I kinda feel she was too harsh on some characters and almost too kind in other places.
Yeah, I understand what she says about Mia, but I think the fact that she's not relegated to one role—that she can be sister, mother, wife, etc, in addition to driving and getting in on the action—makes her fairly well rounded. Does being damseled automatically make a character not feminist? Women do seem to get damseled/killed more often than men in the franchise, which is worth noting, I think; it would be good to have the male characters in mortal peril once in a while.
I give the series a better feminism score because the chick action scenes are not in any way inferior to the guy ones.
That's a good point.
Women do seem to get damseled/killed more often than men in the franchise, which is worth noting, I think; it would be good to have the male characters in mortal peril once in a while.
I think the men are often in mortal peril, but those are fight and chase scenes and taken as required ingredients of action movies. Would what happened to Lettie be damselling if she'd been male? I argue 50-50. Han is only called doomed, not damselled.
That Kung Fu Vampire looks super cray-cray. I have to see it.
Nude alien vampire queen. The role Matilda May was born to play. Especially the “nude” part. Best casting evar.
Awww, the comments mention The Hunger, Bunnicula, and Near Dark. My black heart is glowing.
Lair of the White Worm IS pretty damn weird.
Actually, the comments have a bunch of movies for me to check out. Yay, more vampire movies!
In the cheap DVD bin I found a disk with 3 Wes Craven vampire movies. I haven't watched them yet, but I figured Wes Craven knows his way around a horror story and was curious as to what he'd do with the classics. Are they dreck? Are they amusing dreck? Will they be a pleasant way to while away one of my upcoming vacation days?
Actually, the comments have a bunch of movies for me to check out. Yay, more vampire movies!
Have you ever seen The Reflecting Skin? That's one of my favorite obscure vampire movies. And the vampire isn't particularly evil; teenagers are.
That was one of the weirdest movies I've ever seen.
Until I saw the clip I was disgruntled that the kung fu movie edged out Legend of the Seven Golden Vampires, but it would definitely win the weird-off between the two.
My notable missing selection from the list is
Club Vampire
. John Savage plays a vampire who survives being decapitated and raps, and Michael J. Anderson plays a dwarf vampire named "Kiddo."
