# What We Do In The Shadows **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 20, 2014, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-we-do-in-the-shadows/691190 "2014-06-20T02:45:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2016, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-we-do-in-the-shadows/691190/21 "2016-01-04T07:41:55Z")
If you like Taika Waititi movies, some people are fond of [Eagle vs. Shark](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0494222/?ref_=nm_knf_i2), although it’s a little too smug and hip for my tastes. [Boy](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1560139/?ref_=nm_knf_i3), on the other hand, which he directed and starred in, is fun and sweet and and full of soul. ---
**Author:** ![Girl\_From\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3da27b/32.png) [@Girl\_From\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girl_From_Mars)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2016, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-we-do-in-the-shadows/691190/22 "2016-01-04T11:04:13Z")
I went to Uni with Stuart, he went out with one of my close friends for a few years. But that was like 20 years ago, and I was watching this film going…I know that actor. What else has he been in?..No, I actually feel like I really do know that guy…Wait, it’s Stuart! Good movie as well. ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2016, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-we-do-in-the-shadows/691190/23 "2016-01-04T11:20:23Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > **Another bump** > > Watching it right now, nearly to the end. > > Wow, this is certainly the best comedy of the past couple years. I haven’t laughed at a feature film like this for a few years. We are very different, you and I. Perhaps not _so_ different, because I too thoroughly enjoyed this movie, but I can’t imagine self-interrupting a viewing of a movie that I am enjoying to post about it on a messageboard. Whatever works for you. Just saying, this is very strange to me. > [@Girl\_From\_Mars](#): > > I know that actor. What else has he been in? > [@Girl\_From\_Mars](#): > > one of my close friends _ZING!_ ---
**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2016, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-we-do-in-the-shadows/691190/24 "2016-01-04T16:33:52Z")
Rented this from Redbox over the holidays. _Hilarious._ Fave bit: Vladislav trying to compel somebody, ANYBODY, to let him in. “See me.” He finally knocks on the window to get the guy’s attention. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2016, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-we-do-in-the-shadows/691190/25 "2016-01-04T20:20:18Z")
> [@Penfeather](#): > > If you like Taika Waititi movies, some people are fond of [Eagle vs. Shark](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0494222/?ref_=nm_knf_i2), although it’s a little too smug and hip for my tastes. Man, I hated that film! It was like the execrable _Napoleon Dynamite_ - a film by the cool kids pretending to be outsiders, with no understanding of why outsiders are outsiders. ---
**Author:** ![quiltguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e47774/32.png) [@quiltguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2016, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-we-do-in-the-shadows/691190/26 "2016-01-04T20:39:11Z")
We KISS in the shadows, don’t we? ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2016, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-we-do-in-the-shadows/691190/27 "2016-01-04T21:00:33Z")
> [@gaffa](#): > > Man, I hated that film! It was like the execrable _Napoleon Dynamite_ - a film by the cool kids pretending to be outsiders, with no understanding of why outsiders are outsiders. Pretty much, yeah. It’s kind of clever, but cold and smug and ultimately fairly repellent. I think it was Waititi making the kind of film he thought he was supposed to make as an “indie rom-com”. _Boy_, on the other hand, is the polar opposite, very warm and genuine. It’s about a boy growing up in a small Maori community on the East Coast back in the 80s, and is basically a character piece with some lovely performances. Waititi following his heart, basically. ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2016, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-we-do-in-the-shadows/691190/28 "2016-01-26T01:02:43Z")
And a sequel has been announced, [We’re Wolves.](http://io9.gizmodo.com/a-what-we-do-in-the-shadows-sequel-is-coming-and-has-an-1755053655) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2016, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-we-do-in-the-shadows/691190/29 "2016-01-26T01:37:09Z")
> [@Penfeather](#): > > And a sequel has been announced, [We’re Wolves.](http://io9.gizmodo.com/a-what-we-do-in-the-shadows-sequel-is-coming-and-has-an-1755053655) 😃 It should be fun, but it will be so hard to capture the magic of the first one. I hope they can do it. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-we-do-in-the-shadows/691190/30 "2016-01-27T03:29:40Z")
I visited my mom. She had some movies on the Tivo for me. I read the title and description and wasn’t expecting much. Boy, was I wrong. As has been said, the film was consistently hilarious and had well-developed characters you could care about. “Do you like the psketti?” “Well, I don’t usually eat it cold.” “You’re eating worms!” “Yes, I stole that bit from Lost Boys. It’s still fun though.” ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-we-do-in-the-shadows/691190/31 "2016-01-27T04:46:11Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > It should be fun, but it will be so hard to capture the magic of the first one. I hope they can do it. The title is so stupidly awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Achren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/898d66/32.png) [@Achren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achren)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-we-do-in-the-shadows/691190/32 "2016-01-27T05:24:57Z")
> [@Penfeather](#): > > And a sequel has been announced, [We’re Wolves.](http://io9.gizmodo.com/a-what-we-do-in-the-shadows-sequel-is-coming-and-has-an-1755053655) 😃 Excellent. Time for some cautious optimism. ---
**Author:** ![Nikki\_Tikki\_Tavi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3da27b/32.png) [@Nikki\_Tikki\_Tavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nikki_Tikki_Tavi)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-we-do-in-the-shadows/691190/33 "2016-01-27T13:56:04Z")
> [@Penfeather](#): > > And a sequel has been announced, [We’re Wolves.](http://io9.gizmodo.com/a-what-we-do-in-the-shadows-sequel-is-coming-and-has-an-1755053655) 😃 Yay! Comedies are hard for me, and I find FoC smug and annoying so I wasn’t expecting much from What We Do but I loooooved it and will definitely see the sequel. ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2016, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-we-do-in-the-shadows/691190/34 "2016-10-01T01:44:01Z")
[And a TV spin-off has been announced, _Paranormal Event Response Unit_, which follows the cops about.](http://io9.gizmodo.com/the-what-we-do-in-the-shadows-tv-spin-off-sounds-fantas-1787297761) So stoked for this, but not sure why the article thinks it wouldn’t be released outside NZ. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2016, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-we-do-in-the-shadows/691190/35 "2016-10-01T08:10:10Z")
> [@gaffa](#): > > Man, I hated that film! It was like the execrable _Napoleon Dynamite_ - a film by the cool kids pretending to be outsiders, with no understanding of why outsiders are outsiders. Yeah… this guy totally sounds like a cool kid. > **[Jared and Jerusha Hess](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jared_and_Jerusha_Hess)** > > Jared Lawrence Hess (born July 18, 1979) and Jerusha Elizabeth Hess (née Demke, born May 12, 1980) are husband-and-wife American filmmakers best known for their work on Napoleon Dynamite (2004), Nacho Libre (2006) and Gentlemen Broncos (2009), all of which they co-wrote and which were directed by Jared (Nacho Libre was co-written with Mike White). For their film Ninety-Five Senses, they were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short. > They also produced music videos for The Postal... [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-we-do-in-the-shadows/691190.md?page=1)