Twillight may have ruined vampires for a bit, but I don't think it's dispelled interest in projects involving them. There's a new very similar TV series coming out, as well as Alan Ball's take on Charlaine Harris' books getting a second season on HBO.
Mal: Well, look at this! Appears we got here just in the nick of time. What does that make us? Zoe: Big damn heroes, sir.
'Safe'
Buffy and Angel 1: BUFFYNANGLE4EVA!!!!!1!
Is it better the second time around? Or the third? Or tenth? This is the place to come when you have a burning desire to talk about an old episode that was just re-run.
Matt the Bruins fan - May 26, 2009 6:40:29 am PDT #7027 of 10464
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
victor infante - May 26, 2009 6:45:04 am PDT #7028 of 10464
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
I'll bet you a nickel that interest in vampires -- outside of a small, niche following -- dissolves once the last "Twilight" movie comes out, and declines until that point, excepting "Twilight' itself.
sumi - May 26, 2009 6:50:29 am PDT #7029 of 10464
Art Crawl!!!
I just marathoned most of True Blood and it's excellent. If people take that show as an example of vampire shows. . . well, it could revive it a bit.
victor infante - May 26, 2009 6:57:47 am PDT #7030 of 10464
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
"True Blood" is excellent. And I figure it's got another ... what? Three seasons ahead of it? It's the last hurrah of the vampire genre for a while.
Meanwhile, "Twilight's" the saturation point -- the place where the mythos becomes mainstream and defanged. I'd bet anything there's a few misguided efforts -- hey! The timing sounds right for the new "Buffy" movie! -- but I sincerely doubt anything will capture the public enthusiasm for a while.
Just guessing trends, which is akin to predicting the wind, but I'll bet my hunch bears out. I already know a lot of publishers are refusing to take vampire stories, because they're played out, and that's not a good sign.
Topic!Cindy - May 26, 2009 7:15:57 am PDT #7031 of 10464
What is even happening?
Buffy without Joss is bad wrong bad wrong bad. Why don't they make it without vampires, too? Oh and the lead character can be a boy.
grumblegrumble
Frankenbuddha - May 26, 2009 7:42:45 am PDT #7032 of 10464
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Why don't they make it without vampires, too? Oh and the lead character can be a boy.
Or they could just get Laurell K. Hamilton to write the screenplay.
Vortex - May 26, 2009 7:59:51 am PDT #7033 of 10464
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
now, that's just cruel.
le nubian - May 26, 2009 8:39:24 am PDT #7034 of 10464
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I think I might just watch the final movie in the Twilight franchise (I have no interest in watching the first 3) just because it is such a clusterfuck of a novel. I need to see how this will translate to film.
Polter-Cow - May 26, 2009 2:24:41 pm PDT #7035 of 10464
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
victor infante - May 26, 2009 3:09:49 pm PDT #7036 of 10464
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
I hope it's cool.
Sure he does. I'm pretty sure he gets royalties, one way or the other. That being said, I'm also pretty sure he doesn't want to his signature creation trashed.
Still ... the reaction to the news is uggghhhhly, all around. I can't recall the last time I saw reaction to the possibility of a movie being so uniformly negative.