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- Mar 3, 2019
Well, I actually watched the thing out of morbid curiosity and call me autistic, but while there was a lot of cringe and a lot of eye-rolling from me, it's not as bad as I thought it would be. Some ideas were clever, others were just terrible. But then again, my expectations were rock-bottom.
Overall... it's less an adaptation of Bram Stoker's novel and more an attempt at Terry Pratchett's Discworld fanfic. I mean, I guess that if you go in expecting Discworld, it's watchable enough. I'll take it over The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen anyway. Claes Bang was pretty damn good as Dracula despite the material he had, and it makes me sad he didn't get a better adaptation. They went for a Bela Lugosi/Christopher Lee type and to that I say THANK GOD. I also didn't hate female Van Helsing, but didn't love her either. The miniseries is basically a Dracula/female Van Helsing fanfic. If you want to see that... just go and watch Hellsing.
No, for real, watch it if you have nothing else to do, but my advice is to stick to Hellsing or Castlevania.
Also, Lucy Westenra is black and I'm surprised she doesn't have a dozen of Tumblrinas saying she's Lesbian Uwu and starting #JusticeForLucy stuff.
Overall... it's less an adaptation of Bram Stoker's novel and more an attempt at Terry Pratchett's Discworld fanfic. I mean, I guess that if you go in expecting Discworld, it's watchable enough. I'll take it over The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen anyway. Claes Bang was pretty damn good as Dracula despite the material he had, and it makes me sad he didn't get a better adaptation. They went for a Bela Lugosi/Christopher Lee type and to that I say THANK GOD. I also didn't hate female Van Helsing, but didn't love her either. The miniseries is basically a Dracula/female Van Helsing fanfic. If you want to see that... just go and watch Hellsing.
No, for real, watch it if you have nothing else to do, but my advice is to stick to Hellsing or Castlevania.
Also, Lucy Westenra is black and I'm surprised she doesn't have a dozen of Tumblrinas saying she's Lesbian Uwu and starting #JusticeForLucy stuff.