Comments for Dracula the Un-Dead http://www.draculatheun-dead.com/blog The Official Blog Sun, 04 Oct 2009 04:05:09 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 Comment on Video: Dacre and Ian at Vampire Con: Why We Love Vampires by thomas dobias http://www.draculatheun-dead.com/blog/2009/08/28/video-dacre-and-ian-at-vampire-con-why-we-love-vampires/%/comment-page-1#comment-672 thomas dobias Sun, 04 Oct 2009 04:05:09 +0000 http://www.draculatheun-dead.com/blog/?p=136#comment-672 it would be nice if todays film makers would. return to making vampire movies in the classic hollywood style. like having todays vampires alseep inside their coffins and living in castles and not modern condos like that of the vampires in twilight. i dont see them as vampires more like pop stars in a boy band. it would be nice if todays film makers would.

return to making vampire movies in the classic hollywood

style. like having todays vampires alseep inside their coffins

and living in castles and not modern condos like that of the vampires

in twilight. i dont see them as vampires more like pop stars in
a boy band.

]]> Comment on Video: Dacre and Ian at Vampire Con: Why We Love Vampires by thomas dobias http://www.draculatheun-dead.com/blog/2009/08/28/video-dacre-and-ian-at-vampire-con-why-we-love-vampires/%/comment-page-1#comment-671 thomas dobias Sun, 04 Oct 2009 03:58:31 +0000 http://www.draculatheun-dead.com/blog/?p=136#comment-671 ive been an fan of vampire movies count dracula has been my favorte cinema vampire ive see countless remakes of stokers tail of dracula. but the 1931 classic stil has out stood many of the modern remakes of the classic 1931 film. ive been an fan of vampire movies count dracula

has been my favorte cinema vampire ive see countless

remakes of stokers tail of dracula. but the 1931 classic

stil has out stood many of the modern remakes of the classic

1931 film.

]]> Comment on THIRD STRAIGHT RAVE REVIEW FOR DRACULA THE UN-DEAD by ian http://www.draculatheun-dead.com/blog/2009/09/01/third-straight-rave-review-for-dracula-the-un-dead/%/comment-page-1#comment-622 ian Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:53:18 +0000 http://www.draculatheun-dead.com/blog/2009/09/01/third-straight-rave-review-for-dracula-the-un-dead/#comment-622 Hi Patricia, Thank you so much! Dacre and I are so pleased you enjoyed the read. If you can make it to any of our signings, please introduce yourself so Dacre and I can sign your copy and thank you in person. Best, Ian Hi Patricia,

Thank you so much! Dacre and I are so pleased you enjoyed the read. If you can make it to any of our signings, please introduce yourself so Dacre and I can sign your copy and thank you in person.

Best,
Ian

]]> Comment on THIRD STRAIGHT RAVE REVIEW FOR DRACULA THE UN-DEAD by Patricia Altner http://www.draculatheun-dead.com/blog/2009/09/01/third-straight-rave-review-for-dracula-the-un-dead/%/comment-page-1#comment-553 Patricia Altner Tue, 15 Sep 2009 23:29:41 +0000 http://www.draculatheun-dead.com/blog/2009/09/01/third-straight-rave-review-for-dracula-the-un-dead/#comment-553 Hello I was lucky to get your book for review from Library Journal. This is a terrific book! Congratulations to you both Hello

I was lucky to get your book for review from Library Journal. This is a terrific book!

