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<strong>Title:</strong> Interview With the Vampire<br/>
<strong>Year:</strong> 1994<br/>
<strong>Director:</strong> Neil Jordan<br/>
<strong>Plot:</strong> Anne Rice's best-selling romantic horror tale about the origins of a centuries-old vampire inspired this popular, atmospheric chiller. One of director <a href="/players/P____96396/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Neil Jordan</a>'s major Hollywood productions, the film stays close to its source material, retaining the frame of a young reporter (<a href="/players/P____66187/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Christian Slater</a>) interviewing a man who claims to be a 200-year-old vampire. The man, Louis (<a href="/players/P____56988/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Brad Pitt</a>), shares his story, beginning in 18th-century New Orleans with his first encounters with the charismatic and decadent vampire Lestat (<a href="/players/P____86295/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Tom Cruise</a>). Lestat converts Louis to blood-sucking and immortality, but Louis fails to adopt Lestat's cavalier attitude, instead tormenting himself with guilt over his new nature. The two vampires remain deeply, if reluctantly, connected over the years, while becoming intimately involved with others of their kind, including Claudia (<a href="/players/P____20669/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Kirsten Dunst</a>), a mature immortal in a young child's body. Fans of the novel raised numerous objections, particularly after Rice initially spoke out against the casting of Cruise as Lestat; further casting difficulties followed the death of <a href="/players/P____56631/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>River Phoenix</a>, whose role as the interviewer was assumed by <a href="/players/P____66187/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Christian Slater</a>. Rice later recanted her objections, and the combination of thrills and gothic romance proved popular with audiences. ~ Judd Blaise, All Movie Guide<br/>
<strong>Times Tagged:</strong> 38<br/>
<strong>Number of Lists:</strong> 74<br/>
<strong>Number of blog posts:</strong> 4<br/>
<strong>Number of discussion threads:</strong> 12<br/>
<strong>SpoutRating:</strong> 3<br/>
</td></tr></table>]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 21:15:56 GMT</pubDate><spout:Title>Interview With the Vampire</spout:Title><spout:Year>1994</spout:Year><spout:Director>Neil Jordan</spout:Director><spout:Plot>Anne Rice's best-selling romantic horror tale about the origins of a centuries-old vampire inspired this popular, atmospheric chiller. One of director &lt;a href="/players/P____96396/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;Neil Jordan&lt;/a&gt;'s major Hollywood productions, the film stays close to its source material, retaining the frame of a young reporter (&lt;a href="/players/P____66187/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;Christian Slater&lt;/a&gt;) interviewing a man who claims to be a 200-year-old vampire. The man, Louis (&lt;a href="/players/P____56988/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;Brad Pitt&lt;/a&gt;), shares his story, beginning in 18th-century New Orleans with his first encounters with the charismatic and decadent vampire Lestat (&lt;a href="/players/P____86295/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;Tom Cruise&lt;/a&gt;). Lestat converts Louis to blood-sucking and immortality, but Louis fails to adopt Lestat's cavalier attitude, instead tormenting himself with guilt over his new nature. The two vampires remain deeply, if reluctantly, connected over the years, while becoming intimately involved with others of their kind, including Claudia (&lt;a href="/players/P____20669/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;Kirsten Dunst&lt;/a&gt;), a mature immortal in a young child's body. Fans of the novel raised numerous objections, particularly after Rice initially spoke out against the casting of Cruise as Lestat; further casting difficulties followed the death of &lt;a href="/players/P____56631/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;River Phoenix&lt;/a&gt;, whose role as the interviewer was assumed by &lt;a href="/players/P____66187/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;Christian Slater&lt;/a&gt;. Rice later recanted her objections, and the combination of thrills and gothic romance proved popular with audiences. ~ Judd Blaise, All Movie Guide</spout:Plot><spout:TimesTagged>38</spout:TimesTagged><spout:taglevel>Tag Target (&gt;10)</spout:taglevel><spout:Numberoflists>74</spout:Numberoflists><spout:NumberOfBlogPosts>4</spout:NumberOfBlogPosts><spout:NumberOfDiscussionThreads>12</spout:NumberOfDiscussionThreads><spout:SpoutRating>3</spout:SpoutRating><spout:FilmCoverURL>http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t067877s5ya.jpg</spout:FilmCoverURL><spout:SpoutFilmDetailURL>http://www.spout.com/films/Interview_With_the_Vampire/89901/default.aspx</spout:SpoutFilmDetailURL><spout:type>Film</spout:type></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Re:Weekly Theme for June 22: The Plague</title>
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<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/119628/default.aspx'>mercurial</a><br/>
<strong>Post To:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/groups/Weekly_Theme/625/discussions.aspx'>Weekly Theme</a><br/>
<strong>Post Date:</strong> 6/24/2009 7:50:26 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> Well Riss took my favorite. I can't really think of too many at the moment. 12 Monkeys was a plague right? Interview with the Vampire had a plague (smallpox or something a rather) that led to Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise making Kirsten Dunst into a vampire. The only thing I remember about Outbreak was the cute little monkey that was the cause of the disease. Safe was kinda sorta about a plague in a sense. Children of Men had its plague of sterility. I was surprised by how much I actually liked Blindness considering it wasn't really anything shocking or new for the genre.<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:50:26 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>mercurial</spout:postby><spout:postto>Weekly Theme</spout:postto><spout:postdate>6/24/2009 7:50:26 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>Well Riss took my favorite. I can't really think of too many at the moment. 12 Monkeys was a plague right? Interview with the Vampire had a plague (smallpox or something a rather) that led to Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise making Kirsten Dunst into a vampire. The only thing I remember about Outbreak was the cute little monkey that was the cause of the disease. Safe was kinda sorta about a plague in a sense. Children of Men had its plague of sterility. I was surprised by how much I actually liked Blindness considering it wasn't really anything shocking or new for the genre.</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Vampire Love Interests: A Timeline</title>
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<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/9325/default.aspx'>SpoutBlog</a><br/>
<strong>Post To:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/default.aspx'>SpoutBlog on spout.com</a><br/>
<strong>Post Date:</strong> 11/21/2008 12:00:37 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> The vampires of Stephanie Meyer’s Twilight novels are described as impossibly beautiful. But it’s one vampire, “Edward Cullen,” who is written as having such appealing details that it would seem impossible for a girl not to fall in love with him. In actuality, that’s what has happened to most females, young and old, who have read the books. And while his cinematic portrayer, Robert Pattinson, doesn’t quite resemble a marble statue of Adonis, the actor is still getting his fair share of seven-year-old suitors asking to be bitten.
Cullen is hardly the first vampire to so strongly attract the hearts (and necks) of mortals. But what is it about the bloodsucking undead that turns us on so much? Is it truly their stone-white skin and chiseled features? Or perhaps it’s their ability to go all night long? Let us take a look at the many vampire love interests that literature and cinema have given us over the years in an attempt to find out their sexy secret.

1819: Lord Ruthven from The Vampyre by John Polidori
One of the granddaddies of modern English vampire literature, Polidori’s short story features a character not unlike Twilight’s Cullen in terms of suave, seductive sex appeal. Yet this alluring vampire is as deadly as he is desirable, and while he might honor a lady with his hand in marriage, he’s still liable to kill his new bride and then go into hiding.
1828: Lord Ruthven from Der Vampyr by Heinrich Marschner and Wilhelm August Wohlbruck
This is basically the same guy from Polidori’s story, but in Marschner and Wohlbruck’s opera he has to disguise himself in order to be granted the young Malwina’s hand. And when he’s exposed, he’s struck by lightning and sent to hell, very much lowering his availability.
1872: Carmilla from Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Young Laura is just happy to have a new best friend, but lesbian vampire Carmilla is interested in more and keeps lunging at Laura’s chest. Unfortunately, it would take another 100-plus years before heterosexual girls found it both acceptable and trendy to “dyke out” with their gal pals. Also see versions of the story in Carl Dreyer’s Vampyr and Roger Vadim’s Blood and Roses.
