coming back to this after (re)watching the season and it’s wild how negative these comments are. truly lightning in a bottle and I’m SO excited for season 2. edit: and season 2 was even better. best show on tv!!
This series is so incredibly well done I’m genuinely surprised by all the negative comments. Y’all should watch more than a trailer to form an opinion on something. The casting and retelling is nearly perfect.
@@montejohnson9170ofcourse they are but I’d rather not sympathize with a white plantation owner. It was better to make him a black man, it reminds people of the true history of that time from a perspective that’s not white.
Context: some fans are upset of the time change because of what that means for lestat’s power. In Anne Rices world, the older the vampire, the more powerful they are. Changing the timeline changes the power lestat holds, as well as Louis because he was supposed to be stronger by the 1900’s because the story takes place in the 1700’s. Lestat being powerful plays a huge part in the plot and the unraveling of all the books, so they will have to change A lot if lestat isn’t as powerful or doesn’t have the same backstory, because he really is the catalyst for a lot of plot lines in the story. Most fans are bummed because of the plot and how because certain character details are taken away which affect the story, and that could affect the plot a lot and turn it into something completely different. Just wanted to give some insight
Also changing Louis story changing who he is as a character. His loss before Lestat finds him makes him who he is...his compassion and caring. He will loss all of his depth.
@@MatthewSanthos No, it cannot be that easily explained. If this were to expand into a long running franchise, which lets face it we would all love, the details become more and more important.
It's kind of sad that the creative well in Hollywood has become so dry. It seems like more movies today are just more regurgitated movies from the past. And Interview with a Vampire? You don't mess with perfection.
This had Anne Rices input from the start, this is her legacy and how she pictured the story to be told. The movies don't even go near what the books are. It's sad she wasn't able to see it come to life.
@@vgille10 totally agree with you, Vanessa. This is how it was meant to be. It’s almost laughable seeing Tom Cruise in the role of Lestat. Back then it was all about celebrity and Hollywood bastardising the story. This is something Rice would have truly been proud of.
How are all the comments about the movie being perfect and the series not needed a remake doing now after the masterpiece that is this show aired? Just want to know
They obviously don't watch it because they think Lestat and Louis are best friends just like in the movie 😂. Can't wait when season 1 on Netflix to reach wider audience 😊
Because AMC have just bought the rights to all Anne Rice's works.. they have already said they have plans to release the other books as well but they want to start with the most well known one of Interview with the vampire
The one kicking in at 0:50 is "Nature boy", original is from Nat King Cole, there is also a David Bowie's cover version, but this is some remix made for the trailer
Eww, they cast an adult as Claudia....I understand them not wanting to cast a 5yr old, but this is going to make the dynamic so much creepier. Kirsten as Claudia was aged up in the movie but still felt very childlike and you still had that father-daughter dynamic.
They changed everything else…. Honestly have to watch this as it’s entirely own IP because after watching the first episode today… nothing is the same except the names and the places. Everything else is ‘modernized’.
Even that is not accurate. They can’t portray the actual relationship they had. I’m not that familiar with the American child protection laws but at least morally it would be … questionable. Their relationship wasn’t purely father-daughter. Even Louis himself isn’t sure what it was in the books. "Father and Daughter - Lover and Lover.“
It feels like we’ve been regressing to pre-2000s movie trailers. At least it’s not as bad as the 50s-60s where a narrator literally says the entire plot.
YOU CAN NOT BEAT THE ORIGINAL MOVIE. The original movie was a classic with an awesome cast of actors. The original screenplay was written by Anne Rice herself and without her, this remake is going to suffer. It doesn't even feel like the same story as the original movie.
Looks incredible! Only qualm is that making Claudia older - while avoiding some issues - really misses the mark on the creepiness and irony of an immortal child. Makes her a bit of a redundant addition if you ask me.
I'm curious if they're going to move forward with this story because (if they stay true) Armand is only 15. Puts a different twist on Claudia and Armand when that are turned at the same age. Of course, we can't have Louie lusting after what looks like to be a 15-year-old boy.. So I'm sure that has been casted differently.
Changing the era is a poor choice: in my opinion it'd be better to change Louis origin story but to place everything else in the right year. The victorian era, the Theatre des vampires and the Marius search is better without technology from the the XXth century. It looks more like the True Blood precuel.
Got to love these people buying an license to a beloved property, ignoring everything people like about it and writing a story so completely disconnected from the original that the only similarities are the names of the characters.
That’s literally what an adaptation is. If you don’t like adaptations then just read the original book. Even the old movie isn’t identical to the book.
Why? This is more proof Hollywood has lost it's creativity. In case Hollywood doesn't know, Anne wrote more than one book. Why not continue the story that has already started?
si como pelicula funciono muy bien sintetizo en 2 horas y poco mas de 400 pag pero sacrifico varias cosas sigen diciendo que la serie que es un remake y no es asi ambas se basan en la misma fuente la grandiosa prosa de RICE solo que una serie tiene mas tiempo para nutrit sus personajes con el espiritu del los lbros y enriqueserlos con mas detalles que se fueron dando a travez de la serie aplaudo cualquier iniciativa que nos traiga su hermoso universo
So disappointed to see how much has been changed. Making Claudia an adult defeats the entire point of the character. This has nothing to do with Anne Rice’s story, and no one was asking for it to be remade to begin with.
