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NBC's Dracula tv series is happening
« on: July 24, 2012, 07:45:46 PM »
The plot synopsis reads: Dracula arrives in London, posing as an American entrepreneur who maintains that he wants to bring modern science to Victorian society. In reality, he hopes to wreak revenge on the people who ruined his life centuries earlier but falls hopelessly in love with a woman who seems to be a reincarnation of his dead wife.

They've also cast Dracula: Jonathan Rhys Meyers.

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http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3155609/tv-nbc-orders-dracula-series-already-announces-new-count/
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Re: NBC's Dracula tv series is happening
« Reply #1 on: July 24, 2012, 08:10:43 PM »
Last part makes it sound dodgy, but for the most part, not bad.
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Re: NBC's Dracula tv series is happening
« Reply #2 on: July 25, 2012, 12:54:38 AM »
Cyber-bullying alert!!!
I already hate it. Especially since this probably means "Dracula: Year Zero" won't happen.
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Re: NBC's Dracula tv series is happening
« Reply #3 on: July 25, 2012, 01:41:18 AM »
Cyber-bullying alert!!!
I already hate it. Especially since this probably means "Dracula: Year Zero" won't happen.


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Though Year Zero probably would've been better...
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Re: NBC's Dracula tv series is happening
« Reply #4 on: July 25, 2012, 02:19:09 AM »
From this synopsis, I have derived one thing: Someone decided that they should remake Dark Shadows.  But since Dark Shadows has to be a comedy, they decided to change the plot a bit, set it in London, and replace Barnabas Collins with Dracula. 

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« Reply #5 on: July 25, 2012, 04:23:17 AM »
I will give it a shot. Sounds like it might be pretty cool. With as much monster related movies and tv shows that seem to be hits now, it is a shame they did not try to reboot the 90's version of Dark Shadows at this time.
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« Reply #6 on: July 25, 2012, 01:24:30 PM »
I will give it a shot. Sounds like it might be pretty cool. With as much monster related movies and tv shows that seem to be hits now, it is a shame they did not try to reboot the 90's version of Dark Shadows at this time.
They were going to reboot it for The CW in, what, 2004? A one-hour pilot was shot with Blair Brown as Elizabeth Collins Stoddard and a bunch of no-names as the rest of the cast. Unfortunately, it never aired and the series was axed.
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Re: NBC's Dracula tv series is happening
« Reply #7 on: July 25, 2012, 01:37:37 PM »
That may be fortunate since it has also be called a bit of a disaster.  But if it happened, it surely would have been more true to the intent of the original than the Burton feature. 

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Re: NBC's Dracula tv series is happening
« Reply #8 on: July 25, 2012, 01:56:38 PM »
That may be fortunate since it has also be called a bit of a disaster.  But if it happened, it surely would have been more true to the intent of the original than the Burton feature.
I've been told by those who've seen it that it's basically the Twilight version of Dark Shadows.
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Re: NBC's Dracula tv series is happening
« Reply #9 on: July 25, 2012, 02:54:04 PM »
I've been told by those who've seen it that it's basically the Twilight version of Dark Shadows.
"Dark Shadows" WAS "Twilight" before "Twilight" was "Twilight"! A reluctant, cursed vampire, trying to rekindle a romance with his reincarnated love? C'mon, it WAS a soap opera, after all. But, Dan Curtis and his writers were smart enough not to mess or change vampire lore in the series. And they made Barnabas an original character. They didn't take Dracula and try to shoehorn him into a format that is contrary to his nature, as NBC is doing.
Also, the unaired CW "Dark Shadows" pilot was made a full year before "Twilight" was first published.
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Re: NBC's Dracula tv series is happening
« Reply #10 on: July 25, 2012, 03:31:56 PM »
The plot synopsis reads: Dracula arrives in London, posing as an American entrepreneur who maintains that he wants to bring modern science to Victorian society. In reality, he hopes to wreak revenge on the people who ruined his life centuries earlier but falls hopelessly in love with a woman who seems to be a reincarnation of his dead wife.

They've also cast Dracula: Jonathan Rhys Meyers.

Source here:
http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3155609/tv-nbc-orders-dracula-series-already-announces-new-count/

The people who would have caused Vlad Dracul so much grief centuries earlier, would be the Turks.  So why is he in England?
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« Reply #11 on: July 25, 2012, 03:54:29 PM »
The people who would have caused Vlad Dracul so much grief centuries earlier, would be the Turks.  So why is he in England?
Pure speculation on my part, but, perhaps because the people behind this aren't very creative or terribly bright?
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Re: NBC's Dracula tv series is happening
« Reply #12 on: July 25, 2012, 05:10:50 PM »
"Dark Shadows" WAS "Twilight" before "Twilight" was "Twilight"! 

I hope you slam your manhood in a car door for saying that.  ;D
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« Reply #13 on: July 25, 2012, 05:37:32 PM »
I hope you slam your manhood in a car door for saying that.  ;D
It was a daily occurance until the leg straps and braces arrived.

But, facts are facts. It was a soap opera. Barnabas was a sex symbol for bored housewives and teenaged girls. Just like Edward Cullen. Only, Barnabas didn't wear a purity ring, and his attempts to refrain from drinking human blood were usually futile (except when he was being "cured"). It was the "Twilight" of its time, the major difference being that it didn't seek to neuter its characters. And, it was good.
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Re: NBC's Dracula tv series is happening
« Reply #14 on: July 25, 2012, 05:43:19 PM »
"Dark Shadows" WAS "Twilight" before "Twilight" was "Twilight"! A reluctant, cursed vampire, trying to rekindle a romance with his reincarnated love? C'mon, it WAS a soap opera, after all. But, Dan Curtis and his writers were smart enough not to mess or change vampire lore in the series. And they made Barnabas an original character. They didn't take Dracula and try to shoehorn him into a format that is contrary to his nature, as NBC is doing.
Also, the unaired CW "Dark Shadows" pilot was made a full year before "Twilight" was first published.

Well, Dark Shadows kept the horror elements intact. There was much more of a balance there. Twilight just shoved all that aside in favor of the soap operatic stuff. On top of that, Twilight is extreme shallow and looks-oriented, and has zero respect for what came before. I dunno why I'm pointing that out, that should be obvious, but my point is the original Dark Shadows didn't do that, but the CW pilot did do that. Everyone there was a typical CW prettyboy or diva, the gothic elements were gone in favor of "hip" and "modern" stuff, and it was an overly shallow version of the Dark Shadows story.

Yeah, Twilight was published after the pilot was made, but the point of the comparison is not so much that Twilight was an influence, but rather that the pilot was just generally similar to the lame wussified version of vampires and horror that Twilight has become the main symbol of. And keep in mind, I'm not the one who made the comparison. I'm just saying, I've seen others call it that.

And of course, like you said, Dark Shadows was actually good, so aside from maybe the popularity and the swooning over a vampire, I wouldn't call it the Twilight of its time. Twilight is...well, Twilight.

But anyway, back on topic...As for NBC's Dracula, I'll give the first few episodes a shot depending on how good they are, but I'm just as concerned as you are. This tendency to make Dracula more like the Edwards and the Bills of today's vampire fiction is troubling (and there is a tendency, as seen in books like Dracula: The Un-Dead and Dracula In Love). Some romantic overtones don't always hurt, but when the horror is removed, there's a problem. I hope that this show doesn't forget his horror roots, or else we may have to deal with the possibility of a wussified Dracula going mainstream.
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