[Libra]

I am, of course, talking about this film.

When I first heard of this film, and of the novel of which this is an adaptation, my mind kept wandering to the Gulikan bloodline from Bloodlines: the Legendary.

I think I'll just go and dig up that book again ...

[Vampir]

I saw the trailer to it before Eragon started in the cinema... and it was excellent, I already love the killer

[WWWill]

The book is a great read. Yes, it was the inspiration for the Gulikan. The movie, which might be great, I don't know, necessarily has to change its priorities for the screen, but in the book, the main character is a grotesque sociopath -- very vampiric in his way. In the movie, he seems to be considerably more handsome, which is vampiric in another way. Ideally, the movie will add dimension to the Gulikan just as the book inspired them in the first place.

To be clear, though, I pointed the Gulikan's author, Chris Kobar, at the book, but the most horrific and atmospheric stuff from their entry in Bloodlines: The Legendary was created straight from Kobar's wicked imagination.

[pascale]

yeah. They're definitely going to change the movie.

I just don't see a big production like that putting in the violent 10,000 person orgy described in the book, with priests getting it down with virgins, satanists with nuns, aristocrats with bums etc etc.

And yes, they really seem to have taken an almost inhuman character (in every sense of the word) and made him...pfff...typical...

[Libra]

I bought the book about two hours ago, and by the Gods I'm enjoying what I've read of it so far. I'm up to Chapter 4, but then I've been busy doing shopping and other things, so when I log off tonight I'll finish off the book in peace and quiet tonight.

And I loved going over Mr Kobar's Gulikan wrieup all over again. Lavish.

[serial_experiments]

The book is a great read. Yes, it was the inspiration for the Gulikan. The movie, which might be great, I don't know, necessarily has to change its priorities for the screen, but in the book, the main character is a grotesque sociopath -- very vampiric in his way. In the movie, he seems to be considerably more handsome, which is vampiric in another way. Ideally, the movie will add dimension to the Gulikan just as the book inspired them in the first place.

I remember reading the book during my last year of High School. I borrowed from my french teacher, and read it in a week. It was like walking into this dark, mysterious and monstruous world, seen from the eyes of a monster.

Even if the movie's portrayal of the character is different, what matters is the essence of it, its obsessive qualities, and the contrast it creates with the beauty he seeks. From the trailer, I can tell that is kept, and deliciously so.

I had never thought it to be that vampiric, either (I'd really need to read the Gulikan's writeup, and I don't own BtL), but now that I *really* think about it, I realize that's the reason why I loved that book in first place.

And I also remember citing that book when someone said that a Perfume-making Bloodline was a ridiculous idea.