So What Are you Reading?: Generations

[hbquikcomjamesl]

You do realize that my reference to the "enforced Method acting" (i.e., nobody told Steven Weber that the Lucy dummy was rigged to discharge stage blood like a fire hose) was an allusion to Dracula: Dead And Loving It, not to Lucy Undying. Right?

Speaking of which, someone wiser than I once said, "Never date a Method actor who's playing Dracula."

 

[Greg Cox]

You do realize that my reference to the "enforced Method acting" (i.e., nobody told Steven Weber that the Lucy dummy was rigged to discharge stage blood like a fire hose) was an allusion to Dracula: Dead And Loving It, not to Lucy Undying. Right?

Speaking of which, someone wiser than I once said, "Never date a Method actor who's playing Dracula."

I confess I haven't seen that movie in close to thirty years.

 

[hbquikcomjamesl]

I confess I haven't seen that movie in close to thirty years.

It's only 29 years old (and I didn't realize it was that old). Every Halloween, I see a double-feature of it and Young Frankenstein. Usually in that order, because it would be a letdown the other way around. Not that Dracula: Dead And Loving It was bad; it's just that Young Frankenstein and Blazing Saddles set such an impossibly high bar (only High Anxiety and Silent Movie even come close). The only Mel Brooks movie I simply can't get into at all is The Twelve Chairs. It feels like a third-rate filmed segment from Monty Python or Benny Hill, stretched and padded out to feature length.

At any rate, in case I didn't mention it here, I did finish Asylum, and it got an "Above Average" out of me.

 

[Greg Cox]

I remember being underwhelmed by the movie, after loving YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN.

Like you said, the latter is a tough act to follow. Never been inclined to rewatch DRACULA: DEAD AND LOVING IT.

Although I do remember the neverending geyser of blood being the best and funniest scene.

 

[hbquikcomjamesl]

Well, Leslie Nielsen is my favorite Dracula (he was totally wasted on non-comedic roles), and Peter MacNicol is my favorite Renfield (can that guy play a lunatic, or what?).

Then again, the only other Dracula film I've ever seen (or had the inclination to see) was Nosferatu (shown with live organ accompaniment, by somebody I know, and not on a purpose-built theatre organ). And I think I may have used the "Yes, we have Nosferatu" one-liner before I saw Dracula, Dead And Loving It, in which case I came up with it independently.

 

[CaptainCalvinCat]

Well, Leslie Nielsen is my favorite Dracula (he was totally wasted on non-comedic roles), and Peter MacNicol is my favorite Renfield (can that guy play a lunatic, or what?).

Then again, the only other Dracula film I've ever seen (or had the inclination to see) was Nosferatu (shown with live organ accompaniment, by somebody I know, and not on a purpose-built theatre organ). And I think I may have used the "Yes, we have Nosferatu" one-liner before I saw Dracula, Dead And Loving It, in which case I came up with it independently.

"You are nothing but flies to him...." - yup, Peter MacNicol was great in Ghostbusters II.

 

[Greg Cox]

Well, Leslie Nielsen is my favorite Dracula (he was totally wasted on non-comedic roles), and Peter MacNicol is my favorite Renfield (can that guy play a lunatic, or what?).

Then again, the only other Dracula film I've ever seen (or had the inclination to see) was Nosferatu (shown with live organ accompaniment, by somebody I know, and not on a purpose-built theatre organ). And I think I may have used the "Yes, we have Nosferatu" one-liner before I saw Dracula, Dead And Loving It, in which case I came up with it independently.

Whereas I'm a lifelong "Dracula" buff who has watched most of the movie and TV adaptations many, many times. I literally have two entire shelves of books on Bram Stoker and "Dracula" alone. Heck, I was rereading a graphic novel adaptation of Stoker's book just two nights ago.

(Did I mention that my very first book was a non-fiction guide to vampire literature, published by a small academic press?)

I can (and have) go on at length about Stoker, Lugosi, Christopher Lee, Jack Palance, Louis Jourdan, Klaus Kinski, Lon Chaney Jr., John Carradine, Francis Lederer, et cetera. And I'm counting the days until the newest version of Nosferatu, debuting on Christmas.

