Queen of the Damned ~ Lost in Adaptation

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

"In a stunning middle finger to the author". There are oh so many adaptations that could fall into that category....

[@sampower1126]

Avery Talks About Stuff Percy Jackson. Eragon. Artemis Fowl apparently.

[@jameslyon2338]

this feels more personal, probably because Rice most likely annoyed every exec at the WB for her behaviour on Interview and then her harassing them to make more movies.

[@thedorkone1516]

Well, if there was ever an author who deserved that middle finger... it's E.L. James, but Anne Rice is on that list too.

[@miltonvalenzuelasr.5350]

Would def love to see future episodes of the novels

[@Grim_Sister]

AHM, Percy Jackson. AHM

[@olivia.martin]

I came into this video thinking “Wait! But I liked the Queen of the Damned movie?” despite not having watched it in over a decade. Then slowly, throughout this video, I started piecing together that I only liked this movie because of Aaliyah and the soundtrack. I couldn’t even recall a scene from the movie without Aaliyah in it, nor could I tell you what the plot was about. Hot take: Sometimes nostalgia is like wearing rose coloured glasses.

[@sabrinaglosson1015]

Olivia Martin I relate to this comment.

[@epiccollision]

I don’t blame her but this movie was all about making Aaliyah a bankable movie star...rip.

[@mattc2306]

Quite frankly, I've always found the soundtrack the most memorable thing out of the movie itself.

[@carleeelizabeth]

i don't know how true this is but i've heard that this movie was only released due to aaliyah's death.

[@mskjaer496]

I I'm quite sure I only liked it because teen infatuation with Lestat..

[@sfsin3380]

"Do you want an entire page dedicated to cat photo's" Dominic this is the internet I think you already know the answer to that question.

[@astrinymris9953]

There's a comic song called 'The Internet Is for Pr0n'; my reaction to watching it was to keep saying "No! It's for cat videos!" ;-D

[@scouttyra]

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[@MuffinHunterX]

I will _never_ turn down the offer cat photos.

[@kyletowers9662]

@@astrinymris9953 both are true

[@davidreynolds8865]

only one page?......

[@dannydeclue5219]

Fun fact: Aaliyah's brother doubled over her voice to create akashas voice. Nice touch

[@samanthacharlton4123]

Oh, that's cool

[@hyperfixationcentral6200]

"But ...she's a women So ThEy gOTs tO bE tOgEEtHEr noAw" 🤣

[@pwnorbepwned]

Ah, so said old scholars of Greek mythology studying Artemis and Orion.

[@troubledwaters7441]

*woman

[@arcanistnpc4751]

The actor who plays Lestat looks like a male version of Keira Knightley and now that I've noticed it I can't unsee it...

[@jazwhoaskedforthis]

Alice W. Omg

[@NikkiRen]

Haaaa!!! Yes! Always though he was pretty, but couldn’t put my finger on it.

[@notsorichierachel854]

thank you, now i can't unseen it either

[@PassTheMarmalade1957]

Holy shit, he could pass for her brother!

[@PlagueDragonRat]

That would be Stuart Townsend and I'm hoping we eventually see him in another Lost In Adaptation covering the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.

[@m.e.a.9340]

Why do the flying vampires look like PowerPoint slide transitions I’d overuse on a sixth grade book report

[@mirjanbouma]

Because budget. Or lack thereof, to be exact.

[@zephyrian1006]

They are

[@casperchristiansen2458]

From 1994.

[@mothmanspinealgland]

It's cause they wanted to portray after-images due to speed. Like when you move your hand fast it looks like a trail of other hands following it. This is meant to show that vampires are speedy but special effects tech wasn't advanced enough to portray it without looking like dogshit.

[@fly672]

@@mothmanspinealgland Well they could've dropped super speed for the movie which would save money and make it look better.

[@SolStJohn]

"I'm thinking of doing an entire episode on just the highlights..." PLEASE. I'm desperately curious but Rice's style can't hold my focus at all (and I've always been reluctant to give her money after the way she treated early internet fans). Plus I'm always here for more Dom snark.

[@rosemali3022]

You should give Servant of the Bones a try. That one never fails to engage me whereas the rest of her books don't.

[@Zapporah85]

I literally will watch Dom review anything.

[@C.L.Hinton]

I second this request, Dom!

[@Abstract852]

I like the idea's of her books but agree they are a hard read, I remember attempting to read the vampire lestat when the queen of the damned movie was coming out....only took 10 months :\

[@TheBall12]

@@Abstract852 yes do a highlights. Dont want to spoiler but wtf to what has happend in the last one i have read. the "memnoch the devi"l one, god was that hard to read.

[@michael_in_action]

“I kind of wished the whole movie was about Akasha to be completely honest” Aaliyah deserved it tbh

[@VuotoPneumaNN]

Why? She was a mediocre actress.

[@katw.6519]

Sorry, but just because she died doesnt make this a good performance.

[@Bonbonbon739]

@@katw.6519 compared to the movie and the other acting she actually was the best thing about this movie besides the music by Jonathan Davis of course

[@marcusdilworth6661]

@@VuotoPneumaNN You said that as if the rest of the cast gave an Oscar worthy performance…

[@marcusdilworth6661]

@@katw.6519 Damn, you’re rude! Nobody brought the fact that she passed away except you. You do know people are allowed to like her performance just as much as you’re allowed to dislike it???

[@shanarablue339]

Aaliyah made the film, she played that part so very well, her weird way of moving and walking was genius . Shame about her passing, she could have been big in the movies .

