The Queen of the Damned, Vampires Save The World And Anne Rice Jumps The Shark 

Fuck my life I just noticed there's a line missing from this where I mention Akasha and Lestat arriving at the great families house. Welp, I'm bad at my job.

*Me, listening to a review of a book I have never read and will never read, with a thousand names that all start with the same three letters, and an incomprehensible plot:* Excellent.

“I SAID I’M STOPPING BY STARBUCKS ON ZE WAY TO ZE COVEN. DOES ANYBODY WANT ANYTHING?!”

Smacks Anne Rice Novel "This bad boy can fit so much vampire drama".

I like the idea of Marius leaving the tv turned on for Akasha and Enkil the same way you'd leave the tv turned on for your dog when you step out for a moment.

"the queen actually takes it surprisingly well... Just kidding, she loses her goshdarn mind" lmfao

I always adore the acted bits, but the Starbucks bit made me fall out of my chair laughing, and my god, the effort of hiring a singer using a bad french accent to sing a parody of A Whole New World is just amazing. Also, can we appreciate you do better interacting with CGI characters/characters played also by yourself than most Hollywood actors? I legitimately didn't even realize that you had shot Lestat and Louis separately at first glance. I just thought you had Terrence dress up and play the second part.

As usual don't forget to stick around to the end for cat bloopers ^__^

Maybe it was just me excusing some weak character writing but I always sort of thought Rice's vampire's didn't so much forgive and forget as have a toxic sort of relationship habit of rug sweeping due to the fact that all of them do horrible things and can't stop (due to being vampires and all sorts of messed up by trauma) and so when their loved ones do horrible things to them, they sort of feel like they deserve it. They all seem to constantly be in the honeymoon/abuse cycle with each other and because they're most unable to change, they just keep love bombing until tension gets too high and they set each other on fire.

Nobody: Marius when Lestat reveal secrets about vampires: Oh... He want's to be noticed! That's so cute! :-)

Ten minutes in: The main plot finally gets going." Wait, then what the hell was everything up to this point?

Back again My wife turned off Animal Crossing for this

I swear every time Dom says "My beautiful watchers" I sit up straighter and smooth my hair

“This is Morbidia," said Vlad. "Although she's been calling herself Tracy lately, to be cool.” ― Terry Pratchett, Carpe Jugulum

Honestly, the Lestat/Louis flying date seems the most coherent thing about this book. My head went fuzzy just trying to keep up with the video.

Ok. Am I the only one that around 8:00 has lost complete track of who is who? Not the Dom's narrationfault, he does that alright, is just... why so many secondary characters are needed, Anne Rice?

This story sounds interesting, but also bloody confusing. Half way through this video I just couldn't keep track of all the characters or how they played into each other. I seem to remember that there's a comic/graphic novel version out there somewhere. Maybe I'll try that. Visuals might help.

Both the Starbucks joke and the bloopers made me laugh out loud. I'm really enjoying your dive into Anne Rice. I read the books as a teen, so it's a nostalgia trip.

I dislike the fact that Lestat's hard work in the story's present-day gets completely ruined by Akasha finally wanting to do world domination and extermination of almost all the modern vampires and that feels like it came out of nowhere. I'd rather see the ramifications of what he did with his band, book, and concert.

Lestat is a brat and we love/hate him for it

I understand but I can't believe you didn't mention Gabriella. When she shows up in a Porsche 911 and saves her son before he goes off with the Queen is one of my favorite parts.

Regarding your reference to Anne Rice jumping the shark, I'd love to see you review the other 7 books in the series, just for you to see how absolutely _bonkers_ the story gets.

Dominic: * starts talking about vampires * Greensleeves: * casually playing in the background for some reason *

As someone who also has a vaguely cat-shaped void, I feel so seen that you call your black cat a void too.

Dominic: *makes a clear, understandable, and compassionate trigger warning at the start of the video* Me: *immediately likes video even though said warning doesn't apply to me*

That French accent killed me 😂 I wish you did more Lestat impressions

It’s wild how much of this Vampire the Masquerade just lifted wholesale into the franchise. But I guess that was on purpose for everyone who loved these books. 😄

A sponser of a vpn that isn't Nord or express vpn. I thought I never see that ever happening.

The Starbucks/Whole New World bits were so damn funny I had to stop the work I was doing just to get over the giggles.

