Yah.
I'm going to try to keep this up to date a little more.
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Wednesday, May 2, 2007
Movie Monster Mythbusters #1: Vampires
Why do people almost always become evil when bitten and turned into a vampire?
I can understand how they might seem to be evil from a historical standpoint. "Hey it's the Dark Ages and I need blood to survive. Soooooo I'm going to take a couple pints outta you if that's ok?"
The act might be evil. But the need that drives the act is not.
So why, in modern vampire movies, do good people turn bad? Bedsides the dramatic tension it adds to the story line I can't figure out a logical explanation behind it. You need blood to survive. Solution. Blood bank. It's less glamourous but just as effective.
The need to drink blood wouldn't fundamentally change your personality. Maybe over time your mind would become a little unhinged at the radical change in your culinary habits. But that's crazy. Not evil. So the question stands.
I can understand how they might seem to be evil from a historical standpoint. "Hey it's the Dark Ages and I need blood to survive. Soooooo I'm going to take a couple pints outta you if that's ok?"
The act might be evil. But the need that drives the act is not.
So why, in modern vampire movies, do good people turn bad? Bedsides the dramatic tension it adds to the story line I can't figure out a logical explanation behind it. You need blood to survive. Solution. Blood bank. It's less glamourous but just as effective.
The need to drink blood wouldn't fundamentally change your personality. Maybe over time your mind would become a little unhinged at the radical change in your culinary habits. But that's crazy. Not evil. So the question stands.
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