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[lissa]

One of my favorites in the entertainment industry.

 

 

R.I.P. Goblin King

 

 

 

[Thrash]

beat ya to it woman

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David Bowie has long been one of my favorite artists, not just as a musician but an actor as well (see him as Nikola Tesla in The Prestige). Sad news.

 

Planet Earth is blue and there's nothing I can do.

[lissa]

I saw the 3:14 AM post - Thrash-- sorry I was sleeping. (that stupid human task)

Edited by lissa, 11 January 2016 - 10:07 AM.

[Haflinger]

I haven't seen a single obituary that even mentioned The Hunger. This strikes me as odd.

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I haven't seen a single obituary that even mentioned The Hunger. This strikes me as odd.

 

The Hunger is a pretty obscure movie nowadays, Haf. I don't think most people love it as much as you and I do.

[Haflinger]

It's arguably the greatest vampire movie ever made. What's more, it's largely responsible for the existence of the goth subculture; it was the vehicle by which people found out about the band Bauhaus.

 

Goth itself owes a lot to Bowie musically anyway; they kinda grew out of the new romantics, who were heavily influenced by Bowie.

 

Labyrinth is a nice movie too, but it's nowhere near as influential, and I've seen it mentioned a few times in obituaries.

[the rebel]

It's arguably the greatest vampire movie ever made.

Erotic horror film... I won't ask why you think 80s softcore makes it greatest vampire film

[Redezra]

I know culture owes a lot to David Bowie, and that it's a sad loss to see him go so young (relatively speaking)

 

But it's been kind of meh for me, cause I never really liked his music.

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Yeah, Haf really likes The Hunger. I like it a lot too, but greatest vampire movie of all time? Ehh? I'd have to think about that. I might be tempted to say Near Dark. Or, just to annoy Haf, Interview With the Vampire with Sir Tom Cruise.

[Redezra]

The most horrible thing about Tom Cruise is that he's a good actor. Personally I think it's because he's crazy.

[Haflinger]

Yeah, Haf really likes The Hunger. I like it a lot too, but greatest vampire movie of all time? Ehh? I'd have to think about that. I might be tempted to say Near Dark. Or, just to annoy Haf, Interview With the Vampire with Sir Tom Cruise.

There are only seven good vampire movies. You name two of the other five. (The others are Vampires by John Carpenter, Lost Boys, the original Nosferatu and Dracula featuring Bela Lugosi.)

 

I really love Near Dark. If it wasn't for its horrible ending, I would rate it ahead of The Hunger. Then again, if it wasn't for the not-as-bad-as-Near-Dark-but-still-bad ending of Dracula, I might rate it ahead of The Hunger too.

 

But more importantly, The Hunger is a subculture movie, that is, a movie which spawned a subculture. That puts it in the same category as V for Vendetta.

 

The only Tom Cruise movies I've seen are Interview with the Vampire and Legend. It's kinda fun to watch them back to back actually, especially if you watch Legend first because then Lestat reminds you of Jack. He's not the best actor in either, that would be Brad Pitt and the redoubtable Tim Curry, respectively. Still, I like them both, so he can't be all bad.

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Fright Night.

 

What subculture did V for Vendetta spawn?

[Redezra]

It 's at least partly responsible for Anonymous.

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That's interesting. I'd never heard that. But is it that the movie was responsible for anonymous, or did the movement that became anonymous adopt the movie? In other words, how can you be sure of cause and effect?

[HordeLorde]

Once Bitten anybody?

[Haflinger]

No, it spawned Anonymous. They weren't around before.

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V for Vendetta was 2005. According to their Wikipedia entry, Anonymous' first recorded activities were in 2003.

[HordeLorde]

Seriously best vamp movie ever is once bitten..... strictly because twilight exists mind you

[Haflinger]

Once Bitten is a comedy. I like Vampire in Brooklyn too, but it's not the same.

 

Lost Boys is kinda on the edge there, but it has enough serious stuff in it to make it count as a regular vampire movie.