Things about The Lost Boys that really are appalling:
1. Being known as that actor who was in The Lost Boys
Kiefer ‘24’ Sutherland who plays Vampire David in this went on to do OK for himself: everyone else’s career could be summed up by the phrase ‘fair to middling’. Jason Patric, who plays older brother and Jim Morrison wannabe Michael Emerson went on to have a fair career, Speed 2 aside. Younger brother Corey Haim went on to have a perversely obscure career. Dianne Wiest (mum) didn’t fare much better, but at least has cashed a decent number of Law & Order pay checks. Alex Winter who played Vampire Marko didn’t do a lot after Bill & Ted.
2. Early 80’s Jon Bon Jovi hairstyles – from the dawn of extension technology, when they were still made of yak hair and affixed to the head with porridge.
3. Tim Cappello: half sax, half wax-beast, and neither in a good way.
4. Sam Emerson’s shirt collection
Having a vampire for a brother is the least of this guys problems.
5. Sam Emerson’s duster coat
only appears in one scene, but still manages to be the most shocking thing about the movie. You will have haunting nightmares.
F*cking hell what made you watch this????? or was it an acid flashback, in which case why the preponderance of mulleted dickheads.
You should add that Echo & the Bunnymen's version of "People are Strange" is not something they'll trumpet too loudly on their CV. And I really like them on the whole.
Does not one of the "Frog Brothers" have a particulalry messy drug habit/rehab/remission (repeat to fade)????
Posted by: Gilbert | September 11, 2006 at 10:59 PM
Considering that since Lost Boys, Dianne Wiest has been nominated for three Oscars and won two of them, I think she's done pretty damn well.
Posted by: Joseph J. Finn | September 12, 2006 at 04:45 AM
On of the Frog Brothers has a particularly thin CV, so drug addiction would at least explain what he’s been doing with his time for the last three decades – although it’s a mystery how he can afford such an expensive hobby. Child wanted to watch ‘something scary’ ‘like Hellboy’ and unfortunately Lost Boys was the best NTL on demand had to offer.
I’m just not a Woody Allen fan Joseph, I guess that explains my dismissiveness.
Posted by: Josie | September 12, 2006 at 10:26 AM
Echo & the Bunnymen's 'version' of 'People are Strange' is actually on their new 'Greatest' 'Hits' compilation. ( I saw this on an advert) It isn't any worse than the 'original' is it? Although I do think The Doors would have been a halfway decent band if they had devised little synchronised dances to go with their songs, kinda like the Macarena. Please try it at your next working class family wedding disco.
Posted by: Lee | September 13, 2006 at 09:43 AM
Don't start me on the bloody Doors. No it's better than the original I think, but fails (for me) on 2 counts 1) the original is pretty ordinary and 2) it doesn't do anything new with the song it's just a straight retread. For me a good cover has to be a good song to start with (or maybe a really awful one also works and also an obscure one [though that can work just because you don't recognise it and think it's an original]) that gets destroyed or done in a way that renders it unrecognisable but still brilliant. Bongwater were great at covers.
Having said all that I really like Nick Cave's Kicking Against The Pricks covers album and he does most of those pretty straight so what do I know (very little, trust me)?
Posted by: Gilbert | September 13, 2006 at 02:53 PM
I like Johnny Cash's versions of Bird on a Wire and The Mercy Seat, and all he does is be Johnny Cash covering some songs. That's enough for me.
But I understand what you're saying.
Posted by: Josie | September 13, 2006 at 10:54 PM
His version of "Hurt" (is it called that???), the NIN/Trent Reznor song anyway, is really good too. Suppose his voice singing is an alteration of anybody else's song. "30 days just for picking flowers" you could make a table out of that voice.
I suppose my love of the Bunnymen meant I was really disappointed by the song choice and the version they came up with is all.
Posted by: Gilbert | September 14, 2006 at 02:06 PM
Can I also add that Paris Hiton covering Do You Think I'm Sexy? is the worst cover version ever?? It made me yearn for late 70s Rod Stewart. Well it didn't but there was temptation there.
Posted by: Gilbert | September 14, 2006 at 02:16 PM
Lost boys rules!! shut up
Posted by: lostboys fan | May 19, 2008 at 11:59 AM
Short and sweet lost boys fan. But I'm sure you must have some opinion on cover versions. Dig deep.
Posted by: Josie Fraser | May 26, 2008 at 10:00 PM