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Why people want to see Van Helsing:

Working all day again! It's pretty slow, but active enough to keep me from getting too bored.

I've figured out why many people, including myself, were stoked to see Van Helsing. Many of us remember 10 years ago after Coppola's Dracula came out, and how fab Anthony Hopkins was as Dr. Van Helsing. That was the first time I heard about a Van Helsing movie, which was supposed to be a sequel to Dracula, and star AH. But rights got haggled over and time got wasted, and here we are, 10 years later with a flavor of the month hunk playing the souped up little brother of the good doctor. From what I've heard so far, Van Helsing isn't even realted to the Draculs. Duh?!?

Happily, I've sold 3 memberships and one renewal today. Compared to the last few weeks, that is freaking awesome. The guys from Electronic Boutique are still here promoting the VH video game.

Oh, and

lirrin , I met your freind Brian today as he came into the theatre and introduced himself to me. I love when LJ peeps do that! It's like being locally famous. I also saw my old Doctor friend, and was not wearing the chiming necklace he gave me. Sad, because I wear it often and he has no idea.

I was going to make a poll about vampires, but the lovely

porcelain72 not only beat me to it, but she totally eclipsed the lame, retarded (by comparison) poll I was thinking of.
I am curious to talk vampires who, like zombies, are the stars of some of the very best and very worst in horrorshow history. My fave vampire movie of all time is Salem's Lot, which was made for TV in the 70's by a not-very-well-known director named Tobe Hooper. Funnily, this is indeed the least mysogynistic of all of Hooper's films. And it's some good shit. Despite that, there is a remake coming out soon which I have discussed recently in this very journal.
It's just that vampires and zombies have appeared in some of the most horrible films ever.
By all means, share your pics for worst zombie and/or vampire film ever!

You'll all be glad to know that my throat is almost back to normal. My singing voice is slowly returning, which I love. I don't hink I'm a great singer or anything, but singing along with whatever music is playing is oddly satisfying and uplifting. And speaking of music, where's the new Fiona Apple already?

And just to be clear, I am still going to see Van Helsing. H and I will rpobably go on Monday after he takes me to Outback Steak House for real, not like last week when he was sick and could not go.

Lastly, in the interest of tooting my own horn, I will draw your attention to one of the two new userpics I made last night. Harry Potheads such as myself should find it witty and cool.

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My sore throat and cough are still kind of lingering. The coughing gets better and worse and etc and it's really screwing with my voice. It's kind of neat, though, because I was listening to some punk rock records last night and this morning and singing along, and my rough, manly voice was all hardcore and shit. Grrrrrr. Yeah!

Um.. I'm sure all the singing and shouting just made it worse, though. Watch me care.

Stay cool, Milly...you're hardcore!

I love Salem's Lot, I use to watch it as a kid all the time.

Do you have an advance opinion of the remake?

Well the only reason anything should be remade is to improve it, and I don't see why it needs to be done. So my advanced opinion is that it probably won't be as good. We'll see.

Yeah, I see that point certainly.

The original isn't even all that dated, except maybe for the ridiculous attire and the fact that it stars David Soul.

I prefer Van Halen. The DLR era stuff, naturally.

Somehow, I knew you would...

Yeah, it's a bad joke but I couldn't help it. I couldn't stop thinking of it the whole time I was reading the post and I am a HUGE fan. Is that movie going to be any good? I mean, isn't everybody prepared for it to stink? And why is that? Have you read any good reviews or anything?

No, no it's going to be awful. Everyone has said either that it sucked, or that it looked good but had no plot (same thing, no?).

Yeah, same thing. To me, it just appeared as 'too much'. I may go anyway.

It was the latter to me. "Uh, could I get some story to go with that eye candy, please?"

The part I hated most was the "transition" from Budapest back to Dracula's Lair, as opposed to Dracula's Ice Castle.

Budapest Eye Candy

CUT TO: Horses tied to hitching post.

Our heroes discover Dracula's Lair is deserted.

No fickle finger drawing on the map, just the horses tied to the hitching post. *groan*

No fair, you got to see Brian! :-) But that's cool. Makes the world really small, does the Internet...

Saw Van Helsing yesterday. Was disappointed, except that I *do* think Hugh Jackman is hot, so there was plenty of eye candy. And Kate Beckinsale had an outfit to die for, and lots of cool weapons. But the story was...well, it wasn't. It was okay, but it just wasn't that interesting. Too much focus on the special effects and not enough on the story. Might buy it, wouldn't see it again in the theatre (unlike Pirates of the Caribbean, which i saw three times in the theatre...)

That's pretty much what I expected to hear about VH. I'm going strickly for the eye candy, and to explain to little kids that Frankenstein is the Doctor and not the monster.

Your freind Brian is pretty cute.

Speaking of LJ people coming up and introducing themselves...

I was at Madstone today to see Eternal Sunshine with my roommate and her parents, and I totally would have come up and said hi except I realized that I have no idea what you look like. So for future reference-- were you the girl working concessions or the one behind the desk with the weird kleenex cozy?

How funny, because I thought I saw you here today, but didn't say anything for much the same reason.

I do work behind the desk, and that tissue cozy was a gift from H's mother. It doesn't go with anything at my house, so I use it at work. Old ladies tell me all the time how much they love it.

Next time, do say hi. I give out free tickets you know...

Will do. It being summer and me being a poor former college student, I'm not about to turn down the offer for free movies. :)

You work Saturdays, yes?

Indeed. Open to close at the desk.

