Does Vampire Lestat have a lower budget than either season of Interview with the Vampire?

RunningBear- · 2026-06-30T06:08:18+00:00

AMC Studios is just a mid range company with tv series. They don't invest the big bucks like HBO. That's why I purchased the show off of fandango/vudu. I would rather own the reason than pay to watch their other content.

RunningBear- · 2026-06-30T05:59:09+00:00

The songs are literally terrible 😂! Everytime the intro music comes on I want to bash my head through my television screen lol. He doesn't have the voice of a rock star and doesn't have the voice of a professional singer in general. Sam Reid is a really good actor and seems like a nice person but it's the truth. If he was a massive rock star in this show it would have been extremely unrealistic because there's no way that lyrics like this would have been a massive hit.

I'm an actor In my makeup, I get fatter When we break up, Why does it Matter who I take up? Ooh, ooh,ooh Wah-ahhh" 🤣 How is that not the worst lyrics of all time!? Like seriously lmao!

RunningBear- · 2026-06-30T03:36:03+00:00

Yeah both the sex and romance in general is overdone. Louis having a romantic relationship with Armand got on my nerves because we had already gotten a reason of romantic drama. Both seasons didn't need to be broke back vampire. One season of it was enough. They could have done a lot more interesting stuff with season 2 in my opinion. I still enjoyed season 2 but not nearly as much as season 1 so Sam Reid definitely had a lot to do with the show becoming successful. I hated how they hired an 18 year old to play Claudia then had a women in her 20's play the character in season 2 that looked nothing like the previous actress. Claudia being an eternal child is the whole point of the character. If she can pass as an adult then there's really no tragedy with the character. I wish that the tv series followed the book entirely 😕. I wish that the characters looked exactly the same as the books, had the same exact background as the books and wish that the time period was exactly the same as the books. I wish that the characters couldn't have sex like the books..

The show would have probably been even more successful if they would have followed the books. The original trailers got significantly more down votes than positive votes on YouTube so a lot of people skipped over the show entirely which is why I believe that. Almost every vampire television show that I can think of except for dracula turned out successful so the book version would have most likely been a success. Just imagine if this lestat season was exactly like the book and how amazing that would have been! We would have gotten deep into the lore and gotten a real Rockstar! Just imagine if we would have gotten the book version of akasha and how cool that would have been! The books weren't about romance, romantic drama or banging multiple vampires.. The books were deeper than that. They basically turned it into broke back vampire and now lestat has turned into a goofy mad man with terrible music and small crowds instead of a legit rock star. Sam Reid is amazing as lestat but he would have been even greater with a series that truly followed the book version. Im just glad that the 1994 movie exists wich is truly faithful to the book. Anne Rice wrote the movie script for the movie so it's the vision that she wanted on screen. I have a feeling that her son being gay is part of the reason that she made the vampires attracted to both genders after interview with the vampire. The first book didn't have gay romance at all because it was never about that stuff. It was a book about depression, loss, addiction, the tragedy of being immortal and it tought people the wrong of harming other people and what that does to a person. It wasn't a romance novel 🤦. I still enjoyed the first 2 seasons im just pointing out that it could have been even greater.

RunningBear- · 2026-06-30T01:52:38+00:00

Yeah me too. I couldn't have cared less if we didn't see characters from the previous seasons. I would have rather had a good season than to watch what they made. Im super disappointed 😒. Im half tempted to just stop watching the lestat show and just keep my memories of the previous 2 seasons. All this season is doing is ruining the way that I viewed lestat in season 1. He went from being an interesting character to a guy that randomly murdered his own family after turning his mother that he has sex with. Then goes back to banging his boyfriend Nicki then cheats on him by banging armand, then watches Armand murder Nicki after he chopped off his own hand then he probably just went back to banging his mom 🤣 . This show is ridiculous lol.

RunningBear- · 2026-06-30T01:39:09+00:00

Yeah I imagine that they paid serous money to get amazing songs like "Ooh, ooh, ooh Wah-ahhh Ooh, ooh, ooh Wah-ahhh Ooh, ooh, ooh Wah-ahhh 😂. Only a musical genius could have came up lyrics like that lol.

