Thursday, February 19, 2009
Inspired or just plain old copy cat?
Alright, I have to. I have to mention it. I'm apologizing for it right now...Twilight. Thats right. I'm going there. The vampires in Interview with the Vampire and Twilight are way too similar. It bugs the hell out of me. I'm fine with taking ideas of what a vampire is from other notable novels...like Dracula maybe, but its like Stephanie Meyer just took Rice's novel and wrote a sequel. The marble skin...uncanny senses....feeding off of animals...argh! Maybe its the fact that this book was only written 30 years ago. Modern classic? Sure, but that is not enough time for that specifc description of a vampire to really be instilled as what we view to be the prototype for a vampire. Its just still too unique an idea. How did Meyer not get in trouble for this? Does anyone know how Rice feels about Twilight? I'll just have to ask Shelby...
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Interestingly enough, I was on deviantart the other day, and saw that someone had posted a list of reasons why Twilight should not and cannot be considered a notable novel. I think I already mentioned this to you guys, but one of the author's main points was that Twilight so heavily draws on influence from Anne Rice's novels... and most particularly from Interview with the Vampire.
ReplyDeleteFor instance, the choice to feed on animals... and the love affair that I'm assuming is going to happen at some point.