Congratulations to you both

]]> Comment on WHAT DRACULA MOVIE WAS THE BEST, WORST? by Damon http://www.draculatheun-dead.com/blog/2008/12/08/what-dracula-movie-was-the-best-worst/%/comment-page-1#comment-503 Damon Fri, 04 Sep 2009 20:19:32 +0000 http://www.draculatheun-dead.com/blog/?p=16#comment-503 I still contend Coppola's film is the best version, in so many ways. For anyone questioning the theatrical-ness of the costuming and sets, you need look no further than the great companion resource, Dracula: The Film and the Legend, which goes into great detail about these matters. In my opinion these Expressionistic touches do what straightforward film adaptations cannot: they represent characters' inner thoughts and feelings. The trappings also do much to suggest the spirit of the times, being directly based on very specific Symbolist Period artwork. As for the "questionable" acting of Mr. Reeves, yes he plays the role as a wooden bore, but then again, isn't that why Coppola chose him, since that is essentially Harker's demeanour in the novel? The duller he is (representing the status quo), the more he contrasts with Dracula's exotic mystery. I don't contend that the love story element is faithful to the book, but as a movie with a clear "throughline", that addition and linkage to an actual historical event really raises the level of operatic drama that the novel already has in spades, thus embellishing it with perhaps even more resonance that Stoker couldn't have possibly gotten away with in mass-publication during Victorian England if he'd decided to add that approach to his story. I still contend Coppola’s film is the best version, in so many ways. For anyone questioning the theatrical-ness of the costuming and sets, you need look no further than the great companion resource, Dracula: The Film and the Legend, which goes into great detail about these matters. In my opinion these Expressionistic touches do what straightforward film adaptations cannot: they represent characters’ inner thoughts and feelings. The trappings also do much to suggest the spirit of the times, being directly based on very specific Symbolist Period artwork.

As for the “questionable” acting of Mr. Reeves, yes he plays the role as a wooden bore, but then again, isn’t that why Coppola chose him, since that is essentially Harker’s demeanour in the novel? The duller he is (representing the status quo), the more he contrasts with Dracula’s exotic mystery.

I don’t contend that the love story element is faithful to the book, but as a movie with a clear “throughline”, that addition and linkage to an actual historical event really raises the level of operatic drama that the novel already has in spades, thus embellishing it with perhaps even more resonance that Stoker couldn’t have possibly gotten away with in mass-publication during Victorian England if he’d decided to add that approach to his story.

]]> Comment on Any Vampires out there want to be the subject of a reality show? by Jason http://www.draculatheun-dead.com/blog/2009/09/01/any-vampires-out-there-want-to-be-the-subject-of-a-reality-show/%/comment-page-1#comment-488 Jason Wed, 02 Sep 2009 23:07:39 +0000 http://www.draculatheun-dead.com/blog/2009/09/01/any-vampires-out-there-want-to-be-the-subject-of-a-reality-show/#comment-488 This sounds like an interesting concept, to say the least! I encourage everyone who's interested to contact Ian pronto! This sounds like an interesting concept, to say the least! I encourage everyone who’s interested to contact Ian pronto!

]]> Comment on DRACULA THE UNDEAD is reviewed at Publisher’s Weekly by tnu http://www.draculatheun-dead.com/blog/2009/08/23/dracula-the-undead-is-reviewed-at-publishers-weekly/%/comment-page-1#comment-462 tnu Wed, 26 Aug 2009 07:14:16 +0000 http://www.draculatheun-dead.com/blog/2009/08/23/dracula-the-undead-is-reviewed-at-publishers-weekly/#comment-462 looking great i'm excited to see where its going looking great i’m excited to see where its going

]]> Comment on THE RETURN OF THE BLOG!!!! by Andi http://www.draculatheun-dead.com/blog/2009/07/11/the-return-of-the-blog/%/comment-page-1#comment-359 Andi Wed, 12 Aug 2009 03:01:53 +0000 http://www.draculatheun-dead.com/blog/2009/07/11/the-return-of-the-blog/#comment-359 I know this is kind of random but this has been bugging me.. I'm a really big Vlad the Impaler "fan" and I've been wondering if in the book he's going to be touched on. I hope you understand what I mean. Anyways I'm glad to see a sequel coming and am planning on pre-ordering the book soon! Best of luck! ~Andi. I know this is kind of random but this has been bugging me.. I’m a really big Vlad the Impaler “fan” and I’ve been wondering if in the book he’s going to be touched on. I hope you understand what I mean. Anyways I’m glad to see a sequel coming and am planning on pre-ordering the book soon!
Best of luck!

~Andi.