[@samf.s.7731]

One that Cara Delevingne tried to replicate but couldn't. It made all the sense when Aliyah did that, and zero sense when Cara Delevingne did it. I wonder if that was her idea, or if it was direction she received.

[@somethingclever8916]

Honestly I thought she was bad and her death excused her performance. She moved like a snake on crystal meth

[@bradwolf07]

It was several years after Queen of the Damned came out that I found out Lestat was the "same" Lestat as Tom Cruise's one from Interview...I was honestly shocked.

[@krisrhood2127]

Tom Cruise was my Lestat

[@ChubbyOddball]

Two things: 1. Yes, highlight reel would DEFINITELY be appreciated. 2. I know it is tradition for reviewers to pretend they don't like each other for comedy, but... I actually prefer it when you guys happily collaborate. Ever since that site which shall not be mentioned collapsed, I just realized it kind of sucks to have people you like shit on each other, even for comedy. I know you guys are friends, and it actually kind of makes my day better to see you guys collaborate!

[@MistressMillion]

I agree. Let the wholesomeness in.

[@littlearies3862]

"That site that shall not be mentioned." What site? Is it what I think it is?

[@Acidfrog475]

@@littlearies3862 channel awesome, I think

[@littlearies3862]

@@Acidfrog475 Thought so.

[@almightycinder]

And they acknowledged that they're on Skype, as opposed to the other reviewer apparently popping up out of nowhere in Dom's camera.

[@0Smilelikeyoumeanit]

"Akasha flies off with him infront of everyone like a seagull making off with a beach goer's sandwich". Sometimes the writing for these videos really get me!!

[@magpiesneedle2575]

Elle’s Bells you have obviously never suffered the pain of seagull thieves

[@lordmorklen5166]

Seagulls, stop it now!

[@stefanforrer2573]

@@lordmorklen5166 why does this make me think of yoda?

[@lordmorklen5166]

@@stefanforrer2573 because his stick is better than bacon.

[@dandelion1469]

This actually happened to me one time with a seagull

[@theodaxpeters4892]

"Its been a long time since I've seen a movie 'no homo' this hard" Dom, you brilliant bean. Thank you for this, mentioning the heteronormativity of this movie makes me so happy.

[@RabblesTheBinx]

It's especially offensive because Lestat is depicted in the books as being _super_ bisexual.

[@laurenc5306]

@@RabblesTheBinx And unashamedly so! I'm so happy Dom brought that up. Their erasure of Lestat's bisexuality is genuinely insulting

[@Kittyscrazyfurrmusic]

Also a fact: the homoerotic scenes between Marius and Armand are the steamiest ever! After watching the queen of the damned it made me blush when I read the book "Armand" for the first time :D

[@alannagilmore8982]

@@Kittyscrazyfurrmusic Anne Rice hasn't even come close to making you blush if you've never read The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty.. I still cant believe that story came out of that sweet little lady...

[@Baronstone]

Honestly who gives a darn? Eventually they will do her works correctly and we will get the characters as she intended them. So, I really do not care whether anyone was gay or straight in Queen of the Damned.

[@Zivon96]

Something you guys didn't mention, but the shift from 80s to 2000s metal could be seen as another form of straight-washing. For those of you who don't know, a lot of 80s rock, despite its reputation for being little more than songs about sex, drugs and rock-and-roll had a surprising amount of progressiveness in it. From bands like Accept who made many songs from a woman or LGBT person's perspective ("Love Child" most springs to mind there), to bands like Dokken making one of their biggest hits a song about living with AIDS ("Kiss of Death") to the many MANY bands who wore makeup or more feminine clothing on stage (Hello Poison), and that's not even mentioning the second most important band of the era Judas Priest, whose now openly gay lead singer Rob Halford inspired so much of what we now consider classic metal imagery with its leather laden look and motorcycle riding (plus, if you don't know how many songs he wrote that were thinly veiled references to being trapped in the closet, you have clearly never listened to Judas Priest before). Compared to all this, early 2000s metal, fashion aside, was aggressively heterosexual. Sorry, just had to get that out there since I feel it wasn't mentioned by anyone.

[@johnv6806]

And you don't even mention how in your face it was with queen and twisted sister

[@darylchurch2115]

Very interesting, I never thought of that.

[@thoughtfuldevil6069]

That's fair. KoRn and Nirvana were very LGBT-positive, but it's hard to see anything but straightness, if not heteronormativity, in a lot of Nu-Metal.

[@Dain75]

A friend of mine adored Judas Priest for years, maybe still does we’ve been out of touch off and on, and it makes complete and total sense to me now. We haven’t been close in years due to distance and life events, but I’m definitely going to bring this up next time we talk. Thank you.

[@luciesimpson6437]

As an adult, it's actually kind of horrifying to realise how much of a backslide happened during my formative years. To put it in perspective, from the stories gleaned from the previous generation, everyone was absolutely convinced their marches and music and art and social breakthroughs from the 70s and 80s would change the world forever. Then the 90s rolled around and...well. I grew up learning how diversity was great - desirable, even - but heteronormative, flat-stomached, patriarchal, middle-class whiteness was the definition of perfection; the thing we were all supposed to aspire to. At its core, everything else was Other, weird, the exception to the rule or, worst of all, a fantasy unnecessarily pandering to the delicate flower children who just can't get over the idea that they deserve consideration and, ooh - crazy idea - representation. But the worst thing is, two decades later, I realise that we (the most liberal countries in the world) are coming back to...the point we were before I was born.

[@livclark8154]

Dominic, _Lying on his deathbed, about to say his last words_ : *THE DOM'S FINAL THOUGHTS*

[@SunnysFilms]

"Guy being sucked" is the best credit ever, imo.

