AMC+ Interview with the Vampire (2022) VS The Original
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- Опубликовано: 3 июл 2024
- I finally got around to watching the new Interview with the Vampire show by AMC+. Let's sink our fangs into the show - and see how it's different from the 1976 book and the 1994 movie adaptation, and discuss which creative liberties work out and which don't.
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00:00 - Intro
01:55 - Story & Production Hell
06:24 - Screw the 1994 Movie
12:06 - Screw Subtext and Subtlety
19:01 - Screw the Original
44:50 - Conclusion
46:24 - Announcement
(Probably) hot take: I don't need Lestat to be a good person to "fall in love" with his character. We don't like the villains only when they're actually good or at least relatable/somewhat justified. There's more to it and it's more about the character being well-written.
true, i should‘ve made it clearer tbh, but when discussing lestat i‘m mostly talking about the fact that he feels like a flat one dimensional evildude considering the crew was incorporating later works into the script
@@shashatainment oh, all clear now! I think you'll enjoy the 2nd season then if you haven't seen it already! I think it all round adds more complexity without compromising on the severity of the 1st season events. Also you slay!!!!!!!!!!! (This last bit is important)
@@lukailincic2411 thank uu! i didn‘t watch it before the vid to not get confused on the timeline and or character writings, but i‘ve seen 2 eps after and i can‘t wait for s3 since they announced it‘ll be based on tvl so i‘m hoping for more complexity there as well as the second half of s2
@@shashatainment Sameeeee, I'm inhumanly excited about this show (pun intended). Strap in for the rest of s2!!!
@@lukailincic2411 haha me too!!! gonna have more time to sit down and really watch season 2 soon!!
I feel that this monstrous way of showing Lestat creates an interesting dilemma for the audience. He has a magnetism that makes me need to continue seeing him but being aware that he is a monster. I find it interesting, especially if we compare it with the way in which all villains are so romanticized lately.
Btw, I loooved your outfit and makeup 💗
thank you! i am very interested to see what they do with lestat in s2 & especially s3!!
The best thing this show has done is turn Louis into an interesting character. He was sooo boring and insufferable in the books, he's become one of my favorite characters (only 2nd to Armand) and I can't get enough of him in the show. I hope he'll continue to be the main character in all seasons, Jacob Anderson truly deserves all the praise he gets
yesss that too, making louis an actually well thought out and sympathetic character was a great decision imo
jacob anderson is one of the pillars of the show seriously he’s such a talent
@@kaylarodrigues7892 frfr!! like i‘m not usually really interested in the acting if it‘s not Bad but his performance was so impressive i made a note about it!!
I wonder if book Louie can get depression meds? The characters were brilliantly crafted and the story line is a master class.
If they get rid of Jacob and or Sam I can’t watch the show anymore cause why… why mess with greatness lol
Jacob Anderson's performance in the show is so incredible. I didn't sit down and watch the show all the way through until s2 premiered (for mental health reasons lol), but I would watch his confessional monologue over and over again, just absolutely enthralled. I do really enjoy Sam Reid's Lestat (and Baily, Assad, and Delainey), but it's Anderson's performance that convinced me to watch the show. The man just fucking kills it every goddamn week. The fact he hasn't been nominated for anything is a crime.
yesss, and it was very interesting to hear him talk about the character, the new version of louis is so much more interesting imo
as someone who also cannot get their friends to watch a gay vampire show, absolutely loved seeing someone talk in depth about it🙏
yay! glad u enjoyed it!
omg same, it feels lonely tbh 😔💔
@@al_stein2503 i slowly convinced two whole friends by the sheer power of yaps and memes & believe u can do the same
@@shashatainment wow I'm so happy for you I hope you enjoy this precious time together! 🙏❤️🩹 unfortunately my friends have different priorities so...I guess I have to tie them up to a chair
Dunno why you describe it as "a gay vampire show". That says a lot about you and your limited worldview.
Now I need to hear what you think about season 2 and armand! The whole season has been great but 2x5 was one of the best episodes of TV I have seen in a while!
yesss ik the 2x05 has gotten an insanely high score i‘m hyped to see it (i losely know what happens cause ive been keeping up w the news and interviews but actually seeing it is gonna hopefully go so hard)
I'm a huge fan of the original books, especially the first three. Despite the changes to the time-frame, I feel the first season nurtured and respected every key beat from the original literature. Despite my initial reservations, it maintained the 'feel' of the books, whilst offering something new to existing fans.
Was hoping for a slightly faded French accent...never expected it from an Aussie actor...so good!
yess, the accent work is fantastic!!
same! huge book and show fan!
can't wait for you to watch the 2nd season and also the interviews coinciding them - particularly sam's most recent interview with autumnbrown. his take on lestat and this adaptation is so immaculate 😭💕
oooo i’ve started that one in the morning and will finish it in the evening!! loooove listening to sam reid talk about lestat
I never read the original books and getting into this show with no context has been hugely entertaining. 5 year old Claudia now lives in my nightmares, I much prefer her as teenager in the show!
yeah, she was based on anne rice’s young daughter that she lost and was a way for her to cope and grieve, hence the age afaik, but teenage claudia gives the creators possibilities to explore the topics from a different pov which i find very cool!
