Whenever anyone asked me what I thought of vampires I always told them about Nosferatu and they give me a funny look with the comment of “who?”. Stupid kids today. Makes me wish I was vampire just so I could go out killing people and turning them into my minions just to prove that vampires are evil living dead SOBs who don’t give a damn about anyone but themselves.
Guy on left:
Pure awesomeness, original and one of the best.
Guy on Right:
Collaboration of pop crap so that every dumb ass idiot tween can drool over him then go round saying they want to be necrophiliacs so they can have him **** them.
Eh, if we’re talking about the original vampires, Eastern Europe’s “wampyr”, just watch a George Romero or Lucio Fulci zombie flick. Those flesh eating, blood drinking zombies are the original vampires, weirdly enough.
Chop off the head and burn it… the wooden stake was originally just to pin it to the ground long enough to get the job done.
Interesting, my only point though is just to illustrate that there were never any “real” blood sucking vampire. The wampyr, the nosferatu, blade, buffy/angel, anne rice, and twilight vampires are all different permutations of the same fictional creature. I know Stephanie Meyer isn’t the best writer (but lets face it, many authors are terrible, stephen king for one..), but it’s like she is being crucified again and again for actually using her imagination and doing something different… Furthermore, she’s being attacked for actually having a popular product that has a specific demographic.
I’m no twihard, the series was ok, the movies were ok. Nothing to write home about, but they weren’t the worst things I have ever read.. I really don’t think S.Meyer and Twilight deserve this negativity.
I find Meyer’s writing horrendous, her plot-pacing and structure would’ve gotten any High-School student a D or F in the days before “No Child Left Behind”. Edward is a classic Gary-Stu, and Bella is an empty cardboard cut-out of a character.
On top of all that, the moral of the series seems to be”if you’re a girl, you don’t need to be well-balanced or actually be able to achieve anything as long as you have a boyfriend/husband to ‘make you complete’.”
Did i say she wrote well? No in fact I did say “I know stephanie meyer isn’t the best writer”.
My only point is that constantly point out “this is a vampire, this isn’t” is pointless. They are mythical creatures. “Blade” is no more of a vampire than “Edward” is. Neither exist, both were different portrayals of vampires. Edward is S.Meyer’s idea, as Blade belongs to Marv Wolfman. People say “vampires don’t glitter”, “vampires don’t love humans”, “vampires only drink human blood”, etc etc etc.. The fact is, vampires do not exist. Anyway you slice it, they are mythical beings created by the imagination of an author.
I’m not trying to say her plot is good, or that she writes well…
So much so that Bram Stoker’s estate successfully sued the makers of Nosferatu for breach of copyright surrounding “Dracula”, and we’re very lucky that even one print of Nosferatu survived the resultant recall and destruction.
*Sparkly* loser in a tree.
Word.
Fairy. Fairies sparkle and live in trees.
Yes!! first we have an ugly vampire…. second we have a sparkly fairy.
Oh, that’s just lovely!
*golf clap*
On the left is the actor who played in Nosferatu read more about him here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Schreck
EPIC WIN! LOL! REAL VAMPIRES DON’T SPARKLE! wait….GAY VAMPIRES SPARKLE!! LOLZ! LOLZ! THIS PIC IS FUNNY!
so… gay vampires are emo fairies, who knew?
Tom Cruise does not sparkle.
good point, Cruise DID play a gay vampire, and he didn’t sparkle.
At the first moment I thought that was a look-alike and I was like “That does so NOT look alike!”
and then I read the caption…
RPattz | totally does NOT look like | A vampire.
max shrek ftw
Hes a loser but he’s still hott:)
I just threw up a little in my mouth.
If you like cracked-out, ghostly pale, sunken-eyed, no-personality havin’….well, you get the idea.
No, he’s not.
that’s true
Whenever anyone asked me what I thought of vampires I always told them about Nosferatu and they give me a funny look with the comment of “who?”. Stupid kids today. Makes me wish I was vampire just so I could go out killing people and turning them into my minions just to prove that vampires are evil living dead SOBs who don’t give a damn about anyone but themselves.