But, yes, MacNicol was doing a great impersonation of Dwight Frye in the classic 1931 movie version, which I rewatched for the umpteenth time just a few weeks ago.

 

[hbquikcomjamesl]

This is WRONG . . . . WRONG ME! WRONG ME! WRONG MY BRAINS OUT!

 

[CaptainCalvinCat]

Whereas I'm a lifelong "Dracula" buff who has watched most of the movie and TV adaptations many, many times. I literally have two entire shelves of books on Bram Stoker and "Dracula" alone. Heck, I was rereading a graphic novel adaptation of Stoker's book just two nights ago.

(Did I mention that my very first book was a non-fiction guide to vampire literature, published by a small academic press?)

I can (and have) go on at length about Stoker, Lugosi, Christopher Lee, Jack Palance, Louis Jourdan, Klaus Kinski, Lon Chaney Jr., John Carradine, Francis Lederer, et cetera. And I'm counting the days until the newest version of Nosferatu, debuting on Christmas.

But, yes, MacNicol was doing a great impersonation of Dwight Frye in the classic 1931 movie version, which I rewatched for the umpteenth time just a few weeks ago.

Since I'm not a horror-buff... I'm curious. How is Kinsik as Vampire? The only vampire-movies I watched, were the Underworld-Saga and Van Helsing.

 

[Greg Cox]

Since I'm not a horror-buff... I'm curious. How is Kinsik as Vampire? The only vampire-movies I watched, were the Underworld-Saga and Van Helsing.

Haven't seen since my college days, but I remember liking it. The movie is nicely atmospheric, but somewhat slow and arty. Not a movie you want to start watching at midnight after a long day. The novelization by Paul Monette was also very well-written, as I recall.

And this where I brag about writing the UNDERWORLD tie-in books back in the day. That was a fun gig. My editor still teases me about delivering a 400-page novelization of the first movie.

What can I say? I got carried away!

 

[CaptainCalvinCat]

Oh, please, brag away. I have those books and I still read them every once in a while.

 

[Greg Cox]

I actually got that job because the Star Trek editor at the time, John Ordover, knew that I was also hugely into vampires and werewolves, so I guess it seemed like a good fit. Ended up novelizing the first three UW movies and writing one prequel novel as well. Even got to attend the red-carpet Hollywood premiere of the first film, which doesn't usually happen when you write a movie novelization.

 

[JD]

That's so cool.

There! There wolf! There castle!

This is the first movie scene that always comes to mind for me when it comes to werewolves.

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Earlier this morning I finished The Amazing Spider-Man: Big Time, and I'm now reading Star Trek TNG: The Sky's the Limit. I've been in the mood for both TNG and a short story anthology, so I figured this is the perfect way to scratch both itches.

 

[trentman359]

Finished The Lives of Dax. It was a lot more enjoyable that I thought it was going to be.

Undecided what Trek to read next.

 

[Greg Cox]

The Swords of Lankhmar by Fritz Leiber.

Featuring Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser.

 

[TalkaboutTrek]

Finished up New Frontiers "Endgame" yesterday and jumped right into "Martyrs" today. I feel like the first four books were just the introduction and now the adventure will really begin. Also looking forward to diving into The Captains Table and the Double Helix Saga soon as well. I love it when my reading list falls into place like this. LLAP.

 

[Allyn Gibson]

Well, Leslie Nielsen is my favorite Dracula (he was totally wasted on non-comedic roles), and Peter MacNicol is my favorite Renfield (can that guy play a lunatic, or what?).

He's in an entirely different class, but Nonso Anozie's Renfield in the 2013 NBC series is amazing.

 

[trentman359]

Started Vendetta by Peter David today.

 

[TalkaboutTrek]

Started Vendetta by Peter David today.

I read this earlier this year and loved it. One of my favorite of his books. Hope you do too. LLAP.

 

[hbquikcomjamesl]

I've begun re-reading The Case of the Colonist's Corpse.