Now I'm on pins and needles for your to watch season 2 and fall in love with Assad and also episodes 5 and 7
i‘ve been watching some interviews and i loooove assad he‘s so interesting to listen to + such stark contrast between actor and character!!
I truly love the makeup and outfit :0 tutorial needed ❤
oh thank u!! i‘ll probably do one on tiktok when i do another vampire look 🧛🏻♀️
@@shashatainmentniceee i'll follow because I really want to look that cool
@@fabianaandreinaguerrerogue9495 thanks again! but don‘t worry, i‘ll probably post about it to the community page :)
Cannot wait to hear you talk about s2!!
i specifically ignored it to not conflate anything but i‘m finally watching it and ngl i would LOVE to talk about it!!!
I feel like the 90s movie is getting shit on too much. They made it as gay as they could. Anyone whose head was out of their ass could tell they were _somewhere_ in the acronym. They gay coded as hard as they could get away with in the last millennium. It's unfair to say they didn't make it gay enough, at the time it was shockingly and obviously gay.
well as i‘ve mentioned anne rice had to rework it to get it to the screens, but the director claiming it is „as gay as the book“ is simply wrong 👹
Gay or not Gay. The story was changed. And not just what job Louis had. Or the time frame. The characters were altered. Louis was mourning a "wife" Anne never gave him. A "child" he never had. Alters the whole Claudia storyline if Louis has lost a child. And all for what? The main story of most of Anne's Vampire Chronicles, is the relationship of Lestat and Louis. Anne went back to their relationship time and time again. They were way closer than the 1994 Movie allowed them to be.
Love this video, I never got into Anne Rice books (and the movies, pheeeewieee) but the show really gripped me from the first episode. Thanks for all the citations listed, it's nice to have them in a document.
thank u!
Great Video. I kind of love that the only thing we love about Lestat is his good looks. (And Sam Reid's incredible acting.) I'd LOVE to hear your thoughts on season 2 because Claudia is heartbreakingly good and it's such a devastating season. I'm so happy it got picked up for season 3.
yesss i’ve only seen 2 episodes of s2 (obviously im aware of what happens there but yk can’t form a solid opinion without actually watching it!) and i think bailey’s claudia flows so efforrlessly into delainey’s as delainey’s take on the chacacter has a more mature feel to it which aligns with her age and what she has been through + i think the actress change fits neatly into the narrative of memory warping things!
That seems like such a boring way to enjoy a show - to only like a dynamic, intense character for their looks.
I had vaguely heard of this adaptation but forgot about it because I figured they would adapt them as accurately as the movies. I’m so grateful to have stumbled upon this video and your channel. I’m literally heading upstairs to watch the series now.
ooo, i hope u like it!! glad to have spread the word
I really enjoyed your analysis and can't wait for you to watch the second season! I'll be watching for your reactions!
thank u!! i‘m loving it so far & i‘m most hyped for 2x05 & 2x07 and hopefully i‘ll put out a vid in like a few months once i‘m done with big uni projects
No such thing as too late we need everybody on board with this show its too good for television
it isss, i’m trying to hypnotise friends into watching it atp
It's also too good for AMC for them to not upgrade their marketing department
I really hope your channel grows, I think you are one of the best discoveries I have made in recent months and I love your videos
oh thank u so much for the kind words! honestly, it has already grown way faster than i‘ve anticipated :)
The one thing about the show making them actually gay instead of asexual as they are in the books really bothers me. I wish they kept them homo/bi/panromantic asexuals instead of adding in allosexualism that wasn't initially there.
i can see how that’s a choice that isn’t everyone cup of tea but imo it worked great in terms of clearly establishing the relationships + i didn’t find it excessive, like we got 1 scene in s1 from what i remember, didn’t feel like being overdone, but seeing asexual rep as per anne rice’s works would’ve been great too!
@@shashatainment I don't think most people will notice the difference, which works great for ratings for a TV show! If it'll keep the show alive longer, I'm glad it'll help at least.
But in the front of my mind that will always be my little gripe :/
сначала думала, что не осилю целое видео в один заход, но ты так круто и точно обо всем рассказываешь, что время вообще незаметно проходит! спасибо з такую объемную работу, надеюсь тебе понравится второй сезон!!
