Vampire meme
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hildy89I thought a few others on my flist would appreciate this meme:
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sarajlarson listed her five main vampire influences over the years. Mine include some traditional and some not so. Despite my interest in vampires, I haven't watched or read nearly as much as you'd expect. I'm really surprised not many book vampires made the cut.
1. Bela Lugosi's Dracula - I can't remember where or when I saw this, but I was quite young. I do distinctly remember it was black and white, so I'm pretty sure it was the Lugosi version. I also remember seeing the original "Mummy" in that same stretch.
2. Bunnicula by James & Deborah Howe. Mix one poor little bunny, a paranoid cat and well meaning dog and you get a weird classic of vampire lore. What? It totally counts. (Not to be outdone by a followup "Celery Stalks at Midnight"...)
3. Forever Knight - I still remember discovering this late one night at the dorm in Tuscaloosa. I couldn't sleep, so I turned on the television and found Nick and Janette and Lacroix on CBS' old "Crimetime after Primetime" lineup.
4. Buffy the Vampire Slayer - The funny part is I did watch the Kristy Swanson movie first. I was one of the ones who stared at the tv listings and said "They made a tv series out of this?" Then I caught part of the summer rerun of the first season and I was hooked completely, mostly by a certain charming British librarian. They became a part of my fannish life for the next several years. If Babylon 5 was the fandom that taught me web design, Buffy pushed me towards fanfiction, for good or ill. Even when the show darkened over the coming years, I still had a fondness for that universe.
5. Vampire Hunter D - In retrospect, this was probably one of my early introductions to anime beyond the Robotech/Macross mecha and robots, seen on the old Sci Fi channel's morning anime block. Moody, dark and atmospheric. I've only seen the original Vampire Hunter D movie, not "Bloodlust", and I haven't dabbled in the novels yet.
Other influences: the British Ultraviolet (sorta Spooks with Vampires instead), Dark Shadows (mostly the 1990 revival), Vampire: the Masquerade rpg, Blood Ties (both books & later tv series)
sarajlarson listed her five main vampire influences over the years. Mine include some traditional and some not so. Despite my interest in vampires, I haven't watched or read nearly as much as you'd expect. I'm really surprised not many book vampires made the cut. 1. Bela Lugosi's Dracula - I can't remember where or when I saw this, but I was quite young. I do distinctly remember it was black and white, so I'm pretty sure it was the Lugosi version. I also remember seeing the original "Mummy" in that same stretch.
2. Bunnicula by James & Deborah Howe. Mix one poor little bunny, a paranoid cat and well meaning dog and you get a weird classic of vampire lore. What? It totally counts. (Not to be outdone by a followup "Celery Stalks at Midnight"...)
3. Forever Knight - I still remember discovering this late one night at the dorm in Tuscaloosa. I couldn't sleep, so I turned on the television and found Nick and Janette and Lacroix on CBS' old "Crimetime after Primetime" lineup.
4. Buffy the Vampire Slayer - The funny part is I did watch the Kristy Swanson movie first. I was one of the ones who stared at the tv listings and said "They made a tv series out of this?" Then I caught part of the summer rerun of the first season and I was hooked completely, mostly by a certain charming British librarian. They became a part of my fannish life for the next several years. If Babylon 5 was the fandom that taught me web design, Buffy pushed me towards fanfiction, for good or ill. Even when the show darkened over the coming years, I still had a fondness for that universe.
5. Vampire Hunter D - In retrospect, this was probably one of my early introductions to anime beyond the Robotech/Macross mecha and robots, seen on the old Sci Fi channel's morning anime block. Moody, dark and atmospheric. I've only seen the original Vampire Hunter D movie, not "Bloodlust", and I haven't dabbled in the novels yet.
Other influences: the British Ultraviolet (sorta Spooks with Vampires instead), Dark Shadows (mostly the 1990 revival), Vampire: the Masquerade rpg, Blood Ties (both books & later tv series)