@@jenniferterpstra4236Anne Rice was executive producer and was thrilled with the series before she died. Her son still is a producer. It’s ten thousand times better than that joke of a movie.
I’m a huge vampire chronicles fan so it’s no surprise that I’m hugely disappointed in this. Why didn’t they start with Lestat? His story could easily run for 4-5 seasons without any need for filler, and is far more exciting than interview.
Wow the prequel to Trueblood is looking GREAT. I’m not happy, as a fan of Anne Rice for over twenty years, and hearing how they did Chris after she passed. I’d be pissed if you call yourself a fan. Also how dare you? All she ever wanted was a n authentic, true to her creation series or movie, and once again is let down with this pale comparison that for me doesn’t even feel like Rice. And don’t you dare say the casting doesn’t matter when we got descriptions of the characters time and time again in each book. The time periods were important, Lestat being young when he turned Louis WAS IMPORTANT TO THEIR DYNAMIC and why they argued and one reason he was afraid Louis would leave him. I’ve read Vampire Lestat so much the book is falling apart and all of them about the same. This is just…this looks like hastily made offal to get a penny off of her books while they have the rights because Anne recently died and stick a poker in the wounds of the fans who have waited for an accurate depiction but instead we get this.
Standing O for this comment. It looks to me like they left Lestat white since he is sort of a villan. I'm noticing a pattern in entertainment now. Where the villans remain white and PoC are the heroes. White characters are killed off more than PoC characters.
This looks…dire…like someone who didn’t get the nuance and subtleties that made Interview so very mesmerizing and absorbing, changed almost everything about the characters so they aren’t the characters in anything but name, and magnified everything 1000 times and will not understand why it flops. Why are vampires such sloppy blood drinkers in these hack tales? They apparently drink very little of the blood and just enjoy wearing it. And how often do they need to bare their fangs and hiss? Got it, you’re Vampires, how about some subtlety and not just the same tired trite takes that we can see in every other lame vampire movie? This isn’t the same time periods, the characters aren’t the same background, race or even age (Claudia is now a teen or early 20’s? Daniel is Old?). If you want to tell the story “Interview with the Vampire” then tell it. If you want to make up a new story with new characters then tell it, but don’t’ misrepresent it as Interview with the Vampire when it clearly is NOT, ostensibly just to ride off the success of that story and disappoint everyone who came expecting it. Did you not have enough faith in the strength of your own story to stand on its own merits that you had to spend $$$ for the rights (to the name) of IWTV only to not use that story???
Hollywood refuses to learn the lesson from other franchises that have sold out the the lore and source material. This will fail just like The Rings of Power and The Sandman.
@@Problembeing The Sandman hasn't failed wdym like the only complaints I've seen is that is slow, but I've met people who feel the same way about the comics, dont project
This is going to be a tough one, they got big shoes to fill from what Tom, Brad, Kristen, Banderas, etc… created, or else is going to be another queen of the damn that didn’t followed the book, that even original actors didn’t even bothered to come back too.
@@fiofiofioletta1898and? Original creators ruin their works all the time. Also yea, big surprise she was on board with wokeness, considering everyone is forced to be so.
He's creole - mixed race - his family in the show owned plantations that's where their wealth comes from. But Louis in the show is also involved in the prostitution industry, which is all about taking advantage of desperate women, so this part of Louis' character is true from the books, it's really the most superficial of differences. The tone is extremely similar to the source material in a way the 1994 film wasn't.
The Interview with the Vampire movie felt more dark and damp, the lights came from lamps and candles, unless it was a very grand occasion where the lights where bright, this trailer has lots of bokeh shots in the background and it kind of feels like a scene from the Leonardo Dicaprio version of "The Great Gatsby" movie.
Sure, why not do a re-imagining of the story. The novel remains my favorite vampire story of all time. A towering achievement. Maybe the series will bring some new readers to the book.
Gonna get into this. Would love to see how a Marius and Amadeo (Armand) prequel could tie into this, would certainly correlate well with the sensual vibe of this.
If you're going to rewrite the story, then have the decency to rewrite the title too. Don't slap Interview with the Vampire on this and call it a remake, when you completely deviated from the original story.
These comments never fail to surprise me. Imagine living in 2022 and not being capable enough to put your bigotry and prejudice views aside to do something as simple as enjoying a tv show. I’m sure most of y’all haven’t even given the show a chance to even have an opinion on it. Smh
The negative comments here are pathetic. Not only are they denying themselves the pleasure of enjoying this beautiful show, they're actively taking a position on the wrong side of history. They can't look past their biases now but this series will go down as one of the best, ever. Mark my words.
We do not need movies being remade every 20 years. WHY does Hollywood insist on doing this???? It's like they can't come up with original stories anymore. Worse thing is they're usually worse than the originals. Besides, there's plenty of stories in Rice's Vampire Chronicles that could be made instead of this!
They do this because Hollywood is run by non creative CEOs whos only purpose is to make money. They aren't in the business of creating new and exciting content. Besides, they have to recreate every movie ever made and make it seem like they are an equal opportunity employment.
@@deanivan3951 how about you read the book and get the idea who these characters really are. and tell me in this show if they hold up to that. without race swapping or making changes that wasnt in the book.
