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forgottenbennetAnd I know you still read this (on occasion). I am still around though you cannot see me, though I dare say sooner or later you shall see this.
And so I will answer some of your random *questions* about QotD.
Though I would have you (and your "followers" or as I call them "Yes Women"), if humanly possible stop bitching at people who don't share your *shudders* "views" on QotD.
Certain points may be underlined , to close in on certain things. I will the use the producer FAQ if I am even in the least big in doubt of how to answer anything. Also there may be a link or two in there for reading a certain topic
As to anyone who else who just reads this (randomly) I apologize for I know you'd like to know what in the blue hell is going on lol.
Why is America's MTV playing on an American TV / VCR in Jesse's London
flat?
Well, why not?
My take on it:
If people in America can get the BBC, then why can't Londoners (or anyone one else in Europe) get American MTV. Jesse, as judging from her lack of English accent, probably grew up in America (and yes judging by her flashback/dream, she lost it) thus, she probably missed her American MTV, and then Talamasca may have pulled a few strings (as only they can) somehow in order for Jesse to have television programming she more used to back in the States, to feel more at home there (in London). That is, once she joined the Talamasca. It's the small things that can count sometimes to combat homesickness.
Lestat fed on groupies??
Now really how do you KNOW (for absolutely certain) that's all they were? Easy, you don't! For all you know they could have been prostitutes that liked Lestat and/or his music. The certainly dressed like it (but thats not why I'm making this judgment , knowing you you'll pick it apart anyway,the point is you don't KNOW if that's all that they were. They could have done a lot worse as they had said in the movie, though the movie makers had left that up to the viewers imaginations.
When Lestat is walking from the cemetery he's carrying Sophia's violin. Yet he doesn't have it when he feeds or when he goes to the rock band. did he drop it somewhere?
Quite easy really , he left it there and went back for it later.
When Lestat crawls on the ceiling his hair remains perfectly still.
As did Santiago's cape and hat in your precious IwtV. So what's your point?
Lestat mocks Marius for wearing velvet yet Lestat himself loves velvet,
in the books especially red. Even without the books Lestat was wearing a
black velvet shirt when feeding on those groupies! So why was he mocking him?
Because Marius probably worn velvet a lot more often than Lestat. (and probably no other colors).
Lestat probably didn't wear velvet as much as Marius did, and probably Lestat's velvet, when he did wear it, varied in its colors.
As Lestat wore something trimmed in (what was likely) blue velvet when he seen Marius again while at his place in L.A..
What's with Stuart's voice?
I'll let the producer (Jorge Saralegui) answer that ( his answer comes from the official movie site):
Stuart has a slight Irish accent, which is what you'll hear in the movie.
Why isn't _________ in the movie?
Another question better answered by Jorge:
The Story of the Twins is a movie in its own right; if we told that story, we wouldn't have room for Lestat's. We felt that focusing the movie on Lestat was the more pragmatic way to go. With less than two hours to work with, this meant no Story of the Twins. We kept Maharet, but only in how she connects to our main story. This is one of those changes that was all but dictated by the constraints of our situation, but that I realize is painful to all lovers of the book. You have our sincere apologies for not being able to give you everything that you wanted.
Many characters (Louis, Daniel, Gabrielle, Mekare, Eric) are not in the story. There isn't enough room for all of the vampires, and their roles seemed less crucial to the telling of our story. If you're seeking a connection to INTERVIEW, then you ought to find it in Lestat.
Gabrielle is a very interesting character, but not essential to the novel, and irrelevant to the parts of the novel that we focused on.
Louis and Daniel aren't in the movie because, they don't have a meaningful role in the story. Armand is in the movie, but only briefly. And I can't talk about Jesse's fate without giving away too much; suffice it to say that, given the nature of our story, our ending makes more sense.
For example:
Ignoring the books why does Lestat look nothing like the version of
himself of the earlier movie?
