Friday Night, Vampire Night

[shakatany]

Last night's ep of "Moonlight" was fairly interesting but raises a few questions. Were 18th century courtesans branded with a fleur de lis (I tried Google but got zilch)? If "Morgan" dies will Beth be a murderer considering that Coraline first died 400 years ago? And how did she return - if she was reincarnated wouldn't she be about 4-5 years younger than Beth? If she was magically transported from her "death" scene" and somehow became human why hasn't she aged in the intervening years? And finally why is the name Coraline suddenly so prevalent as I don't think I've ever heard of it before this show and now I discover Neil Gaiman has a book out by that name (soon to be an animated movie)? 

In "Blood Ties" I had a slight sense of deja vu as the villain was a bit like Ampata from "Inca Mummy Girl" (BtVS) and the Wraith from "Star Gate: Atlantis". BTW does anyone know if Victoria's demon marks are from the books (I read them too long ago to recall) or are original with the TV series?

I don't think there were any previews of new eps - does that mean the writers' strike has now caught up with the shows or is it just the annual holiday repeats?

Comments

[dolnmoon.livejournal.com]

To answer all your questions.... Wolferamheart. LOL Don't you know they have their fingers in all the pies. LOL Look what they did for Darla.

Also I thought the only true cure for vampire-ism was the Shanshu. Oh wait that is only in the Josh Whedon vampire universe.

Well lets see... Of coraline was resurrected immediately after the fire and made human then yes she would be looking much older than Beth as she would be at least 20 some odd years older than her making her in her 50's.

As for branding the courtesans I could find nothing about that at all, but I did find a very interesting article explaining courtesans.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courtesan

Coraline is like the french version of Caroline, I have not heard it either but did read the Neil Gaiman book so knew of the name prior. I have to wonder if the writer is a Gaiman fan.

I like Moonlight but find some of the story lines a bit hooky. I do love the dynamic between Mick and Beth though.

Dol

[shakatany.livejournal.com]

When they talked about the fleur de lis brand I hoped that the writer had done some research into the subject and wasn't just winging it *sigh*

No "Moonlight" this week - I wonder if the writer's strike has caught up with it. Any idea how it's doing ratings wise?

Shakatany