Anne Rice was reported to have gotten with the production time leading up to the making of this. I'm not a fan necessarily, but clearly you aren't either. Now what would she be spinning for? 🤔
This isn’t Anne Rice’s “Interview with a Vampire “ It’s only the names of the characters and mixing up the whole story line and off changing the ethnicities of the main characters, to fit a false narrative. It’s getting redundant in Hollywood and quite sad too.
This is so weird! The timeline is screwed. Does this takes place in the 1900s? Isn't this the timeline where Louis met Lestat as a rockstar? My brain is confuse since I'm following the novel....😵💫
It takes place in 1910 and in 2022. In the books rockstar Lestat was in the 80's, and that could still have happened here (or hasn't happened yet). The original interview is still in the 70's though - the one in the show is a 2nd interview when Daniel is much older. There is a lot of mystery about what is going on in present-day, that's part of the story. The show is different in some ways from the books but in other ways also much closer to the books than the movie was. What's so exciting though about this adaptation though is that it's not as limited as the movie was, the show-runners have made it clear they are using ALL books in the Vampire Chronicles for inspiration, not just the first one. =D And they are already putting in place building blocks and foreshadowing what's to come.
Why? Just.... Why? Why not just continue the story? Why ANOTHER remake? And why do they have to rewrite characters? What's wrong with sticking to the story? If you don't like the story, don't make a movie out of it. Make an original movie.
If only we'd get a faithful adaptation of the Chronicles and not one in name only. From reviewers it seems they've changed so much from characters to settings to events to even how Anne Rice vampires work that they might as well have just made their own story and characters to begin with (such as vampires being able to be awake during the day and unharmed as long as sunlight doesn't touch their bare skin, Lestat apparently being able to stop time, modern Louis living in Dubai (and having been the owner of a brothel....), Claudia aged up to 14 played by a 19 year old actress...etc...
This genuinelly could have been called anything else and we wouldnt have known the difference. It is always going to be compared to the origiunal movie which has a massive fanbase. But as its a series and they are stretching out the story we will have to wait until the show is released before we can really make a proper judgement on it. But from the trailer it just felt like another Vampire Diaries teen show.
absolutamente equivocado hay una grannnnnn diferencia. the vampire diaries lei el primer libro y lo deje me aburrio vi algunos cap de la serie para reencantarme y los deje por lo mismo
Emmm, is based on a book? So... They are not stretching the plot of the movie. They are re-adapting the book with more time to develope it's story... Also: Greyworm alone is sexier than Bran Pitt and T Cruise together. Bye
Everyone in the comments butthurt because Louis and his family are black, don’t own slaves, and that there’s blatant homosexual content are all wimps with no taste. The show has just begun and it’s INCREDIBLE!! I’m a long time fan who adores the books-and I’m so happy with how this series has started
No. No. absofu**inglutely NOT!!!!! nothing will ever triumph over the original. Brad, Tom, Antonio, and even annoying lil Kristen made that movie with sheer brilliance in acting and their performance can't ever be outdone. It will forever be the one and the only Interview With A Vampire ... Hollywood must really be running out ideas for movies a TV shows. Remakes everywhere... Smdh.
Watching the first episode now and my main complaint other than bring in a lot of current era references, is the fact that the actors can’t seem to use the same accent in one scene to the next. One second it’s a southern New Orleans accent the next it’s modern day inner city accent. It’s incredibly distracting.
funny how they comments are all “they could never compete with tom cruise and brad pitt” meanwhile jacob anderson already ate up brad pitt in the FIRST episode of the series 😂
"We have no ideas for a script left! Let's remake a classic story and a classic movie but superficially retconn the characters!" I'm still waiting for that remake of Blade with a ginger Scotsman in the lead...
Anne rice vampire books SHOULD be a series! There are so many threads that intertwine. And many stories where the vampires meet one another.
Maybe, if done right.
They're turning the Mayfair witches series into a tv show too. Her son Chris is a producer on both projects
@@jaseNdavid He has zero input with AMC. "Executive Producer" is meaningless acknowledgement only.
@@jaseNdavid Ooh, really? I'm reading The Witching Hour now.
@@jackiesliterarycorner the Mayfair Witches and Lestat meet up further down the line
coming back to this after (re)watching the season and it’s wild how negative these comments are. truly lightning in a bottle and I’m SO excited for season 2.
edit: and season 2 was even better. best show on tv!!
And it's insane that most of these comments are from people who haven't even watched the show 😭
Hahahahaha lighting in a bottle??! You must have room temperature I.Q at best lol
@ConradTurgeon-fb4cp the show is amazing?
Oh, so this is how Greyworm decided to spend his life after his Queen and Missandei died.
There’s many worse things he coulda done than become a vampire. Power move TBH
So umm no more singing 😐 😕
Wow didn't realize it was him 😳
He knocked about with a doctor for a while first
I’m sayin smh
This series is so incredibly well done I’m genuinely surprised by all the negative comments. Y’all should watch more than a trailer to form an opinion on something. The casting and retelling is nearly perfect.
Let’s call a spade a spade they are upset because of the diverse casting 🤷🏾♂️
Woke scenes . G""y vampires... change color of protagonist... that is awful... and the reason .
