Personally, i think it all began with the Twilight books, But i think we all have to agree that over the years this fictional character had become very popular in our culture. Their everywhere, in movies, books and even in tv shows. The vampire has been a very old a fictional character ; in fact one of the most popular of all time. I think in many ways this fictional character appeals to young adults because sometimes we want to zone out and recreate our own little fantasy. What better way than to pick this fictional character? I mean when we think of vampires now, arent they always depicted like these gorgeous, desirable, sexual, blood drinking, dark, sexy creatures. With the excpetion of some films and books where their sometimes really evil, ugly and just not good. I remember when i was younger i used to think vampires where so scary. I would try watching Blade and i hated to see the vampires. I mean Blade was the good vampire but Wesley Snipes was just definitely not sexy to me. Interview with a Vampire with Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise was the movie that started changing my perspective of them. Brad Pitt played the handsome lonely vampire that always wanted to do good. While Tom Cruise was also good looking he was evil and very coniving. Then right around when i was in High School, the Twilight books began getting very popular. A lot of teenage girls around the world began to see Edward Cullen as the perfect boyfriend. He was their little fantasy, almost perfect. Except for the fact that hes dead and thinks hes destined for a life of loneliness until he meets Bella. If you ask me i think Jacob (Taylor Lautner) is way better. Vampires will alwlays be followed with themes of sex, desire, romance and death.
I definitely recomend that if your into those kind of shows to watch True Blood. This show has everything from Vampires, Warewolves to even fairys. It definitely has its share of romance and action. Alexander Skarsgard is one of the vampires and he is so handsome(:
The "Twilight" series definitely caused a resurgence of vamp loving, but they've always been popular. I love "Interview with the Vampire" (Anne Rice wrote some great books), and I agree that Alexander Skarsgard is pretty amazing :)
ReplyDeleteI was really not into the twilight movie and books, but I did like watching "teen wolf."
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ReplyDeleteYes, I agree with you that over the years vampires become very popular. I am not a big fan of it, but I like to watch “Twilight” series.
ReplyDeleteI love reading Stephenie Meyer's Twilight Saga and since then i started liking vampires. It's really good though (the books) but when they made it into a movie .... so - so, i like Edward Cullen as Cedric Diggory on Harry Potter instead..
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