Horror Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire | AMC

[DKDetective]

The time stopping thing wasn't in the books so I don't know how to explain that. Vampires can move very quickly so I get that illusion in action scenes, but the card game? That was all new to me.

Yeah the church scene could just be construed as LeStat moving at superspeed but the card game was something else.

As @Shinobi Shaw said, I just read it as a group glamour/hypnosis. Think like when Professor X froze everyone at the train station in X1.

 

[squeekness]

As @Shinobi Shaw said, I just read it as a group glamour/hypnosis. Think like when Professor X froze everyone at the train station in X1.

I took it as group glamor too, but I was thinking more like when Xavier stopped people in the X-Men movies, but then objects stopped, too, so I was less sure. It was cool enough, however Lestat did it.

 

[Deck Rickard]

As @Shinobi Shaw said, I just read it as a group glamour/hypnosis. Think like when Professor X froze everyone at the train station in X1.

Yeah but it wasn’t just people that froze. The falling poker chips and the smoke in the air also stopped moving.

 

[DKDetective]

Yeah but it wasn’t just people that froze. The falling poker chips and the smoke in the air also stopped moving.

Shoot, right. Totally forgot about that.

 

[squeekness]

Yeah but it wasn’t just people that froze. The falling poker chips and the smoke in the air also stopped moving.

Unless somehow Lestat was able to communicate telepathically with Louis at superspeed while at the same time allowing Louis's brain to process that message at the same speed. I could buy it if they were both vampires but Louis hadn't been changed yet. Things that make you go, "Hmmm.?"

 

[DKDetective]

Hilarious! I also thought it was cute when

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Lestat told Louis he didn't like going to their coffins mad LOL

But yes, it's going to be an awful wait for episode 3 now.

I've read some articles suggest that episodes are debuting a week early on AMC+ (I assume to drive subscribership numbers). So we might have episode 3 today/tonight.

To try and fill the void, I decided to watch the behind the scenes featurette on AMC+ and Rolin Jones always seems to say the right things. He is clearly a big fan of the source material and is very engaged with them. The way he holds up two very weathered copies of Interview with the Vampire and The Vampire Lestat and talks about how Lestat's characterization is very different in the two books and there are contradictions between how Louis and Lestat tell their stories was great. Also, gotta love that he actually calls Lestat the Brat Prince.

He is also honest about this being a re-interpretation and that the approach they took was what if Anne was writing the novels now instead of in the 1970s. Which is why they pay homage to the idea that this is Louis and Daniel re-visiting their earlier interview, both older and wiser in a different world. (IE This is not the original story exactly, but it is out there if you want to read it.)

 

[Shinobi Shaw]

I've read some articles suggest that episodes are debuting a week early on AMC+ (I assume to drive subscribership numbers). So we might have episode 3 today/tonight.

To try and fill the void, I decided to watch the behind the scenes featurette on AMC+ and Rolin Jones always seems to say the right things. He is clearly a big fan of the source material and is very engaged with them. The way he holds up two very weathered copies of Interview with the Vampire and The Vampire Lestat and talks about how Lestat's characterization is very different in the two books and there are contradictions between how Louis and Lestat tell their stories was great. Also, gotta love that he actually calls Lestat the Brat Prince.

He is also honest about this being a re-interpretation and that the approach they took was what if Anne was writing the novels now instead of in the 1970s. Which is why they pay homage to the idea that this is Louis and Daniel re-visiting their earlier interview, both older and wiser in a different world. (IE This is not the original story exactly, but it is out there if you want to read it.)

DK, I'll be damned you are right. AMC+ does have the third episode up, I just finished it. This show just keeps its momentum.

Spoiler: Episode 3

Then they left us with the perfect cliffhanger at the end of the episode by showing Louis rescuing a pre-vamped Claudia. I need next week to hurry the hell up!

But yes, I also agree with you about Jones and the featurette. He and this team behind the show have a good grasp about taking liberties with but also honoring and preserving the source material and this world that Anne Rice has cultivated.

I need to read the Mayfair witches books though to get ready for that series.

 

[DKDetective]

DK, I'll be damned you are right. AMC+ does have the third episode up, I just finished it. This show just keeps its momentum.

Spoiler: Episode 3

Then they left us with the perfect cliffhanger at the end of the episode by showing Louis rescuing a pre-vamped Claudia. I need next week to hurry the hell up!

But yes, I also agree with you about Jones and the featurette. He and this team behind the show have a good grasp about taking liberties with but also honoring and preserving the source material and this world that Anne Rice has cultivated.

I need to read the Mayfair witches books though to get ready for that series.

I started re-reading the novels figuring I had time during the two weeks before the next episode to get ahead of the show. I adore how in episode 3,

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Daniel replaying the two interviews for comparison and the excerpts from his original interview with Louis were word for word from the novel

 

[TheFuture]

God damn Sam Reid is a revelation. Jacob Anderson is fantastic as well but Lestat just radiates off the TV as he does from off the page.

I like what they're doing so far as a whole besides for that, they're doing their own thing with the material while clearly showing respect for it. I would say episode 4 is probably the most to digest, I like the energy of the actress playing Claudia but the accent is distracting at times.

But Sam Reid...oh man, they did so well finding that dude.

