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I finished it last week and thought it was decent. I felt like some parts dragged and were a bit lacking in action, but overall not bad.
Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter I just saw the trailer for this "movie." How did the movie get approval to be made? Did FDR: Kangaroo Killa get rejected? I dont understand. Please tell me no one is going to watch this.
First of all: http://bbs.clutchfans.net/showthread.php?t=215275 Second of all, It's based on a pretty reputable book.
My bad. Didnt know another thread was made on that. But the idea of Abe Lincoln hunting vampires is pretty absurd.
Honestly was hypd when i saw the first part of it, looked cool and gripping.....until the vampire part took over.
LOL Pretty sure the author was completely aware of the absurdity of it, and I'm sure that absurdity helped the book stand out and reach a level of success.
That's the whole point. That's why the book did well. And why the movie will do well. And why I'll probably end up watching it.
So if I write a book about FDR killing kangaroos, does that mean I have a future best seller on my hands? Or in order to succeed, do I need to have vampires in my story? I guess everyone has different tastes but I cant see the appeal of Honest Abe hunting vampires.
Give it a try. If it's a good book that serves a market, your FDR book will sell. If it doesn't, it won't. You see how capitalism works?
It fits in with the whole zombies in the Renaissance, WWII, etc. There is a niche genre of witches, zombies, werewolfs, and vampires in historical time periods. Adding a major historical figure as the lead is a definite selling point, and vampires have been hot the past few years thanks to the terribly dreadful Twilight series. If you could write a kick ass fun story about FDR tapping into supernatural powers to rise from his wheelchair to lay the smack down on magical beings and do so in a fun manner, you could very well have a hot book. I'd recommend vampires instead of kangaroos. If you got that route, you're not going to sell well and PETA will come and picket you at your place of employment. I would recommend Teddy as a better Roosevelt main character. He walks softly at night and lays the smack down with his big stick. It wasn't just foreign policy. It was also his doctrine for dealing with the forces of evil.
I would read this book. TR was BY FAR the most badass president we have ever had. "On October 14, 1912, Roosevelt was campaigning in Milwaukee, Wisconsin when a local saloon-keeper shot him. The bullet lodged in his chest after passing through a jacket pocket containing his steel eyeglass case and a copy of his 50 page speech which had been folded in half. Being an anatomist, Roosevelt concluded that since he wasn’t coughing blood the bullet had not penetrated the chest wall into his lung. He declined immediate treatment and gave his 90 minute speech with blood seeping from the wound into his shirt. “Ladies and gentlemen, I don’t know whether you fully understand that I have just been shot,” Roosevelt said, “but it takes more than that to kill a Bull Moose.”"
did kangaroos try to cultivate their own supply of food through the guise of slavery. didn't think so. that's why your book would never work.
That story is much better than Abe hunting down vampires. And since it is a Tim Burton movie, where was Johnny Depp? I didnt see him anywhere in the preview. Maybe he plays John Wilkes Booth near the end of the movie???
It's not a Tim Burton film. It's directed by Timur Bekmambetov. Hmm...I didn't realize he had directed Night Watch and Day Watch. Those are some really fun books. I might have to scope those out when I have time to see how they adapted it to the big screen, but I'll take a pass on the Abraham Lincoln movie.
Burton is one of the producers of this movie. I think I'll pass on this one as well. Maybe I'll catch it on TBS one day.
Reminds me of this quote from Salvador Dali: "The first man to compare the cheeks of a young woman to a rose was obviously a poet; the first to repeat it was possibly an idiot." In other words, it's been done. Just recently. By Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter. So, no best seller for you. Really, after Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, I think Grahame-Smith is already in danger of jumping the shark.