1897: Count Dracula from Dracula by Bram Stoker
He’s not quite Lucy Westenra’s love-interest, more like a meaningless fling for the newly engaged girl. But after a nightly affair with the Count, Lucy seems to have acquired a mysterious, deadly STD, which is later discovered to be vampirism. Fortunately for Mina Harker, his next “partner,” the disease is curable by way of killing the person you contracted it from. Also see Tod Browning’s 1931 adaptation and Terence Fisher’s 1958 version.
1922: Count Orlok from Nosferatu, directed by F.W. Murnau
Based on Dracula, Orlok (Max Schreck) is also not much of a love-interest, probably because he’s so damn ugly. But he is tricked into thinking he’s desired at the end, as Ellen (Greta Schroder) gives up her body as a self-sacrificial attempt to stop the spread of vampirism to others. Or because she’s like those cruel popular girls at school who’d tease the nerds for their own narcissistic pleasure.
1966-1971: Barnabas Collins from Dark Shadows, created by Dan Curtis
He should have never cheated on his true love, Josette, or he might never have been turned into a vampire by his jilted, supernatural mistress, Angelique (Lara Parker). And Josette might never have killed herself. Ever since, Barnabus (Jonathan Frid) has just been looking to replace her, whether with look-a-likes or her actual reincarnated spirit. And no girl wants to feel like she’s a substitute for another woman, even if she’s supposedly that woman reborn.
1969-present: Vampirella from miscellaneous Vampirella comics, created by Forrest J. Ackerman
Though a vampire hunter by trade, Adam Van Helsing couldn’t help falling for Vampirella the moment he first laid eyes on her. He would say that it’s because she’s not like other vampires, that she’s not evil. But he’s a guy, and really the immediate attraction was that body and its near lack of clothing.
1970: Carmilla from The Vampire Lovers, directed by Roy Ward Baker
Ingrid Pitt is hot and all, and those longing stares of hers are enchanting, but the only reason she has more luck seducing friends like Emma (Madeline Smith) than did her 19th century literary counterpart is because this film was made at a time when experimentation with lesbianism was becoming more acceptable, especially to the guys who went to these kinds of movies. Not surprisingly, there would be plenty more soft-core lesbian vampire movies to come.
1972: Prince Mamuwalde from Blacula, directed by William Crain
Blacula (William Marshall) may be one smooth vampire, but he’s not so good at keeping his ladylove from being killed…twice! At least he comes to the understanding that he’s as dangerous as he is attractive and so doesn’t allow any more women to succumb to his seductions.
1979: Count Dracula from Love at First Bite, directed by Stan Dragoti
Thanks to blood banks, Dracula (George Hamilton) no longer needs to be such a villain, and he can devote himself more fully to romantic pursuits. Unfortunately, he’s got issues similar to those of Barnabus Collins and is only after a girl (Susan Saint James) who reminds him of his true love, Mina Harker. Fortunately, she’s kind of flaky and she doesn’t mind being a substitute.
1983: Miriam Blaylock from The Hunger, directed by Tony Scott
No man or woman can resist the beauty of this vampire played by Catherine Deneuve, but her lovers pay a terrible price. They become immortal yet they still age, so they end up looking like the walking dead rather than the undead. Still, Miriam has amazing seductive powers, and even after seeing what has happened to one companion/victim, and even though she’s married and not a lesbian, Dr. Sarah Roberts (Susan Sarandon) can’t help climbing into bed with the gorgeous creature.
1985: Countess from Once Bitten, directed by Howard Storm
With a girlfriend as hot as his, Mark (Jim Carrey) should just wait for her. But as a teenage male, he’s got to have sex, and like many young dudes, a sexy older woman is the answer. But not only does she not take his virginity, she begins turning him into a vampire and, worse, won’t allow his attempt at a one-night stand be simply that.
1987: Star from The Lost Boys, directed by Joel Schumacher
She’s only a half-vampire, but that makes Star (Jami Gertz) all the more appealing to the new guy in town, Michael (Jason Patric). Especially when it turns out she’s not a full-blown vampire because she didn’t kill him as instructed.
1989: Rachel from Vampire’s Kiss, directed by Robert Bierman
Like Countess from Once Bitten, this beautiful vampire (played by Jennifer Beals) similarly serves as a caution against one-night stands. But she could also just be a figment of Nicolas Cage’s character’s imagination.
1992: Count Dracula from Bram Stoker’s Dracula, directed by Francis Ford Coppola
Those sunglasses are downright sexy, but thanks to a prologue connecting Dracula to Vlad the Impaler, the titular vampire (played by Gary Oldman) has pretty much the same obsession issues he exhibits in Love at First Bite. He’s just after Mina (Winona Ryder) because she resembles his love from centuries earlier. Which means that girl in 1979 actually reminds him of Elisabeta.
1994: Lestat and Louis from Interview with the Vampire, directed by Neil Jordan
It’s kind of like My Two Dads, only one of the guys is actually into the other guy and the non-bisexual one acquired their “daughter” (Kirsten Dunst) by metaphorically pedophilic means. And 30 years later she can’t forgive him for having his way with her, forever stunting her growth as a woman. Dysfunctional family or strange vampiric romance? When you’re as good looking as Tom Cruise or Brad Pitt, it’s hard not to attract all sorts of admirers and possibly complicated relationships.
1995: Maximillian from Vampire in Brooklyn, directed by Wes Craven
Even for the ‘90s, that mullet was not attractive, yet it somehow didn’t deter Angela Bassett’s character from falling victim to Eddie Murphy’s advances, as well as his fangs.
1997-2003: Angel and Spike from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, created by Joss Whedon
Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar) is apparently similar to Adam in the Vampirella comics, because even though it’s her job to slay vampires, sometimes she can’t help but have sex with them. It’s not her fault though, especially if they have a soul and look like hunky actor David Boreanaz, or if they’re just Billy Idol-sexy like actor James Marsters.
2003: Selena from Underworld, directed by Len Wiseman
It’s hard enough making a relationship work between a vampire and a human, but vampire on werewolf love is totally out of the question. Or is it vampire on vampire/werewolf hybrid love? Who cares, Kate Beckinsale is hot in that leather outfit! Whatever he is, Michael (Scott Speedman) is a lucky man, or something.
2008: Bill Compton from True Blood, created by Alan Ball
At last, vampires have gained civil rights, yet interspecies love is still not completely acceptable. This of course makes them even more appealing to open-minded and sexually curious individuals like Sookie (Anna Paquin), who is immediately smitten with Bill the vampire (Stephen Moyer) when he walks into her bar/life.
2008: Eli from Let the Right One In, directed by Thomas Alfredson
Many young boys tormented by bullies eventually turn to the goth subculture for acceptance. And typically the initial attraction is by way of a cute goth chick, similar to the crush Oskar (Kare Hedebrant) has on his new neighbor, Eli (Lina Leandersson). But if that chick turns out to actually be a vampire and is able to fight her boyfriend’s battles for him, it might be time for that guy to find a new crush and subculture. Hint: ska girls are cute, too, if there’s any still out there.
2008: Edward Cullen from Twilight, directed by Catherine Hardwicke
He may be the hottest thing to happen to young girls since The Beatles, but he’s obviously more of a fantasy, not being real and all. Still, to fellow character Bella (Kristen Stewart), he’s absolutely perfect, and perfectly incarnate. It’s a little strange that he’s 108-years-old and still attending high school — or maybe that’s just his way of finding statutory rape victims — but otherwise he’s attractive in every single way. Except that he’s not human, and he puts her life in danger. But apparently those things are part of the allure of vampires. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:00:37 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>SpoutBlog</spout:postby><spout:postto>SpoutBlog on spout.com</spout:postto><spout:postdate>11/21/2008 12:00:37 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>The vampires of Stephanie Meyer’s Twilight novels are described as impossibly beautiful. But it’s one vampire, “Edward Cullen,” who is written as having such appealing details that it would seem impossible for a girl not to fall in love with him. In actuality, that’s what has happened to most females, young and old, who have read the books. And while his cinematic portrayer, Robert Pattinson, doesn’t quite resemble a marble statue of Adonis, the actor is still getting his fair share of seven-year-old suitors asking to be bitten.