 

[squeekness]

God damn Sam Reid is a revelation. Jacob Anderson is fantastic as well but Lestat just radiates off the TV as he does from off the page.

I like what they're doing so far as a whole besides for that, they're doing their own thing with the material while clearly showing respect for it. I would say episode 4 is probably the most to digest, I like the energy of the actress playing Claudia but the accent is distracting at times.

But Sam Reid...oh man, they did so well finding that dude.

This Lestat is certainly better than Tom Cruise -- by far.

 

[DarkKnight88]

I’m waiting for the season to be finished before watching. Originally, I was going to avoid this show altogether with how bad the trailer were, but the online chatter has got me way more interested to give it a chance.

Have they spoken long terms plans for this?

Are they planning to adapt each book as a season? Like Vampire Lestat Season 2, Queen of the Damned Season 3? Or are they just stretching this book over a few seasons?

 

[Shinobi Shaw]

God damn Sam Reid is a revelation. Jacob Anderson is fantastic as well but Lestat just radiates off the TV as he does from off the page.

I like what they're doing so far as a whole besides for that, they're doing their own thing with the material while clearly showing respect for it. I would say episode 4 is probably the most to digest, I like the energy of the actress playing Claudia but the accent is distracting at times.

But Sam Reid...oh man, they did so well finding that dude.

Knew you'd like it!

But yes Sam Reid is excellent, he's definitely embodied the spirit of Lestat. But yeah, the actress playing Claudia was really trying with whatever accent she was going for, but she still needs a little more work. It's a fine line between trying and overacting with her.

Episode 4 however was written very well. They found a good way to adapt an older Claudia than the 6 year old in the books.

I’m waiting for the season to be finished before watching. Originally, I was going to avoid this show altogether with how bad the trailer were, but the online chatter has got me way more interested to give it a chance.

Have they spoken long terms plans for this?

Are they planning to adapt each book as a season? Like Vampire Lestat Season 2, Queen of the Damned Season 3? Or are they just stretching this book over a few seasons?

I have no idea, but that's what I'm thinking. They'll just shift between books for the upcoming seasons because they're moving kind of fast, timeline-wise in the show.

 

[squeekness]

I'm hoping they go through all the books eventually. I'd love to see how they portray the whole clan of different vampires.

 

[DKDetective]

I’m waiting for the season to be finished before watching. Originally, I was going to avoid this show altogether with how bad the trailer were, but the online chatter has got me way more interested to give it a chance.

Have they spoken long terms plans for this?

Are they planning to adapt each book as a season? Like Vampire Lestat Season 2, Queen of the Damned Season 3? Or are they just stretching this book over a few seasons?

It sounds like they want to spend a couple seasons on Interview. With next season being the move to Europe. Makes sense in terms of budget.

I'm not sure how much they will adapt the Vampire Lestat as a separate story, given how much of it is the same events as IWTV, but from Lestat's perspective. I suspect Louis' new, fairer recollection here is meant to bridge the differences between Interview and Vampire Lestat.

 

[Shinobi Shaw]

Just hope they cast really well when it comes to Armand.

 

[DKDetective]

Just hope they cast really well when it comes to Armand.

I wouldn't doubt it. Based on the peak into Claudia's later diaries, I am already crazy excited about season 2. Jones and co. are really making the most out of their timeline shift. Starting out in Jazz Age New Orleans and then moving to WWII era Europe is brilliant.

 

[Primal Slayer]

Binged the first 3 episodes today and loved them. Really hope we get a couple of seasons.

 

[Slick]

“I’m a Vampire”…. damn. Favorite episode so far.

 

[DKDetective]

Binged the first 3 episodes today and loved them. Really hope we get a couple of seasons.

This got a season 2 order even before it premiered. I think AMC could tell they had something special on their hands.

 

[Shinobi Shaw]

Episode 5 was a lot. Without spoilers, I'll just say Lestat puts the TOX in toxic, LOL.

The actress playing Claudia did a good job too.

 

[DKDetective]

Episode 5 was a lot. Without spoilers, I'll just say Lestat puts the TOX in toxic, LOL.

The actress playing Claudia did a good job too.

Based on the preview of next week, it seems that was just the start with Lestat.

 

[squeekness]

This got a season 2 order even before it premiered. I think AMC could tell they had something special on their hands.

If they keep up the quality like this, they will.

 

[DKDetective]

If they keep up the quality like this, they will.

I take you are really enjoying it then, despite the changes?

 

[squeekness]

I take you are really enjoying it then, despite the changes?

Yes. Though I think Claudia should have stayed younger to emphasize her dependence on the older men. I get why they made her older, to make her sexual maturity frustration less creepy, too child porny. Other than that, I can deal with the changes just fine so far.

 

[DKDetective]

Yes. Though I think Claudia should have stayed younger to emphasize her dependence on the older men. I get why they made her older, to make her sexual maturity frustration less creepy, too child porny. Other than that, I can deal with the changes just fine so far.

Yeah, I get that. I know in an interview Jones mentioned they took direction from Rice herself aging Claudia up in her script for the movie. I think making Claudia a teenager has worked really well and there has a lot of interesting commentary from it (the insatiable appetite, etc.).