YES.
Stephanie Meyer has royally screwed vampires.
I LOVE THE OLD, NON-SPARKLY VAMPIRES.
And to clarify further:
Guy on left:
kills innocent people
is butt ugly
gets his comeuppance in the end
Guy on right:
is kind to humans
is hot and has hot family
is rich
survives and gets girl
To Clarify further:
Guy on left:
Pure awesomeness, original and one of the best.
Guy on Right:
Collaboration of pop crap so that every dumb ass idiot tween can drool over him then go round saying they want to be necrophiliacs so they can have him **** them.
Another day, another Twilight joke that is just like all the others, another bored response from me.
GET OVER IT ALREADY.
They are BOTH fictional characters. Vampires have been reinvented over and over and over and over and over and over and over!
I wonder if people realize how ridiculous they sound when they say “that’s not a REAL vampire”.. No sh!t sherlock, vampires don’t exist. period.
who cares if someone changes it up to fit her story. Her story, her imagination, who cares if it’s good or not.
Eh, if we’re talking about the original vampires, Eastern Europe’s “wampyr”, just watch a George Romero or Lucio Fulci zombie flick. Those flesh eating, blood drinking zombies are the original vampires, weirdly enough.
Chop off the head and burn it… the wooden stake was originally just to pin it to the ground long enough to get the job done.
Interesting, my only point though is just to illustrate that there were never any “real” blood sucking vampire. The wampyr, the nosferatu, blade, buffy/angel, anne rice, and twilight vampires are all different permutations of the same fictional creature. I know Stephanie Meyer isn’t the best writer (but lets face it, many authors are terrible, stephen king for one..), but it’s like she is being crucified again and again for actually using her imagination and doing something different… Furthermore, she’s being attacked for actually having a popular product that has a specific demographic.
I’m no twihard, the series was ok, the movies were ok. Nothing to write home about, but they weren’t the worst things I have ever read.. I really don’t think S.Meyer and Twilight deserve this negativity.
Can we agree to disagree?
I find Meyer’s writing horrendous, her plot-pacing and structure would’ve gotten any High-School student a D or F in the days before “No Child Left Behind”. Edward is a classic Gary-Stu, and Bella is an empty cardboard cut-out of a character.
On top of all that, the moral of the series seems to be”if you’re a girl, you don’t need to be well-balanced or actually be able to achieve anything as long as you have a boyfriend/husband to ‘make you complete’.”
Did i say she wrote well? No in fact I did say “I know stephanie meyer isn’t the best writer”.
My only point is that constantly point out “this is a vampire, this isn’t” is pointless. They are mythical creatures. “Blade” is no more of a vampire than “Edward” is. Neither exist, both were different portrayals of vampires. Edward is S.Meyer’s idea, as Blade belongs to Marv Wolfman. People say “vampires don’t glitter”, “vampires don’t love humans”, “vampires only drink human blood”, etc etc etc.. The fact is, vampires do not exist. Anyway you slice it, they are mythical beings created by the imagination of an author.
I’m not trying to say her plot is good, or that she writes well…
A bat would disagree with your statement “…my only point though is just to illustrate that there were never any “real” blood sucking vampire.”
Not to mention spiders, mosquitoes, lampreys, and leeches.
You know exactly what I meant and rather than finding anything VALID, you chose to split hairs. I said no vampires… didn’t say “vampire bats”.
Robert is bothered.
Win.
wtf lol!!!!!!!!:0
Nosferatu was a subhuman, not a vampire…
Yeh maybe so, but he’s more vampire than Mr sparkle pants.
So much so that Bram Stoker’s estate successfully sued the makers of Nosferatu for breach of copyright surrounding “Dracula”, and we’re very lucky that even one print of Nosferatu survived the resultant recall and destruction.
i think u ment a hotty on a tree
Case in point.
“I think you meant a hottie on a tree”
There. I fixed your horrible spelling for you.