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#285198
Topic
Heroes
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/285198/action/topic#285198
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Originally posted by: ADigitalMan
What a FVCKING GREAT EPISODE!!!!!!

The creators have said they will wrap up the NY storyline this season. In their words, they want to follow more of the "24" model than the "Lost" model for a serial drama. i.e. Let characters develop over seasons, but have the big plot line get wrapped up and introduce a new one next go-round.


This is good to know. I was hoping they didn't go the X-Files/Lost route of perpetually teasing the audience.
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#284255
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Any Anne Rice Fans Here?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/284255/action/topic#284255
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Originally posted by: bigbaddaddyvader
Are we still getting bad press abroad?I live in Northern Ireland-belfast as a matter of fact!i pride myself on having Ireland's largest collection of original Star Wars Props and Production material!
i actually cant believe these days that this country is still viewed that way.That's a bit sad actually.We haven't had problems in a long time.It was terrible here when I was growing up,dont get me wrong,i am in my mid-thirties and I remember it when it was at it's worst but the situation has changed so much now.
I actually didn't like Towsend as Lestat at all.He didn't manage the swagger that i always picture Lestat to have.he just seemed too..well...he seemed like a bit of a big wimp really!lol!


I think that yes there is some apprehension that the situation could change on a dime there. I studied the history of The Uprising, etc and the Irish political situation was always a big part of our discussions when growing up, in spite of the fact that I've lived in the States my whole life. However, I remember it being MUCH worse than now. Now it seems to be definitely heading in the right direction and I hope things will stay that way.

Have you seen Rice lately? My goodness! Age has caught up to her.
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#284235
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Any Anne Rice Fans Here?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/284235/action/topic#284235
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Originally posted by: bigbaddaddyvader
Outside of the chronicles I am not a huge fan.I didn't really get Taltos.The characters didn't appeal to me as much and seemed less defined than the chronicles.

I enjoyed the Mayfair Witches because of the history of the family, and also the Talamasca was much more fleshed out in those stories, which I thought quite interesting.

My favourite moment in the film?
"Louis,Louis...still whining Louis!"


LOL! Yes, that was a classic. I also enjoyed Claudia and Louis's discussion about whether or not they could get away:

Louis - "He'll never let us go"
Claudia - "Oh........really?"

It seems a foregone conclusion now that we wont get an adaptation of The Vampire Lestat after that atrocity that was The Queen Of The Damned which is honestly one of the worst films I have ever seen.


I watched about 5 minutes of it then turned it off so I didn't get those images in my head when I read the books. Terrible, though I thought Stuart Townsend would make a good Lestat.
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#284234
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Any Anne Rice Fans Here?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/284234/action/topic#284234
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Originally posted by: Darth Chaltab
I've never actually read Anne Rice myself, but I've gotten a very negative picture of her from people in other corners of the internet.


I'd be interested to know what specifically. Personally, I've never heard a bad thing about her. I've been a fan since 1991 and would have heard something by now. It's not just the fanboy stuff talking either, because God knows Lucas is a tool yet I still love his stuff.
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#284099
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Any Anne Rice Fans Here?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/284099/action/topic#284099
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It is cool to be able to talk to someone about it. I'm pretty much the only person I know who read the books.

Have you ever met Mrs. Rice? I met her at a signing in my state around 1997, when Violin was published. She personalized my copy for me and I thanked her for coming out. Very nice in the few moments I spoke with her.

Yes, Lestat is a wonderful, wonderful figure. It's unbelievable how much those books shaped my world for pretty much the entire decade of the 90's. I was really drawn into them. Looking forward to getting back to 6-7 books I've yet to read (including Vittorio and Taltos).

As far as Interview, the movie: My all time favorite scene was the beginning with the shot coming in from San Francisco bay and the Libera Me song in the background. Very eerie, and very evocative of the despair the characters would feel.
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#284069
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Any Anne Rice Fans Here?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/284069/action/topic#284069
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Originally posted by: bigbaddaddyvader
The Vampire Chronicles were great-particularly The Vampire Lestat (I thought interview was over-rated).Queen of the Damned was also very good.Sort of lost her way a bit with tale of the body thief but memnoch the Devil was a really excellent novel.However I think when she steps outside of the characters she established so wonderfully in the chronicles series to try other avenues they seem flat and lack character and the imagination and depth she achieved there.Overall a very talented writer though.