спасибо за добрые слова!! пока что (я только два эпизода успела посмотреть тк специально не смотрела в то время как делала этот ролик, чтобы ниче не напутать) очень нравится, плюс судя по интервьюхам и реакциям аудитории вообще что-то с чем-то :) надеюсь как будет время сделать подобный ролик про второй сезон
Not y'all draggin me into ANOTHER vamp obsession ahhh (do do do do)
and if i told u the cast & creator interviews were fascinating (eric bogosian keeps spoiling stuff cause he‘s got no filter, sam reid is posessed by lestat, assad zaman thought he was fr gonna play a random dude named rashid)
Also love the "Mayfair Witch" series as well. Looking forward to the new season of that as well.
never got into that, but i remember the reference to it in s1, a nice little touch! they also anounced a talamasca show as far as im aware :)
вы убедили меня наконец-то посмотреть этот сериал (вместе с тамблером и моим другом, лол) :) отличное видео, как всегда, надеюсь рубашка в итоге отстирается ❤
урааа!! спасибо :) она все еще немного розовая на воротнике, но это ничего страшного
OBSESSED with ur makeup
thank you!!
I love your channel so much omg
thank u!!! it means a lot
Fantastic breakdown. Book kept me company while trying to adapt to a new country in my teens and while this show took alot of artistic liberties, i absolutely effing love it.
rhank u!
so glad to see this on my recommendations as ive been thinking about how the show compares to the source material a lot! great research and analysis. i especially love how show!louis has been fleshed out and given new characteristics and depth. i personally found lestat very fascinating in season 1 but a lot of it is in anticipation of who i expect he will become, so i am just so hyped to see the "real" multifaceted lestat unencumbered by some of the bias of louis' traumatized memory, with all of the contradictions of the monstrous things he has done. it does feel like a long time to wait so i hope it feels worth it, but i have trust in sam reid. ive been glad to see season 2 didnt excuse away his brutality even as it considered louis' role in their great tragedy (in my opinion at least), as you said that would have left a bad taste. thanks for the video!
thank u! i‘m very interested in seeing how the creators deal with the topic in 2x07 in particular (dw, u didn‘t spoil anything), since i‘m only halfway done w s2 :)
I recently listened to a Podcast with Sam Reid and he was describing what all was going down between the characters in the second season, and his take was that everything was just incredibly f*cked up, all that he was doing, what has happening, it was just all unfolding in such a sadistic way for his character. I like that the writers and the actors have continued to say, we have not yet seen "real Lestat." I think of it as if we sat there and described a horrible ex. We'd paint them as the absolute worst, but what do we leave out, right, we leave out any good they ever did, how we managed to fall in love with them (b/c sane people don't fall in love initially with a-holes), and it would be our narrative that ultimately makes us out to be the better person. That's season 1&2.
As far as the change in Claudia's age, there will always be the issue of Claudia's age within the context of the real world. There was quite a bit of gore and violence, a lot of sexual themes like rape, human body parts, relationships with adults, and other characters that Claudia participates in or witnesses or is the victim of. I remember people flipping out at the movie because Dunst kissed Pitt's Louis or slept in the coffin with him, even though both were relatively innocent gestures. It's the implication behind them and of course the real actresses age at the time, that were of great issue in a seemingly more morally stringent world of the early 90s. Well, I mean, we still take issue with Twilight and a 200 year old trying to date a 17 year old which they got around by him waiting until she was 18, so you know, totally fine there as long as he looks young (sarcasm).
yess regarding what sam said i am so hyped for s3 but i was expecting a little more nuance to lestat in s1 considering what was mentioned in the interviews and podcasts :(
Love the movie but the show is superior in every way i hated movie Louis I adore series Louis especially now that show caught up with the movie and the book its safe to say the show is better
yes, as another commenter pointed out the show makes louis infinitely more interesting and complex!
@@shashatainment yeah movie Louis just looked bored 24/7 like he had the same face extortion the entire movie tv Louis tho needs every award possible he was incredible
the writers are very smart and know how to handle topics like abuse delicately with firm sympathy for the victim. lestat being an abuser is very accurate to the books, not only to iwtv but to the rest of the vc as well. of course he is a complicated character and we will see his perspective in s3, but lestat can and has done things that are very very shitty and they will be given the weight they deserve in the narrative.
well, i’m still not caught up w season 2, so i sure do hope the gravity of the abuse is dealt with appropriately, however, my point was not about lestat being abusive, but about the powerbalance in the relationship and the severity of the abuse
I love all takes of the story from the books to the movie and to the 2022 series all are excellent stories that captivates me.
imo the more the merrier :) especially with all the different versions of claudia!
i have a strong urge to watch the show now.
and read the books.
and watch the movie.
yayyy it worked!!!!
Oh yes please do the show is fantastic and the books are really good I love the film adaptation but the TV series is my favorite
@@shashatainment this was your plan all along!
