# You have got to be kidding! \[Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 30, 2012, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-got-to-be-kidding-abraham-lincoln-vampire-hunter/620423 "2012-04-30T16:15:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-got-to-be-kidding-abraham-lincoln-vampire-hunter/620423/21 "2012-05-01T16:36:07Z")
I’m just hoping in this movie it is revealed that his assasination was faked and that in reality the civil war was cover for a massive engineering project to build a steampunk rocketship for Lincoln to go to the moon and fight the vampires there because thats where they come from (and in some circles they are called the Wrathe). ---
**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-got-to-be-kidding-abraham-lincoln-vampire-hunter/620423/22 "2012-05-01T17:15:31Z")
It is from the same guy who directed “wanted”. Which means I will watch it, to see if I can create a new version of the “Wanted Drinking Game” (take a drink when the laws of physics are violated. A brief pause is recommended after the car chase.). ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-got-to-be-kidding-abraham-lincoln-vampire-hunter/620423/23 "2012-05-01T17:24:13Z")
The trailer looks godawful. It looks like a _Simpsons_ parody of a Hollywood trailer. ---
**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:** [May 1, 2012, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-got-to-be-kidding-abraham-lincoln-vampire-hunter/620423/24 "2012-05-01T21:37:55Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > And PLEASE, please don’t anyone who’s read the book spoil the movie. Go start a book thread. From what the writer of the book said–the movie and the book’s endings are very different. (not like a “He LIVES!” kind of different.) Also ..tangentially connected-this writer is the guy who wrote Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. Apparently the film version is a dead project. Made me kind of sad. ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-got-to-be-kidding-abraham-lincoln-vampire-hunter/620423/25 "2012-05-01T22:00:38Z")
Theres a Zombie version of Pride and Prejudice in book form apparently. I suspect that I won’t buy it though. ---
**Author:** ![ripopgome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a698b9/32.png) [@ripopgome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ripopgome)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-got-to-be-kidding-abraham-lincoln-vampire-hunter/620423/26 "2012-05-03T10:40:56Z")
> [@MegaBee](#): > > PERSON BEHIND ME IN THEATER: What the hell? > ME: This is going to be the greatest movie ever. This was almost verbatim my experience as well 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-got-to-be-kidding-abraham-lincoln-vampire-hunter/620423/27 "2012-05-03T16:48:57Z")
Well, if the Lincoln movie does well, they can always make the one about Queen Victoria hunting demons. > **[Queen Victoria: Demon Hunter: Demon Hunter: Moorat, A. E. E.: 9780061976018:...](https://www.amazon.com/Queen-Victoria-Demon-Hunter-Moorat/dp/0061976016)** > > Queen Victoria: Demon Hunter: Demon Hunter \[Moorat, A. E. E.\] on Amazon.com. \*FREE\* shipping on qualifying offers. Queen Victoria: Demon Hunter: Demon Hunter ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-got-to-be-kidding-abraham-lincoln-vampire-hunter/620423/28 "2012-05-03T17:13:24Z")
[Speaking of Presidents killing monsters…](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rs2m2DJybD4) ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-got-to-be-kidding-abraham-lincoln-vampire-hunter/620423/29 "2012-05-03T17:13:51Z")
> [@Yumblie](#): > > I wonder if this movie will generate a similar reaction, where young people are shocked to discover that Abraham Lincoln was in fact a real person. Who may have fought vampires. I’m very much hoping that the opening credits include the line, “Based on a true story.” That phrase is still seen as having some sales value, but should actually serve as a warning that lies and clumsy manipulations are coming right up. This film could help drag it through the muck. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-got-to-be-kidding-abraham-lincoln-vampire-hunter/620423.md?page=1)