I work Saturday evenings. I'm the big guy who talks before the movies. We occassionally have others who introduce the films, but they're not me.

errr ... re: Tobe Hooper 'not very well known'. Did he not make 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre'? Hard to think of a better known horror film ... (or am I being thick and was that sarcasm?)

you're not being thick, although it was kind of a job at the way mainstremaers do not keep up with horror. Even after TCM, Hooper was not considered a "big name" even though that film still continues to terrify. In 1978, the average TV veiwer would not have known who he was.

Can Helsing was the worst historical documentary I have ever seen. But it was exactly what I expected from a summer action film. There was only enough plot to make each individual scene have something in common. The guy was cool, the chick was hot. A bunch of stuff blew up. What more do you want???

Like me, most of the people there had no clue that VH was originally planned to be the sequal to Dracula. It seems to me that the only people disappointed in the movie were the people who were expecting things that the movie was never going to have.

For me, vampires are second only to zombies in that I resent clods fucking with the genre. And just inventing a fictional brother to Van helsing because they couldn't score the rights is just silly. They should have invented a new character if they were going to butcher the classic that badly.

Their dracula story is no less valid than any other dracula story. If you don't like the movie, then fine don't like it. But that doesn't make it inherently wrong.

"Their dracula story is no less valid than any other dracula story."

Well that's not really true is it. Dracula is based on a Bram Stoker novel and is the ONLY valid Dracula story. Since then, only the Jeanne Kalogridis novels have earned the approval of the Bram Stoker society.

But thank you for giving me permission not to like the movie. I appreciate the freedom to express myself as only you can bestow it!

"Well that's not really true is it."

Actually it is true. It is all based on someone's opinion. Opinions are neither inherently valid, nor invalid. All opinions are inherently equal, it doesn't matter whose they are.

"But thank you for giving me permission not to like the movie. I appreciate the freedom to express myself as only you can bestow it!"
Get off your high horse, and kiss my ass.

Are you kidding?

I have no idea where your ass has been!

So, how many "doctor" friends do you have, Wednes? It seems like it was last summer, or even two summers ago, you mentioned another friend.

I went to high shcool with a guy who is now a doctor. But I daresay he is not really a friend, as we had a huge falling out and i didn't think he was worth the effort.

I refer here to John Kelly, who was my doctor for a time, and is now a friend, as i have a new doctor.

I daresay i have more lawyer freinds than doctor friends, while most of my freinds are still starving artists, filmmakers and the like.

Didn't Shakespeare say, "Kill all of the lawyers?" I'm not sure how you can stand being around lawyers. If it weren't for starving artists and other creative folk, the world would insufferably boring, don't you think?

Speaking of which, I agree with your assessment of Van Helsing. It lacked the impact of the Mummy/Mummy Returns/Scorpion King. I like Underworld better, but that too, sucked. Hey, what kind of doctor was Ambraham Van Helsing anyway? Medical doctor, theologian, or scientist? Any idea? Also, you seem to like Hannibal Lector based on your movie comments. He was a shrink, not a physical doc, right?

By the way, I stumbled upon your site while reading a friend's site (you had made a comment on his page). I gotta admit, you are one fascinating chick and your LJ makes one interesting read. Keep up the good work. You are a genius!

BTW, sorry about your friend. It's been my experience that high school friends rarely last passed college. College friends, however, stick around forever and ever. Same with starving artist friends. Can't wait to read your review of Chronicles of Riddick and Day After Tomorrow.

Shawn

Gosh, thanks. Do you not have an LJ?

You seem needlessly mysterious.
Reveal yourself!!!

Oh, and to answer your specific questions, Abe Van Helsing is a medical doctor. Lecter was a psychiatrist.

As the the need for starving artists...I think even the lawyers serve a need. It's important to have even insufferable people around; dealing with idiots is one of the ways we learn to control our tempers and learn patience and all sorts of other stuff. So let there be lawyers outside (unless I need one, of course) and starving artists at the party!

Hi, first, I wanted to say that I'm sorry for making you feel uncomfortable. You said, "Someone has been reading my journal and commenting anonymously. That makes me vaguely uncomfortable, although apparently not uncomfortable enough to make my journal private. I don't mind people reading of course, but the idea that someone would read for months and months and never say anything just seems odd to me. When I find a journal I like, I can't wait to start tossing in my opinion. I like meeting new people I guess. But sometimes its weird and freaky. I wish I never had been a phonesex gal, it makes me suspicious of pretty much everyone." sorta was unexpected. I mean, just because you feel confident enough to make comments on others' journals doesn't mean everyone feels that way.

I'm far from mysterious. My name is Shawn, I'm 19, and an English/Theatre major at EMU. I'm a sophomore at the present time. I'm originally from Clawson, MI, and I'm gay. Nope, I don't have an LJ account, but have been thinking about starting one. I don't even have an idea for a nickname or anything. Plus, most of what I have to say is lame -- who would want to read about me?

Like I said, I just found your journal one day, and you had reviewed some movie, and I was hooked. I just like your attitude and approach to life. Sorry if this made you feel uncomfortable. I just decided to comment the other day. No big deal. If you don't feel comfortable, I can always stop posting. It's up to you.

Thanks,
Shawn.

It's cool man, don't worry about it.

Truth be told, I thought you might have been my old "doctor friend" messing with me. He online stalked me on LJ for awhile after we stopped talking, and then started bothering mutual acquaintences in real life. So I was concerned that you might have been a specific freak. I was not intending to call you a freak, nor your behavior freakish.

I was a theatre/journalism major in college. I enjoyed it very much. I also used to date a guy from Clawson many years ago, when I lived in royal Oak with my mother and her husband.

Anyway, feel free to comment and let me know if you start a journal. i suspect it will be more interesting than you think. you don't really have to impress anyone with it, just keep it for yourself.

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