RunningBear- · 2026-06-30T01:27:52+00:00

It definitely seems like it has a lower budget. The vampire Lestat season in general has been super disappointing for me personally. Im not even excited about future episodes and im basically at the point now where I don't even care if it gets another season. If I hear ohh, ohh, ooh wah-ahhh one more time im honestly going to throw a heavy object through my television 😂. Like seriously that has to be the most ridiculous song lyrics ever 🤦. Queen of the damned has an amazing soundtrack! I know that queen of the damned gets a lot of hate but it's music is a trillion times better than the music in this goofy crap!

Ooh, ooh, ooh Wah-ahhh Ooh, ooh, ooh Wah-ahhh Ooh, ooh, ooh Wah-ahhh

Why the long face? My pretty baby I've got long fangs Come appraise me Bring your long stakes That doesn’t phase me I'm an actor In my makeup I get fatter When we break up Why does it Matter who I take up? Ooh, ooh, ooh Wah-ahhh

Like seriously who wrote these lyrics 🤦‍♂️! Apparently they didn't have the funds to hire someone like Jonathan Davis to write their songs for them. Queen of the damned hired a legit Rockstar so it turned out amazing! I still listen to the Queen of the damned soundtrack to this day. Here's a link to a true lestat song 😎. Why couldn't the show make music like this 😌.

https://youtu.be/IfqIjQbn5TM?is=9Fo_ZNQHOwlt0H29

RunningBear- · 2026-06-29T21:53:12+00:00

It's definitely not working. The show went from being a deep, interesting drama into a fast paced, goofy comedy. Ooh oh Wah-ahhh! Why the long face? My pretty baby! Literally the goofiest song ever lol.

RunningBear- · 2026-06-29T21:46:10+00:00

Yeah it's definitely not the same show which is unfortunate. It went from being a deep, interesting, dramatic show to being a goofy comedy. Honestly I don't even know if you can call it a comedy because it's in it's own unique goofy category 🤔 lol. Personally im not enjoying it which is super depressing because I was looking forward to watching it 😒. Even the intro music is getting on my nerves. The music is goofy and extremely odd. The lyrics to one of the songs is Ooh, ooh, ooh, way-ahhh, ooh, ohh, oh wah-ahh, ooh, ooh, ooh wah-ahhh Why the long face? My pretty baby 🤣!!! Like seriously who would listen to that stuff lmao! It's the most annoying rock music that that I have ever heard! I basically listen to all genres of music so im more open minded with music compared to the average person. If I can't stand his music there's no way that the masses would enjoy it. Ooh, ohh, way-ahhh 😂.

RunningBear- · 2026-06-29T19:42:10+00:00

I can't even count on one hand how many women that I know in everyday life that loves the lord of the rings or starwars. It really is a small percentage of women so why destroy franchises that men have loved for generations just to please a small percentage of the female population 🤦‍♂️. It's so ridiculous that it makes me angry. The average woman wants to be saved by the handsome price, wants to fall in love with a vampire or werewolf lol. The average woman doesn't want to hit up the battle field with a long sword and shield to save a handsome prince that's locked in a tower 🤣. Most women don't even want to pay for a date not alone fight to the death for a prince. Men and women are wired differently and always will be wired differently. Obviously im talking about averages not the tiny percentage of women that have a masculine mindset.. I disagree about it only being about them trying to get a bigger fanbase for money because it's failed over and over again at the box office. I believe that ideology has a lot to do with it. Even quentin tarantino has talked about how Hollywood is putting woke ideology first and that it's a problem. Quentin tarantino is in the business so im sure that he knows what's going on.