@@montejohnson9170ofcourse they are but I’d rather not sympathize with a white plantation owner. It was better to make him a black man, it reminds people of the true history of that time from a perspective that’s not white.
the negative comments are so funny bc every person i’ve seen watch this show since it came out has said it’s the best thing on tv.
It's acceptable to deceive others, but never deceive yourself.
if you are queer you'll love this show, if you are normal you'll hate this show because the movie was way better on all the aspects
It is made for fogats!
Context: some fans are upset of the time change because of what that means for lestat’s power. In Anne Rices world, the older the vampire, the more powerful they are. Changing the timeline changes the power lestat holds, as well as Louis because he was supposed to be stronger by the 1900’s because the story takes place in the 1700’s. Lestat being powerful plays a huge part in the plot and the unraveling of all the books, so they will have to change A lot if lestat isn’t as powerful or doesn’t have the same backstory, because he really is the catalyst for a lot of plot lines in the story. Most fans are bummed because of the plot and how because certain character details are taken away which affect the story, and that could affect the plot a lot and turn it into something completely different. Just wanted to give some insight
Let's not forget the adult Claudia. 😭
Also changing Louis story changing who he is as a character. His loss before Lestat finds him makes him who he is...his compassion and caring. He will loss all of his depth.
this could easily be explained like "instead of being born in the 1700s, Lestat was born in the 1900s." No reason to get upset over this.
@@SKZGrl97 all of these criticisms ignore that Anne Rice herself was involved in producing this adaption
@@MatthewSanthos No, it cannot be that easily explained. If this were to expand into a long running franchise, which lets face it we would all love, the details become more and more important.
It's kind of sad that the creative well in Hollywood has become so dry. It seems like more movies today are just more regurgitated movies from the past. And Interview with a Vampire? You don't mess with perfection.
That is very true. They are making remakes of everything and they are all bad.
This had Anne Rices input from the start, this is her legacy and how she pictured the story to be told. The movies don't even go near what the books are. It's sad she wasn't able to see it come to life.
@@vgille10 totally agree with you, Vanessa. This is how it was meant to be. It’s almost laughable seeing Tom Cruise in the role of Lestat. Back then it was all about celebrity and Hollywood bastardising the story. This is something Rice would have truly been proud of.
@@vgille10 Anne Rice was also insane near the end of her life, so that means nothing.
Totally agree 😢
How are all the comments about the movie being perfect and the series not needed a remake doing now after the masterpiece that is this show aired? Just want to know
The bar is set lower by the year, in keeping with the diminishing standards of the audience.
Going to keep going but just watched episode 1 and this isn’t IWTV. Definitely not a masterpiece. As it’s own story there are some compelling bits.
it’s crazy how negative these comments are when this is one of the best shows ever and season 2 was even better
They obviously don't watch it because they think Lestat and Louis are best friends just like in the movie 😂. Can't wait when season 1 on Netflix to reach wider audience 😊
It just looks bad
Sam Reid did such an amazing job as Lestat.
I'm sick and tired of seeing blackwashing of white characters with NORDIC SKIN AND FEATURES INTO SOME KIND OF TWERKING DEGEN
Why? We do not need a remake, it was perfect.
Because AMC have just bought the rights to all Anne Rice's works.. they have already said they have plans to release the other books as well but they want to start with the most well known one of Interview with the vampire
This is how the Author wanted it done in the first place. The movies are nothing.
It wasn't perfect, but this is worse.
If it aint broken, dont fix it
@@Raesling1 worse? Have you seen it yet?
this show deserves ALL the Emmys writing, acting, music, cinematography, costumes, sets.. jst give them all of it and be done with it!!!!!!
YES
What's the name of the music of this trailer.?
The one kicking in at 0:50 is "Nature boy", original is from Nat King Cole, there is also a David Bowie's cover version, but this is some remix made for the trailer
This looks awful
Lestat the rock star would have been an interesting series as well.
They've bought the rights to the entire vampire chronicles so there's a decent chance we might get to see that if it continues to be popular
Will be* (season 3 - The Vampire Lestat)
Already S3
CONGRATULATIONS 3RD SEASON IS GONNA BE HIM AS A ROCKSTAR
Eww, they cast an adult as Claudia....I understand them not wanting to cast a 5yr old, but this is going to make the dynamic so much creepier. Kirsten as Claudia was aged up in the movie but still felt very childlike and you still had that father-daughter dynamic.
They changed everything else…. Honestly have to watch this as it’s entirely own IP because after watching the first episode today… nothing is the same except the names and the places. Everything else is ‘modernized’.
Even that is not accurate. They can’t portray the actual relationship they had. I’m not that familiar with the American child protection laws but at least morally it would be … questionable. Their relationship wasn’t purely father-daughter. Even Louis himself isn’t sure what it was in the books. "Father and Daughter - Lover and Lover.“
Yea, to be politcally correct they've ruined art
is it just me, or did they just show you pretty much the entire season in one trailer. Why have they started doing that with trailers.
It’s honestly a pet peeve of mine it’s so annoying
It feels like we’ve been regressing to pre-2000s movie trailers. At least it’s not as bad as the 50s-60s where a narrator literally says the entire plot.
