WWBD? part 5
Season 1 Episode 7- Angel
We open with the Master and Darla and the Anointed One in the underground cave. They are talking about how to deal with Buffy, and decide to send "the Three" which are a group of warrior type vampires.
Next we see Buffy and Willow at the Bronze killing bugs and talking about Angel. Then Xander and Cordelia on the dance floor insulting each other. Buffy then leaves the party, and is attacked by the Three. Angel then appears and helps her fight them off. He gets injured and they take shelter in Buffy's house, and she bandages up his cuts. Buffy's mom comes home and she ends up hiding Angel in her room.
The next day at school, Buffy and Willow and Xander start talking about the vampires and Angel. Giles figures out who the Three are and lets Buffy know it's time to start using weapons in training.
We then see the cave and the Three offer themselves to the Master because they failed. Darla then stakes them.
When Buffy returns home, she believes that Angel has read her diary, which gives Angel the upper hand. They kiss and he turns into a vampire before jumping out of the window.
The next day at school the group are talking about the fact he's a vampire and are not sure how to handle it.
We then see Angel's apartment where Darla is hiding. We get the first real clue to Angel's background. Back at the library, the gang are reading the watcher's diaries about Angelus.
Back to Darla and the Master, talking about how they are going to get Angel to come back to the fold. Darla then goes to Buffy's house and bites her mom setting Angel up, who comes to rescue her. Buffy then walks in after Darla has gone to see her mom injured and Angel leaning over her. When her mom wakes up in the hospital she doesn't remember anything. She meets Giles for the first time in this episode.
Back at Angel's apartment, we see Darla trying to get him to feed.
Buffy then tracks Angel down, and he tells her about the curse on his soul. Darla then shows up and it's a battle between them. Then Angel stakes her. We then see the Master and the Anointed One planning to kill Buffy.
The final scene of the episode is the gang back at the Bronze, and Buffy and Angel share another kiss.
And this is the point where I would give a short list on what I think the themes of the episode are and a possible screen capture. Only, tonight I don't have a screen capture and I'm not really sure what the themes of this episode are.
Buffy has a crush on Angel. Angel has a crush on Buffy. Joyce meets Giles. Darla is given some history then staked.
The best I can come up with at this moment (and to be honest I have a headache and just want to finish this post) is how you can never runaway from your past. In order to have any kind of future with Buffy, Angel needs to truly end his past relationship with Darla. Mind you staking was a bit of an extreme...
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
15th Jan 2013
Yesterday was suppose to be day 14...but it wasn't. Real life got in the way. I learned last year from doing the one movie a day challenge on the other blog, that there are going to be times when you can't help it, something will keep you from getting the day's homework done.
Bit disappointed that I was only a few days into the challenge when the first disruption happened. I was hoping to get a full month at lest.
Well, what's that old saying... life is what happens when you're busy making plans... or something like that.
So, yes, I am a day behind. And I did something else I wasn't going to do this soon in the challenge. I watched a movie on Netflix Canada for the challenge. I had planned on going through my full collection of DVDs and old VHS tapes first before hitting the Netflix.
All I can say is that today's entry was a movie I've been dying to see for a while now and when I saw it was available, I just couldn't resist.
Bit disappointed that I was only a few days into the challenge when the first disruption happened. I was hoping to get a full month at lest.
Well, what's that old saying... life is what happens when you're busy making plans... or something like that.
So, yes, I am a day behind. And I did something else I wasn't going to do this soon in the challenge. I watched a movie on Netflix Canada for the challenge. I had planned on going through my full collection of DVDs and old VHS tapes first before hitting the Netflix.
All I can say is that today's entry was a movie I've been dying to see for a while now and when I saw it was available, I just couldn't resist.
365 Days- Day 14
Movie: Vampires
Starring: Pierre Lognay, Julien Dore
Genre: Comedy,
Year: 2010
Format: online
Plot: A film crew follows a family of vampires in Belgium, and documents how they get themselves tossed out of the community.
This was a different sort of film. I've seen a ton of vampire movies over the decades (hence this whole project) and many mockumentaries too. This was by far one of the better mocs out there.
It is subtitled, so if you're not a fan of reading a movie, you might want to find something else
There were elements of this movie that sort of made me cringe because they were too much like elements I've seen from role playing games.
