bones weep tedium Wrote:Sorry Mike, what do you mean by 'secular' vampires that FPdubya would oppose? I just read in his fear.com interview that he wrote Midnight Mass to go against the 'nice' vampires of the times, and that he made them nasty again. I have not seen the film 30 Days Of Night, but I have read the comic, and they are very ugly, horrifying monsters. Not a tortured poet or sympathetic anti-hero amongst them!! mainly, I don't know what 'secular' means :confused:
Hey Bones. I was referring to the fact that Paul likes traditional
vampire stories, where a bloodsucker can be averted by a crucifix,
and burned by holy water, among other things (a bit of an
oversimplification, but there you go).
Though it is never stated nor shown in this movie that such
religious weaknesses don't exist for said leaches, it seems
implied in their presentation.
And my comment was neither a dig or a poke at FPW, but
a fact. MIDNIGHT MASS was a return to the foundational
mythos of the modern vampire, as made popular in Bram
Stoker's Dracula. And I, for one, enjoyed it very much. Considering
the easily accessible settings and limited effects needed for a big
screen adaption of MASS, I have high hopes that a decently
budgeted version is produced in the near future...
Mike out