On this third mini-sode in their "Dorkness to Nightmare" miniseries, Em and Alan discuss the most blood-sucking of monsters ... Vampires!
Topics discussed include Bram Stoker, Anne Rice, Twilight, Tom Cruise, and the X-Files.
Both Em and Alan also pitch ideas for vampire novels they'd like to write.
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I'd read both of the Vampire novels you pitched. I must say that I enjoyed Christopher Farnsworth's Nathaniel Cade books more than Alan seems to have, and I particularly found Cade quite frightening, especially when he engages his tremendous strength and will in a conflict between his vow never to drink human blood and his oath of allegiance to the president and his officers.
ReplyDeleteI must say that I'd never considered vampire stories to be anti-Catholic, since Catholic sacramentals, like holy water and crucifixes provide protection against the creatures.
If I had to pick a vampiric "power" to have, myself, I think I'd go with Em's choice of shape-shifting, because if a vampire hunter doesn't recognize me as a vampire, he/she might not be a danger to me.
I liked the Farnsworth novels well enough, actually, but I didn't think Em was ever going to get over the goofy concept, so I didn't push.
DeleteAnti- or Pro- Catholic? I can see both sides. Vampire novels do classically take for granted that Catholic belief is true, is effective.
-- Prof Alan
My favourite piece of vampire-related pop culture is Forever Knight. It's a genre-bending comedy buddy-cop television show about a vampire homicide detective.
ReplyDeleteI thought about mentioning that one, so I'm glad you did! -- Alan
DeleteYou mention Tom Cruise in "Interview with a Vampire" as vampire propaganda. Have you seen Tom Cruise at 56? I think I know how they vot one of the parties to the negotiation table.
ReplyDeleteSome writers have been playing with the idea that a symbol of faith is effective against vampires when handled by a believer: the Star of David, or a Communist's hammer and sickle, or Thor's hammer in one issue of the comic. For the actor above, would it be a certain book that, even in paperback, is to big to always be carried around?
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