Two of the sub-plots have to do with a female vampire wanting to be human again, and a vampire playboy who is living like he's a teenager even though he's nearly 70 years old.
What do I think I learned from this film?
No one is ever truly happy with how they are.
Starring: Pierre Lognay, Julien Dore
Genre: Comedy,
Year: 2010
Format: online
This was a different sort of film. I've seen a ton of vampire movies over the decades (hence this whole project) and many mockumentaries too. This was by far one of the better mocs out there.
It is subtitled, so if you're not a fan of reading a movie, you might want to find something else
There were elements of this movie that sort of made me cringe because they were too much like elements I've seen from role playing games.
Two of the sub-plots have to do with a female vampire wanting to be human again, and a vampire playboy who is living like he's a teenager even though he's nearly 70 years old.
What do I think I learned from this film?
No one is ever truly happy with how they are.
Sunday, January 13, 2013
365 Days- Day 13
Blade the Series- Episode 3: Death Goes On
We open this episode with a truck stopping at a gas station, and learn that it is carrying vampires who are being used for their blood. The cop from the previous episodes was turned into a vampire at the very end, and is among the victims. He uses one of his teeth to cut his way out and kills the driver getting away.
Then opening credits.
We're back in Detroit where Blade is preparing, trying to understand what happened in the last fight he had with the Uber vamp. Meanwhile, his sidekick Shen is trying to figure out what the connection to the latest situation is.
We then see Krista, who is still in the vampire main house, having nightmares. Where upon, we see Chase and the Ubervamp talking.
Back to Blade and Shen, trying to understand why the vampires are producing Ash.
We then learn that the vampires are conducting experiments on their own kind, trying to create a vaccine that will not affect the turnbloods. We start to see what the affect Ash is having on humans, which causes them to want eat their own hands for blood. Ash basically gives humans a short jolt of vampire powers.
Blade then beats up a dealer for information. Next scene is Krista injecting one of the bottles of Blade's serum while in the shower. Marcus is waiting for her when she gets out of the shower, and we're never really sure if he's witnessed the serum or not?
A guest of Marcus's decides to go to the local feeding house, feeding on humans who have been sedated.
Next scene is Blade once again questioning the dealer, looking for a major dealer called Cain. Marcus then takes Krista on a date, where she learns they can actually eat food. Only because of her taking the serum, she learns she can't eat.
We then see a dealer hyped on Ash, kill two vampires. Then go to his drug factory. We discover this is Cain.
Marcus then goes to the feeding house, and realizes that it's someone other then Blade who killed his guest and driver. Killing the Madam.
Krista learns about the vaccine, project Aurora from Fritz the Ubervamp. We then see Chase torturing a human about the Ash.
We then learn that Marcus is not at the head of things, but in fact answers to another vampire.
Krista and Chase are sent out to a warehouse to clean up the drug factory that Cain has going. Meanwhile, Blade has followed the dealer he'd been questioning to the same building. Soon it's a full on battle between the "clean up crew" and Blade. Fritz the Ubervamp gets killed, and both Chase and Krista end up injured.
We end on a scene of the cop vamp attacking another police officer in the middle of the highway, and see that he's got a woman in the trunk of a car.
This episode, you see the softer side of Marcus, as he's doing his best to woo Krista. And Chase's jealousy is clear. You also learn that there is more to the hierarchy then we first thought. And that the vampires are having unrest within their own world.
It's also brought up that the vampires are not all happy with the idea of the Ash drug being out there on the streets.
I think the main theme in this episode is that things are not always as they first appear. There is always something going on just under the surface. Just the fact that Marcus and Chase were willing to kill one of their own members to save a secret says volumes. As does the fact they kill the Madam for letting the drug be used in the feeding house.
We open this episode with a truck stopping at a gas station, and learn that it is carrying vampires who are being used for their blood. The cop from the previous episodes was turned into a vampire at the very end, and is among the victims. He uses one of his teeth to cut his way out and kills the driver getting away.
Then opening credits.
We're back in Detroit where Blade is preparing, trying to understand what happened in the last fight he had with the Uber vamp. Meanwhile, his sidekick Shen is trying to figure out what the connection to the latest situation is.