I thought Jorge should answer this as well: The more official answer if you will:
Characters don't often look as they did in the books because this is a movie that hopes to stand on its own feet as an original creation, based on Anne Rice's amazing work. For example, we thought that Stuart Townsend's darkly sexy persona would translate into a terrific Lestat, and it did. However, Stuart looks better with dark hair than light. Because it's Stuart-as-Lestat, rather than the Lestat-as-on-the-page, he doesn't have blond hair. I know that some Anne Rice fans are already pleased. I hope that all of them will be engaged and stimulated, even when they don't agree with some of our changes.
Having already made Lestat a non-blond and Akasha non-Caucasian, we weren't that concerned about making the more minor characters match their written descriptions. We chose our Ancients with a focus for distinctive features, since they weren't going to be onscreen that much, and we wanted to differentiate them from the newbies. We felt very fortunate to gain Paul McGann's interest in the role of Talbot, and went with a younger approach to the role. I understand why these changes may be tough to accept for fans who have visualized the characters in their own minds for years, and again ask for you to consider our perspective, which is that the movie, while an adaptation, is its own creation, and entitled to many of the same creative liberties that other film adaptations have taken.
I was very surprised that so many people cared about things like a character's hair color, mainly because I never think about these things. My own focus tends to be more internal; I never visualize actors when reading a script, for instance. That said, I immediately understood that these characters are indelibly alive in your minds, and that (surprise) they look to you just like Anne Rice described them. I learned something from it, and will take care to remember it in the future. Vincent Perez had a long white wig and we all agreed he looked better with his own hair (short and dark). I would say that this type of case-by-case thing occurred with most of the actors. We never decided to deliberately change things as an artistic choice, or anything of the sort. The exception might be Jesse, whom we felt should be younger than Lestat, to better suit some of the themes that were important to us.
In every case, we started with the novel's description of how a character dressed. Some survived, like Marius; others were altered to look as if they were from their geographical origin, like Khayman; others are dressed according to what our story dictates — Armand rises in Pere Lachaise cemetery, promptly drinks the blood of some Jim Morrison worshipers, and absconds with their duds! (PLEASE NOTE: this last is backstory — we don't see it happen.) Now why does Claudia (Black) look like she's from Nepal or somewhere like that? Honestly? We all thought she was associated with such a locale from the novels. Not that she was born there, but that she spent time there, went to sleep there... I forget precisely what it was. Maybe it was a collective gaffe on all our parts.
I doubt that Lestat's blond hair is a basic element that attracted anyone to the story. More likely, it's an image that you have become comfortable with over the years, and are having a hard time shaking for the two hours you may spend in a movie theater. Our Lestat isn't blond because the actor playing him looks better with darker hair. As to who our audience will be: it is our hope that all Anne Rice fans come, and that this number is exceeded by those unfamiliar with her work.
My feeling is that the people who don't like the casting of Aaliyah because she's black have the same motivation as the people who don't like Stuart Townsend not being blond. They want everything just as it was in the novel. I've already explained how I feel about this elsewhere, and obviously I sided with those who prefer the most talented available candidate to someone who looks more like the role was described in the novel. That happened to be Aaliyah. I do think it's important that people remember that while bitching about Stuart not being blond comes off as merely fanatical and redundant, bitching about Akasha not being white could seem racist to some, and thusly offensive. Many people have indeed taken this into account, and gone to some pains to stress that their opinion is not racially motivated. If they say so, then I'm happy to leave it at that.
I agree that the color of these characters' hair is integral to their appearance in the novels. But they are not integral to their personalities. Personality — not hair color — is what a character is all about. So when we made our movie, we tried to remain faithful to the characters' personalities; their looks were secondary. Just as they are in life. To some people. For people who can't see Lestat beyond the color of his hair — meaning every single poster who has questioned his hair color, but not asked about his character — I say, don't be so shallow, or so rigid. Your perceptions may expand a little as a result.