Ah, The Vampire Chronicles, something I used to love until Anne went off the deep end with adding her Mayfair Witches to the series and ruining both by having Lestat meet Rowan. Be grateful that Queen Of The Damned was the last movie so you don't have to read any more of them.

I find it amusing that Marius left the TV on to two ancient gods like one would leave it to a pet when heading to work, then come back and find the place thrashed.

The longer I listen, the happier I am that I never even considered reading Rice. It explains why she hates fanfics so much - I bet there were quite a few making way more sense.

I always really liked how Anne Rice's novels include so much backstory. It makes them feel more like interconnected short stories and I remember really liking many of these stories.

The starbucks bit killed me, luckily an angry ghost decided I'd make a nice airbnb so I think I'll go start a sub-race of little abominations instead.

Well, this is kinda disheartening. Couldn't even keep track of all the names, haha. I was planning on reading the whole thing, since I was watching yours and Maven's reviews and decided why not - but daymn, if this doesn't sound like a big bloody mess. Ah well. Think I'll close it with the second book, then. 😅 Btw, be a dear and wish good luck to Sir Terry in future rehabs from me 🥳

La' Spat.....I want that to be a thing! From now on Dominic "The Dom" Noble....your vampire is called La" Spat!!

le spat goes on le shoe to protect from le mud.

"I thought you went to rehab" "Nope you dumb human NOW GIVE ME MORE OR I WILL RIP THESE CURTAINS MORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA. Meow."

Last time I was this early Lestat was still human

Lol this wasn’t Rice’s Jump the Shark moment. That would be Memnoch.

I just lost it at "A Whole New World" in a French accent.

I like how this story is slowly becoming very JoJo like

Ah yes, Lespat The only vampire with a *sole*.

I suddenly feel the algorithm needs to know how much I appreciate Dom's sophisticated way of wording very dramatic stuff very un-dramalike. Makes my day.

As a huuuuge history nerd and nutjob who obsesses over 16th century England, I get so much extra joy from "Greensleeves" playing in the background. 😆 Also, as a lover of books I have rarely enjoyed any RU-vid channel as much as yours. Thank you for entertaining, smart & high quality content!

Dominic no, Maharet's telling of the genesis and history of Vampires is one of the best pieces of modern fiction, ever, and is bar none the BEST vampire genesis stories ever written.

I found a diary from when I was about 9 or 10 a few weeks ago. One entry went into how my mum and I had rented five movies to watch. I had, naturally, ranked them in my diary. Queen of the Damned was number one.

CW: Sexual violence Lordly if you think that back story with the ghosty girls seemed to include sexual violence in an inappropriate and unnecessary way you should NOT read some of Anne Rice's other, non vampire work! She straight up wrote an enter erotic sleeping beauty trilogy which is nothing, but hardcore non consensual BDSM from cover to cover, like 50 Shades on speed! It was enough for me to swear off her work forever after just skimming it, which might seem like I didn't give it enough of a change to properly judge it, but... Its rape fetishism. I'm good with never reading that.

I think the last time I had this much trouble keeping track of a story and character list was Anna Karenina

As far as the wrapup - I always read it as extreme apathy/boredom to a degree that mortals wouldn't understand. As if, once you've been alive and almost invincible for long enough, even having something really awful happen to you is at least a change of pace so once you've recovered it kinda balances out. And possibly that after you've known someone for enough lifetimes you hesitate to completely break that bond even if it's unhealthy. I have trouble even kicking old coworkers off my FB once we don't talk anymore, multiply that times a million. I haven't reread the series in years; the way you describe it reminds me why people tend to love or hate her writing style. I deeply love the world building and character building and excessively long paragraphs that are purely description and atmosphere...and a lot of people really really do not dig that. (You did not imply you hated it, I know! I just know some folks who really cannot even with it.) I don't know that I can argue if spending a book mostly on world building and backstories is "good" or "bad" writing, I just know I deeply dug it. And I think I still would on a reread. I also don't think I ever read the last 4 or so in the Vampire Chronicles, though I did read Pandora. I also loved her spinoff series about the Mayfair Witches which is...another one that even some fans of her vampire series can't stand for various reasons. xD

I’d love to see you review Vampire Academy at some point.

I always feel it’s a bit touch and go with the back stories, I do think they’re interesting but sometimes it’s a bit of a jarring aside. (Oh and I choked on my drink when A Whole New World began.)

