tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-567668315717895367.post2931181720719358439..comments2024-02-25T05:03:48.092-07:00Comments on Eudaemonia: Because I Don't Read and Blog All the TimeLisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00665632105920753931noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-567668315717895367.post-85264607960916871762008-12-18T15:32:00.000-07:002008-12-18T15:32:00.000-07:00Vesper, I was thinking of that old movie when I wa...Vesper, I was thinking of that old movie when I was writing this post...Nosferatu? It's funny because I think that monstrous character is what the original vampire lore was all about, and then the vampire got sexualized. They're certainly very sexy in Anne Rice's books and in True Blood they actually have sex!<BR/><BR/>Shauna, Yay! You're the first person (besides by stepson, who told me about the show) who has seen it besides me and Scott. <BR/><BR/>I'd never thought of the bad boy angle before, but I think you're right. There's also something very sexual about them (True Blood is the first time I've ever seen or read about vampires having sex) that's associated with blood and of course, who isn't intrigued by the idea of immortality?Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00665632105920753931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-567668315717895367.post-33433012888680945342008-12-18T15:15:00.000-07:002008-12-18T15:15:00.000-07:00"True Blood" is one of the few TV shows my husband..."True Blood" is one of the few TV shows my husband and I both enjoy. In fact, we signed up for HBO specifically so we could watch it. I had read several of the Sookie Stackhouse mysteries and enjoyed them.<BR/><BR/>I think vampires appeal to women for the same reasons that "bad boys" and alpha males are popular in romance novels and that women write to serial killers in prison and fall in love with them: a deep and abiding belief that our love can redeem them and turn them into civilized humans.Shauna Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03871768714926149114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-567668315717895367.post-88748092400574244762008-12-18T10:19:00.000-07:002008-12-18T10:19:00.000-07:00Same for me, "Dracula" by Bram Stoker. That was a ...Same for me, "Dracula" by Bram Stoker. That was a truly scary vampire story and remains like that even now.<BR/>I'm sure True Blood is a good series, and probably Twilight is a good movie/book, but what I don't like in many "modern" vampire stories is that vampires have become too mundane, a pretext more for other stories.<BR/>I loved Anne Rice's books and found "Interview with the Vampire" a fascinating movie (not to mention that it had Brad, Tom, and Antonio in it!). But have you ever seen the 1931 "Dracula" with Bela Lugosi? I find it scary even now...Vesperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12417602625059442986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-567668315717895367.post-19678399040447341782008-12-17T23:12:00.000-07:002008-12-17T23:12:00.000-07:00Kristen, I didn't read Dracula until I was an adul...Kristen, I didn't read Dracula until I was an adult either. I'd never have guessed it would find it's way into your top 5!<BR/><BR/>Melissa, Either you are or you aren't into the vampires :) Naturally, I loved that movie. It was very true to the book -- and it was even better because Brad was in it -- and Tom -- and Antonio!Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00665632105920753931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-567668315717895367.post-59412494002560578172008-12-17T14:53:00.000-07:002008-12-17T14:53:00.000-07:00Not a vampire fan AT ALL. I didn't even like Inter...Not a vampire fan AT ALL. I didn't even like Interview with a Vampire, even if Brad Pitt was in it. :-)Melissa Amateishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16086267508858187716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-567668315717895367.post-36670603647149113302008-12-17T14:07:00.000-07:002008-12-17T14:07:00.000-07:00Not a vampire fan, per se, but a huge fan of Dracu...Not a vampire fan, per se, but a huge fan of Dracula (the original) by Bram Stoker. In fact, I am so not a vampire person, that I didn't pick up the book Dracula until I was in my late 30s and only then at the insistence of my husband (back then I actually listened to his advice ;-) ) Anyway. Dracula rocks. The book ranks among my top 5 all-time favorites.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com