Cullen is hardly the first vampire to so strongly attract the hearts (and necks) of mortals. But what is it about the bloodsucking undead that turns us on so much? Is it truly their stone-white skin and chiseled features? Or perhaps it’s their ability to go all night long? Let us take a look at the many vampire love interests that literature and cinema have given us over the years in an attempt to find out their sexy secret.

1819: Lord Ruthven from The Vampyre by John Polidori
One of the granddaddies of modern English vampire literature, Polidori’s short story features a character not unlike Twilight’s Cullen in terms of suave, seductive sex appeal. Yet this alluring vampire is as deadly as he is desirable, and while he might honor a lady with his hand in marriage, he’s still liable to kill his new bride and then go into hiding.
1828: Lord Ruthven from Der Vampyr by Heinrich Marschner and Wilhelm August Wohlbruck
This is basically the same guy from Polidori’s story, but in Marschner and Wohlbruck’s opera he has to disguise himself in order to be granted the young Malwina’s hand. And when he’s exposed, he’s struck by lightning and sent to hell, very much lowering his availability.
1872: Carmilla from Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Young Laura is just happy to have a new best friend, but lesbian vampire Carmilla is interested in more and keeps lunging at Laura’s chest. Unfortunately, it would take another 100-plus years before heterosexual girls found it both acceptable and trendy to “dyke out” with their gal pals. Also see versions of the story in Carl Dreyer’s Vampyr and Roger Vadim’s Blood and Roses.
1897: Count Dracula from Dracula by Bram Stoker
He’s not quite Lucy Westenra’s love-interest, more like a meaningless fling for the newly engaged girl. But after a nightly affair with the Count, Lucy seems to have acquired a mysterious, deadly STD, which is later discovered to be vampirism. Fortunately for Mina Harker, his next “partner,” the disease is curable by way of killing the person you contracted it from. Also see Tod Browning’s 1931 adaptation and Terence Fisher’s 1958 version.
1922: Count Orlok from Nosferatu, directed by F.W. Murnau
Based on Dracula, Orlok (Max Schreck) is also not much of a love-interest, probably because he’s so damn ugly. But he is tricked into thinking he’s desired at the end, as Ellen (Greta Schroder) gives up her body as a self-sacrificial attempt to stop the spread of vampirism to others. Or because she’s like those cruel popular girls at school who’d tease the nerds for their own narcissistic pleasure.
1966-1971: Barnabas Collins from Dark Shadows, created by Dan Curtis
He should have never cheated on his true love, Josette, or he might never have been turned into a vampire by his jilted, supernatural mistress, Angelique (Lara Parker). And Josette might never have killed herself. Ever since, Barnabus (Jonathan Frid) has just been looking to replace her, whether with look-a-likes or her actual reincarnated spirit. And no girl wants to feel like she’s a substitute for another woman, even if she’s supposedly that woman reborn.
1969-present: Vampirella from miscellaneous Vampirella comics, created by Forrest J. Ackerman
Though a vampire hunter by trade, Adam Van Helsing couldn’t help falling for Vampirella the moment he first laid eyes on her. He would say that it’s because she’s not like other vampires, that she’s not evil. But he’s a guy, and really the immediate attraction was that body and its near lack of clothing.
1970: Carmilla from The Vampire Lovers, directed by Roy Ward Baker
Ingrid Pitt is hot and all, and those longing stares of hers are enchanting, but the only reason she has more luck seducing friends like Emma (Madeline Smith) than did her 19th century literary counterpart is because this film was made at a time when experimentation with lesbianism was becoming more acceptable, especially to the guys who went to these kinds of movies. Not surprisingly, there would be plenty more soft-core lesbian vampire movies to come.
1972: Prince Mamuwalde from Blacula, directed by William Crain
Blacula (William Marshall) may be one smooth vampire, but he’s not so good at keeping his ladylove from being killed…twice! At least he comes to the understanding that he’s as dangerous as he is attractive and so doesn’t allow any more women to succumb to his seductions.
1979: Count Dracula from Love at First Bite, directed by Stan Dragoti
Thanks to blood banks, Dracula (George Hamilton) no longer needs to be such a villain, and he can devote himself more fully to romantic pursuits. Unfortunately, he’s got issues similar to those of Barnabus Collins and is only after a girl (Susan Saint James) who reminds him of his true love, Mina Harker. Fortunately, she’s kind of flaky and she doesn’t mind being a substitute.
1983: Miriam Blaylock from The Hunger, directed by Tony Scott
No man or woman can resist the beauty of this vampire played by Catherine Deneuve, but her lovers pay a terrible price. They become immortal yet they still age, so they end up looking like the walking dead rather than the undead. Still, Miriam has amazing seductive powers, and even after seeing what has happened to one companion/victim, and even though she’s married and not a lesbian, Dr. Sarah Roberts (Susan Sarandon) can’t help climbing into bed with the gorgeous creature.
1985: Countess from Once Bitten, directed by Howard Storm
With a girlfriend as hot as his, Mark (Jim Carrey) should just wait for her. But as a teenage male, he’s got to have sex, and like many young dudes, a sexy older woman is the answer. But not only does she not take his virginity, she begins turning him into a vampire and, worse, won’t allow his attempt at a one-night stand be simply that.
1987: Star from The Lost Boys, directed by Joel Schumacher
She’s only a half-vampire, but that makes Star (Jami Gertz) all the more appealing to the new guy in town, Michael (Jason Patric). Especially when it turns out she’s not a full-blown vampire because she didn’t kill him as instructed.
1989: Rachel from Vampire’s Kiss, directed by Robert Bierman
Like Countess from Once Bitten, this beautiful vampire (played by Jennifer Beals) similarly serves as a caution against one-night stands. But she could also just be a figment of Nicolas Cage’s character’s imagination.
1992: Count Dracula from Bram Stoker’s Dracula, directed by Francis Ford Coppola
Those sunglasses are downright sexy, but thanks to a prologue connecting Dracula to Vlad the Impaler, the titular vampire (played by Gary Oldman) has pretty much the same obsession issues he exhibits in Love at First Bite. He’s just after Mina (Winona Ryder) because she resembles his love from centuries earlier. Which means that girl in 1979 actually reminds him of Elisabeta.
1994: Lestat and Louis from Interview with the Vampire, directed by Neil Jordan
It’s kind of like My Two Dads, only one of the guys is actually into the other guy and the non-bisexual one acquired their “daughter” (Kirsten Dunst) by metaphorically pedophilic means. And 30 years later she can’t forgive him for having his way with her, forever stunting her growth as a woman. Dysfunctional family or strange vampiric romance? When you’re as good looking as Tom Cruise or Brad Pitt, it’s hard not to attract all sorts of admirers and possibly complicated relationships.
1995: Maximillian from Vampire in Brooklyn, directed by Wes Craven
Even for the ‘90s, that mullet was not attractive, yet it somehow didn’t deter Angela Bassett’s character from falling victim to Eddie Murphy’s advances, as well as his fangs.
1997-2003: Angel and Spike from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, created by Joss Whedon
Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar) is apparently similar to Adam in the Vampirella comics, because even though it’s her job to slay vampires, sometimes she can’t help but have sex with them. It’s not her fault though, especially if they have a soul and look like hunky actor David Boreanaz, or if they’re just Billy Idol-sexy like actor James Marsters.
