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Smeghead 05:29 pm UTC 03/06/08 |
| In reply to: | re: What I hated MOST about the American version - Tremorlor 01:53 pm UTC 03/06/08 |
| I posted my brilliant and eloquent response, but the browser crashed and It was lost... I don't feel like retyping it so never mind. > Especially the German version. > And with that particular ending: > Nein! Es wär' verkehrt, > den Kopf zu verliern. > Wir wollen nicht vor der Zeit > den Genuss ruiniern. (ie the drinking of her blood) > Mit jeder > Stunde des Wartens > wird die Lust mehr entfacht. (refers to the sole act of > drinking of her blood) > Ich lass dich fühlen, > was dich unsterblich macht, > wenn wir zwei tanzen > auf dem Ball morgen Nacht. (song ends here, without a > single reference to him loving her, the ending states > pretty much that he desires her blood and nothing else) > > Cue in the usual slam on Kunze and how bad his lyrics are > (coming from someone who does not comprehend German and > only has the direct translation to work with). > > The movie was a spoof on Hammer vampire movies, the show > still is based on that. Vampire wants blood, not from the > usual peasants, but something that is nice to look at too. > And he gets it. Woot. > > Additionally Dance likely was to Polanski (cue in the > usual slams) what Bat3 was for Steinman. I pretty much > doubt any of the numerous scripts Steinman did prior to > open-beta testing with additional rewrites by director, MC > and Ives in Minskoff were sanctioned by Polanski. > > > Total Eclipse is about All encompassing love. > > > > > > > > > > > > Jim's songs make it far more of a love story. You can't > > > > have Total Eclipse and the rest of Jim's songs and have it > > > > just about getting a bit... besides that makes for a weak > > > > story. > > > > > > > > > > It's strange because I never interpreted "Total Eclipse Of > > > The Heart" as unconditional love. | |
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