YOU CAN NOT BEAT THE ORIGINAL MOVIE. The original movie was a classic with an awesome cast of actors. The original screenplay was written by Anne Rice herself and without her, this remake is going to suffer. It doesn't even feel like the same story as the original movie.
So don't watch it.
The movie was beautiful to watch but lifeless.
@@gilsurf8 thats because they were all dead haha
Anne rice produced this series so🤷 and helped choose the cast
sure jan
Looks incredible! Only qualm is that making Claudia older - while avoiding some issues - really misses the mark on the creepiness and irony of an immortal child. Makes her a bit of a redundant addition if you ask me.
Sure, but at 14 - you're going through permanent body dysmorphia, high metabolism, and confusing feelings about love and your place in life.
I'm curious if they're going to move forward with this story because (if they stay true) Armand is only 15. Puts a different twist on Claudia and Armand when that are turned at the same age. Of course, we can't have Louie lusting after what looks like to be a 15-year-old boy.. So I'm sure that has been casted differently.
The rampant homosexuality and satanism was far more concerning than Claudia being older..
Kirsten Dunst’s portrayal as Claudia can never be beaten 💜
That's your only qualm? lol
Changing the era is a poor choice: in my opinion it'd be better to change Louis origin story but to place everything else in the right year. The victorian era, the Theatre des vampires and the Marius search is better without technology from the the XXth century. It looks more like the True Blood precuel.
it looks like "The Originals" ..much in the same time frame ......
@@whatadollslife You're absolutely right!
So now that it's out, what did you think?
Black washing wouldn't work in the 17th century.
Or do you really think that a colored man would own a cotton plantation?
Well said!
Not happy that they changed the plot a lot, nothing will beat the original movie with Tom cruise and Brad Pitt
Got to love these people buying an license to a beloved property, ignoring everything people like about it and writing a story so completely disconnected from the original that the only similarities are the names of the characters.
That’s literally what an adaptation is. If you don’t like adaptations then just read the original book. Even the old movie isn’t identical to the book.
agreed
By original are you referring to the books or movie? 🤔
@@miraafloyd We should be using the word reimagined because adaption is more along the lines of adapting it from novel form to film or other media.
Both Anne Rice and her son worked on this series.
Nah not with the funny business. The original interview with Brad pit is the one to see and always will be the best
You consider the movie with Tome Brad the best just shows how terrible taste you have lol
Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt always 💕classic
Childstar Kristen Dunst as Claudia too.
The Best
Why? This is more proof Hollywood has lost it's creativity. In case Hollywood doesn't know, Anne wrote more than one book. Why not continue the story that has already started?
The original movie of this movie in 1994 Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt is still the best
This is a series based on a book that the movie you're referring to is also based on
@@rivertam7827 So?
Go watch the movie...it's still there!! These kind of comments are just plain d*mb!
si como pelicula funciono muy bien sintetizo en 2 horas y poco mas de 400 pag pero sacrifico varias cosas sigen diciendo que la serie que es un remake y no es asi ambas se basan en la misma fuente la grandiosa prosa de RICE solo que una serie tiene mas tiempo para nutrit sus personajes con el espiritu del los lbros y enriqueserlos con mas detalles que se fueron dando a travez de la serie aplaudo cualquier iniciativa que nos traiga su hermoso universo
Yes 👍
So disappointed to see how much has been changed. Making Claudia an adult defeats the entire point of the character. This has nothing to do with Anne Rice’s story, and no one was asking for it to be remade to begin with.
Not to mention they gave Claudia a R*pe backstory here.
👏👏👏👏💕
How does that girl look like an adult??😳
@@fibonaccisequins4637 Because she is one, she's 19 years old.
@@BenjiXAddictX4Ever Maybe watch some 80s movies where most of the teens are 30.
Wait a minute??? In the book and the original movie isn't Lewis A plantation owner???
It's allllllll wrong..
*Louis
I’m not a fan of the changes. Anne Rice was queen and it shouldn’t be changed.
@@jenniferterpstra4236😂😂😂😂😂
@@jenniferterpstra4236Anne Rice was executive producer and was thrilled with the series before she died. Her son still is a producer. It’s ten thousand times better than that joke of a movie.
I’m a huge vampire chronicles fan so it’s no surprise that I’m hugely disappointed in this. Why didn’t they start with Lestat? His story could easily run for 4-5 seasons without any need for filler, and is far more exciting than interview.
"Ohh Louis... Louis.... Louis..... still h'whing, Louis.."
Wow the prequel to Trueblood is looking GREAT. I’m not happy, as a fan of Anne Rice for over twenty years, and hearing how they did Chris after she passed. I’d be pissed if you call yourself a fan. Also how dare you? All she ever wanted was a n authentic, true to her creation series or movie, and once again is let down with this pale comparison that for me doesn’t even feel like Rice. And don’t you dare say the casting doesn’t matter when we got descriptions of the characters time and time again in each book. The time periods were important, Lestat being young when he turned Louis WAS IMPORTANT TO THEIR DYNAMIC and why they argued and one reason he was afraid Louis would leave him. I’ve read Vampire Lestat so much the book is falling apart and all of them about the same. This is just…this looks like hastily made offal to get a penny off of her books while they have the rights because Anne recently died and stick a poker in the wounds of the fans who have waited for an accurate depiction but instead we get this.