[@cosmoreverb3977]

I sure as hell wouldn't mind being the guy being sucked

[@aionicthunder]

What about “chainsaw doctor”?

[@sinunknown9929]

fapp fapp fapp fapp fapp fapp???

[@spazzyshortgirl23]

Real talk: The VHS cover photo of Aaliyah as Queen of the Damned was, in hindsight, my bisexual awakening

[@jasonblalock4429]

Heh. And the funny thing is, this could be equally true whether someone is male or female.

[@jonchilders7363]

@Seth Hultkrantz Pro-Tip: Don't use gay as an insult.

[@kenbee1957]

@Seth Hultkrantz You came all this way To be the very best poo that you could Well done

[@Grim_Sister]

I just realized… Lestat is basically someone’s OP’d DnD character, rolling a natural 20 to get the cult to cut it out. Someone, get Turk the Barbarian on that

[@amandapike2477]

No one was literally a statue in the novel. "statue" was in a symbolic sense, there was no literal turning to stone, more of a super strong being standing there catatonic and unwilling to move.

[@conniecarroll7222]

That was my take of the novel having read it just recently. I believe the sisters hugged after the Queen's head was ripped off.

[@Stormkrow280]

That would explain a few things, like how Ankil could be killed as a statue.

[@danielled8665]

Yeah, the book even described them as being like marble or alabaster but wearing real clothes and real jewelry, and how realistic and wet their eyes looked, and how soft the lips. Then the movie had them looking like someone just poured plaster into a mold, clothes and all.

[@wanderingseth]

Visually speaking though, it was a stunning death scene

[@randomkeir]

There’s even a scene after the killing when Mekare looks at Lestat while walking off with her sister.

[@kilala3978]

Any chance Howl's Moving Castle will ever have a lost in adaptation? The book is great but different

[@cameronbaggs6570]

He did, but it was taken down because of copyright

[@ashez2ashes]

@@cameronbaggs6570 Awww I never got to see it. :(

[@Lucylle]

He did that, look it up in the playlist

[@cafesandwednesdays]

If y'all sign up for his Patreon you can access it

[@legzfalloffgirl5148]

@@cafesandwednesdays she's right, it's up on Patrion

[@Mister-Thirteen]

Despite everything...The Movie had a killer soundtrack.

[@creepypastapudding3531]

The movie soundtrack I listened to endlessly in high school, surprised I didn't wear out the CD

[@AnakaStar]

I agree. I still listen to it.

[@snakedaemongaming6590]

yeah but he got the singer/song writer for lestats wrong although writing was accurate singers of those songs include david draiman(disturbed) and chester bennington (linkin park(rip))

[@rallyfeind]

It was completely a screw job to Jon Davis. They had him write and record the songs that were performed in the movie. He also helped put the album together...but Reprise refused to allow his voice to be in the CD's for Sony so he had to call the others to sing the songs. So in the movie because it is character/voice acting they used his tracks for Lestat's singing voice. There would have been a soundtrack with Jon singing...not that they are bad or even not wanted with the featured singers just not the original.

[@hororka666]

Yeah and I still listen to it. This movie made me love rock and metal or like made me intrigued enough to start listening to such music

[@samueltheprideofafrikarobi9319]

It's a shame that THIS is the movie that was dedicated to Aaliyah's memory. She had a long and prosperous career ahead of her. And I think that Matrix Revolutions would have been the movie to propel her to better things cinema-wise had she lived. As it stands, the ONLY reasons I own both Queen of the Damned and Romeo Must Die is for her. I also own the Romeo Must Die soundtrack for the same reason. It's still heartbreaking to see her knowing that the life of someone so beautiful, talented and beloved was cut so tragically short.

[@Wakeupgrandowl]

Honestly, despite the overall failings of this film, I find her in this movie to be iconic and pervasive.

[@Romanticideitzcoatl]

While she could have done Book Akasha perfectly too, she does make one amazing and iconic (as WakeupGrandOwl said before) vampire queen, she might not be the one that was expected by the Anne Rice readers but still a memorable and very entertaining to see one, in a good way.

[@Dreamlillie_95]

This movie is just for Aaliyah fans. She was the ONLY good thing about this movie. RIP

[@davis0730]

Big Facts

[@mimsydreams]

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[@darkservantofheaven]

It's also great fans of Korn

[@raulvilla585]

​@@darkservantofheaven i think the same, music it's a bonus point in this movie.

[@GreenHatPanda]

Opinions are a beautiful thing cause you can share it but it doesn't make it fact

[@hindsightpov4218]

Considering the ‘Queen of the Damned’ movie was on a shoestring budget, I can understand why the filmmakers didn’t film scenes of ancient Egypt, as much as I would like to see it. I wish however, that the film had Maharet tell the other vampires the story how vampires came to be, as she was there to witness it. It would have cost virtually nothing but would have fleshed out the story, making it more of an adaptation of the novel. That’s one of the movie’s greatest weakness in its storytelling.

[@FransHattingh]

I've always had the impression that this film purposefully "straight-washed" Lestat. Lestat and Jesse barely have any contact in the book, and yet this film would make one think they're practically married. Only worthwhile parts of the movie: The music (songs and score) and Aaliyah's performance. EDIT: Please do more videos on the novels. I _love_ your take on Anne Rice's works.

[@AngeliqueElijah]

I completely agree on the "straight-washing"

[@AntediluvianRomance]

Y'know, as a bland chick can't possibly come close to a vampire without it turning into ~true love~.