2003: Selena from Underworld, directed by Len Wiseman
It’s hard enough making a relationship work between a vampire and a human, but vampire on werewolf love is totally out of the question. Or is it vampire on vampire/werewolf hybrid love? Who cares, Kate Beckinsale is hot in that leather outfit! Whatever he is, Michael (Scott Speedman) is a lucky man, or something.
2008: Bill Compton from True Blood, created by Alan Ball
At last, vampires have gained civil rights, yet interspecies love is still not completely acceptable. This of course makes them even more appealing to open-minded and sexually curious individuals like Sookie (Anna Paquin), who is immediately smitten with Bill the vampire (Stephen Moyer) when he walks into her bar/life.
2008: Eli from Let the Right One In, directed by Thomas Alfredson
Many young boys tormented by bullies eventually turn to the goth subculture for acceptance. And typically the initial attraction is by way of a cute goth chick, similar to the crush Oskar (Kare Hedebrant) has on his new neighbor, Eli (Lina Leandersson). But if that chick turns out to actually be a vampire and is able to fight her boyfriend’s battles for him, it might be time for that guy to find a new crush and subculture. Hint: ska girls are cute, too, if there’s any still out there.
2008: Edward Cullen from Twilight, directed by Catherine Hardwicke
He may be the hottest thing to happen to young girls since The Beatles, but he’s obviously more of a fantasy, not being real and all. Still, to fellow character Bella (Kristen Stewart), he’s absolutely perfect, and perfectly incarnate. It’s a little strange that he’s 108-years-old and still attending high school — or maybe that’s just his way of finding statutory rape victims — but otherwise he’s attractive in every single way. Except that he’s not human, and he puts her life in danger. But apparently those things are part of the allure of vampires. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Re:WTF? Pattinson the Ultimate Badass Vampire?</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/groups/Filmgaming/Re_WTF_Pattinson_the_Ultimate_Badass_Vampire/563/37482/1/ShowPost.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t067877s5ya.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/122321/default.aspx'>seely</a><br/>
<strong>Post To:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/groups/Filmgaming/563/discussions.aspx'>Filmgaming</a><br/>
<strong>Post Date:</strong> 11/20/2008 11:22:51 AM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> Pattison?  Bad ass?  First, he's two pretty.  Lugosi was so deranged and creepy that Pattison would run out of the room crying if they ever met.  Second, Pattison doesn't drink human blood!  What kind of crappy vampire doesn't drink human blood!?  Arrrgh!  Beckinsale FTW. [quote user="SkyPilot"] If you've been paying any attention to the Vampire Cage Match this week at spout.com/vampires, you'll have noticed that Robert Pattinson of Twilight is mopping the floor with every vampire he faces. I could understand his victory over Tom Cruise (Interview With a Vampire), but now that he's crushed Gary Oldman, I think there's something rotten in Transylvania... The Vampire Cage Match is about finding the ultimate badass vampire, not the Vampire Most Likely to Get Laid This Week! What do you guys think? Can Kate Beckinsale pull through? Or have the baddest vampires already been eliminated? Vote: Pattinson vs. Beckinsale Discuss: WTF?   [/quote]<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:22:51 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>seely</spout:postby><spout:postto>Filmgaming</spout:postto><spout:postdate>11/20/2008 11:22:51 AM</spout:postdate><spout:body>Pattison?  Bad ass?  First, he's two pretty.  Lugosi was so deranged and creepy that Pattison would run out of the room crying if they ever met.  Second, Pattison doesn't drink human blood!  What kind of crappy vampire doesn't drink human blood!?  Arrrgh!  Beckinsale FTW. [quote user="SkyPilot"] If you've been paying any attention to the Vampire Cage Match this week at spout.com/vampires, you'll have noticed that Robert Pattinson of Twilight is mopping the floor with every vampire he faces. I could understand his victory over Tom Cruise (Interview With a Vampire), but now that he's crushed Gary Oldman, I think there's something rotten in Transylvania... The Vampire Cage Match is about finding the ultimate badass vampire, not the Vampire Most Likely to Get Laid This Week! What do you guys think? Can Kate Beckinsale pull through? Or have the baddest vampires already been eliminated? Vote: Pattinson vs. Beckinsale Discuss: WTF?   [/quote]</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: WTF? Pattinson the Ultimate Badass Vampire?</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/groups/Filmgaming/WTF_Pattinson_the_Ultimate_Badass_Vampire/563/37479/1/ShowPost.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t067877s5ya.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/2470/default.aspx'>SkyPilot</a><br/>
<strong>Post To:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/groups/Filmgaming/563/discussions.aspx'>Filmgaming</a><br/>
<strong>Post Date:</strong> 11/20/2008 11:00:44 AM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> If you've paid any attention to the Vampire Cage Match this week at spout.com/vampires, you've noticed Twilight's Robert Pattinson is mopping the floor with every vampire he faces. I could understand his victory over Tom Cruise (Interview With a Vampire), but now that he's crushed Gary Oldman, I think there's something very rotten in Transylvania... The Vampire Cage Match is about finding the ultimate badass vampire, not the Vampire Most Likely to Get Laid This Week! What do you guys think? Can Kate Beckinsale pull through? Or have the baddest vampires already been eliminated? Vote: Pattinson vs. Beckinsale Discuss: WTF?  <br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:00:44 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>SkyPilot</spout:postby><spout:postto>Filmgaming</spout:postto><spout:postdate>11/20/2008 11:00:44 AM</spout:postdate><spout:body>If you've paid any attention to the Vampire Cage Match this week at spout.com/vampires, you've noticed Twilight's Robert Pattinson is mopping the floor with every vampire he faces. I could understand his victory over Tom Cruise (Interview With a Vampire), but now that he's crushed Gary Oldman, I think there's something very rotten in Transylvania... The Vampire Cage Match is about finding the ultimate badass vampire, not the Vampire Most Likely to Get Laid This Week! What do you guys think? Can Kate Beckinsale pull through? Or have the baddest vampires already been eliminated? Vote: Pattinson vs. Beckinsale Discuss: WTF?  </spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Re:New Movies 11/21 -- Sexy vampires in TWILIGHT, ferocious hamsters in BOLT</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/groups/Coming_Soon/Re_New_Movies_11_21_Sexy_vampires_in_TWILIGHT/216/37437/1/ShowPost.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t067877s5ya.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/5353/default.aspx'>Risselada</a><br/>
<strong>Post To:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/groups/Coming_Soon/216/discussions.aspx'>Coming Soon</a><br/>
<strong>Post Date:</strong> 11/19/2008 11:12:01 AM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> [quote user="SkyPilot"] [quote user="Risselada"] [quote user="SkyPilot"]Vote in our Vampire Cage Match  Robert Pattinson, who plays Peter Cullen in Twilight, is one of the 16 vampires in Spout's Vampire Cage Match. Should Robert win his first match against Tom Cruise's Lestat (Interview With the Vampire)? Make your vote heard in the pretty-boy bloodletting, humans! [/quote] Uh, I just checked it out.  Basically the newer the movie the more votes it gets.  Gary Oldman, Christopher Lee, and Max Schreck are all being clobbered in votes by young pretty ladies from the past few years.  Too bad there is no dicussion board attached to the poll to discuss any of it. [quote user="SkyPilot"]5. I Can't Think Straight -- Watch the trailer. Two women, one a Christian and the other a Muslim, fall in love. Obviously their cultures are not very ready or willing to accept their relationship. Directed by Hamin Sarif and based on her autobiographical novel The World Unseen.[/quote] OBVIOUSLY Adam.  OBVIOUSLY. [/quote] I think I meant, "foreseeably."   :)     Risselada, you dog! You're a dog and gentleman. You made me realize I was unclear. For anyone who wants to know, this is what I was thinking... We probably all know Christians and/or Muslims who find homosexuality to be sinful. I was only partly thinking of thiswhen I said "Obviously their cultures are not very ready or willing to accept their relationship." I was mainly thinking this: after reading the synopsis to I Can't Think Straight, I felt like I could predict the inner and outer conflicts the characters face throughout the whole movie. This didn't make me very excited to see it. However, I could be wrong about the movie, so I'm interested in the reactions of people who see it. However, since the story is based on Shamim Sharif's autobiography, I mean no disrespect to her. In a sense, if the film is predictable, it reminds us of (possibly hostile) religious perspectives that homosexuals must deal with on a daily basis. Whether Sharif's movie is good or bad, her story's real, and I imagine it holds quite a bit of real suffering. That's something I take very seriously. So Risselada, thanks for making me laugh while highlighting my bias. If I veil my lack of enthusiasm so poorly, I should at least be clear about why I'm not enthusiastic, right? Most romances bore me.   [/quote] Sorry, I didn't mean to make you sound like a "doofus" as your mass email stated.  Of course I was bating you or anyone else to a response without really saying much myself. But of course I see what you are saying.  It's not that you individually would assume that societies of either religions would be hostile towards such a relationship.  But I think most of us are not surprised that a film dealing with such a scenario shows these societies as being hostile.  Again, whether these responses are fairly cliche or more complex or meaningful is yet to be seen without actually watching the movie.  But I think we've heard of enough films like this that it's hard not to expect something in particular. You always respond so well even when I get a bit captious.<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:12:01 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>Risselada</spout:postby><spout:postto>Coming Soon</spout:postto><spout:postdate>11/19/2008 11:12:01 AM</spout:postdate><spout:body>[quote user="SkyPilot"] [quote user="Risselada"] [quote user="SkyPilot"]Vote in our Vampire Cage Match  Robert Pattinson, who plays Peter Cullen in Twilight, is one of the 16 vampires in Spout's Vampire Cage Match. Should Robert win his first match against Tom Cruise's Lestat (Interview With the Vampire)? Make your vote heard in the pretty-boy bloodletting, humans! [/quote] Uh, I just checked it out.  Basically the newer the movie the more votes it gets.  Gary Oldman, Christopher Lee, and Max Schreck are all being clobbered in votes by young pretty ladies from the past few years.  Too bad there is no dicussion board attached to the poll to discuss any of it. [quote user="SkyPilot"]5. I Can't Think Straight -- Watch the trailer. Two women, one a Christian and the other a Muslim, fall in love. Obviously their cultures are not very ready or willing to accept their relationship. Directed by Hamin Sarif and based on her autobiographical novel The World Unseen.[/quote] OBVIOUSLY Adam.  OBVIOUSLY. [/quote] I think I meant, "foreseeably."   :)     Risselada, you dog! You're a dog and gentleman. You made me realize I was unclear. For anyone who wants to know, this is what I was thinking... We probably all know Christians and/or Muslims who find homosexuality to be sinful. I was only partly thinking of thiswhen I said "Obviously their cultures are not very ready or willing to accept their relationship." I was mainly thinking this: after reading the synopsis to I Can't Think Straight, I felt like I could predict the inner and outer conflicts the characters face throughout the whole movie. This didn't make me very excited to see it. However, I could be wrong about the movie, so I'm interested in the reactions of people who see it. However, since the story is based on Shamim Sharif's autobiography, I mean no disrespect to her. In a sense, if the film is predictable, it reminds us of (possibly hostile) religious perspectives that homosexuals must deal with on a daily basis. Whether Sharif's movie is good or bad, her story's real, and I imagine it holds quite a bit of real suffering. That's something I take very seriously. So Risselada, thanks for making me laugh while highlighting my bias. If I veil my lack of enthusiasm so poorly, I should at least be clear about why I'm not enthusiastic, right? Most romances bore me.   [/quote] Sorry, I didn't mean to make you sound like a "doofus" as your mass email stated.  Of course I was bating you or anyone else to a response without really saying much myself. But of course I see what you are saying.  It's not that you individually would assume that societies of either religions would be hostile towards such a relationship.  But I think most of us are not surprised that a film dealing with such a scenario shows these societies as being hostile.  Again, whether these responses are fairly cliche or more complex or meaningful is yet to be seen without actually watching the movie.  But I think we've heard of enough films like this that it's hard not to expect something in particular. You always respond so well even when I get a bit captious.</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Re:New Movies 11/21 -- Sexy vampires in TWILIGHT, ferocious hamsters in BOLT</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/groups/Coming_Soon/Re_New_Movies_11_21_Sexy_vampires_in_TWILIGHT/216/37410/1/ShowPost.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t067877s5ya.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/2470/default.aspx'>SkyPilot</a><br/>
<strong>Post To:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/groups/Coming_Soon/216/discussions.aspx'>Coming Soon</a><br/>
<strong>Post Date:</strong> 11/18/2008 3:13:49 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> [quote user="Risselada"] [quote user="SkyPilot"]Vote in our Vampire Cage Match  Robert Pattinson, who plays Peter Cullen in Twilight, is one of the 16 vampires in Spout's Vampire Cage Match. Should Robert win his first match against Tom Cruise's Lestat (Interview With the Vampire)? Make your vote heard in the pretty-boy bloodletting, humans! [/quote] Uh, I just checked it out.  Basically the newer the movie the more votes it gets.  Gary Oldman, Christopher Lee, and Max Schreck are all being clobbered in votes by young pretty ladies from the past few years.  Too bad there is no dicussion board attached to the poll to discuss any of it. [quote user="SkyPilot"]5. I Can't Think Straight -- Watch the trailer. Two women, one a Christian and the other a Muslim, fall in love. Obviously their cultures are not very ready or willing to accept their relationship. Directed by Hamin Sarif and based on her autobiographical novel The World Unseen.[/quote] OBVIOUSLY Adam.  OBVIOUSLY. [/quote] I think I meant, "foreseeably."   :)     Risselada, you dog! You're a dog and gentleman. You made me realize I was unclear. For anyone who wants to know, this is what I was thinking... We probably all know Christians and/or Muslims who find homosexuality to be sinful. I was only partly thinking of thiswhen I said "Obviously their cultures are not very ready or willing to accept their relationship." I was mainly thinking this: after reading the synopsis to I Can't Think Straight, I felt like I could predict the inner and outer conflicts the characters face throughout the whole movie. This didn't make me very excited to see it. However, I could be wrong about the movie, so I'm interested in the reactions of people who see it. However, since the story is based on Shamim Sharif's autobiography, I mean no disrespect to her. In a sense, if the film is predictable, it reminds us of (possibly hostile) religious perspectives that homosexuals must deal with on a daily basis. Whether Sharif's movie is good or bad, her story's real, and I imagine it holds quite a bit of real suffering. That's something I take very seriously. So Risselada, thanks for making me laugh while highlighting my bias. If I veil my lack of enthusiasm so poorly, I should at least be clear about why I'm not enthusiastic, right? Most romances bore me.  <br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:13:49 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>SkyPilot</spout:postby><spout:postto>Coming Soon</spout:postto><spout:postdate>11/18/2008 3:13:49 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>[quote user="Risselada"] [quote user="SkyPilot"]Vote in our Vampire Cage Match  Robert Pattinson, who plays Peter Cullen in Twilight, is one of the 16 vampires in Spout's Vampire Cage Match. Should Robert win his first match against Tom Cruise's Lestat (Interview With the Vampire)? Make your vote heard in the pretty-boy bloodletting, humans! [/quote] Uh, I just checked it out.  Basically the newer the movie the more votes it gets.  Gary Oldman, Christopher Lee, and Max Schreck are all being clobbered in votes by young pretty ladies from the past few years.  Too bad there is no dicussion board attached to the poll to discuss any of it. [quote user="SkyPilot"]5. I Can't Think Straight -- Watch the trailer. Two women, one a Christian and the other a Muslim, fall in love. Obviously their cultures are not very ready or willing to accept their relationship. Directed by Hamin Sarif and based on her autobiographical novel The World Unseen.[/quote] OBVIOUSLY Adam.  OBVIOUSLY. [/quote] I think I meant, "foreseeably."   :)     Risselada, you dog! You're a dog and gentleman. You made me realize I was unclear. For anyone who wants to know, this is what I was thinking... We probably all know Christians and/or Muslims who find homosexuality to be sinful. I was only partly thinking of thiswhen I said "Obviously their cultures are not very ready or willing to accept their relationship." I was mainly thinking this: after reading the synopsis to I Can't Think Straight, I felt like I could predict the inner and outer conflicts the characters face throughout the whole movie. This didn't make me very excited to see it. However, I could be wrong about the movie, so I'm interested in the reactions of people who see it. However, since the story is based on Shamim Sharif's autobiography, I mean no disrespect to her. In a sense, if the film is predictable, it reminds us of (possibly hostile) religious perspectives that homosexuals must deal with on a daily basis. Whether Sharif's movie is good or bad, her story's real, and I imagine it holds quite a bit of real suffering. That's something I take very seriously. So Risselada, thanks for making me laugh while highlighting my bias. If I veil my lack of enthusiasm so poorly, I should at least be clear about why I'm not enthusiastic, right? Most romances bore me.  </spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Re:New Movies 11/21 -- Sexy vampires in TWILIGHT, ferocious hamsters in BOLT</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/groups/Coming_Soon/Re_New_Movies_11_21_Sexy_vampires_in_TWILIGHT/216/37405/1/ShowPost.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t067877s5ya.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/5353/default.aspx'>Risselada</a><br/>
<strong>Post To:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/groups/Coming_Soon/216/discussions.aspx'>Coming Soon</a><br/>
<strong>Post Date:</strong> 11/18/2008 12:24:32 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> [quote user="SkyPilot"]Vote in our Vampire Cage Match  Robert Pattinson, who plays Peter Cullen in Twilight, is one of the 16 vampires in Spout's Vampire Cage Match. Should Robert win his first match against Tom Cruise's Lestat (Interview With the Vampire)? Make your vote heard in the pretty-boy bloodletting, humans! [/quote] Uh, I just checked it out.  Basically the newer the movie the more votes it gets.  Gary Oldman, Christopher Lee, and Max Schreck are all being clobbered in votes by young pretty ladies from the past few years.  Too bad there is no dicussion board attached to the poll to discuss any of it. [quote user="SkyPilot"]5. I Can't Think Straight -- Watch the trailer. Two women, one a Christian and the other a Muslim, fall in love. Obviously their cultures are not very ready or willing to accept their relationship. Directed by Hamin Sarif and based on her autobiographical novel The World Unseen.[/quote] OBVIOUSLY Adam.  OBVIOUSLY.<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:24:32 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>Risselada</spout:postby><spout:postto>Coming Soon</spout:postto><spout:postdate>11/18/2008 12:24:32 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>[quote user="SkyPilot"]Vote in our Vampire Cage Match  Robert Pattinson, who plays Peter Cullen in Twilight, is one of the 16 vampires in Spout's Vampire Cage Match. Should Robert win his first match against Tom Cruise's Lestat (Interview With the Vampire)? Make your vote heard in the pretty-boy bloodletting, humans! [/quote] Uh, I just checked it out.  Basically the newer the movie the more votes it gets.  Gary Oldman, Christopher Lee, and Max Schreck are all being clobbered in votes by young pretty ladies from the past few years.  Too bad there is no dicussion board attached to the poll to discuss any of it. [quote user="SkyPilot"]5. I Can't Think Straight -- Watch the trailer. Two women, one a Christian and the other a Muslim, fall in love. Obviously their cultures are not very ready or willing to accept their relationship. Directed by Hamin Sarif and based on her autobiographical novel The World Unseen.[/quote] OBVIOUSLY Adam.  OBVIOUSLY.</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: New Movies 11/21 -- Sexy vampires in TWILIGHT, ferocious hamsters in BOLT</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/groups/Coming_Soon/New_Movies_11_21_Sexy_vampires_in_TWILIGHT_fer/216/37372/1/ShowPost.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t067877s5ya.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/2470/default.aspx'>SkyPilot</a><br/>
<strong>Post To:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/groups/Coming_Soon/216/discussions.aspx'>Coming Soon</a><br/>
<strong>Post Date:</strong> 11/17/2008 12:52:13 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> 1. Bolt -- Watch the trailer. In Disney's latest, a puppy named Bolt (voiced by John Travolta) is famous for playing a superhero dog on TV. When he sets out to save his owner (voiced by Miley Ray Cyrus) from harm, he's shocked to discover that he's just a normal dog. Luckily, a cat and a hamster are willing to help him.  Whoever sees this movie, I'm interested in your reactions. I might see it for that hamster. He gets cuter as he grows more ferocious.  2. Twilight -- Watch the trailer and read the sex-charged press conference from Comic-Con. Twilight stars a bunch of good-looking teens, and most of them are vampires. Who here has daydreamed about being a teenage vampire? I haven't, but sometimes I daydream about being a tween werewolf, or a toddler from the Black Lagoon.  :)   Vote in our Vampire Cage Match  Robert Pattinson, who plays Peter Cullen in Twilight, is one of the 16 vampires in Spout's Vampire Cage Match. Should Robert win his first match against Tom Cruise's Lestat (Interview With the Vampire)? Make your vote heard in the pretty-boy bloodletting, humans!    3. Nerakhoon (The Betrayal) -- In this documentary, Laotian filmmaker Thavisouk Phrasavath tells the story of Laotian refugees struggling through hardship and extreme poverty during the Vietnam War. His family was among the refugees, but the film moves beyond their experience, looking at the political events that caused the refugees' situation. I'm fuzzy on the history, but I know America was waging a secret air war against Laos at the time. Phrasavath has been piecing this narrative together for 23 years.  It looks like one of those stories that, if told in American history books at all, it's told too briefly.   4. Special -- Watch the trailer. A lonely, comics-obsessed parking enforcement officer volunteers to try an experimental antidepressant. The side effects: either he's lost his mind, or he's actually developed superpowers. Can he trust his own perceptions?  5. I Can't Think Straight -- Watch the trailer. Two women, one a Christian and the other a Muslim, fall in love. Obviously their cultures are not very ready or willing to accept their relationship. Directed by Hamin Sarif and based on her autobiographical novel The World Unseen.  6. Lake City -- An estranged mother (Sissy Spacek) and son (Troy Garity, who plays Harvey from Sunshine), come together to save their home from villainous Dave Matthews. (Yes, that Dave Matthews.)  Speaking of Sunshine, I haven't seen it. Would you guys recommend it? 7. Yuvvraaj Indian film. Musical drama about a hard-on-his-luck singer who vows to become a billionaire within 40 days, while at the same time trying to mend his broken relationships with his brothers. I can really relate to this story; it happened to me once.    :)                                                           <br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:52:13 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>SkyPilot</spout:postby><spout:postto>Coming Soon</spout:postto><spout:postdate>11/17/2008 12:52:13 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>1. Bolt -- Watch the trailer. In Disney's latest, a puppy named Bolt (voiced by John Travolta) is famous for playing a superhero dog on TV. When he sets out to save his owner (voiced by Miley Ray Cyrus) from harm, he's shocked to discover that he's just a normal dog. Luckily, a cat and a hamster are willing to help him.  Whoever sees this movie, I'm interested in your reactions. I might see it for that hamster. He gets cuter as he grows more ferocious.  2. Twilight -- Watch the trailer and read the sex-charged press conference from Comic-Con. Twilight stars a bunch of good-looking teens, and most of them are vampires. Who here has daydreamed about being a teenage vampire? I haven't, but sometimes I daydream about being a tween werewolf, or a toddler from the Black Lagoon.  :)   Vote in our Vampire Cage Match  Robert Pattinson, who plays Peter Cullen in Twilight, is one of the 16 vampires in Spout's Vampire Cage Match. Should Robert win his first match against Tom Cruise's Lestat (Interview With the Vampire)? Make your vote heard in the pretty-boy bloodletting, humans!    3. Nerakhoon (The Betrayal) -- In this documentary, Laotian filmmaker Thavisouk Phrasavath tells the story of Laotian refugees struggling through hardship and extreme poverty during the Vietnam War. His family was among the refugees, but the film moves beyond their experience, looking at the political events that caused the refugees' situation. I'm fuzzy on the history, but I know America was waging a secret air war against Laos at the time. Phrasavath has been piecing this narrative together for 23 years.  