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My thoughts after finishing this first season (Spoilers, obviously):

posted a year ago by tph890 (484)
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Not bad.
Really, in all honesty.
It was entertaining … Enthralling…
Brutally violent…
Fun and only somewhat pretentious/virtue-signaling, with enough respect for the source material to make the experience palatable for any legitimate fan (of the book, or the 90’s film, or both).
I don’t care that the show-creators changed the time period, or the skin-color of Louis (and little miss evil/Claudia), or that they jumped into the future to give us an older and exceptionally cynical version of the Interviewer.
It’s just a new telling of an old story. And it was pretty damn cool.
I mean, some dude got his jaw torn out of his face in the finale. And maybe you were streaming this, but I caught that shit on Xfinity cable, commercials and all, and what more could a simpleton horror fan like me ask for from a cable-tv presentation?
I still prefer the book, but I don’t feel like I wasted my time watching this series. And I am gladly looking forward to what comes next in this contemporary interpretation.

[–] Honeywolf3 (41) a year ago

Let me tell you, I was originally not okay when I heard of all these changes. I'm like why not continue the movie. Do Vampire Lestat. I was even disappointed in casting. I went into this like I gonna hate it and yet I was curious to how this was gonna work.

I haven't been that spellbound by an pilot since Walking Dead. I haven't read the books since my teens so it's been years......but while I liked them and some of the characters, the series could be quite boring. I'm not deep into Theology so the discussions about religions & God has never been my thing. So the show has to be entertaining and be more about old vamps arguing all the time.

Sam & Jacob stepped up and delivered. Their chemistry blows Brad & Tom's out of the water. I guess it would considering they had Tom & Brad play like roommates instead of lovers. I was okay with the aging up of Claudia but I wasn't sure about the actress in the beginning at first. Ep. 6 is when I finally got on board with her and her evolution in Ep 7. she killed it.

The deconstruction of the Interview, I would have never thought of it. The fact that Rolin brought in Playwrights to help with the script. The flow of the dialogue....... the quotes..... while incorporating Anne's words, I loved it. What I will say about the changes, they keep me guessing and I like that I don't know what's coming or what's been changed. The Armand change... I'm really curious about how this will go.

I get it. The original book is a classic but it was also written in a different point in time from an author who was in a different mind set then and the landscape is different today. She is different. A lot of older books is being re-imagined and modernized for today's audience.

[–] tph890 (484) a year ago

Totally agree with the entire sentiment of your post.
I was also quite skeptical about the series, but decided to give it a chance.
Also love the way Lestat and Louis were performed. Lestat especially very much conveyed the spirit of the Vampire Lestat from the novel.
Was absolutely delighted by the inclusion of Armand (can’t wait to see how this storyline progresses!)
I feel like this series might actually work for a younger (contemporary, probably college-aged) audience who is not familiar with the original works, who then might be curious to check out those novels, which would be pretty cool.
For someone like me, who only read “Interview” way back when (I know the basic synopses for the other books, but have yet to read them) and then saw the “Interview” film, it was very cool to spend eight weeks enjoying an inspired re-imagining of the whole thing.
I’m keeping my fingers crossed that this series will stay great.

[–] MillerJones (467) a year ago

You can't be serious.

This is not Interview With A Vampire.

People may like this I have no problem with that but be real this is not what it's claiming to be and misleading people.

You want to do as they have set it as something separate stop trying to claim it's anything to do with Annie Rice material and story it's not.

[–] tph890 (484) a year ago

Your response is unintelligible nonsense.
“Interview” does not belong to you.
Yes, this series is a valid adaptation.
It’s a very mild shame that you did not enjoy or appreciate said adaptation.
And yes, I was very serious.

[–] MillerJones (467) a year ago

No you are an idiot.

Very clear you are a troll or never read any of the books.

[–] TheArgentinian (6457) a year ago

I bet you haven't seen it just because the lead is black.

[–] MillerJones (467) a year ago

No I didn't watch it because it has a black man lead serious (I watched half the season)

You people are desperate to try and backup a show is something it is not

[–] Honeywolf3 (41) a year ago

We already had a book adaptation. It wasn't perfect but the movie was still decent.

I like that Rolin didn't want to redo the movie all over again. He wanted to do a different take. It's nowhere near the trainweck that was Queen of the Damned though.

We have had multiple versions of Dracula, Sense & Sensibility, Romeo & Juliet. Tons of books & plays have been reworked & remodernize for the era it's in. I give it 15 to 20 years, somebody is gonna redo Twilight.

Listen I get the purist is mad & wanted the book version but y'all forget..... Anne sold the rights... that means....the creatives could whatever they wanted. Whether we like it or not.

[–] ReelReviews14 (1030) 7 months ago

>> It's nowhere near the trainweck that was Queen of the Damned though. <<

You're right. AMC's Encounter with a Turdpile woke remake is SO incredibly bad that the awful 'Queen of the Damned' adaptation from 2002 actually seems "faith to the source material" and watchable in comparison!