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In less than a week, *The Vampire Lestat* has reached number nine on the streaming service Magenta TV.

I think this has to do with more than just the current attempts to kill Lestat. I think that phrase is going to come back to haunt us later...

As I said, I don't know where this is heading yet, and I'm going to brainstorm with myself for a bit first...

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Edit: I’ve now watched the dubbed episodes. Among other factors, I believe a major reason why *IWTV*—and subsequently *TVL*—hasn't succeeded in Germany lies in the translation, the dubbed dialogue, and the direction of the dubbing. I hardly know where to begin. For one thing, a lot of it is simply translated incorrectly or fails to capture the intended meaning; it essentially distorts the plot and the significance of what is being said. Furthermore, they decided that Lestat, Louis, Armand, Gabriella, and Regina should speak without accents. Now, one could argue about whether it’s better to omit an accent if it’s poorly executed—but it is part of the story, and without it, you miss the comments and jokes regarding mispronunciations, for instance. Strangely enough, they *did* decide to give Nikki an accent. So, you have a whole crowd of people in Paris, and only one of them speaks with an accent? 🤷‍♀️ As for the voice actors themselves: I know what our cast is capable of; I’m absolutely captivated by their work. I used to think that facial expressions and body language would be enough to carry a scene, even with a bad dub. But the problem isn't just that the dubbing isn't good; the delivery actually works *against* the actors' facial expressions and gestures. Lestat might be bursting into tears, screaming, and in the depths of despair, yet the voice and intonation work against that emotion. I don't know if I'm making myself clear... All the despair, calm, irony, grief, protectiveness, and anger that Sam, Jacob, and Nicolas infuse into their speech and intonation are simply missing. It’s like playing a video on mute while playing something completely different alongside it. The combination of flawed, uninformed translation, missing accents, and poor delivery, pronunciation, and translation leaves viewers confused—they simply can't grasp the plot. I think anyone with zero background knowledge would really just think, "What is this bullshit?" It’s just a rapid-fire succession of images and disjointed text sequences. I didn’t think I could possibly respect our cast any more than I already do for their work... but my goodness! What they achieve is superhuman.