and here are the sleep deprived memories and notes that I wrote yesterday at the hostel:
Spoilers under the cut!
More Emerson's backstory: Emerson Dad was an abusive piece of crap
At the start, security guard's wife is looking for him, this will be important later
Sadly Grandpa is dead and cremated, there are jokes about it
No Nanook, but expected since the show has a bunch of explosions
A LOT of movie references, I don't remember them all
Deer bust reference, sadly they don't use it (yeah I got salty about that)
How old is Michael supposed to be? Sam is 14, Michael reads fresh out of school to me, Star feels like around the same age, and the boys (vampirism aside) feel around 18/22 in the musical specifically
OILED UP SAXOPHONE GUY APPEARANCE!!!!
Sam ogling the oiled sax player, we appreciate a queer awakening
Michael's angst outbursts compared to their dad's behavior (the scene where Sam says "sometimes you sound like him" gutted me). Being referred to "man of the house" from Max gave me the yucks, that's a barely an adult excuse me
Star is WAY MORE present and has more agency than the movie, I enjoyed her storyline. I really felt she appreciated what David and the boys offered her, but that's definitely not her world (her words)
Lucy is SO ADORABLE omg hi Mom!!!! I loved how she is really struggling but still trying her best to get her family in better footing and adjust to her kids changes
BISEXUAL LIGHTNING DURING I HAVE TO HAVE YOU!!!!
When the vampire band appears for the first time I swear I floated in my seat a little, so good
Also, pretty cool how they used the lights to show how both Star and David have interest on Michael during the song
I would join that cult (VAMPIRE ROCKSTARS??? Hell yeah)
Idk about some of the vampires personalities. I know we are working with crumbs from the movie, and my brain has some "fixed" headcanons, so I will leave that alone for now
THEY DID THE MOTORBIKE SCENE, and it was cheesy but SUPER COOL as well
Honestly I never saw anything like that stage, the way it changes and moves it's like a puzzle coming tougher and apart all at the same time, super fucking cool
The vampires feel definitely like predators sometimes, the way Star gets fixed on Michael sometimes is legit super scary
OMG Star pierced Michael's ear but had to run because of bloodlust - AND THEN DAVID GIVES MICHAEL AN EARRING "just so the hole doesn't closes up" uh-uh I know what you are David
Max is straight up robotic and inorganic, definitely feels like a centuries old vampire who is mimicking modern human behavior
His behavior criticizing Lucy's kids YUCK YUCK YUCK
He was really trying to infiltrate in that family, putting a good guy face and making Lucy feel slightly uncomfortable being by herself so that she would start to lean more and more on him (boss to husband pipeline)
Yeah Max, you're criticizing Lucy but you are a shit father
THE FROGS OH MY GOD (I felt motherly immediately upon their presence)
Alan transmasc rep
"The Frog Brothers?" "DID I STUTTER?" - Edgar, the biggest Alan supporter ever
Sam grossed out by Lucy's date/tour/walk and still helping her pick out shoes BABY
STOP dissing Marko's supposedly bad guitar player
SPEAKING OF GUITAR PLAYING, when David (probably) uses mind games to influence Mikey to play an acoustic guitar UGH GAY
I am still trying to figure out who Dwayne and Marko are, I felt like their personalities and looks weren't as iconic and distinguishable. I wish they kept more clear elements from each lost boy so it would be easier to differentiate between them from far away
Paul my beloved, forever my beloved my cutie pie my honeydew
The scene where Star and Michael stargaze and sing, you can notice the spotlights pointing to them look like a star, like they themselves shine through the night
Also, in the dark parts of the background there are some spotlights that look like stars, tiny detail that really got me
THEY FLY IT IS NOT A DRILL THE VAMPIRES FLY AND IT IS SUPER COOL
Also, David and the guys can stop time (excuse me, who in the production crew watched interview with the vampire?)
The Vampires Everywhere song was just too funny
Sam's superhero song was..... meeeeeh skip (no offense intended)
The poster promised me cowboy hat. Where. Is. The. Hat.
Again, the I missed the "one of us" chant during Michael's blood drinking
BUT we got creepy choir so I will forgive. They all look extremely predatory during that, you can cut the tension with a knife
Star craves the possibility of normalcy from Michael. She feels a sense of obligation to keep up with the vampires, but at the same time wants something else so bad. You can really see how she mourns when Michael goes into the cave beside her warnings
Michael craves the wilderness and rebellion from David. A lot of pent up anger and resentment make him crave the self destruction brought by the vampires
They killed Markooooo, they decimated my guy (hell yeah Edgar)
WHEN ITS SUNRISE AND THEY ONLY TURN THE LIGHTS ON THE TOP SHOWING THEY ARE UNDERGROUND so cool
The effects for each vampire's death is literally so cool and realistic, I love theater magic
Sam "Pansy with a crossbow" Emerson
DEATH BY STEREO (cue explosions)
No antler head in the final fight BUT
STAR AND MICHAEL END DAVID TOGETHER (good job team - and then they were boyfriendless)
Max shows up his true colors, forces Lucy to join him and SHE ENDS HIM
HELL YEAH LUCY END HIM (with a family wooden cross, grandpa helping to save the day through objects on set)
All is well all is good it ends all is cute
BUT Security guy's wife finds the underground factory and drinks the bloody wine BOOM END
Honestly, it was great, 8/10. Some stumbles on characterization but that might be me being hard headed. The set was amazing, effects were delightful to see and felt super organic. I snoozed a bit through some of Lucy's and Sam's songs (another me problem, probably). Overall super cool and definitely worth watching, would go again if I have the time and money to spare
Merch was pricey but if you order a drink you get a super cool cup for like ten bucks!
And it sucks because if I was terrified of having my work scraped and stolen by other humans, now I have to worry about it being scraped and stolen to feed AI.
I feel two feelings right now:
- making and posting my art out there is worthless and I don't want my content being possibly used to feed AI.
- making and posting my art out there is worth it because it's a form os resisting against AI.
I am walking a fine line holding a balancing stick holding the two sides.
Anyway, how to protect my art if I choose to publish it?
Went on a trip with two cunts who abandoned me in the middle of Miami boardwalk with no battery and no hotel keys and for a moment, just as I pondered on paying an overpriced taxi to the hotel, I fantasized about being approached by The Lost Boys.