@@causingaspecterzcle3130 no it wasn‘t (yes it was)
@@shashatainment oh okay nevermind then (heyyy wait a minute)
Thank you for the in depth analysis. I agree the changes the showrunners decided on make for a much more interesting show. I’m still curious what Bryan Fuller would have done.
my main concern with bryan fuller would‘ve been whether he would the queer stuff mostly subtext or go all out tbh. but would looove to know how his version would‘ve looked
I hope you all realize that Anne pitched this show. First to Paramount. Then AMC. She rejected Paramount edits. And literally walked away from them and to AMC. So yes, the showrunners had input. But Anne and her son brought the basic outline of how they wanted it to be adapted for this series. Some viewers think that Anne was completely out of the picture, because she had passed away by the time the show premiered. But it takes a long time to produce and film a series. Again, this adaptation was outlined by Anne herself.
@@donny1960 hi! nobody said Anne Rice or Christopher had nothing to do with it, like i literally quote their posts about the show in the first chapter 🤷🏻♂️ but there is no record of which changes were implemented by her and no interviews (that i could find) of her talking about them, so the quotes i pulled were from the showrunners and writers
@@shashatainment Annes web page was still up when the 1st season premiered, might still be. She talked extensively about the AMC show and had input in the screen play. Again, she talks about it in her own words.
@@donny1960 well, again, i did not say that Anne did not have any input into the changes, just that it’s unclear whose idea it was to do what and to what extent - so i’m using the word creators as a catch-all category, and naming people when pulling quotes
эх, я хотела записать русскоязычное видео о сериале, но кажется, просто не успела
спасибо вам большое за материал и русские субтитры! прошу творите и дальше, а мы будем наслаждаться❤❤❤❤
так почему не успела-то, поезд еще не то что не уехал, он даже не тронулся!!! вперед товарищ
@@shashatainment я никогда не побью подобные крутые allegations
плюс я ахдхшница и мне оч сложно структурировать плот видоса
но вы лучшая! серьезно, завтра после серии со своим киноклубом я посмотрю ещё раз ваше видео🤲
@@user-ex5ft5qw7mспасибо большое! мне кажется чем больше люди взаимодействуют с контентом, тем интереснее - опять же, мой тейк на вещи - это ни разу не истина в последней инстанции!! :) поэтому нет смысла сокрушаться, думаю, если хочется - то надо!
п.с. можно на ты, все ок :)
@@shashatainment благодарю за веру в меня❤
Oh my God please drop the makeup tutorial for the clean girl makeup it's so nice
not the clean girl allegations when my shirt is still red on the collar even after 2 washes 😭
Great video. And I agree, great actors are imperative.
thank u! yess the cast brought in so much
i think the new changes in the show were totally necessary with thr race and its a cool twist, gives Louie allot more purpose and makes him less bland. Although I don't think the original aged well. The toxic relationship is kind of silly and tiresome. But Claudia brought the show to life!
yess, i loved both actresses portraying claudia and i think aging her up is an interesting change!
I just finished the 2nd season really good show. Great video. I 1st watched the show almost 2 years ago, i thought the film was decent but the show blew me away. The actor of lestat is so good, everyone does so good. Its Crazy the armand actor hasnt been really in anything either. In the 2nd season he had an amazing performance, i hope all these actors get big film roles in future and more known, they deserve it.
the cast is soooo good!!
Wildest thing to me about the 94 movie is that while they "had" to majorly tone down the homosexual content and themes, they still had a scene of a literal child kissing a literal adult. I know that in the context of the story she isn't a child, but in real life Kirsten was a child. Being gay was a no no, but kissing a child? Apparently that's fine🤢
both of the aspects were toned down btw, if i‘m not mistaken, the 1994 movie doesn’t have claudia sleeping in the same coffin as louis (when she‘s still a child, the book frames it as a normal child-parent thing with no weird undertones, so i‘d rather they kept that)
The show writers calling Louis a Black man and not a Creole man is a really important slip of the tongue they keep doing that should be addressed.
that might be because the books implies he‘s a white creole, so when discussing the difference they point out the raceswap
this was so good
oh thank u! glad u enjoyed it :)
I watched the film version when i was a kid i enjoyed it but the tv series is my favorite i love seeing the relationship between Louis and lestat and how the show has handled the source material i have only read 5 books in the series its sad anne rice passed away she would be happy can't wait for season 3
me too, can’t wait for s3!
I'm so glad the show Interview with the Vampire got renewed for Season 3 , I'm incredibly hyped to see Rock Star Lestat i need to see Sam Reid Lestat in the coolest rockstar clothes Lol and I'm so excited to see this because the Queen of the Damned movie should not be the only adaptation of the Vampire Lestat and Queen of the Damned in our lifetime Lol 😂🤦
yesss i’m hyped for rockstat too!! but also excited to see what they do with the timeline in the vampire lestat!
@@shashatainment i know right I'm so interested in where all this fits in the timeline with the Vampire lestat
@@roderick8167 well, considering that armand brought up 18th century and the theater in s2, they might keep the beginning the same as the books, but might also flip that as a lie 🤷🏻♂️ cause some of what armand says in 2x03 does not align with what is mentioned in tvl (dk about tva, didn‘t get to it yet)
@@shashatainmentYeah that's a good point, oh also what are you most excited to see in Season 3 of Interview with the Vampire ?
