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deucemagnet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-14-08 09:30 PM
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16. I just downloaded and watched the first episode tonight.
It was more focused on Anna Paquin's character, who is not a vampire, but it hooked me enough that I'll watch the next episode. The premise so far seems more science fiction than horror.
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  -Are jewish people screwed when it comes to combating vampires? ikhor  Sep-14-08 07:22 PM   #0 
  - No.  Xipe Totec   Sep-14-08 07:31 PM   #1 
  - Deleted sub-thread  Name removed   Sep-14-08 07:33 PM   #2 
  - Not just Jews. Even Protestants are screwed. If a vampire came down my chimney right now,  mycritters2   Sep-14-08 07:36 PM   #3 
  - "If a vampire came down my chimney right now..."  Peake   Sep-14-08 07:44 PM   #5 
  - maybe vampires prefer catholic blood  ikhor   Sep-14-08 07:51 PM   #11 
  - Don't worry....A Vampire can't come in until you invite them  MsTryska   Sep-14-08 10:24 PM   #23 
  - Actually, in some book's universes,  TimeChaser   Sep-14-08 07:41 PM   #4 
  - I've been trying to remember how it worked in the book "I Am Legend"  Connonym   Sep-14-08 07:45 PM   #6 
     - hmmm  ikhor   Sep-14-08 07:49 PM   #9 
     - I believe you're right, Connonym.  sarge43   Sep-15-08 02:33 PM   #71 
  - Don't be a putz! Vampires can't come in unless you invite them. So don't invite them in.  JVS   Sep-14-08 07:46 PM   #7 
  - This reminds me -- is anyone watching the new vampire series on HBO?  Connonym   Sep-14-08 07:49 PM   #8 
  - I just downloaded and watched the first episode tonight.  deucemagnet   Sep-14-08 09:30 PM   #16 
  - where did you download it?  Connonym   Sep-14-08 10:11 PM   #21 
     - I downloaded a torrent from mininova.org  deucemagnet   Sep-14-08 10:49 PM   #25 
        - thanks :)  Connonym   Sep-14-08 10:59 PM   #26 
           - You're welcome!  deucemagnet   Sep-14-08 11:15 PM   #28 
  - i watched it...  MsTryska   Sep-14-08 10:25 PM   #24 
  - When "American Gothic" was cancelled  Dogtown   Sep-15-08 09:40 AM   #46 
  - Horrendously bad stereotypes and attempts at southern accents, though.  Shakespeare   Sep-15-08 12:37 PM   #61 
  - I LOOOOVE it!  PeaceNikki   Sep-15-08 09:48 AM   #48 
  - I watched an episode the other night -- I am hooked!!  driver8   Sep-15-08 01:04 PM   #63 
  - I open the Lounge and this is the first subject line I see.  Forkboy   Sep-14-08 07:49 PM   #10 
  - I am SO screwed for thinking the o.p. is funny!1 n/t  UTUSN   Sep-14-08 09:23 PM   #12 
  - Threads like this are why I get nothing done in my life  RetroLounge   Sep-14-08 09:26 PM   #13 
  - no way dude  Connonym   Sep-14-08 11:26 PM   #29 
  - Nah, they never appear to those of us who are atheist or agnostic,  Jamastiene   Sep-15-08 01:08 PM   #64 
     - Ya know, there are a couple of schools of thought on that.  crispini   Sep-15-08 01:34 PM   #69 
  - I don't know...  mcctatas   Sep-14-08 09:26 PM   #14 
  - Holy wafers?  Catch22Dem   Sep-14-08 09:27 PM   #15 
  - they use holy wafers in Bram Stoker's novel  ikhor   Sep-14-08 09:38 PM   #17 
  - I never knew that  Catch22Dem   Sep-14-08 09:46 PM   #18 
  - Van Helsing (played by Laurence Olivier) used a holy wafer to repel Frank Langella's Dracula  Aristus   Sep-15-08 10:11 AM   #50 
  - Garlic makes your breath stink.  Jamastiene   Sep-15-08 01:11 PM   #65 