[@Kenshiro3rd]

Agreed on the straight-washing part. I’d like to add however, that the sets, costumes, and cinematography were great... even if the performances & effects were horrible.

[@AngeliqueElijah]

@@Kenshiro3rd Yeah, that's why I feel it's an okay vampire movie if you don't know the source material and a good looking movie. But as an adaption it is painfully bad.

[@Kenshiro3rd]

Angelique Elijah yup

[@aimlessf]

I felt so betrayed when Louis wasn't included.

[@basicwhitegirl3558]

Dom’s thumbnails are always sending me

[@NinasNon-Sense]

"Who was this movie for?" Me. Specifically 15 year old me that was desperate for a monster fairy tale filled with pretty goths to ogle. Also, the soundtrack is fantastic.

[@lutilda]

Same! 😂 That sound track alone changed me. ❤

[@theycallmetundraboy]

real.

[@KrazyKoto]

I hope Dominic will eventually cover the new Interview with a Vampire reboot. I'd like to hear his thoughts

[@ThePyromania13]

this film is a cult favorite only because of Aaliyah and the incredible soundtrack album. I liked Interview with the Vampire, but I don't think that I would've ever even bothered to watch QotD if not for Aaliyah's performance and the fact that a lot of my favorite bands were brought in to write/perform for the soundtrack.

[@searchingfororion]

Which is ironic because the soundtrack only came out the way it did because the record label pulled one over Jonathan Davis' rights to his own *voice*. Rather similar to what WB did to Rice and her novels.

[@BleedingLiar17]

Same here. I watched for aaliyah too

[@corruptangel6793]

Ditto

[@Kenshiro3rd]

Some great cinematography, sets, and costumes too.

[@lena7623]

You summed up my opinion perfectly. Aaliyah and the soundtrack are the only things that make this movie worth existing. Just ignore the rest, Dom.

[@LucyLioness100]

It’s truly sad when the ‘90s film actually used the homoerotic tones when an early noughties film said “nope, can’t do that!”

[@dorianr4770]

agreed. I've noticed some older films really not being afraid to show homosexuality, such as in Fried Green Tomatoes and Four Weddings and a Funeral. In ways that seem more progressive than movies that would be made a decade plus later.

[@BlueHero45]

I think somewhere between the two films the "They are pushing an agenda" moral outrage started to heat up, or really re-heat up, as same sex marriage support grow. Money clearly being on the film makers heads had no wish to do anything that may be seen as "unmoral" It's like when moral panic managed to kill horror comics in the 60's but they had way worse comics when they were kids.

[@tristanhartup4936]

And this was pre-brokeback mountain

[@Call-me-Al]

@@howtubeable because it lends itself so easily to it? I have seen the movie maybe two decades ago, whatever. I honestly thought there was plenty of non-explicit gay stuff in there. I mean they even tried raising a kid together, not that it turned out well... The mind fills in the blanks that should be there? I have never read the books.

[@Siseja]

@@howtubeable i mean they may have removed a bunch and tried to straighten it up as much as they could, and yet there was still so much left that it massively out-gays queen of the damned!

[@joanavitoria1961]

I really, really, really, _really_ need to see those highlights......

[@JUTUUBFAN]

Seconded! I loved the first book, but the second one lost me about a third in (probably gonna finish it some day along with the third one since Dom's videos peaked my interest again). Pretty sure I won't try the rest of thr series but would like to see a video on it.

[@peterghoulferatu3555]

'Who could this possibly be for?' 14 to 16 years old edgy kids. I loved it back than and I still do due to nostalgia

[@Wakeupgrandowl]

Yep, it may be kind of trash but it takes me back to a place and a feeling that I just can't be without. Nostalgia is a bitch.

[@karenfield3665]

Same. Watched it many times on vhs as a small goth. :D

[@benanders4412]

Main audience would be teen girls.

[@InThisEssayIWill...]

This was peak entertainment for my baby goth self back in 2002 and frankly I refuse to be ashamed about it. WB took something arguably primed for the emerging punk/goth culture and capitalized on it before their license expired, 🤷 that's just good business. The gay/bi erasure of Louis from the narrative is too bad but... Also kinda typical for the time.

[@johnv6806]

Definitely has good music

[@heisamonster]

Thank you for calling out the straight washing of the source material. Interview only touched on it but this one completely removed it.

[@thebovineavenger]

Miss hearing Dominic call himself "The Dom" I never heard it as a bad thing but as if you were talking in 3rd person. It makes your videos so much funnier.

[@spicybeantofu]

Well the term "Dom" would get auto flagged and he would lose ads. Heck another youtuber whose last name was a slur ended up legally changing it because all his videos got flagged.

[@Kairos_Akuma]

@@spicybeantofu Not only that. Rob got Blacklisted from Companies (for Adverts ) and Stuff..

[@darthkrypton123]

He should start referring to himself as "The Dominic Noble."

[@SED779]

Gold tint is way better than whitewashing

[@Q3shara]

"The Dom" would really be flagged for requesting Subs.

[@gennybaratta2460]

Bless you Dom for righteously tearing into the straight washing of this movie

[@Kardinaalilintu]

Not only straight washing but really badly done straight washing ... mostly no chemistry and females having only the 'I'm a hot chick' or 'I'm doe eyed blanc canvas' "personality" types don't exactly make anyone root for the pair.....disgusting.

