Post by komodo on May 10, 2011 20:06:30 GMT -5
Let me go on record as saying that for the most part, teenage girls and bored middle aged housewives have largely ruined vampires for me. I'm not going to single out any one series twilight as the market is swamped with cuddly, postmodern vampires that think they're cute and endearing. The 30 Days of Night franchise however, provides a much needed pallet cleanser in between the crap I find myself less and less inclined to slog through with every trip to the local bookstore.
Are to comics particularly well written? Not really. Are the characters particularly likable? Not really. Did it provide a refreshing take on vampires and vampirisim? Hells yeah. That's probably a large part of the comic books' appeal. While the movie was, again, not very well made it did have some awesome things going for it. Mostly Danny Huston fucking shit up as a vampire.
The film's portrayal of the Nosferatu (as they call themselves in-universe) is of creatures even more feral and alien than what Steve Niles envisioned in his original series. They skitter about almost on all fours. They squeal, howl, snarl and barely speak. When they do speak it's in their own primitive tribal language that you get the feeling hasn't changed in centuries. They were certainly capable of intelligence, or at least a vague cunning but they were pure predators. True human animals with no remorse or pity. They brought to mind something that might result from a spider evolving into something humanoid.
Naturally this portrayal of vampires was deemed to politically incorrect in our enlightened age of True Blood and The Vampire Diaries. Where the monsters that once haunted our nightmares are relegated to infighting over boring small town teenagers with necrophilia complexes. The movie wasn't a box office smash and frankly wasn't very good but its portrayal of feral vampires was novel enough to deserve more praise than it got. "There moar liek xombies!" is a common comment from the peanut gallery.
Whatever, the movie failed at the box office but it spawned two miniseries and that was enough to sate me. Imagine my surprise when I discovered that a direct to video sequel had been made and nobody had told me and that Mia Kirshner was in it playing the head vampire.
Pictured Above: A bizarre combination of adorable and terrifying. Adorafying if you will.
Thus began my quest to secure a copy for viewing. I suspect that they will keep the feral nature of the vampires considering the fact that the movie is R rated. We shall see.
Also, apparently we see Mia Kirshner naked. Great success, director.
Are to comics particularly well written? Not really. Are the characters particularly likable? Not really. Did it provide a refreshing take on vampires and vampirisim? Hells yeah. That's probably a large part of the comic books' appeal. While the movie was, again, not very well made it did have some awesome things going for it. Mostly Danny Huston fucking shit up as a vampire.
The film's portrayal of the Nosferatu (as they call themselves in-universe) is of creatures even more feral and alien than what Steve Niles envisioned in his original series. They skitter about almost on all fours. They squeal, howl, snarl and barely speak. When they do speak it's in their own primitive tribal language that you get the feeling hasn't changed in centuries. They were certainly capable of intelligence, or at least a vague cunning but they were pure predators. True human animals with no remorse or pity. They brought to mind something that might result from a spider evolving into something humanoid.
Naturally this portrayal of vampires was deemed to politically incorrect in our enlightened age of True Blood and The Vampire Diaries. Where the monsters that once haunted our nightmares are relegated to infighting over boring small town teenagers with necrophilia complexes. The movie wasn't a box office smash and frankly wasn't very good but its portrayal of feral vampires was novel enough to deserve more praise than it got. "There moar liek xombies!" is a common comment from the peanut gallery.
Whatever, the movie failed at the box office but it spawned two miniseries and that was enough to sate me. Imagine my surprise when I discovered that a direct to video sequel had been made and nobody had told me and that Mia Kirshner was in it playing the head vampire.
Pictured Above: A bizarre combination of adorable and terrifying. Adorafying if you will.
Thus began my quest to secure a copy for viewing. I suspect that they will keep the feral nature of the vampires considering the fact that the movie is R rated. We shall see.
Also, apparently we see Mia Kirshner naked. Great success, director.