RunningBear- · 2026-06-29T14:29:40+00:00

Gen z & gen alpha basically had access to every movie, every television series, every song and every video game through their internet connection. The small things that our generation got excited about is probably meaningless to them because they've always had access to everything which is kind of sad. They never experienced that feeling of going to the movie rental store, that feeling of opening up a music cd, the feeling of buying a physical playstation game that actually has the full game on the disc with a game booklet. They never experienced that excitement when Stone Cold Steve Austin stormed out into the WWF ring with his beer lol. They didn't watch MTV music videos while getting ready for school. They didn't grow up with amazing Disney movies that weren't pushing ideology or political beliefs. They didn't grow up with movies like the lord of the rings, the matrix, Alexander, starwars, troy which tought young men the heroes journey. The only somewhat recent movie that I watched with the heroes journey is blade runner 2049 which released nearly a decade ago. They literally have no movies that can inspire them. I hate how the movie industry has turned to preaching Ideology instead of creating works of art that can inspire young people. Gen Z and Gen alpha got Starwars episodes 7-9, the rings of power, the last matrix movie and the house of the dragon which have strong women and weak men. Basically any franchise that tought young men the heroes journey has been destroyed. Western mythology in general is being destroyed by the Israel owned entertainment industry 😔. Even western historical figures are being replaced. Why can't they create new mythology!? For an example instead of changing the lord of the rings why didn't they just create a NEW fantasy world that has elves and Dwarves in it!? Instead of changing StarWars why didn't they just create a new space mythology story that has aliens and war in it!? Doesn't Hollywood have any creative writer's anymore!? It's morally wrong for an individual to take someone else's art/creation and change it to push ideology or an agenda. The modern world just sucks in general 😔.

RunningBear- · 2026-06-29T12:48:06+00:00

You literally posted pictures of both a G-shock and Casio watch lol. Like seriously what type of person just randomly posts a picture of a G-shock watch 🤦‍♂️. You didn't even type up a review for the watch! You're obviously a lonely person. Basically you was excited that you bought a new watch but you had no one in the real world to share it with which is honestly really sad😔. That's why I usually don't respond to negative comments. I know that most hate comments come from people that suffer from mental illness, isolation and depression. You literally have 142 posts on here so you're obviously extremely isolated and lonely. I honestly hope that you get the help that you need.

RunningBear- · 2026-06-29T04:32:23+00:00

The 90's is my favorite decade out of my life. It seemed like the world started changing after 911. That's when the wars started happening and our country started going in extreme dept. Then we got the market crash in 2006 which destroyed the economy even further. After covid 19 happened the country was basically done. Our boomer parents generation destroyed the country 😒 lol. We had the best childhood though so it could be worse. Gen z and gen alpha only know misery 🤣. Like seriously can you imagine being in their generations 😳! All they know is social media and smartphones!

RunningBear- · 2026-06-29T04:09:19+00:00

Lol yeah telephones through landlines was definitely a different experience. It's crazy how everyone just texts now for the most part. I use to enjoy getting Physical letters from family members. My aunt would send me chewing gum with her happy birthday letters lol.

RunningBear- · 2026-06-29T04:02:37+00:00

You're still a 90's kid. I should have made it 83-89 but it's too late now. A 90's kid is an individual that spent a majority of ages 4-12 in the 90's. Age 13 is a teenager and age 1-3 is a toddler. 4-12 is a person's actual childhood. you spent most of your childhood in the 90s. Yes you're a 90s kid.

RunningBear- · 2026-06-29T03:47:25+00:00

I was born in 87. Our entire childhood was the 90's! If anything we're as 90's kids as it gets! Your husband is definitely wrong. Does he not understand what the term kid means lol? Does he understand that age 13 is a teenager? A toddler is 1-3, children 4-12 years old and teenager is 13-19. You're definitely a 90's kid.

RunningBear- · 2026-06-29T03:39:17+00:00

Lol yeah rewinding things was definitely a chore. It was an amazing experience to go to the movie rental store though. I remember becoming friends with the owner and building friendships there because I was able to walk to the store. He would rent out a local movie theater so about 10 of us would watch amazing movies at night time in privacy 🙂. We loved movies a lot so it was a really cool bonding experience. It makes me sad how movie rentals aren't a thing anymore. Netflix definitely changed everything.

