Queen of the Damned ~ Lost in Adaptation

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Did Queen of the Damned do ANY justice to The Vampire Lestat and The Queen of the Damned by Anne Rice?
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[@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

[@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.

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@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. ❤

[@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.

[@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

[@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...

[@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.

[@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!!! ❤️❤️❤️

[@elenamartinez7301]

I am SO GLAD you mentioned Saturn Devouring His Son! Movies and shows ALWAYS use this one when they're trying to be creepy regardless of if it makes sense with the plot. It drives me insane.

[@geckovonparsley8200]

I wonder if that's why they used it in What We Do in the Shadows? I assumed it was to poke fun at cheap documentaries (that use stills without researching them properly), but maybe it was a reference to this movie?

[@elenamartinez7301]

@@geckovonparsley8200 possibly! How hilarious!

[@alpacacheese503]

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

[@weekendmom]

The film's one character they cast right? Lena Olin as Maharet. I loved her in the TV show Alias and she was great as Maharet.

[@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!

[@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.

[@melodye14]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@angelosoariel]

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

[@ah-nononoo]

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

[@FigidFrostQuake]

Before watching this video, I'd just like to say I hope he tears into what they did to Nicolas' violin in that movie with all the wrath and fury it deserves. Was a level of disrespect to the story on par with removing all of Voldemort's backstory memories in Half Blood Prince so there'd be more time for stupid teen romance. That violin was the lynchpin around which the whole plot of book two revolved, and they just said, "meh, he probably got it from a random gypsy on a beach somewhere."

[@Melissa_Marvel]

Few self employed people can call a sheer mesh shirt a business expense, even fewer can show the result to their mothers.

[@LupaDracolis]

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

[@eddiehjalmarsson5966]

I suggest that the next lost in adaption should be horns by Joe hill and its adaptation in 2013 by alexandre aja, starring Daniel radcliffe

[@EdieBird]

I wasn't too bummed by the adaptation on that one. A few decisions I had to scratch my head over but at least it tried to be the same story! I couldn't help but laugh that apparently, Daniel Radcliffe will NEVER escape from speaking to snakes.

[@seanabbins5481]

I liked both the book and the movie Queen of the Damned. As you indicated, the book was so complicated with a lot of characters and this wouldn't make for a 90-120 minute movie, so they had to be selective. Having Marius be a composite character was probably necessary as it would have been too jumbled with all those characters were in the movie. Even in the book series, it was hard to keep all of them straight. Marguerite Moreau was good in the movie, although I agree that her character was written better in the novel. Aaliyah also did an excellent job, as you indicate. The movie had good atmospherics. The tone was a little glum and emo, but that was a style in the early 2000's. They could have set in in the 80's and have everybody look like they are in a hair band, but I'm kind of glad they didn't. We can watch Lost Boys if we want to see vampires with an 80's hair band look. If you watch the movie without thinking of it as an adaptation, I think it is fun and different than other stuff out there. And again, I really think that if they did the movie trying to be loyal accurate to the book, it just wouldn't have worked.

[@ItsTheFizz]

80's Rock was Lestat, 90's Rock was Louie

[@kingdomhearts1331]

Yeah, would really like for you to do the highlights please. Also I could not stop laughing when book Lestat called for Louie while he was slapping hands with film Lestat

[@cayreet5992]

From what I've heard, she has secured a deal for the Vampire Chronicles and the Mayfair Witches with AMC. Fingers crossed they'll be good.

[@darkservantofheaven]

Hulu I heard

[@Abstract852]

@@darkservantofheaven Hulu dropped it in December last year so nope. Rice then attempted to sell the (forever) rights from both (vamps/witches) for around $40mil. Last week there was talk of AMC having acquired it. Rice (and son) will be executive producers on anything from it (tv or film) but chances are they no longer have any rights to it....so not going to be surprised if Anne gets antsy about some change but then have no legal right to do anything but tantrum.

[@Mizuna]

The first season of Interview With The Vampire was incredible. I'd love to hear your thoughts on it.

[@isabellatoth8149]

An entire series on The Vampire Chronicles? YES PLEASE!!!!

