Dracula's characterisation in the comics...
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UPDATED: Wednesday, June 4, 2008 22:02
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well - i sorta agree with everyone! season 5 of buffy is my fave (yeah yeah whatever) but the drac episode? suck city. mainly coz of the casting of drac - dark shadows style.
as for the current comic incarnation - yes, good natured fun (as was the episode) - except... without the fun.
After one great joke in the first part of goddard's arc, this is the first story from season 8 that i can't wait to be over. And Drac? He may try to be funny but he's just trying. I aint laughed once... and i've chuckled plenty elsewhere in season 8.
The writer's choices throughout the arc - have been wrong, wrong, wrong. the only nifty is the great looking (i'm a sucker for bowler hats) vamp assassin grrl (who is the spit of gaiman's Death).
But not Buffy herself - her story (although that has detractors) is no problem to me - in fact whedon's last one shot was great. and it was all about the buff stuff.
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I haven't been excited about Dracula's return, either. I mean, I loves me some Drew Goddard, but he's got this Drac fetish that I don't really get. On the other hand, having the Japanese vamp cult have his powers makes them a cool and interesting threat, and I'm willing to put up with Drac if we also get some vampires who are dangerous again out of the deal (it is called "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", after all, and there haven't been too many vampires around lately). To have them share the same powers, and not bring Dracula back into the story somehow, I think would leave too much of a plothole.
And the scenes between he, Xander, and Renee last issue were pretty funny, I thought ("Tell your moor to watch her tone, manservant"), so it was worth having him back just for that...
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Originally posted by Misstressahara:
serious or not, it was a crappy portrayal of an icon.
That's exactly what most Romanians say when their national hero is associated with a depraved, blood drinking monster.
That aside, Buffy wasn't created to continue the genre of horror. It was created the tear it apart and come up with something new. The whole premise is a new twist on the old cliches.
There's no doubt Dracula *is* portrayed differently than he was in the series. Although the episode itself was tongue in cheek, Dracula's portrayal was fairly serious. Now he's become a much whackier charcter, borderline Andrew in some places. Still, it doesn't bother me. Truth be told, I've laughed out loud at almost every one of his scenes. The whole page with Xander and Dracula chatting over tea while Renee fights total mental breakdown was absolute gold.
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Originally posted by Misstressahara:
Your right, it isn't for me, thats why I don't watch it. And serious or not, it was a crappy portrayal of an icon.
oh Misstressahara I hope you get issue #15 (just out today)
it has some amazing plot twists which really go a long way to putting Dracula back up on that pedestal!
I'm serious... some really awesome, moving moments!
New Firefly fans should check this out: http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=2&t=15816
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