Exactly. Lestat looks way older and this Louis' backstory changes his whole motivation for becoming a vampire. Don't even get me started on Claudia.
Standing O for this comment. It looks to me like they left Lestat white since he is sort of a villan. I'm noticing a pattern in entertainment now. Where the villans remain white and PoC are the heroes. White characters are killed off more than PoC characters.
This looks…dire…like someone who didn’t get the nuance and subtleties that made Interview so very mesmerizing and absorbing, changed almost everything about the characters so they aren’t the characters in anything but name, and magnified everything 1000 times and will not understand why it flops. Why are vampires such sloppy blood drinkers in these hack tales? They apparently drink very little of the blood and just enjoy wearing it. And how often do they need to bare their fangs and hiss? Got it, you’re Vampires, how about some subtlety and not just the same tired trite takes that we can see in every other lame vampire movie? This isn’t the same time periods, the characters aren’t the same background, race or even age (Claudia is now a teen or early 20’s? Daniel is Old?). If you want to tell the story “Interview with the Vampire” then tell it. If you want to make up a new story with new characters then tell it, but don’t’ misrepresent it as Interview with the Vampire when it clearly is NOT, ostensibly just to ride off the success of that story and disappoint everyone who came expecting it. Did you not have enough faith in the strength of your own story to stand on its own merits that you had to spend $$$ for the rights (to the name) of IWTV only to not use that story???
Hollywood refuses to learn the lesson from other franchises that have sold out the the lore and source material. This will fail just like The Rings of Power and The Sandman.
Dang - well said!
the race is the least of the problems, heck it could work, but the worst crime is how cheap it looks, the set, the costumes, everything looks cheap
@@Problembeing The Sandman hasn't failed wdym like the only complaints I've seen is that is slow, but I've met people who feel the same way about the comics, dont project
It's The Rings of Power all over again
This is going to be a tough one, they got big shoes to fill from what Tom, Brad, Kristen, Banderas, etc… created, or else is going to be another queen of the damn that didn’t followed the book, that even original actors didn’t even bothered to come back too.
didn't followed? didn't bothered? Nice English try, bro. :)))
ain't that the truth.
@@244hayrick Nice English try? Right, must be your first day too. 🙄
Most of us that read the books hate that movie too.
The movie downplayed Louis and Lester relationship. Armand was poorly cast. He was nothing like his book counterpart.
Couldn't agree more, Cruise and Pitt cannot be replaced.
Murder, mentor, lover and maker. Like damn what wasn't he?
Entertaining to watch.
Straight
Yeah, when he says, "my Murderer"....that definitely stood out!
@@montys8th Lestat is bisexual. He says it in the books.
partner 😢
Nothing is better than the original .
Way to throw dirt on the original 👏 bravo!
Couldn't agree more
Can’t anyone come up with original stuff anymore?
Nope, they need to re-fry and ruin all the old goodies.
Na we just take characters and rewrite their skin color, then paint everything lgbt
@@KeithRingo apparently the show is incredible
Can Hollywood stop remaking masterpieces and shredding it to shits? Stop.
Guessing you never loved do deeply?
Are you calling the film with Tom and Brad a masterpiece? Serious? Your definitions of a masterpiece need to be reevaluated haha
As a fan of the original movie and books Im a little disappointed in the direction there going with this one😒
Well this makes 'Queen of the Damned' look like an Oscar winner.
I'll just stick to the books
@@johnpendred6926 same
Did you even bother watching the show or are you just making a snap judgment based on a 2 minute trailer?
People point out that Louis is black like *that* is the problem with this, not the immense changes to the book story.
Yes, agree, that's the very least that's wrong with it.
Sigh. Anne Rice was a PRODUCER. Her son still is. She was on board with all of the changes.
@@fiofiofioletta1898and? Original creators ruin their works all the time. Also yea, big surprise she was on board with wokeness, considering everyone is forced to be so.
Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise just had that undeniable electric chemistry.
No, they didn’t. They made us think they did. That’s what acting is.
They never made out with each other. That was a plus
Jacob Anderson and Sam Reid have EXPLOSIVE chemistry
*imagine begging for your life*
*💀😂💀*
*black and white are not a color*
Bailey Bass did a fantastic job playing Claudia such a talented actress.
Someone should warn Edward....he might be next xD
So how do they get around Louis (portrayed by a black actor) owning a slave plantation?
He's creole - mixed race - his family in the show owned plantations that's where their wealth comes from. But Louis in the show is also involved in the prostitution industry, which is all about taking advantage of desperate women, so this part of Louis' character is true from the books, it's really the most superficial of differences. The tone is extremely similar to the source material in a way the 1994 film wasn't.
This looks Twilight. Nothing beats the original. Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt forever.
You said it 👍
JFC. Is Hollywood capable of a single original idea anymore?
Yes. All the time. Every day. You dont watch them and that is why they die.
Nope just lazy. They love swapping.
One word. Avatar! Doesn’t get more original than that.
Literally lost Me in the first 10 seconds lol
At least I'm not the only one.
(sarcasm) A fanfiction.... Great.
This seems even less accurate (in terms of the original story) than the movie ... Anne Rice, we miss your infinite talent💙
To the producers ... listen to the fans who have read these books...