The only Anne Rice novel I've read is "Vittorio the Vampire" which was so seriously depressing that I have felt zero motivation to read any of her other books.

I loved the hell out of the Anne Rice novels in the 8th grade and through out my high school years. My Mom always joked they were World of Darkness fanfics of a campaign gone horribly wrong. I never understood until I finally started playing the RPG tabletop myself and the joke clicked. Yeeeeeeeeah Anne Rice is fanfic of a campaign that more than likely went horribly wrong and the poor DM suffered through it.

i... never knew queen of the damned and interview with a vampire were in the same series...

Vampire Dom trying to romance vampire Dom all set to an Anne Rice inspired cover of "A Whole New World" sung in a bad fake French accent. * Chefs kiss *

I'd actually like a full version of that beautiful song. As for the reviews, I'm excited for you to do the Vampire Chronicles. Watching you summarize them (and act them out) is really entertaining and something I never knew I needed! I tried reading a few of the books (probably almost 20 years ago), and while I did like the backstories and worldbuilding to an extent, there was just TOO DAMN MUCH OF IT and the story itself faded so far into the background so often, I couldn't finish the read. Now I finally get to find out all the things I missed!

"They either possess an inhuman capacity to forgive, a depressingly extraordinary level of apathy, or they're just really badly written when it comes to consistency and motivation." The impression I got when I first read those books was very much of the second option, that having lived for so long, they had simply long since run out of fucks to give, but yea, I can also very much see how the third option is also a viable explanation... the inhuman-capacity-to-forgive one, though, I'm just not feeling it; these incidents all feel much more like something they just don't see as being as important as they seem to us mortals like they should be, rather than being anything they consider to be as big of trespasses as we see the as being, but that they decide to move past anyway.

I LOVE all of your LIA series, but the Vampire Chronicles holds a dear spot in my heart. This was by far one of the best! Queen of the Damned was also the first book of the Chronicles that I read (silly, I know). But! The way that you break down the events of the book make it so much easier to understand. That's one issue that I have with all of the books. Things tend to get a little muddy and it's sometimes difficult to follow what is happening. (Or maybe I'm just dumb?) Thank you for all of the time and effort that you put into these! It's much appreciated.

The ‘date’ was adorable! 🤣 Thanks for the laugh. Looking forward to the adaptation/comparison video!

XD I applaud you for the "A Whole New World" segment. That was brilliant. Awesome job as usual dead Dominic, I can't wait for you movie review. Let 'em have it.

Appreciation for the bit of Lestat trying to communicate with his mind.

That Starbucks bit made me pause the video so I didn't miss the rest of what you were saying, not to mention the flying scene. The faces you made as Lestat were amazing lol. I know you probably aren't wanting to make the Vampire Chronicles a series or anything, but I would love for you to do a review of Tale of the Body Thief and Memnoch the Devil cause if you thought Queen of the Damned was insane those would blow your mind lol

I always pretended that these were non-fiction accounts of real memoirs. I legit tried calling out telepathically to Lestat in New Orleans, but he never replied. I was heartbroken. Anyway, I hope it's a true story...

Loved the summaries you’ve done of these! In regards to actual forgiveness, I wonder if processing events for vampires is quite different than us given their expansive timelines. Yes, certain things sucked in the moment but they’ve been alive for so long it isn’t something they actively ruminate over as they have had so much happen to them? Maybe periodically they are bothered (a memory or meeting triggering those old emotions) but ultimately, they have had so many experiences and will continue to do so that they are not left in those emotional states. Either way, if you continue down this series, the characters presented in this book do pop up in other works. Thanks again for this!

I always found it funny that Marius pauses in the toilets of a vampire bar - WHY ARE THERE TOILETS IN A VAMPIRE BAR? - to read some shit someone scrawled on the wall while pushing out a vampire shit, and that scrawling is an entire chapter long. How long was this vampire shitting, and how many of the walls did he cover in this sprawling essay. There's not even any attempt to be efficient in the writing, to maybe not cover all the walls and the ceiling and the floor in long-winded text..

Take a shot every time he says “attend Lestat’s concert”

I'll be honest, I've been watching a lot of Buffy lately, and even though I know it's super wrong, I keep picturing Lestat as Spike lol

Oh the Dom, those weren't Marius' children...... I see someone haven't had time to read the vampire Armand yet

This was DELIGHTFUL! Its been 20 years since I read this book - and is forgotten so much. Thank you for the synopsis! Great job.