More than likely I will make more posts like these in the future. But for now, this will be enough
JesseReeves
And so I will answer some of your random *questions* about QotD.
Though I would have you (and your "followers" or as I call them "Yes Women"), if humanly possible stop bitching at people who don't share your *shudders* "views" on QotD.
Certain points may be underlined , to close in on certain things. I will the use the producer FAQ if I am even in the least big in doubt of how to answer anything. Also there may be a link or two in there for reading a certain topic
As to anyone who else who just reads this (randomly) I apologize for I know you'd like to know what in the blue hell is going on lol.
Why is America's MTV playing on an American TV / VCR in Jesse's London
flat?
Well, why not?
My take on it:
If people in America can get the BBC, then why can't Londoners (or anyone one else in Europe) get American MTV. Jesse, as judging from her lack of English accent, probably grew up in America (and yes judging by her flashback/dream, she lost it) thus, she probably missed her American MTV, and then Talamasca may have pulled a few strings (as only they can) somehow in order for Jesse to have television programming she more used to back in the States, to feel more at home there (in London). That is, once she joined the Talamasca. It's the small things that can count sometimes to combat homesickness.
Lestat fed on groupies??
Now really how do you KNOW (for absolutely certain) that's all they were? Easy, you don't! For all you know they could have been prostitutes that liked Lestat and/or his music. The certainly dressed like it (but thats not why I'm making this judgment , knowing you you'll pick it apart anyway,the point is you don't KNOW if that's all that they were. They could have done a lot worse as they had said in the movie, though the movie makers had left that up to the viewers imaginations.
When Lestat is walking from the cemetery he's carrying Sophia's violin. Yet he doesn't have it when he feeds or when he goes to the rock band. did he drop it somewhere?
Quite easy really , he left it there and went back for it later.
When Lestat crawls on the ceiling his hair remains perfectly still.
As did Santiago's cape and hat in your precious IwtV. So what's your point?
Lestat mocks Marius for wearing velvet yet Lestat himself loves velvet,
in the books especially red. Even without the books Lestat was wearing a
black velvet shirt when feeding on those groupies! So why was he mocking him?
Because Marius probably worn velvet a lot more often than Lestat. (and probably no other colors).
Lestat probably didn't wear velvet as much as Marius did, and probably Lestat's velvet, when he did wear it, varied in its colors.
As Lestat wore something trimmed in (what was likely) blue velvet when he seen Marius again while at his place in L.A..
What's with Stuart's voice?
I'll let the producer (Jorge Saralegui) answer that ( his answer comes from the official movie site):
Stuart has a slight Irish accent, which is what you'll hear in the movie.
Why isn't _________ in the movie?
Another question better answered by Jorge:
The Story of the Twins is a movie in its own right; if we told that story, we wouldn't have room for Lestat's. We felt that focusing the movie on Lestat was the more pragmatic way to go. With less than two hours to work with, this meant no Story of the Twins. We kept Maharet, but only in how she connects to our main story. This is one of those changes that was all but dictated by the constraints of our situation, but that I realize is painful to all lovers of the book. You have our sincere apologies for not being able to give you everything that you wanted.
Many characters (Louis, Daniel, Gabrielle, Mekare, Eric) are not in the story. There isn't enough room for all of the vampires, and their roles seemed less crucial to the telling of our story. If you're seeking a connection to INTERVIEW, then you ought to find it in Lestat.
Gabrielle is a very interesting character, but not essential to the novel, and irrelevant to the parts of the novel that we focused on.
Louis and Daniel aren't in the movie because, they don't have a meaningful role in the story. Armand is in the movie, but only briefly. And I can't talk about Jesse's fate without giving away too much; suffice it to say that, given the nature of our story, our ending makes more sense.
For example:
Ignoring the books why does Lestat look nothing like the version of
himself of the earlier movie?