This series pissed all over the original story. 👍🏼
The Interview with the Vampire movie felt more dark and damp, the lights came from lamps and candles, unless it was a very grand occasion where the lights where bright, this trailer has lots of bokeh shots in the background and it kind of feels like a scene from the Leonardo Dicaprio version of "The Great Gatsby" movie.
Sure, why not do a re-imagining of the story. The novel remains my favorite vampire story of all time. A towering achievement. Maybe the series will bring some new readers to the book.
This series is nothing like the book.
"So, how long have you been black?"
Gonna get into this. Would love to see how a Marius and Amadeo (Armand) prequel could tie into this, would certainly correlate well with the sensual vibe of this.
This comment section is a mess. I’m excited to watch the show, glad to hear that it’s doing well!
Coming Next Summer Blacula starring Johnny Depp
the originals were fantastic. haha he would do that also. no doubt. make it a tim burton project they would make fun of some things doing that. lolz.
It's going to take a lot to come close to an epic movie and arguably the best ever performances of both Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt..
Yeah but Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt's best performances aren't a very high bar. And Magnolia is Tom Cruise's best performance xx
@@podorf And Brad's best performance is Meet Joe Black :D
Their chemistry is everything in this show
Who?
Brad Pitt's best perfomance??? Are we really forgetting Fight Club and 12 monkeys?
If you're going to rewrite the story, then have the decency to rewrite the title too. Don't slap Interview with the Vampire on this and call it a remake, when you completely deviated from the original story.
No no you see, they have to COMPLETELY woke-ify it...just because.
Boohoo
*imagine begging for your life*
*💀😂💀*
*black and white are not a color*
Well this aged like milk
We all know the original is great
But instead of automatically criticizing give it a chance or just 🤫 negative comments all the time….. 🙄
As a reboot? Horrible.
As its own thing? Absolutly amazing!
all you have to do is read the damn book and prepare the script according to the book :(
These comments never fail to surprise me. Imagine living in 2022 and not being capable enough to put your bigotry and prejudice views aside to do something as simple as enjoying a tv show. I’m sure most of y’all haven’t even given the show a chance to even have an opinion on it. Smh
Lmao it's not "DEI garbage" guys, watch the actual show before commenting. All the changes made it amazing, and season 2 is even better
The negative comments here are pathetic. Not only are they denying themselves the pleasure of enjoying this beautiful show, they're actively taking a position on the wrong side of history. They can't look past their biases now but this series will go down as one of the best, ever. Mark my words.
Being on the side of re-writing history.
The original movie was already about as faithful to the book as you can get in a single movie.
And judging from the trailer, this show is the exact opposite.
@@Midnight.Creepypastas But it's fun when fun is much needed in the world.
@@tdali8347 The story isn’t supposed to be funny.
how can they think that they can compete with tom cruise, brad pitt, kristern dunst & antonio banderas....
peak television, peak acting, peak cinematography, peak writing, peak everything. you're all missing out 🤷🏽 but whatever ig
We do not need movies being remade every 20 years. WHY does Hollywood insist on doing this???? It's like they can't come up with original stories anymore. Worse thing is they're usually worse than the originals. Besides, there's plenty of stories in Rice's Vampire Chronicles that could be made instead of this!
They do this because Hollywood is run by non creative CEOs whos only purpose is to make money. They aren't in the business of creating new and exciting content. Besides, they have to recreate every movie ever made and make it seem like they are an equal opportunity employment.
I'd actually love this "remake" if it was accurate to the book and planned to adapt the other novels as the seasons go on, that would be awesome.
Nothing will ever compare to the original of Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, Kristin Dunst and Christian Slater.
Get over it, that was a movie, this is a series.
@@deanivan3951 how about you read the book and get the idea who these characters really are. and tell me in this show if they hold up to that. without race swapping or making changes that wasnt in the book.
Agreed
can they not leave anything alone ffs
why tf does Hollywood feel the need to remake every fcking thing and change the characters to make it more inclusive. so dumb
Keep crying, Jess.
Tom cruise and Brad Pitt is the best . Interview with the vampire.❤️
Amen!!
True
At least we still have the books. For now at least.
Domonic Noble NEEDS to see this
Please Dom I'm begging u (not in a weird way lmao)
REVIEW IT
No no no!! This Louis is much too confident and capable what is going on?!! Where is the whiny brooding hopeless mess of a man that we love?!!!
It's getting beyond a joke now.
Anne is spinning like a top... That's all I'm going to say...
Anne Rice was reported to have gotten with the production time leading up to the making of this. I'm not a fan necessarily, but clearly you aren't either. Now what would she be spinning for? 🤔
@@jdot714 Anne Rice is dead 🙄🙄🙄🙄
Why would she be spinning? She was aware of this adaptation…
This isn’t Anne Rice’s “Interview with a Vampire “
It’s only the names of the characters and mixing up the whole story line and off changing the ethnicities of the main characters, to fit a false narrative. It’s getting redundant in Hollywood and quite sad too.
Or you could make a movie from her many many other vampire stories that haven't been a movie yet
Exactly!!!
If only Hollywood had an original thought these days…
no no there were white ppl in the last movie we have to redo it.
@@cpt191021 right?
@@cpt191021 yeah ,im tired of the race swapping.
