I don’t now if someone else made this before o see it. But about the redeemable things — and I think that the only one— of the movie “The Queen of The Damned”, was his soundtrack and the videos that they made for it.
Among them we could find the song “Forsaken”, interpreted in the album by David Draiman from the band Disturbed and in the movie by Jonathan Davis from the band Korn.
Who was filmed based on the silent film “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari” of the year 1920.
Considered the first expressionist film in history and one of the most influential German expressionist films.
Basically tells the story of Dr. Caligari and the sleepwalker Cesare, who are involved in a series of murders in a German mountain village.
And here is the comparison with the video “Forsaken”, in which Stuart Townsend in his interpretation of a brunette Vampire Lestat, made the character of “Cesare” in the music video.
Lestat = Dionysus – Let’s just get that out of the way right now bc it’s easy. And in fact I think Neil Jordan would agree; he has Lestat playing with a bunch of grapes in movie!IWTV and that could be a reference to Dionysus.God of wine, parties and festivals, madness, chaos, drunkenness, drugs, and ecstasy… He was depicted in art as either an older bearded god or a pretty effeminate, long-haired youth.
Gabrielle = Artemis – Works except for the virgin part, but I’ll let you have this one, Anon. Virgin goddess of the hunt, wilderness, animals, young girls, childbirth, plague, and the moon.
Louis = Apollo – Not that Louis is skilled at making music, but he does have a very deep appreciation for music, art and literature, poetry specifically, and also he’s drop-dead-gorgeous so y’know, there’s that. PLUS, this would make him Artemis’ twin brother and that works, too, if Gabrielle is Artemis! God of music, arts, knowledge, healing, plague, prophecy, poetry, manly beauty, archery, and the sun… In sculpture, Apollo was depicted as a very handsome, beardless young man with long hair and an ideal physique. As the embodiment of perfectionism, he could be cruel and destructive (OH LIKE BURNING DOWN BUILDINGS?), and his love affairs were rarely happy WELL THAT SOUNDS LIKE POINTE DU LAC.
Armand = Hades – Okay I love Armand, but this is more for when he was the coven master! –King of the underworld and the dead, and god of regret.
Daniel = Hermes – I actually think Daniel fits this better by the description than Armand, since it was Daniel who started what would become the written record of the Coven of the Articulate: God of boundaries, travel, communication, trade, language, and writing… Hermes is the messenger of the gods… He was depicted either as a handsome and athletic beardless youth…
Marius = Zeus – Okay so I am running out of dudes at this point, but actually, Marius is a father figure at least through books #1-4. In a way he was the Patriarch of the vampires while taking care of TWMBK. King and father of the gods, the ruler of Mount Olympus and the god of the sky, weather, thunder, lightning, law, order, and justice.
Pandora = Athena – I actually struggled with Pandora, probably not as self-confident as Athena, but she has the debate, wisdom, peace skills so there u go. Goddess of intelligence, skill, peace, warfare, battle strategy, handicrafts, and wisdom.
David = Poseidon – Okay so I picked this one based more on the physcial description but also bc David is strong, and David first act as new vampire was to take a swim in the ocean. God of the sea, rivers, floods, droughts, and earthquakes. In classical artwork, he was depicted as a mature man of sturdy build with an often luxuriant beard, and holding a trident.
Maharet = Demeter – She was the Matriarch of the coven and the Mayfair family so all that motherly stuff. Goddess of grain, agriculture and the harvest, growth and nourishment.
Jesse = Hestia –
Works except for the virgin part, but Jesse doesn’t seem to have had notable ships in her life so this works well enough. Virgin goddess of the hearth, home and chastity… she appeared as a modestly veiled woman… In some accounts, she gave up her seat as one of the Twelve Olympians in favor of Dionysus, and she plays little role in Greek myths.
Mael = Ares – God of war, bloodshed, and violence… Homer portrays him as moody and unreliable.
Akasha = Hera– Queen of the gods and goddess of marriage, women, childbirth, heirs, kings, and empires… Her sacred animals are the heifer, the peacock, and the cuckoo.
There you have it, fanged little trash monsters.hyperbeeb took one for the team, and reported back in one piece! From her commentary, I’d say few brain cells, if any, were sacrificed in the process.
My dream came true ; I’ve been waiting for this ask for so long. My dear, thank you! Yes, I’m also a
huge fan – for many wrong reasons – of Top Gun, Maverick/Iceman is my fav
OTP ever (with Ethan Hunt/Will Brandt and Louis/Lestat ; yep I love to pair Tom
Cruise with guys, don’t judge me). Seriously I had never seen so much tension between
two characters in a movie before, it’s kinda amazing. Anywayyy, I digress. I also
made some unsuccessful crossover edits of the two movies. I mean it’s such a weird, specific and personal crossover I didn’t even hope to get notes (big up to every person who liked or reblogged it btw!) but Top Gun is the reason why I felt in love
with IWTV then VC soooo… I regret nothing haha!
But really, when you think about it, there’s some similarities… For example, the plot. Let’s call our hero(es) “the brat” (suits both Lestat and Maverick, nope?)
– First, the brat spot a dude
– he “fools around” with the aforementioned dude
– and it ends up with an “ambiguous” relationship.
– Of course, the brat crashes (in the water) and burns
– so he’s all sad and shit
– but finally, he fucking rises like a phoeniiiiiiiiiix.
Both movies also involves:
– flying (with sexy dudes)
– “fooling around” (with other sexy dudes)
– a shit load of sexy dudes (doing sexy stuff)
– heterosexual backing
– a touching piano scene (to make you cry when the piano guy dies in the next scene)
Eve has all the pieces she’s won set around her edge of the board. Adam has organized all of his neatly inside the painted person on the table. I wonder how much of that is Adam and how much is Tom.
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