeth into. #vamps
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    11/10/09

    In reply to Clueless Director Preps An NYC Based Vampire RomCom
    Stop it. Just stop it. Enough with shitty vampire movies.

    While I do not consider myself a misogynist nor advocate violence against women, I think that Stephanie Meyer, Anne Rice, and now Amy Heckerling need to each be punched in the back of the head.

    Also, the entire cast and crew of "Angel", "Forever Knight", and "Underworld" need to have badgers let loose upon them. #vamps
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    Image of snarklenyc snarklenyc
    11/09/09

    In reply to Clueless Director Preps An NYC Based Vampire RomCom
    What is wrong with us? I mean, I get it, we're Americans when we like something we just want more and more until we cannot stand it anymore. I know this first hand as someone who goes through "cereal phases" where I eat one kind of cereal all the time until the sight of it makes me sick. (RIP Fruity Pebbles) Now, it's time for America to do to vampire flicks what I did with General Mills, turn away, take a break and come back to it when we're ready to pace ourselves. #vamps
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    11/09/09

    In reply to Clueless Director Preps An NYC Based Vampire RomCom
    Being a man, the entire vampire trend has completely passed me by, and I feel at a severe disadvantage because I realize I am missing out on a major cultural phenomena, yet can't seem to care enough to change that. My future children will ask if I saw these movies in the theater, and I will look like a clueless dad.

    I remember seeing Lost Boys though, and thinking it was cool. Even had the soundtrack cassette. It was a simpler time.

    I know Heckerling is talented, I did see Loser... but I have almost no memory of the film itself. I'm pretty sure it had the girl from American Beauty and the guy from Anything Else.
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    Edited by cylon_conspiracy at 11/09/09 7:08 PM cylon_conspiracy was starred cylon_conspiracy was unstarred
    Image of ExtensionOfBob ExtensionOfBob
    11/10/09

    @cylon_conspiracy: I'm curious as to whether you've skipped the whole vampire thing because you're a man...or because you're just not interested in any of their manifestations?

    One of the things I love about vampires is that they're represented in so many different ways. You have the humanoid monsters of 30 Days of Night, the shiny, sensitive ones of Rice and Meyer, the mix of both in Buffy...Near Dark came out around the same time as Lost Boys and was a damn good vampire movie. #vamps
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    Image of cylon_conspiracy cylon_conspiracy
    11/10/09

    @ExtensionOfBob: The "trend" of vampires these days seems to be nothing but teen romance. #vamps
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    Image of ExtensionOfBob ExtensionOfBob
    11/10/09

    @cylon_conspiracy: "Seems." Let's not forget 30 Days of Night, Daybreakers, Let the Right One In (which is, ok, technically teen romance), Underworld (which might as well be teen romance), Blood the Last Vampire, True Blood (which sure, gets lumped with Twilight but is about adult relationships and mystery), Vampire Assistant and Priest are all projects that have ridden the vampire craze wave that aren't at all like OC or Gossip Girl with vampires. They're all relatively different despite the obvious common themes that just inextricably accompany vampires in any narrative. #vamps
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    11/10/09

    @ExtensionOfBob: Some of those are real movies.

    But as a non-vampire enthusiast, that stuff is being overshadowed by teen romances. You know this to be true. If you asked a normal person if they liked vampire movies, they would think you were talking about twilight's new moon.

    Let the right one in is a movie I've heard really good things about, I know it's being remade in america too.

    But I traditionally just don't enjoy horror all that much.
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    Edited by cylon_conspiracy at 11/10/09 11:25 AM cylon_conspiracy was starred cylon_conspiracy was unstarred
    Image of ExtensionOfBob ExtensionOfBob
    11/10/09

    @cylon_conspiracy: But as a non-vampire enthusiast, that stuff is being overshadowed by teen romances. You know this to be true. If you asked a normal person if they liked vampire movies, they would think you were talking about twilight's new moon.

    You're right. It makes me sad. I guess I'm trying to do a little bit of outreach in hopes that people won't be turned off by vampires completely because they are inundated with only one (particularly annoying) type.

    (Full disclaimer: I'm anxiously awaiting New Moon.) #vamps
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    Image of ctuley ctuley
    11/09/09

    In reply to Clueless Director Preps An NYC Based Vampire RomCom
    Amy Heckerling AND Krysten Ritter? SOLD! #vamps
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    Image of enderwiggin13 enderwiggin13
    11/09/09

    In reply to Clueless Director Preps An NYC Based Vampire RomCom
    I cannot be the only one who read the headline as "A director who is clueless" and not "The director of Clueless"... #vamps
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    Image of ManchuCandidate ManchuCandidate
    11/09/09

    In reply to Clueless Director Preps An NYC Based Vampire RomCom
    Clueless Vampire Sex And the City will do for the bloody Mary like SATC did for Cosmos. #vamps
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    11/09/09

    In reply to Clueless Director Preps An NYC Based Vampire RomCom
    Question: I absolutely hate everything to do with vampires (since as long as I can remember), and seeing photos of very pretty people with blood running down their mouths fills me with rage. Does that mean I'm a werewolf?
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    Meredith Woerner promoted this comment Edited by Jeriba at 11/09/09 5:13 PM Jeriba was starred Jeriba was unstarred
    Image of ExtensionOfBob ExtensionOfBob
    11/09/09

    In reply to Clueless Director Preps An NYC Based Vampire RomCom
    Ugh. I like Heckerling. I hope this doesn't suck. But it would be setting a dangerous precedent: Twilight for adults.

    How many different genres can we smush vampires and zombies into until people get super bored? #vamps
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    Image of ManchuCandidate ManchuCandidate
    11/09/09

    I got bored at one.
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    Edited by ManchuCandidate at 11/09/09 5:27 PM ManchuCandidate was starred ManchuCandidate was unstarred
    Image of Jeremy Tapsell Jeremy Tapsell
    11/09/09

    In reply to Clueless Director Preps An NYC Based Vampire RomCom
    I like Heckerling - she makes a decent movie. Even Loser was watchable, maybe it was just that Wheatus song, but anyway, I digress.

    I don't really care either way, but as far as I can tell, Vampires + Sex in the City = interesting premise.

    I'm sure Heckerling could bleed some interesting angle out of the Vampire trope. #vamps
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    Image of bohica bohica
    11/10/09

    @Jeremy Tapsell: UGH that song, that song!!!!! #vamps
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    11/09/09

    In reply to Clueless Director Preps An NYC Based Vampire RomCom
    Jennifer's Body, only this time they're both sucking your blood.. #vamps
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    Image of Tomb: R.O.A.C.H. Tomb: R.O.A.C.H.
    11/09/09

    In reply to Clueless Director Preps An NYC Based Vampire RomCom
    This is the reason the world is ending 2012. ...but I love Gilmore Girls quirkyness.
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    Edited by Tomb: R.O.A.C.H. at 11/09/09 4:01 PM Tomb: R.O.A.C.H. was starred Tomb: R.O.A.C.H. was unstarred
    Image of Jeremy Tapsell Jeremy Tapsell
    11/09/09

    @Tomb: R.O.A.C.H.: But she betrayed Old Town!! That bitch! #vamps
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    Image of Dr.Quatermass Sc.D: Purveyor of Truth, Disseminator of Lies Dr.Quatermass Sc.D: Purveyor of Truth, Disseminator of Lies
    11/09/09

    In reply to Clueless Director Preps An NYC Based Vampire RomCom
    Face. I'd like you to meet my friend Palm. #vamps
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