[@caz5800]

Two answers: Yes, a video of highlights would be grate. An yes, all of the above.

[@rosemarymorgan336]

I still like the movie.... but i am known for liking bad movies.

[@bixler3463]

Relatable

[@rosemarymorgan336]

@@bixler3463 heh. It came out when i was like 17 or 18 and just getting into the goth scene. There are some nice memories involved.

[@rosemarymorgan336]

@The Dark Overlord I won't disagree with you there, but I generally watch the same stuff over and over. I love it when people don't have the patience for a good slow burn horror movie.

[@nicoleraheem1195]

What other bad movies do you like ?

[@quillnova]

Please watch the TV show and do another Lost in Adaptation

[@ThatGuyWithAComment]

I can help but replay the scene of Dominic slapping Dominic, love that effect!!

[@glencullinanan505]

I was one of the extras in the audience of the concert scenes. It was so boring 😅

[@canelara]

did you see aaliyah?

[@glencullinanan505]

@@canelara yep. They also had Jonathon Davis on the phone at around 3 to 4 in the morning.

[@Nonsens89]

YES PLEASE to a highlight episode of the entire Vampire Chronicles

[@julieaubutgaudet4403]

I love the way you grudgingly still admit a film’s strong points even if you hated it. This was great!

[@dominiquerichards2462]

Have you heard about the Percy Jackson adaptation that’s going to be on Disney Plus?

[@mcleodmueller-hill1172]

He has.

[@fangirldreamer748]

Why Disney why?!?!?!!!?!??!?

[@dominiquerichards2462]

Fangirl Dreamer Rick Riordan is actually going to be involved in it this time.

[@KeyBladeMaster-Dan]

Because that's who Rick wanted to do it

[@exxxhume]

you must do the TV show adaptation!!!

[@NateButlerFresnoCA]

The thing I most disliked about the film adaption of "Queen of the Damned" (which had some good points) was its portrayal of Lestat as taking pleasure in killing innocent groupies. Such behavior and attitude is the complete antithesis of Lestat's character development in the novel, and frankly made movie Lestat seem like a real jerk. I felt that it was so unfaithful to the nature of the character that the whole rest of the movie became inviolate. But, of course I do own a copy anyway. ;) P.S. It was nice to get a glimpse of The Immortals, and you can see more of them in the deleted scenes. :)

[@mercenaryknight5419]

Would love to see you also cover The Young Messiah which is an adaptation of Anne Rice's Christ-The Lord Out Of Egypt as it is a very good adaptation of her work and deserves more attention. ^^

[@spod9135]

Dominic could you please review 'Interview with a Vampire' TV show. And the Vampire Chronicles books. Thank you!

[@TheLuxVex]

About your website: can't wait to see it and these are my suggestions: 1 List of upcoming adaptation reviews (it doesnt matter that it's going to take years, I'm just curious to see what's coming) 2 Suggestions page in case by any chance something is missing from the above mentioned list 3 Fan corner page where everyone can tell you how much they love you, post fanart etc keep up the great work xxx

[@anaiglesias9972]

I will love to see a small review of the rest of the books. And it was announced that AMC just buy the right for the vampire chronicles and the Mayfair witches.

[@Daddy_Nooo]

Yes please do a highlights of the future weirdness of the series. We need it.

[@chishionotenshi]

I do want to point out that the largest share of the film gross came from Aaliyah's fans. Almost all of them went out of respect for her, to see her one last time. I know some who went several times. I didn't see the movie in theaters, but I know Aaliyah fans who did and said the same as you: she was great, the movie was a slog. Any Anne Rice fans were going out of morbid curiosity, or because they were out of the loop. Aaliyah is the best thing about the movie, aside from the music which you could buy on CD, and thus was and is the only reason for watching this film. If you want to know how badly it did with its "intended audience," there was hardly any merchandise at Hot Topic, arguably THE (baby) goth/punk store of the early 2000's, and almost all of those communities at the time sneered over it. The look was vaguely there, but it had the wonderful Hollywood lack of soul that said, "We have costumers and set designers that will make it look like we know what we're talking about, who needs writers and actors to know anything about their subject matter?"