@@roderick8167 idk if they‘re gonna be adapting the entirety of tvl (if they were i‘d say akasha), but regardless i‘m most interested to see what they do with the rockstar storyline considering the timeline has been moved around (praying we do NOT get soundcloud rapper lestat, he‘s already french, that‘s too many struggles in one character)
Hello Shastainment,
Despite my many issues with the unnecessary changes they made on the show, it was still a good adaption of the book, but not great, I am still looking forward to the upcoming third season which will adapt "The Vampire Lestat" & set up "Queen of the Dammed" since they named dropped Akasha in the finale last night. Love the 1994 big-screen adaption as it retained the gothic atmosphere of the book, which the show has lacked & was a more faithful retelling of the book. As much as I love what Jacob Anderson & Sam Reid have done for the characters of Louie & Lestat as well as the two girls who played Claudia, they don't come close to the magnetism or level of depth that Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt & Kirsten Dunst had as Lestat, Louis & Claudia. You couldn't help, but root for them as you experienced their pain & their pleasure. At times, it seems like these actors on the show were just going through the motions & in my opinion, they were far too old to play Lestat & Louis. Plus, Claudia's death & Louis' revenge hit harder in both the book & the film & was more satisfying, plus both these elements were more iconic in the book & film. Plus, Louis' revenge seemed rushed in the finale. But despite these issues with the show, I'm still willing to give it a chance because I'm curious to see what they will do next. The 2002 screen adaption of "Queen of the Dammed" was terrible, the only bright spots were Stuart Townsend as Lestat & the late great Alliyiah as Akasha. Something I hope they correct for the TV adaption.
thanks for the well thought out comment! i felt different about almost everything you brought up, but it is a taste-based thing at the end of the day, so the show might be my favorite adaptation but not yours, and that’s ok :) i’m hyped for season 3 too, especially considering the fact that the creators cited rocky horror as an inspo for rockstar lestat!
@@shashatainment The Vampire Chronicles are to the Vampire Genre, what the Dune Saga is to the Sci-Fi Genre. It redefined the genre for a whole generation & beyond. My hope is they retain the grandness & epic scope of the later books as they explore some very profound themes, such as the origin of the vampire race. Heck they even have Lestat meeting both God & the Devil in one book & he literally witnesses the creation of the universe, including Satan's fall from grace & goes on a tour of both Heaven & Hell and witnesses the Crucifixion & drinks from the blood of Christ. How more epic can you get than that? How do you think they will be able to adapt that for television? All, I know is if they can pull it off, I'm on board.
It's horrifying imagining a 5 year old killing their adoptive father like that
it‘s kinda horrifying at any age tbh
You gotta understand that though Claudia’s outer shell is 5 years old she was about 40 at that point. So spiritually she wasn’t as child.
Interesting remarks about Lestat and his arc in s01, I've read Interview with the vampire 15 years ago, so maybe it's more an impression at this point, but I really hated Lestat in the book, and I cheered Claudia and Louis when they killed him. In the book he felt so much more controlling, always keeping them ignorant, not sharing anything he didn't have to about vampirism, I felt like Louis and Claudia were his hostages and not family, so I thought that the extreme violence of ep5 was good equivalent to get us to the point of hating Lestat and being happy for Claudia and Louis to be free in the series
Also, I love the decision the show made about explicit queerness, I'm ace, and I'd love some asexual rep too, but I feel that asexuality coming as a part of being a vampire and not a human wouldn't be my first choice. Interesting concept in the books, but I don't read it as exploration of asexuality and more of separation between being a vampire and human
i’ve read it recently and i’d say that the controlling/abuse side is present in the book, but the degree of it is not as severe, as louis himself states he could (and did) stand up to lestat. asexual rep would be very cool tbh, hope we get that in later seasons :)
I have mixed feelings about the show portraying Armand as a sympathetic character
i actually saw it the other way around tbh (granted i am only halfway done with season 2 but ik the rough outline), i feel like he’s portrayed as more sympathetic in the vampire lestat
Love the show, and am totally okay with the changes, even having been a fan for around 30 years now (I'm an old).
If I have an issue, it is not with the fact that the show is gayer (because the books are pretty gay) it's that they focused on explicit sex as opposed to the idea of the act of vampirism itself being akin to, or even more satisfying than, the act of physical sex, seeing as how the male vampires at least are incapable of physical sex in the books.
All that said, I loved the '94 movie as well. I think we're really spoiled in the modern age for "explicit", and frequent, vampire content, we were happy to get what we could back in those days. I hate to put it that way, but they did the best that they could back then, and I'm glad that we could finally get to where we are now. It's both unfortunate and startling to see how much things have changed in just 30 years and how far we still have to go in that people can still see the content of this show as shocking.