]]> Comment on WHAT DRACULA MOVIE WAS THE BEST, WORST? by Jeannette http://www.draculatheun-dead.com/blog/2008/12/08/what-dracula-movie-was-the-best-worst/%/comment-page-1#comment-161 Jeannette Mon, 27 Jul 2009 22:35:01 +0000 http://www.draculatheun-dead.com/blog/?p=16#comment-161 I totally agree with you, Alan. Though Coppola's movie was made in a beautiful way and I really liked Anthony Hopkins, this film was a great disappointment to me.If I have to mention all the sad mistakes Coppola made, I 'll be busy for quite a while. And that rediculous love between Mina and Dracula...It made me sick! There is a love story in the novel: the story about the love between Jonathan Harker and his Mina, and if you like the story about the love from a few brave men for Lucy. This love makes them stong enough to face the most terrible dangers. And those costumes... Renfield was looking like a giant worm, Dracula's ladies like Turkish concubines ( Didn't Dracula hate the Turks?), Mina was wearing the most beautiful dresses, but wasn't she a simple schoolteacher? And why was The Count Himself lokking like a mix between the Pope and Grace Kelly? Why that Chinese looking coat? Why did Lucy look like a lady from the red light district in Amsterdam? In chapter 2 of the novel we can read that Dracula doesn't want to look different. And if he opens his mouth to speak, no one must stop and laugh. Hamilton Deane was the first writer who changed the story and sadly enough many followed him. Even until now "Bram Stoker's Dracula" hasn't been made! So favorite movies are the only ones that come close to the novel: BBC's "Count Dracula" ( 1977 ) and Jess Franco's "Count Dracula" ( 1969 ). BBc's "Count Dracula" closely follows the novel and was partly filmed at Whitby; in Jess Franco's "Count Dracula" the best Dracula performer ever, Sir Christopher Lee, simply IS Bram Stoker's Dracula. He looks like a Victorian gentleman, is dressed in black, is the owner of a big moustache and grows younger after every snack. If only he could play Dracula in the upcoming movie... I totally agree with you, Alan. Though Coppola’s movie was made in a beautiful way and I really liked Anthony Hopkins, this film was a great disappointment to me.If I have to mention all the sad mistakes Coppola made, I ‘ll be busy for quite a while. And that rediculous love between Mina and Dracula…It made me sick! There is a love story in the novel: the story about the love between Jonathan Harker and his Mina, and if you like the story about the love from a few brave men for Lucy. This love makes them stong enough to face the most terrible dangers.
And those costumes… Renfield was looking like a giant worm, Dracula’s ladies like Turkish concubines ( Didn’t Dracula hate the Turks?), Mina was wearing the most beautiful dresses, but wasn’t she a simple schoolteacher? And why was The Count Himself lokking like a mix between the Pope and Grace Kelly? Why that Chinese looking coat? Why did Lucy look like a lady from the red light district in Amsterdam?
In chapter 2 of the novel we can read that Dracula doesn’t want to look different. And if he opens his mouth to speak, no one must stop and laugh.
Hamilton Deane was the first writer who changed the story and sadly enough many followed him. Even until now “Bram Stoker’s Dracula” hasn’t been made!
So favorite movies are the only ones that come close to the novel: BBC’s “Count Dracula” ( 1977 ) and Jess Franco’s “Count Dracula” ( 1969 ).
BBc’s “Count Dracula” closely follows the novel and was partly filmed at Whitby; in Jess Franco’s “Count Dracula” the best Dracula performer ever, Sir Christopher Lee, simply IS Bram Stoker’s Dracula. He looks like a Victorian gentleman, is dressed in black, is the owner of a big moustache and grows younger after every snack. If only he could play Dracula in the upcoming movie…

]]> Comment on Bram Stoker, the Joss Whedon of his day? by yasamina http://www.draculatheun-dead.com/blog/2009/07/19/bram-stoker-the-joss-whedon-of-his-day/%/comment-page-1#comment-153 yasamina Mon, 27 Jul 2009 05:55:20 +0000 http://www.draculatheun-dead.com/blog/2009/07/19/bram-stoker-the-joss-whedon-of-his-day/#comment-153 Joss Whedon is such a hardcore almost godlike creature in the nerdy entertainment world. its difficult to compare him to anything else. however, i'll bet this panel was extremely interesting. i'm very curious about your book. i'm itchin to get my hands on it and see what you've created. :) Joss Whedon is such a hardcore almost godlike creature in the nerdy entertainment world. its difficult to compare him to anything else. however, i’ll bet this panel was extremely interesting.

i’m very curious about your book. i’m itchin to get my hands on it and see what you’ve created. :)

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