[@Sirvaria]

@@Kardinaalilintu it actually makes me wonder, as a mostly straught person i dont get how these "obligatory" romances are interesting for anyone? Like if you remove a critical character because youre afraid of them being, rightfully, perceived as gay and replace them with a stereotypical-no-chemistry het "romance" that doesnt actually make any difference? Like if i had to choose between a movie with no romance and one with this farce of a romance id choose the one without? So if you really feel like you have to remove a gay relationship/ gay coded relationship, which is really horrible in itself in most circumstances, why, god whyyyyy would you then add a different totally bland and uninteresting forced het romance??? Whyyyyyyyy Id rather watch a really genuine romance, regardless of romances, than that kinda trash. I even prefer no romance altogether if bland trash is the only other option.

[@searchingfororion]

@@Sirvaria I think because since this became a stereotypical vampire film, the main male vampire walking around with his shirt off was supposed to at least find one "hot" chick worthy of more than just killing. B/C vampires = sexy.

[@basementdwellercosplay]

The phrase "satanic cult he turned into a theatre trope through charisma" sounds like my goal as a bard

[@roselover411]

In a single night at that!

[@sharkofjoy]

Sounds like a bethesda quest

[@youngthinker1]

I thought the goal of all bards is to create a new species.

[@Greycatuk]

I was writing a thesis about American horror (notably Anne Rice) around this time. I remember the buzz around the film, then the disappointment of just how awful it was. Yes, Dom is bang on about the fraught history between AR and Warners. She also went on to alienate her fanbase by taking legal action against multiple fanfiction writers for ‘stealing’ her characters. Was a sad time.

[@Alphasnowbordergirl]

Anne Rice attacking fanfic writers is why I don't read her work as a fanfic writer myself. Especially her comment about them not being real writers. There is a very thin line at times between fanfic writers and people who write for franchised books and movies that expand the universe. Star Wars books is a good example of this with their many different writers or Star Trek with their many books and movies not written by the original creators but is considered cannon.

[@OverdramaticAngel]

@@Alphasnowbordergirl She also _doxxed_ multiple fanfic writers, which is unforgivable. I was still writing fanfiction myself at that point and I was just so horrified. Fanfiction has helped keep multiple series _alive-_ The original Star Trek is a great example of it (pre-internet, even).

[@yourmom4976]

@@Alphasnowbordergirl Write your own material based upon your own characters. You are legitimately stealing intellectual property writing with other peoples characters and trying to profit off of them. The thing with Star Wars and George Lucas is he had an open license that allowed fans to do so, just like D&D used to have (until Disney and Wizards of the West Coast, respectively, bought the rights ). The thing with franchises is they hire people to do this,usually after the IP was sold. They don't just let anyone write whatever they want and sell it. If your ideas for the characters are so good just change their names, and do your own world building rather than using someone else's.

[@kanebravo953]

​@yourmom4976 Technically, the OGL for D&D came in after Wizards bought it. TSR was well known for not allowing non-sanctioned works based on D&D while they owned it.

[@kata1261]

​@yourmom4976 Sorry, but you *legitimately* don't know what you're talking about. If the fanfiction is being openly discussed and published as fanfiction, the author of the fanfiction is being very open about the basic material for the fanfiction being someone else's, which is what makes it fan-fiction. Most fanfic writers don't ever try to profit off any part our work because we know better and we're not trying to pass off the characters or setting as our own. What the other writer was saying is that it's ridiculous to call fanfic writers "not real writers" because, despite the reputation that fanfiction has, a lot of us work really hard to tell good, well thought stories with characters and settings we love. We ARE writers, even if we're not trying to make money off it, which, to clarify, we are not because we're writing *fanfiction*. If we wanted to make money, we'd write *original fiction* instead of fanfiction. We may not *want* to do that for whatever reason. We're not all just "aspiring authors" writing OCs in high school because we don't know how to write good stories. A lot of the best fanfiction is deeply entrenched in its own world and features the characters acting recognizably as themselves, hence the Star Trek and Star Wars comparisons. If it's a good story that you can file off the serial numbers and publish, the author usually will either have done so or doesn't want to because they see the value of the story they wanted to tell communicated better within the specific context of a universe that already exists, like a Star Trek story starring the Klingons, with all the story and cultural context that name has, instead of Generic Warlike Alien Race #478. Fanfiction isn't so cut and dry a topic that you can just go "well you're just stealing, go write your own stuff lol". I mean, clearly you CAN, but you really shouldn't.

[@wight1984]

I definitely read the 'statue' thing as metaphor; it just describes the perfect stillness (and paleness) of the characters involved. I don't think it was meant to imply that they literally turn into rock.

[@soniquecat4745]

In Prince Leslat Mekare was actually moving... just soulless/brain damanged.

[@nacidocoqui]

I remember being hyped to watch this, having read the books, and going with my gothy/vampy friend as her +1. She even dressed up for it! We left very disappointed, but we both agreed the soundtrack kicked ass.

[@hydrofalls8154]

Even the worst movies have great soundtrack. Music is powerfull

[@katherinemorelle7115]

It’s still one of my favourite soundtracks of all time. It was 100x more solid than the movie, that’s for sure. Props to Jonathan Davies, I’m pretty sure he was the one who organised the soundtrack.

[@amandaoroberts]

Still love the soundtrack to this day!

[@theunamiable]

Yeah, great soundtrack.

[@NeonNecropolis92]

I wouldn't mind an episode about the highlights of later books, if it's something you want to do. I can't seem to finish anything post-Body Thief and would be interested to hear your take. Anne Rice actually stopped using a copy editor after QotD, which I think is partially why the books got the way they did - no one to rein her in and tell her that "Lestat goes to Atlantis" is maybe kind of a lot.

[@AsheNightwind]

I second that. I couldn't find any motivation to pick up the series after Body Thief

[@TheTam0613]

Have you read her "Witches" books? I very much enjoyed them. But, I was also wondering why the later books became so hard to read.

