Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter?!
 

At least that's a movie Hollywood will be making (http://www.imdb.com/news/ni1682066/). It's probably a risky attempt. But with Tim Burton involved, who knows?

Thoughts?

Please move to DC immediately.

Watch out, Frankie. jAZ thinks threads about politicians belong in DC, period, regardless of how nonpolitical they are.

I'm not a Tim Burton fan, but I like vampire movies so I'd probably see this one.

No way it's as good as a black JFK and a fat Elvis hunting an ancient Egyptian soul sucker in a nursing home.

LMAO

See, and I like Tim Burton but I'm not a fan of vampire movies... I'll probably see this one too.

Based on a true story

There's something here for everyone! Frankie is going to see it because it involves (blood) sucking.

j/k Frankie :p

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Good concept. It's not "The Amazing Man With The Croc Urine Brain", but it's not bad.

FAX

Oooh, let me guess: Johnny Depp as Abe and Helena Bonham-Carter as Mary Todd.

Still dont understand all the vampire hype. I think it's really gay.

Probably.

In other news, Joss Whedon is making a new film. Nathan Fillion is in the running for the title role.

Come on. Pinnochio Vampire Slayer is a brilliant concept. He stakes vampires with his nose by telling lies during combat.

I've already got one for him:

"This is a great book"

:fire:

Do you know how many stakes you can keep in a dryed and stretched beaver on your head?
lots

Tim Burton, Abraham Lincoln and vampires? All at the same time?

I'm there.

I think Burton is one of the few filmmakers who can get away with this combo. I think I'll see it too.

this

It's really starting to get old, isn't it? That's one Hollywood three-way that needs to dissolve for about 10 years.

FYP

This sounds as bad as the Attack of the Killer Klownz from Outer Space.

ya know, I'd like to see the remake by quintin tarantino ten years after this bombs.

that movie has a pretty big cult following it isnt that bad but I would def see it if the casting is right... Liam Neeson should be Lincoln since spielberg movie wont ever come out

First off, that is, IMO the best thread title in atleast 3 months.

Secondly... really? trying to somehow tie Abe Lincoln into the new vampire craze? :facepalm:.

As a director/artist, Tim Burton is a one trick pony...are these kinds of films all he ever wants to do?

This vampire fad has been going on for the past 30 years, I don't why it's getting so much news media attention now.

Hopefully, Honest Abe will take a detour and stuff some garlic down that Twilight-pillowbiting-poor-excuse-of-a-vampire's throat.

LMAO

Ill definitely be using this book/movie in a history class in the future.

It's funny how it ebbs and flows ... like the pulse of hot, living blood through a young virgin's veins.

There have been several pop culture "ups" ... when the first Dracula movie was made (the silent one - Nosferatu, maybe?) - that was huge, then about 15 years later when Bela Lugosi re-created the role, then about 40 years after that when Anne Rice's books started hitting the shelves, and now today.

The entire concept of Dracula is rich with ambiguity and symbolism ... especially of the highly sensual sort, so it makes sense that the idea will simply not die.

FAX

You omitted the best Count Dracula of all, Mr. FAX,

http://scrapetv.com/News/News%20Page...ee-dracula.jpg

Mr. CHRISTOPHER LEE

No one saw this classic?

http://www.horror-movies.ca/albums/u...unter_copy.jpg

There is also the oddness of Klaus Kinski.

http://www.moviecritic.com.au/images...e-vampyre1.jpg

Bruce Campbell rep.

Just an FYI.. this movie is currently being filmed in New Orleans... I know this for a fact because one of my good friends just told me he is on set for the next 3 months as the "data lab manager" for the film. Whatever the hell that is.

This is one of the most fun books I've ever read. It's an easy read too, should make for a good movie.

Looks like most people in the thread don't realize that it was a book first....although this is a year old now.

As a vampire, I find this movie HIGHLY offensive.

don't know whether i'd go to the movie, but it was a very good book. one of my son's gave it to me and pretty much forced me to read it. i was surprised.
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I read the book about a year ago. Thought it was ok, interesting concept but the writer just didn't pull it off in my opinion. Though lots of people enjoyed the book.

Timur Bekmambetov is an interesting talent.....hes the Russian guy who made the Nightwatch and Day Watch movies....then made Wanted a few years back.

See Frankie, this is how you properly not do a repost.

The trailer is out now.

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I think there's a way to make a movie called "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter" be good and that doesn't look like it.

All the slow-mo action sequences were a bit too much for me.

When I read the book, I imagined all the fight scenes to be really gritty, not over-glorified like they are in the trailer.