Lastly, let's not forget that Anne was involved with the show, along with her son, up until her death and was supportive of any and all changes made, which more or less seals the deal for me.
Great video, btw. You deserve more subscribers!
thank u! glad to hear from someone who’s been a fan longer than i’ve been alive (i’m really not trying to make u feel old), it puts things into pespective - as much as i love to clown on the 94 movie, it was a breaktrough for mainstream media in terms of explicitness and queerness :)
@@shashatainment No worries about the age stuff. Mentally I don't feel any different than the 16 year old that read these books repeatedly in high school. Forgot to mention that Sam Reid is the Lestat of my dreams, and while I stanned Tom Cruise way back when, Sam is literally Lestat stepping off the page, and well well worth the 30 year wait.
@@keepittoyourshelf i loooove his dedication to the role, considering that he mentioned (if im not mistaken) that playing a vampire was a childhood dream of his - it really shows
@@shashatainment Isn't it for all of us? Glad you touched on the domestic violence as well. Forgot how much I hated that. I think Lestat is largely awful in the first book, Louis's perspective notwithstanding, and something he admits to in large part later on (despite the shift in his character, which I still maintain wasn't really a huge shift given that Anne did a pretty good job of retconning and covering her bases, even more impressive given her absolute refusal to use an editor). He was never that awful. I think it's going to be hard to rehab a character that is shown to be far more physically violent to those he loves in later seasons...but I wonder if that was a way to sort of bring all the mental and emotional manipulation Lestat engages in into they physical space so the audience can more easily recognize the bad aspects of his character, which is something you kind of tend to forget as the novels go on and Lestat's perspective dominates.
This is just a long way of saying that even in reading the books and seeing Lestat's explanations for the events of IWTV that he's a really good person. He's not as bad as Louis makes him out to be, but he's not great, either. He repeatedly talks about how he's a devil, a monster, etc. The difference between him and Louis is that Lestat just doesn't care. He was dilligaf before that was even part of popular vernacular.
Great video
thank u!
Ok but this look for the video slayyys. I wish I could dress like this irl without it being a spectacle. Wearing my normal Dirndls out is spectacle enough smh
me too tbh like fake blood is such a look :(
In S2 they revisit scenes in ep3 in ep 5 but not completely. It’s done respectfully, in my opinion.
ok, good to hear! i‘m only halfway done with s2 cause i didn‘t watch it before making the video to keep my recollection of it clean, but i‘ve heard good thing about the trial episode regarding the dv in s1ep5
@@shashatainment yes, it’s in ep7. I actually think it’s better to watch s1 and s2 together because they have an overarching arc and were supposed to be one season. There is a scene in ep8 that puts a bow on 1x03, 1x05, 2x07 and on overall trajectory of Lestat and Louis’ relationship.
@@shashatainment there is also an interview with Sam on Autumn Brown’s channel that has a bit about what lines were cut from ep5 that kind of explain what they are planning to do with QOTD and why they need Lestat to be toxic sometimes.
Both are fantastic. Love the series, love the 1994 movie.
Hate QofD movie. That was trash.
Remember Louis is retelling his perceptive of his life and of his relationship with Lestat. Louis is not going to express his own wrong doings within his relationship with Lestat. First example is when he inflicted violence on his brother by pulling out a knife on him in public. Then he felt wronged by the white businessman denying him only to then to kill/display him. I believe Lestat had done of wrongs but Louis isnt a truly innocent victim.
i’m not saying he is in any point of the video
Does the first season deal with the book of Interview with a Vampire?
yes, first half of it + some specs of tvl too, but only bite-sized pieces
@@shashatainment thanks for the info! Looking for inspiration so this helps. You might the Japanese book series Vampire Hunter D or the new indie vampire book The Poisoner.
@@Jonnynot1plate ooo, thanks for the recs! i’ve also heard great stuff about The Gild Stories, it’s on my to read list!
@@shashatainment you're welcome. I would say try the 2000 anime movie Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust. It's one of thr best ever made and has vibes of Interview with a Vampire. With slight Victorian looks at times.
thank u! will check it out
You need to watch the second season honestly episode five the best one amongst the eight episodes they did
i watched s2x05 yesterday and loved it!! the actors are so talented - i think they mentioned that the fight scene was the first thing they filmed as scene partners and my jaw was on the floor + i love whole digging into daniel and his backstory thing
@@shashatainment I know that was assad first scene as armand its wild XD
I wholeheartedly agree with you about the domestic violence. It turned Lestat into a true monster, which he wasn't. There's no redeeming him now.
I disagree with you about the Claudia character. By aging her up, they completely destroyed her main issue. They also destroyed their own narrative, by making her pass as older, when she was dating that young man in season 1. Establishing that she can pass for an adult woman makes her age completely irrelevant. They should have removed the age issue altogether. The character they wrote and the changes they made, would have been enough because all the other things about her are great. Forcing the age issue was a huge mistake.