We then see Krista, who is still in the vampire main house, having nightmares. Where upon, we see Chase and the Ubervamp talking.
Back to Blade and Shen, trying to understand why the vampires are producing Ash.
Blade then beats up a dealer for information. Next scene is Krista injecting one of the bottles of Blade's serum while in the shower. Marcus is waiting for her when she gets out of the shower, and we're never really sure if he's witnessed the serum or not?
A guest of Marcus's decides to go to the local feeding house, feeding on humans who have been sedated.
Next scene is Blade once again questioning the dealer, looking for a major dealer called Cain. Marcus then takes Krista on a date, where she learns they can actually eat food. Only because of her taking the serum, she learns she can't eat.
We then see a dealer hyped on Ash, kill two vampires. Then go to his drug factory. We discover this is Cain.
Marcus then goes to the feeding house, and realizes that it's someone other then Blade who killed his guest and driver. Killing the Madam.
Krista learns about the vaccine, project Aurora from Fritz the Ubervamp. We then see Chase torturing a human about the Ash.
We then learn that Marcus is not at the head of things, but in fact answers to another vampire.
Krista and Chase are sent out to a warehouse to clean up the drug factory that Cain has going. Meanwhile, Blade has followed the dealer he'd been questioning to the same building. Soon it's a full on battle between the "clean up crew" and Blade. Fritz the Ubervamp gets killed, and both Chase and Krista end up injured.
We end on a scene of the cop vamp attacking another police officer in the middle of the highway, and see that he's got a woman in the trunk of a car.
This episode, you see the softer side of Marcus, as he's doing his best to woo Krista. And Chase's jealousy is clear. You also learn that there is more to the hierarchy then we first thought. And that the vampires are having unrest within their own world.
It's also brought up that the vampires are not all happy with the idea of the Ash drug being out there on the streets.
I think the main theme in this episode is that things are not always as they first appear. There is always something going on just under the surface. Just the fact that Marcus and Chase were willing to kill one of their own members to save a secret says volumes. As does the fact they kill the Madam for letting the drug be used in the feeding house.
Saturday, January 12, 2013
365 Days- Day 12
movie: Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter
starring: Benjamin Walker, Dominic Cooper
genre: Action, Historical,
year: 2012
format: DVD
plot: Following the life of Abraham Lincoln, as he destroys vampires from the time he was a teenager to his death.
This is based on the book by Seth Grahame-Smith
I know I made the plot seem less then it is, but it's pretty much that simple to sum up. This film is a lovely mix of reality and fiction.
It's a beautiful weaving of pure action flick styled like Blade or Underworld, taking on the idea that there is a secret world that very few are aware of that has slithered into governments.
There are elements of a love story between the characters of Abraham and his wife Mary, which otherwise might have detracted from the story, but works perfectly as a underlining theme.
I loved the fact that the vampires are sturdy in their beliefs. They are either down right evil or they are heroes, but none of them are wimpy or shy about their natures. All the vampires drink blood with vigor.
There is one scene when the vampire Adam is making a deal with a human and lifts two glasses, when the other guy turns it down, the vampire takes a drink from one glass and nearly chokes on it spitting it out. You have to assume he drank the wine instead of the blood, which I thought was a neat little moment of humour.
what do i think i learned from this film?
Love and Honor are the only things we really have.
starring: Benjamin Walker, Dominic Cooper
genre: Action, Historical,
year: 2012
format: DVD
This is based on the book by Seth Grahame-Smith
I know I made the plot seem less then it is, but it's pretty much that simple to sum up. This film is a lovely mix of reality and fiction.
It's a beautiful weaving of pure action flick styled like Blade or Underworld, taking on the idea that there is a secret world that very few are aware of that has slithered into governments.
There are elements of a love story between the characters of Abraham and his wife Mary, which otherwise might have detracted from the story, but works perfectly as a underlining theme.
I loved the fact that the vampires are sturdy in their beliefs. They are either down right evil or they are heroes, but none of them are wimpy or shy about their natures. All the vampires drink blood with vigor.
