tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592307094236206281.post2506594847187088219..comments2024-03-28T12:59:29.903+00:00Comments on Vraie fiction: Heroes against the Forces of DarknessGuillaumehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12376749604845793465noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592307094236206281.post-17843748620693918142014-10-16T18:04:14.402+01:002014-10-16T18:04:14.402+01:00Ça vient de me frapper, mais c'était une évide...Ça vient de me frapper, mais c'était une évidence. Leur modèle pour Van Helsing, c'est évidemment Peter Cushing.PJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01973880055678854253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592307094236206281.post-14701422504552994292014-10-12T06:49:10.287+01:002014-10-12T06:49:10.287+01:00Yes, vampire hunters in particular have gotten a b...Yes, vampire hunters in particular have gotten a bad rap of late.<br /><br />Bram Stoker really did a wonderful job with Dracula, I actually think that it's one of the most important books of the last few hundred years. As America became the preeminent world power, and increasingly rapacious and megalomaniacal, Americans have embraced the vampire as a sexy, misunderstood antihero. Likewise, vampire slayers tend to be tarred as violent puritanical hypocrites.<br /><br />But Van Helsing is such a perfect heroic figure for the secular age, a man of science who refuses to dismiss the incredible; who uses the tools and methods that work without bias, and is not afraid to break taboos in order to save lives.<br /><br />Interestingly though, it is Mina Harker who seems to be the most resilient and competent of the crew, and it's the American, Quincey Morris, who deals the killing blow to Dracula.<br /><br />Yes, I would really love to redeem the concept of the vampire hunter in fiction.Mantan Calaverashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01024705691966479703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592307094236206281.post-5214336014982032732014-10-12T05:52:00.854+01:002014-10-12T05:52:00.854+01:00Great post! I watched a rather terrible adaptatio...Great post! I watched a rather terrible adaptation of Dracula in a new series that aired here last year at this time. And in it, Harker's character came across as a good guy, but quite stuffy, boring and somewhat irritating to me. Unfortunately, the character of Dracula was just as bad, if not worse. The writing and storyline was weird too. In fact, the atmosphere and costuming were the only interesting things about it. <br /><br />My favorite thing is a highly intelligent deranged villain...an example being Hannibal Lector in Silence of the Lambs. But I prefer to watch my horror instead of read it because I get too scared when I read it for some reason, ha! The Artful Gypsy aka Wendy the Very Good Witchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019178141482378287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592307094236206281.post-24704778005502450052014-10-12T00:03:36.582+01:002014-10-12T00:03:36.582+01:00did you hear that david lynch is making a third se...did you hear that david lynch is making a third season of twin peaks? i am sooo excited! and supposedly, he is writing them!jaz@octoberfarmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17249328159454897124noreply@blogger.com