  - Yes, if they use screws  minnesota_liberal   Sep-14-08 09:51 PM   #19 
  - Silver bullets only work on werewolves  Sebastian Doyle   Sep-15-08 12:44 AM   #39 
  - sure but try improvising a SOD with scrap wood  pokerfan   Sep-14-08 09:59 PM   #20 
  - In Elizabeth Kostova's "Historian," different faiths use different symbols  jobycom   Sep-14-08 10:18 PM   #22 
  - Never mention the concept of muslim vampires to freepers, please  Flagg   Sep-15-08 11:29 AM   #55 
     - I generally avoid all conversation with Freepers, but why?  jobycom   Sep-15-08 11:39 AM   #57 
  - Ask Willow Rosenberg:  elshiva   Sep-14-08 10:59 PM   #27 
  - preferably with a khukri knife  ikhor   Sep-15-08 12:31 AM   #31 
     - Thanks for the tip, mate.  elshiva   Sep-15-08 12:35 AM   #32 
        - anytime chummer  ikhor   Sep-15-08 12:40 AM   #35 
           - Thanks again, pet. "I may be love's bitch  elshiva   Sep-15-08 12:49 AM   #40 
           - Oh, great...another knife for me to start collecting.  Jamastiene   Sep-15-08 01:13 PM   #66 
  - What you really have to watch out is pulling that shtick on the *Jewish* vampires.  cemaphonic   Sep-15-08 12:23 AM   #30 
  - Remember "Love At First Bite"?  moriah   Sep-15-08 12:39 AM   #33 
  - I don't imagine so.  crim son   Sep-15-08 12:40 AM   #34 
  - Garlic's kosher, ain't it?  Sebastian Doyle   Sep-15-08 12:41 AM   #36 
  - garlic is supposed to be good  samuraiguppy   Sep-15-08 12:42 AM   #37 
  - Actually, vampires should have evolved by now  krispos42   Sep-15-08 12:44 AM   #38 
  - So what about Athiest and Agnostic vampires?  crispini   Sep-15-08 01:32 PM   #68 
     - The Origin of Species by Natural Selection should work. n/t  sarge43   Sep-15-08 02:37 PM   #72 
     - Flying Spaghetti Monster car decals  krispos42   Sep-15-08 03:04 PM   #73 
  - Not being able to kill vampires is a cross we Jews have to bear.  Misskittycat   Sep-15-08 04:46 AM   #41 
  - ...  Connonym   Sep-15-08 04:50 AM   #42 
     - second that  BlueCollar   Sep-15-08 05:48 AM   #44 
  - What about Hindu and Moslem texts?  hobbit709   Sep-15-08 05:14 AM   #43 
  - You could try beating the fuck out of them with a Mahabarata.  billyskank   Sep-15-08 12:37 PM   #62 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Sep-15-08 06:32 AM   #45 
  - Well considering Anti-Semites have based a lot of post-Bram Stoker vampire lore on Jews  Taverner   Sep-15-08 09:42 AM   #47 
  - Irving Ninjawitz would be the coolest martial artist ever  Orrex   Sep-15-08 09:53 AM   #49 
     - You don't even need a throwing star  turtlensue   Sep-15-08 11:24 AM   #54 
  - maybe jokes from the 50's Catskills heyday might do it....  tigereye   Sep-15-08 10:54 AM   #51 
  - "Stake my wife--Please!"  Twillig   Sep-15-08 11:02 AM   #52 
     - Marvelous!  Orrex   Sep-15-08 11:13 AM   #53 
     - waaah-waah  tigereye   Sep-15-08 08:29 PM   #74 
  - From personal experience ...  Akoto   Sep-15-08 11:35 AM   #56 
  - Ask Barnabas!!!  skooooo   Sep-15-08 11:51 AM   #58 
  - I loooooved that show.  Jamastiene   Sep-15-08 01:18 PM   #67 
     - It's available on DVD...join Netflix...  skooooo   Sep-15-08 01:34 PM   #70 
  - I can recommend Paul Wilson's THE KEEP. (spoiler)  Orsino   Sep-15-08 12:31 PM   #59 
  - I recall reading somewhere that the first vampire was a Jew.  Sequoia   Sep-15-08 12:36 PM   #60 
 

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