Anne Rice's Interview With The Vampire - Season 2
Just finished watching "Anne Rice's Interview With The Vampire - Season 2" released by AMC.
Modern re-tellings/re-imaginings of classic literature/media are always fraught with danger because they often stray so very far from the intent and purpose of the original source material.
Rice's "Interview With The Vampire" was one of the modern 20th Century examples of the traditional Gothic novel that I had read and written about for my Bachelor of Arts Degree in Gothic Literature from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington back in 1988, so I wasn't happy by the WOKE retelling of both series of "Interview With The Vampire."
It is the first series set in the Immortal Universe, a shared universe based on Rice's novels. A series order was made in June 2021, after AMC Networks purchased the rights to intellectual property encompassing 18 of Rice's novels in 2020.
The series premiered on October 2, 2022, with the first two seasons covering the eponymous novel. In June 2024, the series was renewed for a third season, to cover the second book "The Vampire Lestat" - a sequel I didn't care for when I attempted to read it when it was first released decades ago.
In this version, it still centers on the life story of vampire Louis de Pointe du Lac, as told to veteran journalist Daniel Molloy, to whom he previously gave an unpublished interview in 1973 - which is a change from the book and the first of many changes. An affluent black man in the 1910s New Orleans, Louis is romanced and later made a vampire by the charismatic Lestat de Lioncourt. But Louis struggles with his humanity, and the introduction of Lestat's newest fledgling, the teenage vampire Claudia, only strains their relationship further. In the present, Daniel begins to doubt the veracity of Louis' story, noting differences from the earlier version - especially Armand's part in the tale - a 514-year-old vampire who is Louis' current lover. He saves Daniel's life during the first interview. Armand first appears under the disguise of Rashid, Louis' dutiful servant.
Sticking to the original story would have been better.
Recommended for die-hard fans of Anne Rice's works, but be prepared for the many changes made to the source material.
Three Stars.
https://www.amazon.com/Interview-Vamp...
Modern re-tellings/re-imaginings of classic literature/media are always fraught with danger because they often stray so very far from the intent and purpose of the original source material.
Rice's "Interview With The Vampire" was one of the modern 20th Century examples of the traditional Gothic novel that I had read and written about for my Bachelor of Arts Degree in Gothic Literature from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington back in 1988, so I wasn't happy by the WOKE retelling of both series of "Interview With The Vampire."
It is the first series set in the Immortal Universe, a shared universe based on Rice's novels. A series order was made in June 2021, after AMC Networks purchased the rights to intellectual property encompassing 18 of Rice's novels in 2020.
The series premiered on October 2, 2022, with the first two seasons covering the eponymous novel. In June 2024, the series was renewed for a third season, to cover the second book "The Vampire Lestat" - a sequel I didn't care for when I attempted to read it when it was first released decades ago.
In this version, it still centers on the life story of vampire Louis de Pointe du Lac, as told to veteran journalist Daniel Molloy, to whom he previously gave an unpublished interview in 1973 - which is a change from the book and the first of many changes. An affluent black man in the 1910s New Orleans, Louis is romanced and later made a vampire by the charismatic Lestat de Lioncourt. But Louis struggles with his humanity, and the introduction of Lestat's newest fledgling, the teenage vampire Claudia, only strains their relationship further. In the present, Daniel begins to doubt the veracity of Louis' story, noting differences from the earlier version - especially Armand's part in the tale - a 514-year-old vampire who is Louis' current lover. He saves Daniel's life during the first interview. Armand first appears under the disguise of Rashid, Louis' dutiful servant.
Sticking to the original story would have been better.
Recommended for die-hard fans of Anne Rice's works, but be prepared for the many changes made to the source material.
Three Stars.
https://www.amazon.com/Interview-Vamp...
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