This is so weird! The timeline is screwed. Does this takes place in the 1900s? Isn't this the timeline where Louis met Lestat as a rockstar? My brain is confuse since I'm following the novel....😵💫
It takes place in 1910 and in 2022. In the books rockstar Lestat was in the 80's, and that could still have happened here (or hasn't happened yet). The original interview is still in the 70's though - the one in the show is a 2nd interview when Daniel is much older. There is a lot of mystery about what is going on in present-day, that's part of the story. The show is different in some ways from the books but in other ways also much closer to the books than the movie was.
What's so exciting though about this adaptation though is that it's not as limited as the movie was, the show-runners have made it clear they are using ALL books in the Vampire Chronicles for inspiration, not just the first one. =D And they are already putting in place building blocks and foreshadowing what's to come.
Even if it is, Anne Rice wrote the first 3 episodes so its as original as it gets.
Why? Just.... Why? Why not just continue the story? Why ANOTHER remake? And why do they have to rewrite characters? What's wrong with sticking to the story? If you don't like the story, don't make a movie out of it. Make an original movie.
bro where did they change the plot. where
There’s actually a continuation it’s called:
Queen of the damned by Anne Rice
It’s not bad.
Can't you's leave well enough alone? 😠The First is best!! Always will be!! Tom and Brad and Antonio are INTERVIEW WITH A VAMPIRE!!
How to ruin a masterpiece
Should be a crime
If only we'd get a faithful adaptation of the Chronicles and not one in name only. From reviewers it seems they've changed so much from characters to settings to events to even how Anne Rice vampires work that they might as well have just made their own story and characters to begin with (such as vampires being able to be awake during the day and unharmed as long as sunlight doesn't touch their bare skin, Lestat apparently being able to stop time, modern Louis living in Dubai (and having been the owner of a brothel....), Claudia aged up to 14 played by a 19 year old actress...etc...
nowadays it would have been impossible
The movie was quite accurate.
This genuinelly could have been called anything else and we wouldnt have known the difference. It is always going to be compared to the origiunal movie which has a massive fanbase. But as its a series and they are stretching out the story we will have to wait until the show is released before we can really make a proper judgement on it. But from the trailer it just felt like another Vampire Diaries teen show.
absolutamente equivocado hay una grannnnnn diferencia. the vampire diaries lei el primer libro y lo deje me aburrio vi algunos cap de la serie para reencantarme y los deje por lo mismo
The movie was an insult to the books. The book has a massive fanbase, not the movie.
and the makers seem to be racists..like so many in Hollywood now..
Emmm, is based on a book? So... They are not stretching the plot of the movie. They are re-adapting the book with more time to develope it's story...
Also: Greyworm alone is sexier than Bran Pitt and T Cruise together. Bye
When you order Interview with a Vampire on wish
lol! it comes after you've forgotten you ordered it and in a different colour??
This is never gonna top the Ho Yay between Pitt and Cruise
It is not supposed to. It is a TV show
That movie was one of those rarities that are not easy to see again.
It is a Masterpiece.
@@OmarHudson it’s woke as per usual
@@PoldarkGodzilla ....yea.. What exactly is woke about this sir?
People acting like this wasn't a book first. WhY rEmAkE tHe MoViE??!!1
This is not like the book either.
@@Problembeing doesn’t matter if it veers from the book. It’s not a remake of the movie.
Everything is being remade in woke style as to not offend anyone. This won't do well and spits in the face of Anne's books.
@@jennifershields2911 lol what is woke style?
nothing beats the original movie from 1994 with a stellar cast like Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Antonio Banderas, Kirsten Dunst, Christian Slater
Everyone in the comments butthurt because Louis and his family are black, don’t own slaves, and that there’s blatant homosexual content are all wimps with no taste. The show has just begun and it’s INCREDIBLE!! I’m a long time fan who adores the books-and I’m so happy with how this series has started
I'm waiting for Lestat story next season ☺️
No. No. absofu**inglutely NOT!!!!! nothing will ever triumph over the original. Brad, Tom, Antonio, and even annoying lil Kristen made that movie with sheer brilliance in acting and their performance can't ever be outdone. It will forever be the one and the only Interview With A Vampire ... Hollywood must really be running out ideas for movies a TV shows. Remakes everywhere... Smdh.
Hate the contact lenses, Underworld's looked better
Incredible show. Can't wait for seasons 2.
Watching the first episode now and my main complaint other than bring in a lot of current era references, is the fact that the actors can’t seem to use the same accent in one scene to the next. One second it’s a southern New Orleans accent the next it’s modern day inner city accent. It’s incredibly distracting.
funny how they comments are all “they could never compete with tom cruise and brad pitt” meanwhile jacob anderson already ate up brad pitt in the FIRST episode of the series 😂
obsessed w this show now thank u
"We have no ideas for a script left! Let's remake a classic story and a classic movie but superficially retconn the characters!" I'm still waiting for that remake of Blade with a ginger Scotsman in the lead...
Is that grey worm? Bloody hell, was wondering what he would do next. Will give this a go.
Why was there a need to change story? It was fine to begin with.
They weren't even faithful to Claudia's story. Lestat burns her crush in front of her and she was just r*ped in one of the recent episodes.
Compared to this, True Blood is The Sopranos.