I started reading her stuff back in 1990 with Interview. Thought it was good but also overrated. I did not know until the following year that there were more books in the series. Picked up Lestat and devoured it. Unbelievably great book. Loved the history and characters, especially Armand. Found Queen about 6 months later, thought it was fantastic, perhaps even slightly better than Lestat (prepared for flaming!). Body Thief was good, not great. Then around 94 when the first movie came out I was shocked when I saw her do an interview on the tape when she talked about Memnoch. I remember the big hub-ub about it and I read it in a week and thought no big deal. Cool story, not great (again). During this time I'd also started to get interested in the Mayfair witches trilogy. Thought Witching Hour and Lasher were among her best stuff. Have never read Taltos, sadly. I read Lasher when I was working as a weekend computer "lab attendant" at my college. I remember during some of the scarier parts the wind was blowing the window shades violently around in some of the labs. Creepy. Fun.

Right around then I started to come out of her stuff a little. Never read anything past the first 1/4 of Armand and a few chapters of Merrick. Now I want to read the rest of what I've missed. I miss Lestat and want to see what happens to him and also finish Taltos.

Did you like the Interview movie? I loved Banderas as Armand, though I know he was an unpopular choice.
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#283789
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Alec Baldwin's Phone Message to daughter
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/283789/action/topic#283789
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Yeah, Baldwin is the same guy who went on a psycho-rant on Letterman during the Clinton impeachment scandal screaming that people on the prosecuting team should be stoned, and about how evil people who watch FoxNews are...glad to see he's setting the example of moderation for us all to follow. If I had to speak to my daughter like that to get her under control I'd consider myself an absolute failure as a father. Parents in this country are way too lenient on their kids and it's got to stop, but this is crazy.
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#283037
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Virginia Tech shooting
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/283037/action/topic#283037
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Originally posted by: Master Sifo-Dyas
Originally posted by: JediSage
Hmm...they are getting ready to make holocaust denial a crime punishable by 3 years in jail. Yeh, anti-nazi laws - what a crazy idea (especially in germany)! I fail to see how you can perceive this as "new" development. The laws that can get you in jail for that kind of thing are in place for a long time here in germany.

And laws like this make it easy for governments to put entire lists of words or phrases on the jail-time list. Politicians in the U.S. want climate change "deniers" equivocated with holocaust deniers. A big slippery slope.

They are taking children away from their parents in Germany because they were being home schooled.
Yep. Germany is a country were going to school is obligatory by law. As with the other thing you mentioned above, it's been that way for long long time. Nothing new here either.

Yeah, it's obligatory here as well. The difference is that the rights of a child's parents are not subservient to the state. I can home school my child here and not be thrown in jail or have my children taken from me. MY rights come first here, not the state.

The bible is going to be outlawed as hate speech in Europe. Ok, and the pope will join the Dalai Lama in his exile.


It won't be long, relatively speaking, I'm sure. Christians are being persecuted everywhere.

Sounds like the beginnings of a police state to me!
Sounds more like you should check your sources of information.


That's weird considering you agreed with almost everything I said.

Your argument about the laws being in Germany for a "long long time" do not lend credibility to the laws themselves. An unjust law is an unjust law.

Don't think the media only report bullshit when it comes to discussing american gun control laws.


It does.

And please don't act like it's "those other countries" that have issues and your own hasn't.


No. Of course EUROPE doesn't have any issues. We all know America is the great evil of the world.
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#283016
Topic
Virginia Tech shooting
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/283016/action/topic#283016
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Originally posted by: Master Sifo-Dyas
Originally posted by: JediSage
This is amusing coming from societies that live as quasi-police states. Tehee. It's really surprising how the bush administration's trend towards establishing a police state in their "war on terror" suddenly seems to have originated from europe.


Hmm...they are getting ready to make holocaust denial a crime punishable by 3 years in jail. They are taking children away from their parents in Germany because they were being home schooled. The bible is going to be outlawed as hate speech in Europe. Sounds like the beginnings of a police state to me!

And the general media drift certainly isn't "It's Charleton Heston's fault!". Go throw rocks at Michael Moore for that one...


Not now it isn't the "general drift", but for most of the late 90's it was, and I won't be surprised if it is again. Michael Moore's not the only asshole in the "media" who blame other people for the criminal misuse of an inanimate object.
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#282882
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Virginia Tech shooting
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/282882/action/topic#282882
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My kid's grammar school has a system that will lockup the entire school if there's even so much as a problem in the neighborhood. Last year there was a fire about 1/4 mile away that triggered a lock-down. There's no excuse in this day and age after Columbine to NOT have a lockdown or alert system of some type, even at the college level.