NBC is destroying Dracula

[Zackuth]

I have not yet watched this, as network television programing (ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox, UPN/WB/whatever it's called today) is a far memory to me.  I started the Night Stalker reboot and dropped that faster than the network did, and that was the last of the network shows I watched, and it was several years before that I watched something.  So this Dracula progam is kinda low on my list.  I will probably watch at least one episode, just to see what it's about. 

[Street Worm]

Didn't think I'd like it, but watched all four episodes in a row & I'll be sticking with it.
The story's pretty cool & I love the time period... only thing I don't like is Dracula, or
really, the way he looks...he does look a bit better in the medieval flash-backs.

[Halloween Jeff]

On the whole, can't say I'm particularly impressed...Dracula in league with Van Helsing?

A black Renfield?  I'm not objecting to this on the basis of his color, but would he have been as able to move in different society as a white Renfield?  The actor who portrays him is excellent, however......

I can watch or not watch....would be surprised if it lasted the season...

Bizarro Jeff

[zombiehorror]

I can watch or not watch....would be surprised if it lasted the season...

That's all it was expected/made to last from what I read.....though they probably left it open ended in case it did well!

[horrorhunter]

I've been following the show but it's not something I'm too excited about. My biggest criticism is the lack of presence evident with the actor who plays Dracula. He just doesn't have the size/voice/look to be Dracula. If they could cast a Dracula that was even half as effective as Chris Lee or Jack Palance was, I could really get stoked (Stokered?) about this series. Too bad it falls a little "short". 

[Scatter]

I've been following the show but it's not something I'm too excited about. My biggest criticism is the lack of presence evident with the actor who plays Dracula. He just doesn't have the size/voice/look to be Dracula. If they could cast a Dracula that was even half as effective as Chris Lee or Jack Palance was, I could really get stoked (Stokered?) about this series. Too bad it falls a little "short". 

Yeah, nothing gets me stoked like an effeminate, midget Drac.

[Mord]

Yeah, nothing gets me stoked like an effeminate, midget Drac.

What's next... Vern Troyer (Mini Me) in the TV version of Nosferatu?

[aura of foreboding]

What's next... Vern Troyer (Mini Me) in the TV version of Nosferatu?

That's actually an inspired idea! 

[Haunted hearse]

What's next... Vern Troyer (Mini Me) in the TV version of Nosferatu?

Or maybe "Son of Nosferatu".

[universalmonsterkid]

I agree it's the dumbing down of the genre'  , making it palatable for the masses. God forbid they should show it in it's real form , a true gothic wonder. Aside from a couple of the depictions  in Coppola's version , that's  the closest thing to the "ideal" Dracula I would have liked to see.  I would like to see a back story book . A version that deals with the  "making " of Dracula , the rise or fall from grace that inspired the Stoker novel that takes us 500 years into the future . Now that would a rich narrative with a whole set of new characters and plotlines.

[BigShadow]

Just like everything else in Hollywood, they will conform to what their demographic is.  Today, the demographic is teenagers and what used to be called "men".  You remember the "men" who liked real horror and monster?  The "men" who acted macho and like real men?  Well, those "men" now are indistinguishable from women and enjoy seeing their vampires sparkle.  These are the same that like their Dracula a little less "scary"  I'm also sick of Hollywood trying to put a cool-new-spin on things.  Dracula working with Van Helsing?  How about "Dracula: Agent of God" or "Dracula: Suicide Hotline Counselor"?  Why can't they keep Dracula the way Bram Stoker wrote it or try and do a justifiable back story?  Since when does Dracula sleep in an actual bed?  The masses are becoming dumb and being dumbed down.  It's only a matter of time before NBC produces a Frankenstien movie were the Monster is an up and coming male runway model.  Think "Zoolander" but with the Monster in Ben Stiller's role.

[Mord]

"Dracula: Suicide Hotline Counselor" already aired on Fox in 2007. Many people took their lives after watching the pilot. Needless to say, it was cancelled to escape the avalanche of lawsuits ahead.

[McDougals House of Horror]

What's next... Vern Troyer (Mini Me) in the TV version of Nosferatu?

As Gene Wilder said in Young Frankenstein, "It...could.....work!!"

[AlwaysWitty]

It's only a matter of time before NBC produces a Frankenstien movie were the Monster is an up and coming male runway model.  Think "Zoolander" but with the Monster in Ben Stiller's role.

That movie already came out. Aaron Eckhart is in it.

[BigShadow]

Nicely done sir!