[@jannahamman5255]

@@AsheNightwind Servant of the Bones was good too

[@thepinkestpigglet7529]

I never thought someone would need to be told "Hey don't portray a fourty year old molesting a 15 year old as romantic."

[@Merrick]

lol. Loved Anne Rice, I kept reading Vamp Chronicles long after it was good (should have stopped at Body Thief) Taltos stands out in memory from the witch side of her universe, and the Mummy (I think it was called) was really good. but man, some of those... Memnoch, Pandora, Armand,

[@SplatterInker]

"Who is this possibly for?" Me, sheepishly: 🙋‍♀️ teenage me Back when Nu Metal seemed edgy and Townsend was hot, and Marius just made me laugh for no reason. And yes Aaliyah kicks ass. ❤❤❤ it was like Buffy but a whole lot less intelligent.

[@allmachtigenallergroter5298]

SplatterInker Me too, and I still like it.

[@geofrebu]

I kinda think he got it very wrong at the end. The movie itself with no context is not that confusing as a new watcher, because you don't have the context that the characters are supposed to be deeper or more complex. The only confusing thing for me when I watched it the first time was why they didn't use Aaliyah more.

[@hororka666]

Same. It’s a guilty pleasure to me and I’ll watch it many many more times I’m sure.

[@danielb9274]

I had always pictured the music of the 80s rock mentioned in the books more akin to The Cure and Depeche Mode than anything resembling Van Halen or Poison.

[@CalitmeDiondell]

ikr something more like the goth kids would like, I love Korn but the voice and style doesn't suit in my head

[@lutilda]

Agreed.

[@rachelsyrup]

Dom: "If you'll remember--" Me, who watched all the preceding videos but absorbed nothing: "I do not."

[@Twiganut]

Re: Squarespace content, Terrance needs a dedicated blog or review section with links to his Twitter!!

[@loomsvr]

2 points: the soundtrack for this movie is fantastic.

[@thegloriousdipshit4274]

Considering he didnt really know the difference between 80s and 2000s rock, he doesn't seem to be a huge music guy. But yeah, Jonathan Davis is my one true husband lol

[@michaelwilson5114]

Thats about the only positive I can give it. Just wished we could have got proper TVL and QotD adaptations. 😢

[@glencullinanan505]

They had Jonathan Davis on a phone call at around 3 or 4 in the morning, it was weird, lol.

[@glencullinanan505]

In the recording for the concert scene.

[@missovalle1207]

agree

[@fizzyofbrassica]

3:08 I think it started to fall apart the second they decided to ship Lestat and Jessie XD

[@fizzyofbrassica]

And this version of Jessie is just so Bella Swan although the twilight series didn’t yet exist.

[@emtims1670]

@@fizzyofbrassica IA. She was one of the blandest love interests I have seen in a movie. Lestat wasn't much better either. I rooted for Akasha by the end.

[@lacountess]

I would love to see you talk about the later books. I remember buying “Memnoch the Devil” from a bargain bin after only having watched the movie “Interview,” and getting confused AF how this was in any way related to the Vampire Chronicles. Fun times.

[@ClickToPreview]

Except the entire book focuses on the vampire Lestat and his encounter with the Ordinary Man shattering his perceptions of the non-existence of God?

[@nixeradicatus]

I liked it as an aesthetic piece only. I tend to put it on as background when I want something on I am not devoting my attention to. It's nice to look at and comes off as a long MTV (2000s era) special feature. It is an interesting time capsule of where culture was heading just before September 11th completely changed the direction of American media.

[@FeministCatwoman]

I so agree with this comment

[@lutilda]

Exactly! It has great vibes.

[@coldwarjunkie7492]

Yes, please, definitely want highlights of the post-Queen of the Damned books. I read them for as long as I could, but had to quit with the Vampire Armand, where as one reviewer accurately described it, Anne Rice began plagiarizing herself.

[@joenight9693]

THIS!

[@vampiregirl4853]

Hahaha but reading terrible vampire books is so fun

[@ApollodoraTheExplora]

The one thing I always love about this film is the way Marius says “Hello David” to David Talbot. It just cracks me up every time I hear it.

[@laurahall7681]

Yes me too!!!

[@skullslace2426]

So, I agree with everyone else. The two things I love about this movie are the soundtrack and Aaliyah

[@Thor-Orion]

I thought there were two reasons this was remembered; Aliyah, and Change (In the House of Flies) by Deftones.

[@ayeshaakber3996]

Down with the sickness and forsaken by disturbed.. jay Gordon’s slept so long, system by korn ..

[@colemarie9262]

Agreed! Aside from deftones I was never into nu metal so most of the soundtrack was not for me, even if it fit the movies's vibe really well. I also distinctly remember being irritated that Aliyah had what seemed like five minutes of screen time after watching the whole movie just to see her.

[@Thor-Orion]

@@colemarie9262 I never understood why they gave Lestat Jonathan Davis’ voice.

[@JekyViews]

Aaliyah was the one thing that kept me from walking out of the theatre. And even then, it was painful. I’ve never gone back and rewatched it, because I’m still upset I spent money on a ticket for that sh*t. Worst spent money and time in my 17th year of life.

[@Perzyn]

I find it slightly amusing that from squishing multiple books into one movie we got to cutting single books, some of them pretty short, into 2 or even 3 movies. If only there was some kind of middle ground there...

[@jackieharkness7369]

I am a simple person. I see Lost in Adaptation, I click

[@felipemartinez1247]

x2

[@moonlady3000]

Honestly, I feel just a little bad for cackling about the studio giving Anne the middle finger. She deserved it, even if the story didn't.

