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feliciakw ([personal profile] feliciakw) wrote2010-08-17 05:16 pm
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Lost Boys

I think I need to pull out our disc of The Lost Boys. For those of you who haven't seen it, and are SPN fans, you totally should. It's almost eerie how much they have in common.



Lost Boys - Centers around two brothers.
SPN - Centers around two brothers.

Lost Boys - Older brother is named Michael. Younger brother is named Sam.
SPN - Older brother Dean is the vessel for Michael. Younger brother is named Sam.

Lost Boys - Brothers are moving across country with their single mom.
SPN - Brothers search across the country for their single dad.

Lost Boys - Brothers and mom move in with her curmudgeonly father/their curmudgeonly grandfather.
SPN - Brothers spend a lot of time at curmudgeonly Uncle Bobby's.

Lost Boys - Brothers borrow Grandpa's classic car.
SPN - Brothers inherited father's classic car.

Lost Boys - Rockin' 80s soundtrack.
SPN - Rockin' classic rock soundtrack.

Lost Boys - Vampires are running loose in Santa Carla, CA.
SPN - Vampires (and other assorted nasties) are running loose across the US.

Lost Boys - Older brother's soul in peril.
SPN - Older brother's soul in peril.

I think I just talked myself into tonight's movie. Oooohhh!!! With popcorn!!!

Added trivia bonus: Jason Patric, who played Michael in LB, starred in The Losers with Jeffrey Dean Morgan.

[identity profile] gatorpez.livejournal.com 2010-08-17 10:23 pm (UTC)(link)
I think I love Lost Boys a little bit more than Supernatural, probably because it was a 2 hour movie and the writers didn't have time to screw around with the storylines. LOL I also love the Lost Boys soundtrack.

I definitely preferred the older brother in Lost Boys, too. Hee.

[identity profile] feliciakw.livejournal.com 2010-08-18 02:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, by its very nature, a movie has to be more focused and has less opportunity to explore other tangents than a TV show does. Can't have as many subplots going, you know? An A-line and maybe a B-line, but that's about all. No time for a convoluted mytharc. ;-)

The LB soundtrack used to be my running music in college. It would get kind of eerie when I was running the outdoor track alone at night. Hee!

I loved the dynamic between the brothers in LB. They way they pick on each other but are there for each other and try to protect each other . . . gee, this is sounding familiar, isn't it.
Edited 2010-08-18 14:27 (UTC)