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Post by thewave on Oct 19, 2009 17:55:34 GMT -5
Google is your friend. X3
I wished I could find such pics. >_>
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Post by Chromeo on Oct 19, 2009 17:57:16 GMT -5
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Post by thewave on Oct 19, 2009 18:09:52 GMT -5
.......I hate myself
.......And I love that avvy! ^.^
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Post by thewave on Oct 19, 2009 18:11:06 GMT -5
OOOOOOOOOOOOOO: <33333333333333333  |
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Post by Chromeo on Oct 19, 2009 18:11:58 GMT -5
Don't hate yourself... not everyone can command the same internet mastery as I.
And thank you... >_>
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Post by Chromeo on Oct 19, 2009 18:12:48 GMT -5
Heh. Nice find.
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Post by Chromeo on Oct 19, 2009 18:13:28 GMT -5
Lets not get ahead of ourselves though... We have a board for this stuff.
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Post by Jordan Ω on Oct 19, 2009 18:14:33 GMT -5
Oh?
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Post by Chromeo on Oct 19, 2009 18:15:18 GMT -5
You know about the porn board. I'm just saying to Wave this is how the old topic got started >_>
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Post by Chromeo on Oct 19, 2009 18:16:10 GMT -5
Oh yeah, and here we are...
The Modern Vampire
A comparison of “Let the Right Ones in” and “True Blood”
The image of the pale, bloodsucking vampire first became engraved on the western psyche in the late 18th century thanks to works like Bram Stokers “Dracula”. However, the popularity of the Vampire eventually waned. In recent years, the mythology of the Vampire has experienced a massive resurgence. So how has the modern Vampire changed to appeal to modern audiences?
In this essay I will be comparing Swedish alternative film “Let the Right Ones in” and American TV drama “True Blood”. These modern Vampire media deal with the subject matter in very different ways. However, they both use the metaphor of Vampirism to explore a deeper social concept.
“Let the Right Ones in” is a film that focuses on the life of a boy in his early teens growing up in urban Sweden. In contrast with more traditional films that deal with the issues of growing up in a modern society, “Right Ones” takes a morbid tone, and is highly violent and sexual, with an 18+ rating. The protagonist is a quiet child, who is constants bullied and abused by a group of classmates. He plans, or perhaps just fantasises about revenge in secret, training with a knife and keeping a set of newspaper clippings on violent crime. However, he apparently lacks the courage to either speak up about his difficulties or live his dreams of violent murder. He suffers in silence until meeting what appears to be a young girl, who he later learns is a vampire. She helps him to gain courage to stand up to his tormentors, while her aging partner quietly murders the townsfolk by night to feed her.
“True Blood” is a TV drama made by HBO which centres on a telepathic waitress working in a small town in the American Midwest. In this series, Vampires have come out of secrecy, and are now fully know to society, thanks to a synthetic blood drink (True Blood). The series location and themes draw an obvious parallel to the struggles faced by African Americans in the past and today. The metaphor of Vampires is used to explore prejudice and fear towards the black community during the civil rights era. As the protagonist gets to know the Vampire and eventually enters a relationship with him, almost all of her friends and family tell her she is getting too close to him. This is obviously reminiscent of the stigma against mixed race relationships that is still held today in some communities.
The portrayal of Vampires in both of the pieces is far more forgiving than the Vampire tales of old. In True Blood, the Vampire is painted as a victim or discrimination rather than a silent predator, and even the Vampire from Right Ones is showed as a sympathetic figure, despite her murders, as the film shows us a more human side or Vampirism. This is perhaps one of the defining characteristics of the Modern Vampire, a human side not seen in the emotionless killers of “Dracula” and similar works.
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Tails82
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Post by Tails82 on Oct 19, 2009 18:16:18 GMT -5
What's with the attack of the triple posts today?
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Post by Jordan Ω on Oct 19, 2009 18:16:59 GMT -5
Ah, got it. And I'm not going to read the past 20 pages, anything interesting happen?
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Post by Chromeo on Oct 19, 2009 18:17:03 GMT -5
What's with the attack of the triple posts today? ...You know I'm bad, I'm bad? (really really bad) |
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Post by Chromeo on Oct 19, 2009 18:17:34 GMT -5
Ah, got it. And I'm not going to read the past 20 pages, anything interesting happen? We had a massive flame war about Religion... |
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Post by Tails82 on Oct 19, 2009 18:17:35 GMT -5
Religious debate. And money missed it...
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Spinning round and round like the deadly hands of a radium clock. 