A less brain numbing version of twilight

[saintdane05]

This is the only "Twilight" I want to hear about

This^

 

[DarkRyter]

Chibi Vampire. Also known as Karin.

It's like Twilight for men.

 

[Off Topic]

How about no glitter on vampires and no 'Who let out that egg-fart!?' faces. Have the movies gone more absurd? I can't remember if I finished watching the first one even and who the fuck has the time to read a shitty books anyway, right?
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The fuck am I posting here for? Fuck!

 

[M Silverthorn]

Only way to fix this one involves a can full of gas and a handful of matches.

 

[Broz]

Yeah, it's called Blade...

 

[CrazyGirl17]

I'm all for deconstructing the vampire mythos... but I'm also for making the vampires non-sparkly.

 

[Prismatic Baron]

Even so, vampires being demons or not is kind of universe specific. Like dragons, every universe sets its own rule on the matter.

Edit: For that matter, what a demon is changes based on universe. I'm not sure why so many people complain about Twilight vampires not being vampire-y enough, like we have something in real life to compare it to. Heaven forbid someone has a creative take on a make-believe creature for their fictitious story!

True, what they are changes based on universe, but there are some characteristics of fantasy creatures that have to stay the same or else they become a different creature entirely. For instance, what if Bioware decided to say that the Asari (Mass Effect) were vampires and didn't actually elaborate on that until halfway through the game, and even then expected you to already know it? You'd scratch your head, with a very puzzled "what the fuck?" going through your head.

Fictional creatures that are in many different stories must have some traditional characteristics; vampires must drink people's blood and turn others into vampires, they must have a weakened state or suffer outright death in the sun, they must be able to take far more damage than humans, etc. Twilight vampires are not "vampire-y" enough because, from what my (thankfully) unlearned mind can tell, they don't seem all that threatening. The very idea of a blood sucking, night stalking creature who looks human is terror-inducing; Meyer has turned it into a cheesy, sappy love story with all the character of a knockoff soap opera.

To answer the OP's question, I have a strong suspicion that Twilight was a huge knockoff of this [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underworld_(2003_film)]. And, in fact, if you want to watch a better version of it, you don't even need to make it. Just watch that. It's not perfect, but vampires do come across as something to be feared, not boyfriends to be had; though boyfriends are had in that story, there's a bigger overarching story involved.

But they do share many similarities of classic vampire mythos.

They have to drink blood to survive: Check
They turn other people into vampires: Check
Resilient to damage: Check. You have to shatter them, since their flesh is like stone.

What did she change? The sunlight thing is a self imposed restriction, since there was a lot of vampire killings in the past. Also, her vampires all seem to have some kind of special power, like being able to read minds, that make them much MORE threatening.

Twilight is not a good series, but the vampires are vampires. I think most people who complain about Twilight have never read/watched it.

 

[varulfic]

Ugh, NO. No more goddamn vampire movies, fucking enough already. There has already been a million damned vampire movies since twilight, most of them seemingly just as a direct response to twilights pussified monsters. "That's not a vampire, this is a real vampire!" And then a bland and forgettable movie or tv show happens. Get a new concept already!