I thought Jorge should answer this as well: The more official answer if you will:
Characters don't often look as they did in the books because this is a movie that hopes to stand on its own feet as an original creation, based on Anne Rice's amazing work. For example, we thought that Stuart Townsend's darkly sexy persona would translate into a terrific Lestat, and it did. However, Stuart looks better with dark hair than light. Because it's Stuart-as-Lestat, rather than the Lestat-as-on-the-page, he doesn't have blond hair. I know that some Anne Rice fans are already pleased. I hope that all of them will be engaged and stimulated, even when they don't agree with some of our changes.
Having already made Lestat a non-blond and Akasha non-Caucasian, we weren't that concerned about making the more minor characters match their written descriptions. We chose our Ancients with a focus for distinctive features, since they weren't going to be onscreen that much, and we wanted to differentiate them from the newbies. We felt very fortunate to gain Paul McGann's interest in the role of Talbot, and went with a younger approach to the role. I understand why these changes may be tough to accept for fans who have visualized the characters in their own minds for years, and again ask for you to consider our perspective, which is that the movie, while an adaptation, is its own creation, and entitled to many of the same creative liberties that other film adaptations have taken.
I was very surprised that so many people cared about things like a character's hair color, mainly because I never think about these things. My own focus tends to be more internal; I never visualize actors when reading a script, for instance. That said, I immediately understood that these characters are indelibly alive in your minds, and that (surprise) they look to you just like Anne Rice described them. I learned something from it, and will take care to remember it in the future. Vincent Perez had a long white wig and we all agreed he looked better with his own hair (short and dark). I would say that this type of case-by-case thing occurred with most of the actors. We never decided to deliberately change things as an artistic choice, or anything of the sort. The exception might be Jesse, whom we felt should be younger than Lestat, to better suit some of the themes that were important to us.
In every case, we started with the novel's description of how a character dressed. Some survived, like Marius; others were altered to look as if they were from their geographical origin, like Khayman; others are dressed according to what our story dictates — Armand rises in Pere Lachaise cemetery, promptly drinks the blood of some Jim Morrison worshipers, and absconds with their duds! (PLEASE NOTE: this last is backstory — we don't see it happen.) Now why does Claudia (Black) look like she's from Nepal or somewhere like that? Honestly? We all thought she was associated with such a locale from the novels. Not that she was born there, but that she spent time there, went to sleep there... I forget precisely what it was. Maybe it was a collective gaffe on all our parts.
I doubt that Lestat's blond hair is a basic element that attracted anyone to the story. More likely, it's an image that you have become comfortable with over the years, and are having a hard time shaking for the two hours you may spend in a movie theater. Our Lestat isn't blond because the actor playing him looks better with darker hair. As to who our audience will be: it is our hope that all Anne Rice fans come, and that this number is exceeded by those unfamiliar with her work.
My feeling is that the people who don't like the casting of Aaliyah because she's black have the same motivation as the people who don't like Stuart Townsend not being blond. They want everything just as it was in the novel. I've already explained how I feel about this elsewhere, and obviously I sided with those who prefer the most talented available candidate to someone who looks more like the role was described in the novel. That happened to be Aaliyah. I do think it's important that people remember that while bitching about Stuart not being blond comes off as merely fanatical and redundant, bitching about Akasha not being white could seem racist to some, and thusly offensive. Many people have indeed taken this into account, and gone to some pains to stress that their opinion is not racially motivated. If they say so, then I'm happy to leave it at that.
I agree that the color of these characters' hair is integral to their appearance in the novels. But they are not integral to their personalities. Personality — not hair color — is what a character is all about. So when we made our movie, we tried to remain faithful to the characters' personalities; their looks were secondary. Just as they are in life. To some people. For people who can't see Lestat beyond the color of his hair — meaning every single poster who has questioned his hair color, but not asked about his character — I say, don't be so shallow, or so rigid. Your perceptions may expand a little as a result.
More than likely I will make more posts like these in the future. But for now, this will be enough
JesseReeves