I'm still going to see it because I loved the book. I'll give it a chance.

The trailer shows a completed Washington Monument, but the monument wasn't complete until the 1880s. I don't know if this is a goof or if part of the movie takes place long after Lincoln's reported death.

Did you read the book?

No, I didn't.

Ahh, you should. It's an easy read. Should only take 2 days at most to read the whole thing, and it's pretty good.

It's probably way better than the movie will be.

OK, thanks. I'll look into it.

Repost.

A ****ing axe/hatchet would be the just about the worst weapon to use against vampires. /nerd rant

Depends on lore. Some a stake will do, others say you have to remove the head for permanant death.

Maybe these vampires are highlanders.

Im really starting to hate how action movies are filmed now days. Too much overstylized, slow mo, quick cutting wire fu with no real grounding in physics. It takes me out of the movie when all the characters are like Superman.

Coming Soon:

Barack Obama: Conservative Headhunter

Trailer looks interesting. May have to check out the book before the movie comes out.

Very true. I'd guess it has something to do with an axe being Abe's specialty as well. Apparently he was really tall and good at cutting down trees (?) It was pretty cool seeing him split the tree in the trailer.

Either way, I'm taking a sword. You can thrust into the heart, then remove the head with one weapon :)

and shitty Danny Elfman with his dark circus soundtrack

I'll see your Chris Lee & raise you this guy...

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Truly scared me as a kid & still does, the very look of the guy combined with his incredibly odd movements and just the grainy, old quality of the film...its creepy in a way nothing else i've seen is, otherworldly.

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I don't buy that actor as Lincoln. Yes, that's the problem I have with it. I know it sounds silly. I just don't buy that guy as Abe Lincoln.

He does look better with the beard though.

It's difficult for Daniel Day Lewis to multitask between movies

But you buy the premise of the movie?

Of course. I happen to be a vampire slave owner from the South myself, and a staunch defender of States Rights.

Heh. :D

I admit the Civil War was a tactical mistake. It was unnecessary. We completely missed the Chinese population. It's all good now.

That's all that counts. Party on man.

Anyone interested?? SO for only 39% on RT.....


IMO this summer has been pretty weak so far....lots of disappointing movies.



http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/abra...ampire_hunter/

Eh, I dunno. Most of the disappointments were expected to be disappointments, and many of them were actually better than their box-office results. For what they were--and how poorly people expected them to perform after word got out that they were clunkers--"MiB3", "Snow White", and "Dark Shadows" were actually better than I expected; not great, by any means, but certainly worthy of killing 2 hours with a matinee ticket. I loved "Cabin In The Woods". "Avengers" needs no explanation. "Prometheus", while flawed, delivered. And then there's some dude dressed like a bat coming up soon...

Avengers = Great
Dark Shadows = no
Battleship = no
MIB3 = no
Snow White = meh
Madagasgar 3 = decent
Prometheus = great but flawed
Sandler and Rock of Ages = meh


Disappointing summer up to this point

I expect a lot of the negativity to come from people who can't get past the absurdity of the concept, or those with the mindset of HOW DARE THEY DO THIS TO LINCOLN DON'T THEY KNOW HE WAS THE GREATEST PRESIDENT EVARR111!!!!!111.

I enjoyed the book, I'll probably give the movie a shot.

I haven't read the book, but it sounds like a cool concept to me. I'll see it, but probably in DVD format.

The book is basically historical fiction with a vampire twist. There are numerous factual occurrences mentioned in the books - the author does a good job weaving in his vampire story around them. It was very clever.

Yea, i heard its a very serious take done without snark or parody.

Some of the stuff was so well thought out I found myself thinking how cool it would be if his explanations were true. :D

It was/is a great way to get people to read about historical events/people. I actually learned a lot about Lincoln that I didn't know. The vampire twist was just an interesting way to get me there. Kind of like drinking a 6 pack before hitting on 5 at the bar at the end of the night.

I particularly liked the author's take on Roanoke.

Heh, it does sort of beg the question.....could they do this sort of thing with a modern era president? I don’t think they could and get away with it. Would most likely be an uproar.

Jimmy Carter Zombie Slayer?
Ronald Reagan Martian Killer?


......Maybe Bill Clinton Poon Hunter

My initial reaction was that it would be horrendous but the more previews I see of it, it seems like it will be entertaining. It doesn't feel like they are trying to make some serious vampire movie like a lot of them have been lately.

The book was absolutely serious. I don't think it would have worked otherwise.

Well I didn't read it but it just seems it's not going to take itself too seriously like the twilight movies do. That is a better way of putting what I meant. I guess that could still be wrong though...