Just like they established that Louis wasn't as strong as Lestat, Claudia was weaker than both of them. That's enough of an issue without pretending her age was relevant. It would have been cool to see her without the age issue.
I also hated the SA made her stronger nonsense. They could have left that entire part out and nothing would have changed.
I get the impression that they don't understand female characters.
Thanks for such an in-depth, entertaining video.
thanks for the well thought out comment! i view her passing as an adult a little differently - if i’m not mistaken, even charlie has suspisions about her age, and the issue floats up to the surface every now and then, but i do agree that they could’ve put more of an accent onto it - especially considering how great the costumes are at making her appear younger figure-wise
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Ya, but she still passed as an adult woman, where Kirsten Dunst’s Claudia could never. That’s the major point of why Claudia is so angry about being stuck as a child, she has zero hope of ever looking or passing as an adult woman. No one would ever fall for that.
Having her able to pass, even with someone questioning her, still makes it possible for her to pass. If that had been movie Claudia or book Claudia, he wouldn’t have even questioned it.
Am spoiling anything but s2 s2 s2
@@randomgeekcrap dw, i know that season 2 tackles the topic :)
I hated Tom Cruise as Lestat. But actually liked Brad Pitt as Louis. I watched the 1994 version and immediately bought most of the collection. Certain books I liked while others I could not grasp. Just in my stupid head I guess. I hated QOTD movie except for Akasha played by Aaliyah. Stuart Townsend did a way better version of Lestat, even though I hated the contacts for the eyes of everyone during that whole movie. PLUS, QOTD was a absolute horrible movie. You cannot interpret 3 books into ONE 2 hour movie. Just as bad as any of the Crow part 2, 3.....I could go on. I just had to disagree about Louis on that one note.
thanks for sharing! to each their own i guess since i cannot stand brad pitt‘s take on louis, but like, what am i gonna do with the fact that other people may enjoy it? nothing, none of my business - don‘t really remember that much about the qotd movie, i think i‘ve seen it as a child but never felt the need to rewatch
@@shashatainment He was given a job to do, and in fact, it was the directors choice in everything that had to do with the movie. Sign of the times in all that was done. Brad was the obvious choice on how he looked, But he was directed on his show of emotion. Maybe if BP was given a choice he would have done it different. But I do enjoy his performance especially after Claudia. Given the time it was riveting.
I can't stand how sexual the show is, Anne specifically wrote her vampires with no sex drive, their relationships were purely driven by beauty and social bonds. In today's terms her vampires were A-sexuals, with bi nonsexuality tendencies. They do take on lovers but in an emotional way. Anne also specifically writes that her vampires genitals,though intact, have absolutely no function or purpose. So I severely dislike this change, just to satisfy this need for vampires have sex just because they are so sexy.
i personally don’t think it comes from something so simple - more to that, making a show with no nudity would’ve been easier ratings- and family friendliness-wise, as per interviews given by the cast and creators it’s a way to show the intense connection of the companion bond and establish definitiveness of the vampire’s queerness. the show is more explicit than the books, yes, but if you go back to the books the acts of biting are described in a sexual (or sexually-adjacent) way, so to me it didn’t seem out of line
@@shashatainment I agree, nudity and the sensual acts the vampires preformed on each other are perfectly awesome and I expect that, even crave that to be shown. It's the specific act of sex that is the problem I have, because her vampires don't have sex at all. Sensuality can be even more gratifying when portrayed, and kissing and biting are apart of it. Her vampires are in a constant state of forplay but haven't the ability to preform a truly sexual act. That's what makes it hot. They feel this way about anyone as well gender, sex, and race have nothing to do with the partner they choose because it's about the mind and the emotions of their partner that matters. It is a shame the show took the easy way out by force feeding it to us with sex, instead of intimacy to show these characters are together as a couple.
@@shashatainment sorry I don't mean to reply twice to the same comment I just forgot to say; The reason blood drinking is such a big deal to vampires in Rice's world is because it is the closest thing to sex her vampires have. It is described as so much better even, because they are exchanging so much between one another through blood. Even human victims give part of themselves to the vampire when they feed. The blood carries memories and even transfers power from the older vampires to the younger, it's the ultimate way to show a bond of love with her vampires. Or malice if they were trying to steal power or information from another, just had to devils advocate myself there lol.
@@mr.narrator6781 this is a very valid take, but (correct me if im wrong) i can only name 1 sex scene off the top of my head in s1 (not done with s2 yet) so it didn’t feel like i was being force fed it, and the moments of intimacy (once again imo) are still there, but when it comes to discussing the quantity of sex shown onscreen we enter the territory of personal preferences, so to each their own :)
no problem haha, yeah, i quote it in the video, and i can see why adding sex into the equasion might not be everyone’s cup of tea
The movie done it better because it is accurate to the book, even if they change a few, they STILL stayed true to the characters in a way. But I love that the show made me like Louis and Claudia a little bit better. I also love Armand in the show, Assad, in my opinion, actually EMBODIED him perfectly, and that's why I love season two.
