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delwyncole

The Vampire Lecture

Oct 31, 2010 17:05

So, if you read the last post, you know that there will probably be two more tonight. The first is this one, on the History of Vampires in Film & Television lecture that I went to on Friday. Later still, probably aproaching midnight, while I'm filling time waiting for NaNoWriMo to start, I'll also get a post up that deals with politics and the ( Read more... )

pseudo-academia, vampires

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cyren_2132 November 1 2010, 09:58:33 UTC

I'm coming to your posts in reverse, so maybe this will make more sense when I get to the first one, but what lecture is this and why were you at it (beyond the obvious, "it's about vampires in film, and it's AWESOME, WHAT MORE DO YOU NEED?").

I don't really have anything to contribute right now beyond 1. I should really start watching season 2 of True Blood. 2. You do not want to watch season 1 of True Blood with Mom or Dad and 3. I was rifling through the $5 bin at Wal-Mart and saw third Lost Boys movie. That apparently came out this last month. Granted, maybe it was mistakenly tossed there...but I had done quite a bit of digging when I found it. I did not, however, buy it.

Oh, Corey Feldman. Is there anything you won't do?

delwyncole November 1 2010, 13:10:21 UTC

Well, I don't think I did actually explain why we went, or much beyond it was a lecture about vampires in film ( ... )

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delwyncole November 1 2010, 19:52:16 UTC

The professor did not talk about the shift in migration patterns as regards the cities, but it was something that kind of flitted across my mind as he said it. He did talk some about how the shift reflects the way that by the mid-80s, Americans saw most of their major challenges/threats as coming from within (drugs, sex related badness, juvenile delinquency, etc., etc., rather than as something external. Sure, the cold war was still going on, but was anyone really afraid of the Russians or China anymore? Not on a popular conciousness level anyway. There was mostly disdain, and some anger towards those groups, but not any real fear. Some of this dovetails nicely with some of the things I've been reading about as I prepare for my NaNovel, and deal with the ickiness that is current politics, and the way they play on fears ( ... )

delwyncole November 1 2010, 19:53:42 UTC

Yes, I noticed too, that written vampires seem to be 20 years or so ahead of the curve. I found that interesting, though I'm not entirely certain of what to make of it. It might explain some of the differences from book to film, including some of the ones that most annoy me ( ... )