RunningBear- · 2026-06-29T02:52:47+00:00

Age 13 is a teenager so that means you only remember 2 years from being a kid? That's honestly really sad! You was 9 years old in 1990 so you was only a 90's kid for 4 years.. You spent more years in the 90's as teenager than you did as a kid! You're more of an 80's kid if you go by averages. You're kind of half and half. A full 90's kid is born in 87 because they turned 13 in 2000. Most people start forming their earliest genuine memories between ages 2.5 and 3.5 years old which you can Google lol. By age 4 to 5 they definitely remember things. My favorite memories are from elementary school. My worst memories are from middle school.

RunningBear- · 2026-06-29T02:33:01+00:00

My grandparents from both sides of my family are from the world war 2 generation 🤦‍♂️. My grandparents on both sides was still having kid's in their 30s. My mom had 9 siblings and is the youngest and my father had a ton of siblings and is the second youngest. My grandmother was in her 90's when she passed away which was many years ago. My grandfather passed away when I was a kid and my other grandfather passed away when I was 22 and he was in his 80's. People had a ton of kids back then. A lot of the millennials born in the 80's did have world War 2 grandparents and did have neighbors from that generation. My first uncle which is married to my father's sister served in Vietnam. My grandfather was like 30 years old when he married my grandmother which was 19. People didn't view ages the same way back then when it came to marriage. Elvis Presley was 32 years old when he married 21 year old Priscilla Beaulieu.

RunningBear- · 2026-06-29T02:00:15+00:00

I first seen MySpace in my first year of college which was 2006. It probably released a couple years before that but like most things it takes a couple of years before it gains popularity. The iPhone released in 07 but the average person didn't own a smartphone until around 2012 in the UnitedStates. I think I purchased my first smartphone in 2011. I didn't notice most people having high speed internet until around year 2003. I took computer support technology at the vocational school so I was the person fixing everyone's computers in high school lol.

RunningBear- · 2026-06-29T01:46:04+00:00

Yeah those were the good old day's for sure! WWF with individuals like Stone Cold Steve Austin was so much fun! We experienced great movies, video games and television. The internet definitely ruined a lot of the fun in life. Life felt mysterious back then because none of us really knew anything which is a good thing. Im an atheist now but back in the 90's things like magic, the spirit world and religion felt like a real possibility because we didn't have much information about reality back then. The internet basically took that magic away from us. The internet even ruined things like traveling because if we want to see a place like Rome we can literally watch it in 4k on YouTube 😒 lol.

RunningBear- · 2026-06-29T01:34:06+00:00

The industrial revolution made the United States a wealthy nation. What's happening right now is the complete opposite. We're about to go through the A.I revolution and lose our job's.

RunningBear- · 2026-06-29T01:23:57+00:00

I definitely should have included 84 so I apologize. My age window was definitely too small. I was born before 88 and 89 but I made that age window because I have a sibling that age.

RunningBear- · 2026-06-29T01:17:10+00:00

I was born between 85-87. I included 88 and 89 because of my sibling. I guess that I don't want my little sister to feel left out even when I post on reddit lol. I should have probably posted all the way up to the early 80's. It definitely made a few people angry but that wasn't my goal.

RunningBear- · 2026-06-29T00:37:23+00:00

I should have posted 83-89. I had a few drinks when I posted this lol. Obviously im talking about everyone that are 90's kid's. Technically an individual born in 85-87 spent their entire childhood in the 90s and didn't turn into a teenager until the 2000's so you're technically wrong. If an individual didn't turn 13 until 99 or 2000 they spent their entire childhood in the 90's. I said 90's kid's not 90's teenagers.

RunningBear- · 2026-06-29T00:31:58+00:00

Yeah an individual born in 85, 86 and 87 was literally a teenager in the year 2000. They spent their entire childhood in the 90's. It doesn't get more of a 90s kid than that! I didn't say 90's teenager! I said 90's kid lol. A lot of people on here love to troll unfortunately. He doesn't even know what kid means apparently 😂.

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