But I HATED the show version for Lestat. Tom Cruise's Lestat was very accurate to the book than the show. Unlike the show, the movie showed Lestat as this sympathetic, naive yet funny and charasmatic character, and yes, he can be chaotic at times, you can't help but feel for him, just like in the book. And Anne HERSELF had said Tom's version is what she wanted in a live version of her favorite character.
I could NOT feel anything for Lestat in the show. I disagree wholeheartedly to these fans from the show because Lestat wasn't this physically abusive, hate humanity, ignorant to the point that you hate his guts, which I did!
I personally think people just like the show Lestat because number one, they hate Tom and his religion (which I think we should separate the actor to his performance) and or, he is the main character of the of three that is white and thus, people only liked him (I see lots of ignorant and racism with the two other main characters).
I mean, I seen how these fans act. Jacob, Delainey and especially Assad did absolutely amazing in bringing another version of Anne's character, but these toxic fans ONLY cared about Sam, which he did horrible. I know, controversial and mean, but it's true.
this is so well thought out, u put it into words beatifully! i am really hoping that they show us a more nuanced take on lestat in s3 considering that all the interviews show a great deal of understanding of the character (esp. when it comes to sam reid) and i agree that racism is often a big part of why people seem to dislike the show - even had to block a weirdo racist who was saying the show was “antiwhiteness” and “social engineering” in the comments and i got a very small channel 💀💀💀 loving assad in s2 so far (im only 2 ep in but ik what happens in the season cause of the books and spoliers)!! and his interviews are soooo fun!! he’s def underrated
Original! Though the show is nice! Especially with the death of Claudia !
valid, but i‘m sooo hyped for s3 and what they do with tvl!!
Sam Reid did it better
agreed, also love his dedication - like if i’m remembering correctly he was a fan his whole life, and the dude is a walking anne rice encyclopedia
The AMC series is NOT Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire. It's a great show, for what it is, but it's been mangled beyond belief. The film - which I wasn't happy with at the time - is much more faithful to the source.
Anne herself (along with her son) was involved in s1 before her passing, so this is factually incorrect - it IS her interview with the vampire, but a new iteration, if u prefer the 1994 movie - great, but trying to reject the new adaptation is really not bringing anything
Domestic violence... ok but at the same time they are vampires not humans... maybe you see too much in it
i don’t think pointing out that bringing in the topic of domestic violence into a show requires nuance is me overreacting 🤷🏻♂️
The original wasn't gay.
try to read it again, or at least direct ur attention to anne rice’s interviews, and then come back
I desperately tried to like the series, I really did, like I tried my damned hardest but I just couldn’t. I love the movie so much and honestly, the character assassinations that happened in the show as well as the weird time jump and the unnecessary addition of Claudia getting assaulted just put a bad taste in my mouth. Plus Tom Cruise as Lestat is the far superior lestat in my opinion. And this is coming from a queer person myself. I did like the open and explicit queer representation from the show but there were just too many other terrible additions and changes from the original source material that I cannot stand.
i‘m not ready to compare tom cruise and sam reid as lestat yet tbh, mostly cause we‘re gonna be getting s3 based on the vampire lestat, but i do think that s1 lestat falls kins of flat, especially in comparison to the fact that they made louis way more interesting than in the original
"Tom Cruise as Lestat is the far superior lestat" - i know you're saying this is your opinion. But its an OBSERVABLE fact that Sam's performance and closeness to the character casts a giant shadow over Tom's simple, one-note performance.
Well, you are not making sense. The 1994 movie had HUGE changes from the book. You either forgot or do not care. Is good to "cling" to something from the past. Is a comfort. But that sentiment is internal. The facts are that the AMC version is much closer to the story Anne wanted told. Most forget that it was Anne herself that brought the outline of the series to AMC.
I was a huge huge fan of Tom Cruise’s Lestat
But Sam Reid is just way better & it could be because he had more to work with …. Gets 2 seasons to flesh him out
Cruise only got a few hours
But yeah Sam Reid is Lestat like no other
Great analysis of the serie. Love from a brazilian fan. Do you have an oficial instagram or facebook account?
thank u!! i have an instagram account listed on my channel, but i only post lifestyle stuff there :)
2:34 girl are you Italian? Did i find a fellow iwtv Italian enjoyer?
not a girl and not italian 😔 did i pronounce his name right though??? i wasn‘t sure about it
@@shashatainmentperfectly, good job! (Sorry for the girl)
ooo i‘m so glad!! italian is a beautiful language and i loved my time in rome - someday i‘ll def get around to learning it!! (no worries, you didn‘t know)
i was sitting there trying to figure out your accent and then jumpscare р*ссия везде. good video though
thank u! yes it’s always like a jumpscare to me too but i hope i make it clear on my channel that i’m not a big fan of the government and their imperialism