Thank you for always giving the trigger and content warnings and not just hiding them in the description where they're easy to miss.

I know the next few books don't have an adaptation but i would LOVE to see Dom review up to at least The Vampire Armand

The cat bloopers always melt my heart 💙

Thank you for saving the ad for the end. It makes a sponsored video infinitely more watchable. Great video, Dominic. Keep them coming and I'll keep watching.

I have so got to go back and read this again . I have forgotten so much in the last 32 years. You did an excellent job of summing it up. Thank you .

I want to take a moment to thank you for everything you do. You are making the world a more palatable place to be, and that is arguably more important than ever. I want you to know that your work, dedication, intelligence, wit, and humor are appreciated. Thank you for being you.

So that's why the films seemingly a mess.

I wouldn't mind you making a video for each books of this serie. It's very enjoyable when YOU retell it. Cant imagine the amount of work necessary behind these smooth and funny videos.

So, I know there arent anymore movies after this one, but honestly I could listen to you talk about all of the books in the series this way!!! Good synopsises and I love the acted bits

Funny I always had the oposite reaction. I find Lestat the least interting character in this book.

Thank you Dom, you're getting me through this quarantine with *some* symbalance of my sanity

20:02= the way Dom looks longingly at himself LOL. He always looks like he's having way too much fun with these skits!

i'm obsessed with the level of effort in these videos. the little green screen re-enactments are gold

I was deeply influenced by the QotD movie. The music, the costumes. It was highly responsible for my edglord teenage vampiress phase and I don't know who I would be without it. I'm so, so sorry you have to watch it. It is hot garbage and the longest music video ever made.

I've read quite a few paranormal fantasy series and so many of them just have more characters and a more evil opponent each book. Everything is resolved by just getting grander and grander and after a few books there is barely anything left about the characters I liked in the first books. Usually I like the first book well enough, then I like the way they get more developed in the next two or three books and then everything just becomes way too much.... So I never buy box sets of series :-D

You honestly make me so happy with every trigger warning, it's such a relief to just be able to watch something without always having to watch out for things that could be potential triggers. Love you and your videos, keep being the thoughtful, funny, soul that you are, and thanks for brightening up the days❤

Oh dang, this is my favorite episode yet! All of your observations are very much on point, and the Starbucks and Aladdin bits had me laughing loud enough my kids ran into the room to see what was so funny!

I don't know, I loved the whole vampire mythology presented in the book, they're origins are fascinating to me. In general I enjoy all the books until "Blood Canticle", I could never finish that book, it bore me SO much... the witches where a BIG mistake.

I’m loving this videos about the Vampire Chronicles!! I hope you don’t end with those!! Do all the books!! There’s some really boring but for the most they are really great!! Loving it!!❤️❤️❤️❤️

I just found your channel, im loving your IWTV videos!! They've completely re awoken my love for the series!

I watched this year's ago when it 1st dropped and thought it weird when you said that some ppl would be offended by a trigger warning. I thought "Who'd possibly be offended by giving ppl who'd give a heads up to ppl who may have had to deal with seriously traumatic events like rape or physical abuse" Unfortunately in the 2 years between now and then I've ran into some of those ppl. Now I get the anger

19:52 I need a full cover of that song. For research

While it sounds like Rice loves her some world building and character depth, which I certainly appreciate, you need to have it be implied or provided at a more manageable pace.

Dominic is honestly one the best underrated you tubers. I watch his new video as soon as they come out

I have read and reread Anne Rice for 30 years. That being said, Oh My Goodness. I love your hard work and wonderful recapping the Beloved Rice's Chronicles. RIP Rice.. New Fan!

Your channel is my favourite RU-vid channel, thank you for making me laugh, I really needed that today ♥️

Oddly, I loathe most anthologies but love this book second only to the Mayfair Witches trilogy - which I deeply hope you review soon - because it's a history book.

As much as I enjoy the main content of your videos (and I do, a lot!) It's the bloopers that always make me actually laugh out loud. The sheer frustration over not being able to pronounce words, the cats.. it has it all. 💙

We appreciate your content during quarantine. I even let the ads play.

First three books and Armand: Loved them. But I couldn't get into the Body Thief and Memoch the Devil. I'll try again, eventually.