It looks like one of those stories that, if told in American history books at all, it's told too briefly.   4. Special -- Watch the trailer. A lonely, comics-obsessed parking enforcement officer volunteers to try an experimental antidepressant. The side effects: either he's lost his mind, or he's actually developed superpowers. Can he trust his own perceptions?  5. I Can't Think Straight -- Watch the trailer. Two women, one a Christian and the other a Muslim, fall in love. Obviously their cultures are not very ready or willing to accept their relationship. Directed by Hamin Sarif and based on her autobiographical novel The World Unseen.  6. Lake City -- An estranged mother (Sissy Spacek) and son (Troy Garity, who plays Harvey from Sunshine), come together to save their home from villainous Dave Matthews. (Yes, that Dave Matthews.)  Speaking of Sunshine, I haven't seen it. Would you guys recommend it? 7. Yuvvraaj Indian film. Musical drama about a hard-on-his-luck singer who vows to become a billionaire within 40 days, while at the same time trying to mend his broken relationships with his brothers. I can really relate to this story; it happened to me once.    :)                                                           </spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Re:Weekly Theme for November 3: The Movies in the Movie</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/groups/Weekly_Theme/Re_Weekly_Theme_for_November_3_The_Movies_in_the/625/36904/1/ShowPost.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t067877s5ya.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/119628/default.aspx'>mercurial</a><br/>
<strong>Post To:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/groups/Weekly_Theme/625/discussions.aspx'>Weekly Theme</a><br/>
<strong>Post Date:</strong> 11/3/2008 1:35:14 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> This is one of those things that's really hard to recall, yet I know I know an insane amount of them. WALL-E  - &gt; Hello, Dolly! Donnie Darko  - &gt; Evil Dead The Dreamers  - &gt; Freaks, Bande &agrave; Part, etc. Full of references. Interview With The Vampire  - &gt; Tequila Sunrise, Superman, Gone With The WInd Natural Born Killers  - &gt; Loaded with references to countless films and television. Home Alone  - &gt; Angels With Dirty Faces   That's it for now . . .<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:35:14 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>mercurial</spout:postby><spout:postto>Weekly Theme</spout:postto><spout:postdate>11/3/2008 1:35:14 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>This is one of those things that's really hard to recall, yet I know I know an insane amount of them. WALL-E  - &amp;gt; Hello, Dolly! Donnie Darko  - &amp;gt; Evil Dead The Dreamers  - &amp;gt; Freaks, Bande &amp;agrave; Part, etc. Full of references. Interview With The Vampire  - &amp;gt; Tequila Sunrise, Superman, Gone With The WInd Natural Born Killers  - &amp;gt; Loaded with references to countless films and television. Home Alone  - &amp;gt; Angels With Dirty Faces   That's it for now . . .</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Weekly Theme for October 27: I Put A Spell On You!</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/groups/Weekly_Theme/Weekly_Theme_for_October_27_I_Put_A_Spell_On_You/625/36702/1/ShowPost.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t067877s5ya.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/119628/default.aspx'>mercurial</a><br/>
<strong>Post To:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/groups/Weekly_Theme/625/discussions.aspx'>Weekly Theme</a><br/>
<strong>Post Date:</strong> 10/27/2008 5:16:59 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> With Halloween only a few days away - old people getting their stores of pennies ready to unload on ungrateful tweens inappropriately underdressed as Britney Spears to the benefit of the local pedophiles - this week's theme is devoted to that staple of Halloween lore: the witch. Nowadays, the traditionally ugly wench with pointy hat and warted nose of The WIzard of Oz has been replaced by a flawless, Playboy centerfold body scantily clad in skintight black spandex and perfectly coifed mane of blonde hair with skanky purple highlights like Nicole Kidman in Practical Magic. While the oft forgotten male equivalent, the Warlock, with his itchy black robe and peculiar soul patch has been abandoned for anachronistically attired Abercrombie models with a good sprinkling of Brad Pitt in Interview With The Vampire like those in The Covenant. Ranging from the family-friendly features like Hocus Pocus and Snow White to the vomit-inducing The Blair Witch Project and Suspiria, witches and warlocks weave their spells throughout the cinematic world to the dismay of easily duped virgins just waiting to be sacrificed. So put down that over-sized bag of miniature Snickers and get started on this week's theme!  <br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 21:16:59 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>mercurial</spout:postby><spout:postto>Weekly Theme</spout:postto><spout:postdate>10/27/2008 5:16:59 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>With Halloween only a few days away - old people getting their stores of pennies ready to unload on ungrateful tweens inappropriately underdressed as Britney Spears to the benefit of the local pedophiles - this week's theme is devoted to that staple of Halloween lore: the witch. Nowadays, the traditionally ugly wench with pointy hat and warted nose of The WIzard of Oz has been replaced by a flawless, Playboy centerfold body scantily clad in skintight black spandex and perfectly coifed mane of blonde hair with skanky purple highlights like Nicole Kidman in Practical Magic. While the oft forgotten male equivalent, the Warlock, with his itchy black robe and peculiar soul patch has been abandoned for anachronistically attired Abercrombie models with a good sprinkling of Brad Pitt in Interview With The Vampire like those in The Covenant. Ranging from the family-friendly features like Hocus Pocus and Snow White to the vomit-inducing The Blair Witch Project and Suspiria, witches and warlocks weave their spells throughout the cinematic world to the dismay of easily duped virgins just waiting to be sacrificed. So put down that over-sized bag of miniature Snickers and get started on this week's theme!  </spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Tag:Classic</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/Classic/MemberTagFilms.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div style='display:block;height:120px;width:400px;font:10px/10px Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;'><a href='/members/0/tags/Classic/MemberTagFilms.aspx'>Classic</a>
<strong><br/> Number of films tagged:</strong> 816</br><br/>
<strong>Number of people who tagged:</strong> 312</br><br/>
<strong>Number of times used:</strong> 1453</br><br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 22:54:36 GMT</pubDate><spout:numFilms>816</spout:numFilms><spout:numPeople>312</spout:numPeople><spout:timesUsed>1453</spout:timesUsed><spout:type>Tag</spout:type></item>
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      <title>Spout Tag:Loved-It</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/Loved-It/MemberTagFilms.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div style='display:block;height:120px;width:400px;font:10px/10px Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;'><a href='/members/0/tags/Loved-It/MemberTagFilms.aspx'>Loved-It</a>
<strong><br/> Number of films tagged:</strong> 509</br><br/>
<strong>Number of people who tagged:</strong> 179</br><br/>
<strong>Number of times used:</strong> 921</br><br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:56:35 GMT</pubDate><spout:numFilms>509</spout:numFilms><spout:numPeople>179</spout:numPeople><spout:timesUsed>921</spout:timesUsed><spout:type>Tag</spout:type></item>
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      <title>Spout Tag:romance</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/romance/MemberTagFilms.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div style='display:block;height:120px;width:400px;font:10px/10px Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;'><a href='/members/0/tags/romance/MemberTagFilms.aspx'>romance</a>
<strong><br/> Number of films tagged:</strong> 7161</br><br/>
<strong>Number of people who tagged:</strong> 169</br><br/>
<strong>Number of times used:</strong> 1003</br><br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 01:28:29 GMT</pubDate><spout:numFilms>7161</spout:numFilms><spout:numPeople>169</spout:numPeople><spout:timesUsed>1003</spout:timesUsed><spout:type>Tag</spout:type></item>
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      <title>Spout Tag:amazing</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/amazing/MemberTagFilms.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div style='display:block;height:120px;width:400px;font:10px/10px Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;'><a href='/members/0/tags/amazing/MemberTagFilms.aspx'>amazing</a>
