LESTAT - The New Carrie! — Page 3

"And of course theres the few who love it, because it's so dark and gothic."

LOL...that is SO me...Sorry, I love the show, but I adore the books so I can't help it. ( Yes, I was one of those goth kids in high school you would have made fun of ) It's just too much of a thrill for me to see my fave characters come alive, and in a faithful rendition. Although I do see it's flaws. But I'm not gonna go into a LilBdwyLady rant to try and convince anyone..what's the point?

I dunno...you can't go to the movies and see, for example, THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE and get dissapointed that it's not SCHINDLER'S LIST. I see a lot of that around here. Ya can't go to a Vampire/Goth musical and then get pissed because it's not < INSERT REVERED MUSICAL HERE > the only criticism that really gets on my nerves is the whole "How dare they attempt to make a serious vampire musical?? The whole idea is silly" argument. I mean, if that's your attitude, what on Earth would they have to do to make it good in your eyes?? And why bother to pay the $$$ to see it in the first place?

Your criticism doesn't bug me..it comes from a place that makes sense. But some of the others do, for the reasons I stated before. Plus, there's the attitude of people who actively want it to fail, which only deprives the people who would like it from getting to see it. And to me that's just not really cool. I mean, I saw and hated Forrest Gump, but far be it from me to try and wish for it's failure just to annoy the masses who liked it, ya know?

This is the BEST thing ever. A "real" Anne Rice fan totally flipping out, almost in an Anne Rice way, in fact.

Wow. I've never seen anyone so weirdly obsessed with a production which they are completely uninvolved with. Read their other entries, too.

"Open your eyes to the truth of the disaster you've allowed!!!!!!!" (exlamation points mine)

And no, I was not involved in this thread.
http://www.greatestjournal.com/users/lestat_bprince/19399.html

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It's totally cool that people have their own opinions and whatnot.

The only thing I see is people who haven't seen both versions of this show but still feel the need to trash it.

And the funny thing is, the people who trash it seem so intent on doing it, they end up posting the most on the Lestat boards. Why is that? What makes you guys feel SO passionate about making a show go down?

I don't get it.

I can see someone totally getting into something they love; but why are you all spending for much time trying to hate something? But that's just me.

Updated On: 3/27/06 at 08:28 PM

He should be happy he got to see the Uber Faithful SF version, and just hope that the changes they make actually keep it running.

I don't think he actually saw it...

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Well, I think there's a difference between, "I saw 'Lestat' and didn't think it worked and here's some reasons why" and "OMG everyone who likes 'Lestat' is a fool!" I don't see any problem with people discussing why they didn't like something, and sometimes people who love something tend to tar every naysayer with the same brush. (None of that was directed at anyone in specific, I've just seen it happen a lot on a number of different boards.)

And hey, this is coming from someone who saw promise in the SF version of "Lennon" and would have liked to like "Lestat" but just didn't.

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Shawk & Roninjoey;

You both articulate your points very well, and I do understand what you are saying actually. It's all in how someone choose to comes across I guess. Oh, and despite what Press materials may say, Lestat only covers 2 books, not 3 ( Interview with the Vampire and The Vampire Lestat.) They never touch the events of Queen of the Damned.

Does it have choreography by Debbie Allen?

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I was sitting by my phone, waiting for the news about the NY preview. I was literally giddy to hear that "Origin of the Species" has gone the way of the dinosaurs. (As well as the changes in general to Lestat's character, especially the sexual energy that was sorely lacking in SF.)

Its strange, because I have been a fan of the Vampire Chronicles (at least up to Blood and Gold, the latter books all deal with the Mayfair Witches and that's just... annoying.) for a decade now and fully expected to watch Lestat with a sneer plastered to my face, disgusted.

That said, I truly appreciated the changes they've made from the books. Had they kept the exact story, it would have been the most boring show ever staged. Nothing really ever happens in the books. They're really fictionalized biographies that move along a very straight line without any conclusive beginning, middle, and end. In theatre, you need an arc, and you need villains. (Armand isn't nearly as maniacal in the books, and even though he's my favorite character in print, I understand why they needed to change him for the stage.)

Its hardly going to go down as the legendary disaster Carrie was, and I think, if anyone who gives it the time of day (and takes their noses out of the air for the 2 hours and 40-odd minutes it runs) will walk away with more good than bad.

I'm extremely excited to see the NY changes, from what I've heard they've been 90% in the right direction. I recognized the flaws in the SF preview (its impossible not to, that's a given), but in the end, there really is more good than bad.

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Updated On: 3/28/06 at 11:19 PM

That's totally fine. After all, discrediting other people's opinions is just so much fun.

I understand what you're saying, but I genuinely think that's a rather narrow way of looking at things. Are you going to say the same thing when people who just see the previews in NY state their opinions after the show has its official opening (after countless more changes are made)?

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Saw the show tonight- BORING. Thats it.