Tonight I had the pleasure to see "30 Days of Night" with Marta and Josh. Lets just say that its not a cinematic masterpiece. The vampires had a bad case of "lets see what happens when we take liberties with the Photoshop Liquify Tool". Meh!
At one point in the movie, one of the human characters cracks a joke which mentions Bela Lugosi. Naturally, Marta, Josh and I start to cackle like a bunch of hyenas. Out of the entire theater we were the only ones laughing. "Perhaps it wasn't that funny," I thought to myself. Before those words had a chance to dissipate from my mind, I heard the following conversation from the folks sitting behind us:
"Who the FUCK is Bela Lugosi?"
"I dunno what the Fuck that is."
I couldn't believe my ears... How can you call yourself a vampire fan and not know who Bela is. AHHH! If this isn't a cry for medial literacy, I don't know what is.
I feel like there should be an "International Get to Know Your Obscure, Once Famous, Silver Screen Stars and Starlets Day",
And now some pictures of the handsom Bela Lugosi...
3 comments:
yeah, that happened to me too... but it was my sister who asked me why was i laughing like an idiot... it was a good joke though... if i remember correctly the dude say "not because sunlight killed bela lugosi it means it can kill them" or something like that
BELA LUGOSI IS DEAD!!! I'm not a huge vampire fan, and I even know who Bela Lugasi is! The man brought Bram Stoker's character to life in Dracula!!!!
Its sad when we lose parts of our cultural past.
It makes everything that is mad made/created seem so trivial.
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