I've never seen Twilight and I have no intention of ever seeing this twat-tard of a trilogy. But I do have a fascination of the mythos of vampire lore. I'm not talking about ancient Lestaty type crap but the fact that popular culture (be it books, TV, film and the Interwebs) have given a bunch of rules for vampires to have to deal with.Insano Steve hates any monsters or supernatural beings that are hindered by rules that prevent them from eating, devouring or killing helpless young teenagers. I agree. It's just a drag that vampires are now burdened by so many laws and barriers that prevent them from sinking their teeth into some young hottie.
So let's analyze a few of these supposed rules and weaknesses the present day vampire has to deal with.
1.) Sunlight
the jaded viewer says: Why does sunlight kill vampires? Nobody knows. This is just plain dumb. Ooooh creatures of the night right? Tons of good shit happens during the day. Baseball games, picnics. Vamps need to get some coffee too. Recent vampire lore has broken this rule recently. I mean honestly, this is such a freakin handicap for vamps it's totally unfair. Half their day is completely shot. Let's just waive this one from the books.
2.) Reflection not seen in mirrorthe jaded viewer says: How does one comb ones hair? Just cross this rule out. Dude needs to shave and the femvamps need to apply makeup. Nobody wants to see an ugly vamp right?
3.) Holy Water
the jaded viewer says: Holy water don't work against werewolves, zombies or demons. Why vamps? This one is totally goofy. Next!
4.) Garlic
the jaded viewer says: In the history of monster mythos, only the vampire could be threatened by a white, smelly vegetable. Jeez.
5.) Silver
the jaded viewer says: Why not copper? How about gold? Nickel?
6.) Crosses
the jaded viewer says: In Dracula 2000, they pulled out the Judas card explaining vamps were descendants of Judas which is why they hate crosses because it reminds them of Judas's betrayal of Christ. But do you realize that all you need to do is put 2 sticks together and cross them and you got a ADT security system MacGyver style. How's a vamp going to get some when all you need to do is put your arms together and give the Degeneration X symbol?
6.) The Invitation
the jaded viewer says: Well this one begs the question of "What qualifies as a home where a blood sucker has to get invited too?" Say I got a vacation house in the Hamptons...am I still protected? And the invitation reply is so ambigious. How about if I don't make rent for the month...its not my home anymore technically. Can they still enter? Still gotta love the scene in Let the Right One In on the vamp invitation rule being broken by poor Eli. (Check out the scene here)
7.) Holy Ground
the jaded viewer says: They can't enter churches? How about synagogues? Mosques? Temples? How about if I have one of those "Bless my Cubicle" sign. Can they come in?
8.) Wooden Stakesthe jaded viewer says: Not much to say here but if vampires were real, Walmart would sell wooden stakes for $5.99.
9.) The whole counting grain thing
the jaded viewer says: Jeez. That's like forcing people to watch Ernest goes to Camp movies over and over again.
10.) Can't cross running water
the jaded viewer says: So if I'm being chased by a vamp and it starts to rain...I'm cool?
11.) Feed on blood or die
the jaded viewer says: Thank goodness for True Blood.
I can't think of the others. Maybe thats all of them. Honestly, all these rules have totally made vamps seriously disadvantaged. If you kill a vamp, it's like their civil rights have been fucked with. I mean yeah they got super human strength, awesome teeth and that living forever thing is kinda neat. But if they go outside, they're pretty much toast.
Blade 2's reapers kinda made some uber vamps a little more scary but the generic vamps are totally screwed. I'm sure we can rewrite some of these dumb rules and come up with a good list that keeps em a little evil and very frightening. Hell, get rid of all these rules and start fresh. I'm sure we can make a better, more intimidating creature of the night.
Finally, I think somebody should make zombies vs vampires. That would be a totally awesome monster PPV right?
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Just the thought of blood suckers vs. brain eaters makes my head hurt. You would need a writing team to work out all the logistics. To decide which rules you would apply and which to ignore. Since it has become common place to change the rules to fit the story you want to tell.
ReplyDeleteOne needs blood to survive, the other brains. Both transmit through a bite. But can you turn the undead to the undead? Do zombies even have flowing blood? Is it tainted? Do vampires have healthy brains? Does blood course through their veins? One's a brain disease the other a blood disease. And now my brain hurts and my blood pressure is up.
Not cool, man. Not cool.
-Bad JuJu
I don't know, I think that's what kind of gives the mythos its charm that they are somewhat vulnerable. Twilight seems to want to take a big fat smelly dump on it for the sake of making them a trashy Danielle Steel novel for teens.
ReplyDeleteLets face it: Vampires suck.
ReplyDeleteThey are so boring, predictable, and limited it is pathetic. I think we should give them more rules, not less. No eating after midnight. Fog counts as holy water. Female vampires are now allergic to clothes.