My video "care package" just arrived

brianwspencer · #1 01-20-2007, 10:16 AM

did you ever see ginger snaps?

this dude i used to know who loved buffy and angel and vampire and werewolf movies made me watch it.

God, I wish I had those 90 minutes back.

somerfrost · #2 01-20-2007, 10:26 AM

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did you ever see ginger snaps?

this dude i used to know who loved buffy and angel and vampire and werewolf movies made me watch it.

God, I wish I had those 90 minutes back.

Never heard of it Brian...what is it about? I fit the above description, especially the part involving Joss' work. Movie vampires and werewolves are a mixed lot...the mythology changes from movie to movie, in Dusk to Dawn, the vamps were simply monsters while in Innocent Blood, Anne's character was the girl you'd want to take home to mother (unless mother was gay, in which case you'd keep her to yourself)! Joss' demons are the most interesting because of his genius at character development while usually it's strictly good vs evil. The best genre movies I've seen in the past few years were the Underworld movies, but even the mutilated version of Joss' vision of Buffy that hit the big screen was better than most.

brianwspencer · #3 01-20-2007, 10:34 AM

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Never heard of it Brian...what is it about? I fit the above description, especially the part involving Joss' work. Movie vampires and werewolves are a mixed lot...the mythology changes from movie to movie, in Dusk to Dawn, the vamps were simply monsters while in Innocent Blood, Anne's character was the girl you'd want to take home to mother (unless mother was gay, in which case you'd keep her to yourself)! Joss' demons are the most interesting because of his genius at character development while usually it's strictly good vs evil. The best genre movies I've seen in the past few years were the Underworld movies, but even the mutilated version of Joss' vision of Buffy that hit the big screen was better than most.

I don't remember the WHOLE story. I really liked this boy and was trying my hardest to act interested....it didn't work at all as I kept drifting off to think about other things.

There are sisters (?) and one becomes a werewolf and then the whole thing gets crazy out of hand while trying to save the other, or something stupid like that.

I dunno, I was just going to see if you had seen it and if so, what you thought of it.

somerfrost · #4 01-20-2007, 10:46 AM

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I don't remember the WHOLE story. I really liked this boy and was trying my hardest to act interested....it didn't work at all as I kept drifting off to think about other things.

There are sisters (?) and one becomes a werewolf and then the whole thing gets crazy out of hand while trying to save the other, or something stupid like that.

I dunno, I was just going to see if you had seen it and if so, what you thought of it.

I looked it up...appears that it did pretty good internationally but very poorly here in the states, only in theaters a week here. They made the dreaded sequel so I guess it did make money. It looks...well, pretty run-of-the-mill but I'd have to see it of course. I like vampire movies better because the werewolf tends to be cast as a mindless monster (exceptions being Joss' character of Oz and the Underworld movies), a new movie (not sure of release date but soon if not already out) that looks good is Blood and Chocolate. I might catch that one!

brianwspencer · #5 01-20-2007, 11:17 AM

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I looked it up...appears that it did pretty good internationally but very poorly here in the states, only in theaters a week here. They made the dreaded sequel so I guess it did make money. It looks...well, pretty run-of-the-mill but I'd have to see it of course. I like vampire movies better because the werewolf tends to be cast as a mindless monster (exceptions being Joss' character of Oz and the Underworld movies), a new movie (not sure of release date but soon if not already out) that looks good is Blood and Chocolate. I might catch that one!

I guess I actually just hate vampire movies or anything like it.

Whenever I am watching a good movie, I always get disappointed when the culprit for the mischief ends up being like vampires or aliens or something. It ruins movies, so we probably don't like the same movies to begin with!

somerfrost · #6 01-20-2007, 02:54 PM

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I guess I actually just hate vampire movies or anything like it.

Whenever I am watching a good movie, I always get disappointed when the culprit for the mischief ends up being like vampires or aliens or something. It ruins movies, so we probably don't like the same movies to begin with!

Well, I just watched the third movie, Near Dark...I liked this one! The word vampire is never used throughout the movie but it's obvious. I like happy endings, guy gets girl, so this was satisfying! Again, vampires with strictly human features...not even noticeable fangs. Different than any movie of this type I've seen...so, 2-3 ain't bad!

brianwspencer · #7 01-20-2007, 05:32 PM

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Well, I just watched the third movie, Near Dark...I liked this one! The word vampire is never used throughout the movie but it's obvious. I like happy endings, guy gets girl, so this was satisfying! Again, vampires with strictly human features...not even noticeable fangs. Different than any movie of this type I've seen...so, 2-3 ain't bad!

I guess the genre in general just doesn't appeal to me. For what it's worth, the same dude made me watch Buffy against my will. I ended up enjoying that enough where i watched it on DVD for quite some time.

Well, I mostly fell in love with it because of Kendra...the rest was good, but inconsequential beyond her