[@Passions5555]

May I ask why? I have heard she can be unpleasant but since I don't follow her I was wondering why she gets called a bitch by fans.

[@moonlady3000]

@@Passions5555 Well, it's a long story, but she was (is?) So against fanfiction that she sued and served cease and desist orders to several fansites, no matter how small they were. The whole saga can be found on Fanlore.org if you search for it. So it's basically poetic justice that who she willingly to give the rights to decided to dick her over and produce trash.

[@ladyphoenixgrey3923]

It still breaks my heart to think of Aaliyah. She was absolutely exquisite and so gracefully feminine while being a powerhouse as far as female entertainers went. She would’ve been Beyoncé before Beyoncé ever had the chance. She truly is the only thing about this movie worth watching it for and I encourage it. Her performance was intoxicating. Still love Romeo Must Die, too. RIP Babygirl!!! ❤️❤️❤️

[@8698gil]

The book was great. I loved the backstory of Akasha and Enkil and how they became vampires.

[@bre7937]

Not gonna lie: Never read the books or seen the movies, don't care to, and am only watching this because I like the sound of your voice.

[@misc.sailors1727]

Call out much jeez XD

[@JerryBanks572]

Similar reaction for me. I picked up my girlfriends book, decided it was just a pulp romance/sex/power fantasy series and moved on. But Dominic is great. I have a hard time finding a reviewer that doesn't use criticism to be edgy and cool.

[@MegaMusic22]

Man...if I don’t genuinely love everything about this movie when separated from the book lore. It is such a time capsule for grade school me and I still listen to the soundtrack on the regular

[@fleacythesheepgirl]

I would love to see the highlights of the weirdness of future books!

[@kw7378a1]

fleacythesheepgirl Same! More please!!!

[@Stormkrow280]

22:36 having seen part of this movie a long time ago, Lestat is warned early on about not draining someone of every drop and this is what’s implied to happen to a vampire when they do take the last drop from a person living, or in this case, another vampire.

[@skynyrdjesus]

The not drinking the last drop bit is to avoid drinking dead mans blood, which is a plot point in Interview. Maharet/Mekare turning to stone is because they literally consume the evil spirit/god that they cursed Akasha and Enkil with.

[@FS-qk5uq]

I loved this movie 😓 but looking back the only thing I really remember is the music and Aaliyah. So this movie was for a metal loving bi girl like myself I guess. And freaking Aaliyah again😍 AlsoI hadn't realized it was a sequel to interview or based on Ann Rice books. I thought it was just a random vampire movie back then.

[@TheSpookyTuna]

I straight up burst out laughing when you cut to Lestat playing guitar with the article about the TV rights in the background omg Also I would absolutely love to see a highlight reel of the later novels, yes please!

[@fzysknr]

Wow, Dom's compositing skills just get better and better. Two of you talking to each other is one thing, but two of you having a _slap fight?_ Nicely done, Mr. Noble.

[@manzanaproductions]

18:45- Doctor Who fans everywhere applaud this reference...Thank you!

[@ut000bs]

Mekare was basically catatonic after taking in the queen. She was already totally insane as far as anyone knew. She was driven to kill Akasha by the curse she put on Akasha herself.

[@melodye14]

Such good points especially about the major characters left out, Nicky, Gabrielle, and Louis are especially missed.

[@reganroxs13]

The tiny little ponytail that you can see when Dom turns his head is sooo cute!!

[@searchingfororion]

Is that what it is? I thought it was a cowlick. 🤣

[@xzonia1]

I love watching him rock out as a vampire; so adorable! :)

[@dorianr4770]

probably quarantine hair

[@searchingfororion]

It pays off for numetal/movie Lestat.

[@Mister-Thirteen]

21:00 One point I recall from the books is a chapter from the perceptive of a younger Vampire that describes a black vampire as slowly turning a "Dark Bronze" over time rather then the marble look of the other vampires, so this might actually be book loyal if my brain didn't just make that up in the 15 years sense high school.

[@DaFlatulant]

They turned bronze from the sun. Vampires like akasha and enkle were powerful enough to go in the sun, but still burned to some degree and would turn bronze. However, they were usually described as being like marble.

[@alpacacheese503]

A page dedicated to cat pictures is an absolute must for your website!

[@theartofchristophermalherbe]

So much happens in the book that I don't think could ever be just 1 movie. If they did it in a series format they could take their time explaining and exploring everything.

[@Awakeandalive1]

I'd absolutely watch a Peter Falk/Fred Savage film. Also, from what I recall Aaliyah actually did die before the filming was completed. This is why there are certain...odd...shots at the end because they finished it by filming her BROTHER dressed up as her and digitally altered his voice to try and cover for it. You can really tell if you look at Akasha's stomach throughout.

[@mirjanbouma]

@BABYd0LL '59 i don't know about the filming but I do know for sure that her brother had to dub several scenes as his sister because they hadn't finished that before she died.

[@madmachanicest9955]

I would like a BOOK RECOMMENDATION PAGE on your web and a some way to get you to finish the prisoner because i need more weird in my life.

[@singingpandamonium]

I would absolutely LOVE to see an episode of you sharing your thoughts about some of the weirdness that happens in the vampire chronicles.

[@ItsCamille735]

Having used after effects and green-scenes that slap-fight was insanely impressive.

[@benjaminscheff3052]

I would love to see you talk about the later books and Rice's religious turn!

[@gateauxq4604]

The weird plot twist no one expected-she turned ultra-religious and ‘killed’ the author herself.