[@sanesammie]

This movie was the 1st R rated movie i saw in theaters. My friend and I were too young to be there without an adult. We begged the theater employee to let us in and he was cool enough to oblige. We were obsessed with lestat for 6 months after lol.

[@BlueRoses345]

I'd absolutely love to see a video with the highlights of the rest of the series! :)

[@jubilee6099]

I would love to see a video about the future books. I couldn't bring myself to read anything after Pandora. Fun fact though, I had a Queen of the Damned poster in my room all through high-school

[@izy713]

Thank you. Please do the new Interview with the Vampire series too.

[@nickmattio3397]

“Matching Monochromatic Black How Original, Enjoy Your Midnight Screening Of Blade 2!”-TJ Miller

[@kousetsuhana]

Hello my beautiful Dom. I think the always smooth intro was extra smooth in this video. Peak quality and i haven't even started the actual video! :)

[@hecatejones4038]

11:50: Louis looks like he’s dealing with a pair of toddlers.

[@DMX-PAT]

Stuart Townsend looks a lot like Kiera Knightley, it's like they are clones just not the same sex. Also I really appreciate these vids on Ann Rice, so helpful. Have you seen Abe Lincoln Vampire hunter because it's worth watching if you're into vamps in historical settings. Keep it up!!

[@ShyKaiju]

the jokes and skits in these are just so good

[@jamesdavis625]

There were so many shots that were very memorable while a lot of acting, specifically from the human female lead that really killed the film for me. But I feel there was far more good than bad. Simple and focused Premise, amazing soundtrack, memorable shots and sequences. It really felt like a really good Director was constrained by a shoestring budget and did his best to make a vampire film with a shock rocker premise

[@Tina_Bo_Binaaa]

Love Aaliyah, may she R.I.P. Glad you mentioned her connection and hugely stand out performance in this movie. Akasha really was the best part.

[@LadyOfTheeLake]

Thank you, thank you, thank you! I walked out of the theater after seeing this movie furious. I was a long time fan of the books and the Interview movie adaptation. People never took me seriously and thought I was just being snobbish when I said how badly they butchered this story. I’ve lived these almost 20 years being told by others when it was brought up how much they loved it. Aaliyah was magic as Akasha and the one thing I feel they did right was not marbleizing her after she awoke, it would have been wrong and taken away from her intense beauty. Thank you for the vindication haha

[@Val_Audwin]

Lestat was played by Tom Cruise. Tom Cruise also (badly) played the 80s rock singer Stacee Jaxx. Now I can't stop thinking about Lestat dressed like Stacee singing Tom Cruise's atrocious version of I Want to Know What Love Is together with Louis and this is going to haunt my dreams forever.

[@tomhowell8398]

Would love to see the highlight reel. Would also love to see a movie adapting the framing device from the Princess Bride. All the stuff in the novel about the abridging author's life, the history of the book, the abridging process and the strange parts that were cut out seems like it would be a wonderful basis for a movie.

[@voluntaryismistheanswer]

Fun fact, when Peter Jackson cast Stuart as Aragorn we at theonering squawked loudly enough for Lurker Pete to change it to Viggo. You're welcome. (The internet was a much smaller place back then.)

[@tomememo]

you know what, to be fair, at that point in the Story, Lestat, was indeed acting out the "look i am a vampire" trying to get the attention of other vampires

[@williamroden8495]

Yes, most definitely do the highlight reel! Please!!!

[@MsLinaTina]

If you are into early 2000s rock music, the soundtrack for this movie is a good one. Early wprth checking out.

[@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..

[@dannydeclue5219]

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

[@samanthacharlton4123]

Oh, that's cool

[@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.

[@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]

+

[@MuffinHunterX]

I will _never_ turn down the offer cat photos.

[@kyletowers9662]

@@astrinymris9953 both are true

[@davidreynolds8865]

only one page?......

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@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

[@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

[@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???

[@livclark8154]

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

[@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???

[@redfield4ever]

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.

[@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

[@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.

[@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

[@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

[@aimlessf]

I felt so betrayed when Louis wasn't included.

[@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,

[@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

[@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.

[@KrazyKoto]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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!

[@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.

[@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.

[@Twiganut]

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