Dracula: True Love Never Dies

There's new TV series that everyone is dishing about. And no it's not The Originals (not that I'm saying that story about Claus isn't a thing to dish about...), it's NBC's Dracula. And it came out with the perfect timing - it's Halloween, and Dracula is one of my all time favourite Halloween movies.

The pilot episode came out on the 25th, I just watched it and I must say I'm already IN LOVE! The plot is perfect, it's a mix of Vampire Diaries and Revenge set in the Victorian England. Oh, I can't believe it, but they made a series of my dreams. I must confess, I had quite a hard time after the final episode of Gossip Girl, and watched like twenty different series at the same time (I somehow managed to see 4 season of Mentalist, 6 seasons of Leverage, 2 seasons of Lie To Me, and 3 seasons of White Collar in a week. Just so we're clear, that is about 280 episodes, each of them about 40 minutes long, so I somehow watched more 7 hours of TV during my final exam period. You can imagine the results I got - I passed and that is all that matters. If that was one week, I'm sure you can do your own calculation of my time in front of a TV). I just couldn't find the one that would occupy my minds for more than 40 minutes that lasts. And now I finally found it:

• hot English guy (check)
• period costumes (check)
• another hot English guy (double check)
• vengeance and conspiracy (check)
• lovely ladies for a hot English guy (check, the part about the hot English guy, that so (not)obviously occupied my mind)
• vampires (not a necessary, but a welcome addition, check)
• Romeo and Juliet twist (check)

There you have it folks, the perfect plot! With a hot English guy as a main character :)

So the hot English guy I'm talking about is (of course) Dracula, played by not by an English, but Irish actor Jonathan Rhys Mayers. If the name sound familiar, there are a few movies/shows he is known for: Bend it Like Beckham, Tudors, and the most recent; Mortal Instruments: City of Bones. He's a bit old, but still super hot as Dracula. Most of his co-stars are also English born, but the Dracula's love interest is a fairly unknown Australian actress Jessica De Gouw. The only thing I saw with her in it is Arrow, where she plays The Huntress. But I like her, or should I say her character, since I believe you can't judge a book by its cover, so that means I have no idea what kind of a person she is, but like her as a character she plays. 

 

The story follows the Dracula as he's been awakened from; I have no idea what is the right term, so I'm just going to say: the dead. As I already said it's set in Victorian London, where Dracula introduces himself as a American entrepreneur named Alexander Grayson (anyone else see the humour in his last name? Well I guess this time, it's "the Graysons" that will seek revenge for the killing of someone they loved dearly). He has come to London with a quest to revenge the death of his wife. In the pilot episode, he is introduced to a woman named Mina Murray, for which he believes is a reincarnation of his deceased wife. The plot thickens, when the enemy that he has come to destroy, quickly puts the pieces together and tries to kill him.

So, yes I'm already marking the days that the next episode comes out in my calender. And yes I'm serious, because this is the only way that I'm capable to control my obsessive need to check for new episodes every few hours!

Scary Halloween and don't let Dracula bite you (if it's as handsome as Jonathan, it's fine by me ;))

Lucy Jane

        

Halloween costumes part 2

So after thinking about what to wear to a Halloween party this year, I got caught laughing at some of the costumes that celebrities wore over the years that my favourite gossip site put together. I especially love Anna Lynne McCord's inspiration after the royal wedding. But frankly she isn't the only one. I don't know if you watch The Carrie Diaries, but in the first season, Carrie dressed as princess Diana. And she looked amazing!

But I have a few more ideas up my sleeve, most of them, movie inspired.

So I know that being a Vampire is so four years ago, but as far as I'm concerned, going as Dracula is still very high on my awesome costumes list. Especially in the light of new TV series Dracula, with Jonathan Rhys Meyers in the main role (you might remember him as a Henry VII. from the TV show Tudors). He is super hot and I would gladly be bitten by him. 

Now that you've seen the picture, do I need to say more? Well for this costume you'll need red coloured lenses and good looks. If you area girls you could do a Vampire Diaries twist and go as Elena or Katherine, depends on your personality type or acting skills. So if you go as Elena/Katherine you'll also need a red coloured lenses and a fancy dress, maybe the old one from the Homecoming dance. Or if you want to keep it casual just dress as a girl next door for Elena and as a the hot cheerleader that shows a bit more skin if you go as Katherine. If you go as Elena hold back on the make-up and leave your hair straight, and if you're going as Katherine put on a bit more dark make-up around the eyes, curl your hair and have some of that bitchy attitude that she's so famous for. I would definitely go as Katherine, since I'm more like her than always worrying and so motherly like Elena. 

For the lovers of Fitzgerald, you can dress as a character from The Great Gatsby. What you need to do to get the look is go to the nearest Vintage, Second Hand or Thrift Shop and look for clothes that fit the 20's clothing period. Or if you're one lucky bastard and have an old rich aunt that owns an original Channel clothes, than you hit the jackpot! Oh, the things I would do to get my hands on one of the original Coco Channel designs... 

The next costume is super simple and you'll only need a bathing suit, water gun and an old pink skiing cap. If you're trying to guess as who would you be going as, than you should think Disney and Spring. Did it ring a bell? Yes, I'm thinking Spring Breakers. Who would want to be dressed as a former Disney star that went insane, just so she could go to a spring break and get drunk. 

So that is what you do with the bathing suit, water gun and the pink cap:

There are a few more ideas that I have, but won't describe in details: Minion(Despicable Me 2), Game of Thrones, Cinderella (Once Upon a Time version), Formula One Racer (Rush)...

Scary Halloween people,

Lucy Jane

Halloween costumes part 1

This year I decided to find my inspiration for Halloween costume in movies and TV shows. And got some pretty great ideas. I tried to divide them according to expenses and time you'll need to get the costume done.

So first is my personal favourite costume and is shown on the picture below. It will cost you about nothing and you need less than a minute to do it. And it will give you the right to write on the walls.

Do do this costume you'll need a black pen or an eye-liner. The process of making this costume is extremely long and hard to do. You take the pen or the thing you'll use to write on your face. With the help of mirror write BOOK on your face. And you're ready!

I found the inspiration for this costume in the TV show, Hart of Dixie. And this will probably be my costume of choice for the next year. Yes, I want to dress up as a SOUTHERN BELL. And I wouldn't mind a handsome southern gentlemen by my side.

This costume is a either time consuming to make or quite expensive. I found a page where they sell Civil War era dresses (the store is called "The Victorian Choice".. The prices varies between  90$ to 140$. You can also create a familiar costume if you own an old wedding dress. It has to have slime waist, and big fluffy skirt. To top the look you can add matching bonnet, and or umbrella.

xxx Lucy Jane