Vampire Obsession

Twilight, Vampire Diaries, New Moon, True Blood, Vampire Knight (for those of you who watch anime), and now The Vampire's Assistant. These are movies and tv shows revolving around vampires and their roles in modern day life, and either have been released within the past year or are coming out within a year. Some are tailored to suit the flavors of teenage girls, and others are suited to a more mature audience. As much as I love watching show that aren't just about a normal teenager's life, I can honestly say this is too much. With the success of the Twilight movie, it seems as if Hollywood is milking the idea of "vampires who fall in love with normal girls," and it's extremely tiring hearing of a new vampire whatever coming out. There are other mythological creatures with the same history as vampires, but I hardly ever hear of them. Not only that, but it seems a certain author can't get her stories straight. "Sparkling" vampires? No. I'm all for creating new creatures by mixing elements of other creatures, but vampires don't sparkle. Fairies sparkle.

This blog post is definitely targeted toward my hatred of Twilight more than anything because of the insane amount of attention it garners when the books are so crudely written.

Now onto the good. The Vampire's Assistant is a movie I actually might want to watch because it's not a boy meets girl, they fall in love, their relationship can't work out since one's a vampire, blah blah blah movie. It's about a boy who gets pulled into a world full of side-show freaks, and two warring factions of vampires. Finally, a movie coming out that doesn't revolve around "love."