[@novavega1890]

Its so seriously a nightmare casting Lestat Korn for writing the music was well done. You're so right Aaliyah, was sublime! Pissed they didn't make a whole movie about the twins and Queens back story And Lestat s back story is perfectly a good story on its own

[@FaeQueenCory]

A highlight reel of the coming weirdness would be great.

[@robinpullman1488]

I love how even when you are disappointed in adaptations, you still make your arguments believable and enjoyable to watch. I really do love your videos I always look forward to them! =]

[@TheInvisibileOne]

I'm a simple gay. I sees Dom in a fishnet shirt, I clicks

[@jeffsykes4589]

I wouldn't mind this being the official LIA uniform

[@hyperfixationcentral6200]

I'm not lesbian and I cringed when seeing it

[@dannjam2515]

Aaliyah was mesmerizing to watch , the sound track is one of my absolute favorites, the movie was sooooo bad

[@munchcat]

As someone who read the books before seeing the movie, I've found only two great things about QotD. The soundtrack, which despite being 2000s rock was somehow exactly what I had imagined (no idea why but still loved it), and Aaliyah as Akasha, who was even better than I imagined.

[@ah-nononoo]

This just makes me sad for Aaliyah, knowing what she went through

[@ariusdegaldri2413]

Yes, please, do a video about future weirdness. The most recent events in the novels have almost made me stop reading them altogether, it's gotten so insane!

[@TheBrotherGrim]

I tried starting Prince Lestat a few weeks back, and just couldn't get more than a few chapters in. Even more than the weirdness of plot in the new stuff, the quality of writing seemed to drop soooo drastically. It almost read like bad fanfic trying to ape Rice's style, which is such a shame. I looooved her older stuff, from the vampire books, and witchy stuff, to Servant of the Bones. It was such a let down to see where the newer books went.

[@alesauria2]

Haha what's more weird? The clones? The bird aliens? The bird aliens offspring that can clone themselves. Gosh I can't...

[@rebeccajohnston-carter315]

About two years ago I tried to read Prince Lestat and got... somewhat less then 1/4 into it before I read something (don't remember what) that made me actually chuck the book across my room and shout "NO!" so loudly my brother came running into the room to make sure I was okay.

[@LS-fg6vv]

If you watch the deleted scenes, the movie becomes a little better. Not good, mind you, but better. At least it explains a little more about the other vampires instead of leaving anyone who hasn't read the books with any idea of who they are. Also more Aaliyah.

[@raymonenorwood7296]

Yes exactly

[@Senidhr]

Well this was the first vampire movie i saw and kind of made me love vampires (it was in the begning of my teenage years). And i really liked the music. Only after that, that i saw Interview. With that i started reading some of Anne Rice books and others. This movie is still nostalgic for me, can't hate it.

[@angelosoariel]

Ohhhh ‘the actors did the best they could with what they were given’ is how I always describe this film. Because jeezzzz🤦🏽‍♀️

[@edible0pig]

11:38 All elder vampires in Anne Rice's lore harden and become "living statues". This does not mean that they are petrified. "living statue" in this case is a metaphor.

[@soniquecat4745]

Yeah. I always thought Akasha and her husband looked rather like wax figures than statues.

[@EDDIELANE]

omg I love the quarreling Lestats.

[@bellarkcox1243]

My obsessive checking in for this video has come to fruition!

[@williamozier918]

Since I know all of you were clamoring for my opinion on this here it is: Here's how I would do a tv series: SEASON 1- Covers Interview with Vampire. Meanwhile I would have arunning subplot of the Talamasca, where you get to do vampire of the week stories and alot of lore building. SEASON 2- Lestat. It starts with a documentary style intro to the upcoming Vampire Lestat concert. During that documentary Lestat would openly say that the book, and the even worse movie adaptation, of Interview with a Vampire were all real but the Louis threw him under the bus and he has now made his music career to tell the truth. The season ends with the battle at the concert with the Queen zipping Lestat off and the crowd going wild. SEASON 3- Would start with Armand talking to all the other vampire lords about how that dumb book and Lestat's stupid music career all threw Armand under the bus, and he would then tell his true story, and this whole season would be Vampire Lord Backstory Of The Week. The season would end with all the vampire lords witnessing the concert and deciding to stop the Queen. SEASON 4- This would be a Talamsca story of the week and the Queen's backstory, culminating in the big fight where all the vamoire lords kill the queen. SEASON 5- I would then do a lame fifth season that would just be vapire of the week stories.

[@TheBatmarcus]

So hey, you made me want a movie that is just two hours of Louis having to play peace keeper between book accurate Lestat and this movie version

[@desi1790]

The sound track is pretty damn good. To me this is not a sequel to 'Interview' its just a vampire movie; saves me a headache All of the above

[@bobbyrayvictory6905]

Hmm. I shall adopt that mindset

[@lutilda]

Same! This is also how I think of the Wicked book vs musical.

[@JackieTheCatfox]

"Literally all of the above" sounds about right! Also, yes, I would really like the highlight reel.

[@creepydude94]

Guy being sucked : is named Pip. every french person : immature giggles

[@nique.andrade]

can you explain, please?

[@purrgundy]

@@nique.andrade "Pipe" is French for Blowjob.

[@avosmash2121]

And I bet that was intentional

[@salenebrom6476]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@Moszan]

I was thinking about Hellsing Ultimate.

[@LupaDracolis]

"in the same vein" .... Dom. Dominic.

[@Rashagar]

I actually enjoyed this film when I was in my very early teens, but I was very confused by who those people at the end were meant to be. Sadly I could never really get into the books, so I'd love to see you talk about them more in a future video.