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March 15, 2008
Vamps?
Interesting NY Observer story on the heat around vampires in the teen chick lit business.
The only movie to take advantage of it so far is Twilight, which was made by Summit and which, for now, they will try to self-distribute, starring Kirsten Stewart and directed by Catherine Hardwicke.
Seems to me that The Lost Boys and Interview WIth The Vampire were more gay bait than girl bait. Coppola's Bram Stoker's Dracula was more an action film with a touch of romance than a grrrl fantasy. And Buffy, The Vampire Slayer, whether on film or on TV, was never really much about vampires so much as menstruation.
We are in a small lull in the teen girl horror/action market. But will vampires who romance-not-roofie young women show up relentlessly in 2009 until we get sick to death of them?
Posted by poland at March 15, 2008 10:48 AM
Comments
There's also that lesbian werewolf movie with Ellen Page. I never would have thought the movie "Underworld" or the TV on the Radio Song "Wolf Like Me" would have been such an inspiration.
Posted by: Noah
at March 15, 2008 11:14 AM
Also there's a whole section about a young vampire in The Informers.
Posted by: Noah
at March 15, 2008 11:15 AM
I'm looking forward to that HBO vampire series with Anna Paquin.
Posted by: CaptainZahn
at March 15, 2008 11:31 AM
The Lost Boys gay bait? That was back before everybody knew Schumacher was gay, and there are sure a lot more girls than gays no matter how you slice it.
Posted by: jeffmcm
at March 15, 2008 02:26 PM
The Lost Boys was teen bait in general.
Posted by: CaptainZahn
at March 15, 2008 02:53 PM
KRISTEN STEWART OWNS EVERYTHING EVER.
She and EVAN RACHEL WOOD should make a movie where they go on a ROAD TRIP with an AWESOME 34-YEAR-OLD DRUNK and go see SLAYER. Then get into ADVENTURES with METAL BLARING while they wear CUTOFF SHORTS and HIGH HEELS with lots of IDOLIZING SHOTS OF MY DASHING MUG in GOLDEN TONES wearing SUNGLASSES while I KICK ASS and OWN SHIT.
There can be vampires too if necessary.
Man, I should start my own blog for all these great ideas.
Posted by: LexG
at March 15, 2008 04:11 PM
^ Yes, that sounds like a winning proposition for everybody.
Posted by: Blackcloud
at March 15, 2008 04:14 PM
And hopefully stop posting here! Yes, I fully support this plan entirely.
"And Buffy, The Vampire Slayer, whether on film or on TV, was never really much about vampires so much as menstruation."
You really do come up with some needlessly graphically dumb things sometimes, Dave. What's "menstruation" meant to be an alagory for, anyway? Girls growing up and becoming women? Rite of passage and all that? Cause if that's your train of thought then maybe you could just say that in the future.
Posted by: KamikazeCamelV2.0
at March 15, 2008 07:45 PM
First off; Twilight has a HUGE FREAKIN FOLLOWING. I am talking about girls -- out the back and around the corner -- who love these books. They love these books to such an extent, that they do not SHUT UP ABOUT them. Nor do they cease the endless discussions about how much they would want an EDWARD in their lives. This movie -- if it's BARELY GOOD -- can easily be a franchise for some folks. Do not under sell the Twilight. You would be foolish to do so Heat.
Oh, hold on, YOU ARE A FOOLISH MOTHERFUCKER. "And Buffy, The Vampire Slayer, whether on film or on TV, was never really much about vampires so much as menstruation." Dude... that's some of the goofiest and foolish shit you have ever freakin posted. It's just fucking funny. I am not even going to bust on you about it, because it's so blasted silly.
Now go get your gold chain and unbotton your collar. You silly motherfucker :D.
Posted by: IOIOIOI
at March 16, 2008 12:46 AM
Actually, Kami, the subtext of Buffy: The VAMPIRE Slayer and Ginger Snaps and others is very much about menstruation. Blood. Cycles of the moon. PMS. The nature of sexual deliniation.
Sorry if nature offends you. But women having periods is nature, not an uncomfortable abstraction meant as a clever quip on a blog. But then again, I grew up with 3 sisters and am not squeamish about the mechanics.
Posted by: David Poland
at March 16, 2008 11:56 AM
Maybe Buffy the movie, not so much Buffy the TV series.
Posted by: jeffmcm
at March 16, 2008 01:49 PM
Dude, I know women have periods, but that doesn't mean you need to bring them up in conversation. It was like anytime you spoke about Rinki Kikuchi you'd mention her vagina.
I was totally with you about Buffy if your menstruation mention was a riff on "girls growing into women", because that's ACTUALLY(!!!!) what it's about. It's more of a coming-of-age series about teenagers, which just happens to involve vampires. Sure, the PMS angle is there, but that's just one small part of the whole package.
Posted by: KamikazeCamelV2.0
at March 17, 2008 07:00 AM
Breaking news. This just in:
K-STEW OWNS ALL YOUR WEAK ASSES.
Posted by: LexG
at March 17, 2008 12:37 PM
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