<strong><br/> Number of films tagged:</strong> 179</br><br/>
<strong>Number of people who tagged:</strong> 156</br><br/>
<strong>Number of times used:</strong> 253</br><br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 05:49:13 GMT</pubDate><spout:numFilms>179</spout:numFilms><spout:numPeople>156</spout:numPeople><spout:timesUsed>253</spout:timesUsed><spout:type>Tag</spout:type></item>
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      <title>Spout Tag:friendship</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/friendship/MemberTagFilms.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div style='display:block;height:120px;width:400px;font:10px/10px Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;'><a href='/members/0/tags/friendship/MemberTagFilms.aspx'>friendship</a>
<strong><br/> Number of films tagged:</strong> 6791</br><br/>
<strong>Number of people who tagged:</strong> 154</br><br/>
<strong>Number of times used:</strong> 979</br><br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:08:37 GMT</pubDate><spout:numFilms>6791</spout:numFilms><spout:numPeople>154</spout:numPeople><spout:timesUsed>979</spout:timesUsed><spout:type>Tag</spout:type></item>
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      <title>Spout Tag:revenge</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/revenge/MemberTagFilms.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div style='display:block;height:120px;width:400px;font:10px/10px Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;'><a href='/members/0/tags/revenge/MemberTagFilms.aspx'>revenge</a>
<strong><br/> Number of films tagged:</strong> 5189</br><br/>
<strong>Number of people who tagged:</strong> 145</br><br/>
<strong>Number of times used:</strong> 489</br><br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:13:41 GMT</pubDate><spout:numFilms>5189</spout:numFilms><spout:numPeople>145</spout:numPeople><spout:timesUsed>489</spout:timesUsed><spout:type>Tag</spout:type></item>
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      <title>Spout Tag:dark</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/dark/MemberTagFilms.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div style='display:block;height:120px;width:400px;font:10px/10px Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;'><a href='/members/0/tags/dark/MemberTagFilms.aspx'>dark</a>
<strong><br/> Number of films tagged:</strong> 223</br><br/>
<strong>Number of people who tagged:</strong> 137</br><br/>
<strong>Number of times used:</strong> 390</br><br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 22:40:47 GMT</pubDate><spout:numFilms>223</spout:numFilms><spout:numPeople>137</spout:numPeople><spout:timesUsed>390</spout:timesUsed><spout:type>Tag</spout:type></item>
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      <title>Spout Tag:movie</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/movie/MemberTagFilms.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div style='display:block;height:120px;width:400px;font:10px/10px Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;'><a href='/members/0/tags/movie/MemberTagFilms.aspx'>movie</a>
<strong><br/> Number of films tagged:</strong> 363</br><br/>
<strong>Number of people who tagged:</strong> 114</br><br/>
<strong>Number of times used:</strong> 187</br><br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:09:46 GMT</pubDate><spout:numFilms>363</spout:numFilms><spout:numPeople>114</spout:numPeople><spout:timesUsed>187</spout:timesUsed><spout:type>Tag</spout:type></item>
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      <title>Spout Tag:Best</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/Best/MemberTagFilms.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div style='display:block;height:120px;width:400px;font:10px/10px Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;'><a href='/members/0/tags/Best/MemberTagFilms.aspx'>Best</a>
<strong><br/> Number of films tagged:</strong> 78</br><br/>
<strong>Number of people who tagged:</strong> 91</br><br/>
<strong>Number of times used:</strong> 122</br><br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 02:01:38 GMT</pubDate><spout:numFilms>78</spout:numFilms><spout:numPeople>91</spout:numPeople><spout:timesUsed>122</spout:timesUsed><spout:type>Tag</spout:type></item>
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      <title>Spout Tag:vampire</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/vampire/MemberTagFilms.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div style='display:block;height:120px;width:400px;font:10px/10px Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;'><a href='/members/0/tags/vampire/MemberTagFilms.aspx'>vampire</a>
<strong><br/> Number of films tagged:</strong> 610</br><br/>
<strong>Number of people who tagged:</strong> 62</br><br/>
<strong>Number of times used:</strong> 135</br><br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:13:39 GMT</pubDate><spout:numFilms>610</spout:numFilms><spout:numPeople>62</spout:numPeople><spout:timesUsed>135</spout:timesUsed><spout:type>Tag</spout:type></item>
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      <title>Spout Tag:relationship</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/relationship/MemberTagFilms.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div style='display:block;height:120px;width:400px;font:10px/10px Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;'><a href='/members/0/tags/relationship/MemberTagFilms.aspx'>relationship</a>
<strong><br/> Number of films tagged:</strong> 1090</br><br/>
<strong>Number of people who tagged:</strong> 50</br><br/>
<strong>Number of times used:</strong> 189</br><br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 19:18:01 GMT</pubDate><spout:numFilms>1090</spout:numFilms><spout:numPeople>50</spout:numPeople><spout:timesUsed>189</spout:timesUsed><spout:type>Tag</spout:type></item>
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      <title>Spout Tag:power</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/power/MemberTagFilms.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div style='display:block;height:120px;width:400px;font:10px/10px Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;'><a href='/members/0/tags/power/MemberTagFilms.aspx'>power</a>
<strong><br/> Number of films tagged:</strong> 606</br><br/>
<strong>Number of people who tagged:</strong> 39</br><br/>
<strong>Number of times used:</strong> 104</br><br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:43:55 GMT</pubDate><spout:numFilms>606</spout:numFilms><spout:numPeople>39</spout:numPeople><spout:timesUsed>104</spout:timesUsed><spout:type>Tag</spout:type></item>
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      <title>Spout Tag:based-on-a-book</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/based-on-a-book/MemberTagFilms.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div style='display:block;height:120px;width:400px;font:10px/10px Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;'><a href='/members/0/tags/based-on-a-book/MemberTagFilms.aspx'>based-on-a-book</a>
<strong><br/> Number of films tagged:</strong> 173</br><br/>
<strong>Number of people who tagged:</strong> 37</br><br/>
<strong>Number of times used:</strong> 278</br><br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:52:06 GMT</pubDate><spout:numFilms>173</spout:numFilms><spout:numPeople>37</spout:numPeople><spout:timesUsed>278</spout:timesUsed><spout:type>Tag</spout:type></item>
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      <title>Spout Tag:loneliness</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/loneliness/MemberTagFilms.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div style='display:block;height:120px;width:400px;font:10px/10px Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;'><a href='/members/0/tags/loneliness/MemberTagFilms.aspx'>loneliness</a>
<strong><br/> Number of films tagged:</strong> 416</br><br/>
<strong>Number of people who tagged:</strong> 33</br><br/>
<strong>Number of times used:</strong> 68</br><br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 21:01:02 GMT</pubDate><spout:numFilms>416</spout:numFilms><spout:numPeople>33</spout:numPeople><spout:timesUsed>68</spout:timesUsed><spout:type>Tag</spout:type></item>
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      <title>Spout Tag:ever</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/ever/MemberTagFilms.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div style='display:block;height:120px;width:400px;font:10px/10px Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;'><a href='/members/0/tags/ever/MemberTagFilms.aspx'>ever</a>
<strong><br/> Number of films tagged:</strong> 25</br><br/>
<strong>Number of people who tagged:</strong> 28</br><br/>
<strong>Number of times used:</strong> 29</br><br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 20:47:14 GMT</pubDate><spout:numFilms>25</spout:numFilms><spout:numPeople>28</spout:numPeople><spout:timesUsed>29</spout:timesUsed><spout:type>Tag</spout:type></item>
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