There is one scene when the vampire Adam is making a deal with a human and lifts two glasses, when the other guy turns it down, the vampire takes a drink from one glass and nearly chokes on it spitting it out. You have to assume he drank the wine instead of the blood, which I thought was a neat little moment of humour.
what do i think i learned from this film?
Love and Honor are the only things we really have.
Friday, January 11, 2013
365 Days- Day 11
movie: Mom's got a Date with a Vampire
starring: Caroline Rhea, Robert Carradine
genre: Comedy
year: 2000
format: VHS
plot: Two teens decide to set their mom up on date in order to sneak out of the house to go to a concert. Only their younger brother sees the guy turn into a bat and calls a vampire hunter. Soon, the kids are in a fight for their lives.
This is a made for tv movie from the Family channel.
This movie hits all the right notes, and has just enough elements of Lost Boys and Monster Squad to make any die hard vamp fan happy.
Giving the restaurant the name of Renfield's was a cool nod to Dracula. Charles Shaughnessy plays the Dracula-ish vampire with just enough a mix of comedy and sex appeal, that you forgive his British accent even when he claims he's from Romania/Hungry.
The tricks the Van Helsing character uses to find the vampire are some of the most unique I've seen in movies.
The baseline in this is that true love comes in all forms, as it's the parent-child bond that saves the mom from the clutches of the vampire. Where as, in typical vampire movies it's a romantic relationship that usually breaks the vampire's hold.
It's also about reconnecting with your own spirit, as the mom starts to believe in herself again after singing during their date. Her confidence returns giving her a moment to remember what her life was like before her divorce. And if you want to go deeper on that idea, the vampire character represents any new boyfriend that might come into the life of a single mom, who just doesn't want to be a daddy figure.
what do i think i learned from this film?
Don't let eight year olds watch vampire movies; they could turn out like me. And don't pimp out your family members for a concert.
starring: Caroline Rhea, Robert Carradine
genre: Comedy
year: 2000
format: VHS
plot: Two teens decide to set their mom up on date in order to sneak out of the house to go to a concert. Only their younger brother sees the guy turn into a bat and calls a vampire hunter. Soon, the kids are in a fight for their lives.
This is a made for tv movie from the Family channel.
This movie hits all the right notes, and has just enough elements of Lost Boys and Monster Squad to make any die hard vamp fan happy.
Giving the restaurant the name of Renfield's was a cool nod to Dracula. Charles Shaughnessy plays the Dracula-ish vampire with just enough a mix of comedy and sex appeal, that you forgive his British accent even when he claims he's from Romania/Hungry.
The tricks the Van Helsing character uses to find the vampire are some of the most unique I've seen in movies.
The baseline in this is that true love comes in all forms, as it's the parent-child bond that saves the mom from the clutches of the vampire. Where as, in typical vampire movies it's a romantic relationship that usually breaks the vampire's hold.
It's also about reconnecting with your own spirit, as the mom starts to believe in herself again after singing during their date. Her confidence returns giving her a moment to remember what her life was like before her divorce. And if you want to go deeper on that idea, the vampire character represents any new boyfriend that might come into the life of a single mom, who just doesn't want to be a daddy figure.
what do i think i learned from this film?
Don't let eight year olds watch vampire movies; they could turn out like me. And don't pimp out your family members for a concert.
Thursday, January 10, 2013
365 Days- Day 10
movie: The Caretaker
starring: Anna Burgess, Mark White
genre: Drama
year: 2012
format: DVD
plot: When half the world begins suffering from a plague of vampirism a few lone survivors find themselves locked up in a farm in Australia with one vampire. They make a pact to keep him safe during the day from hunters, and he keeps them safe at night from other vampires. Soon their balance is thrown off when one of them gets infected as well.
I found it interesting that they had it so that the vampires were turned not by other vampires, but by mutant mosquitoes. When you think about it, mosquitoes are tiny vampires in their own right.
The movie starts off very similar to Night of the Living Dead, in the fact that the population is already hit by this when the movie starts and the viewers are thrown face first into the situation without any real back story. It also centers around a group of strangers who have no choice but to band together in a farm house.
The vampire in this is neither the bad guy nor the hero, he just sort of is. The title comes more from the ending then anything else, when one of the main characters is seen looking after the house where the vampire is. He's also the character you are suspicious of through out the film. Just textbook creepy old guy.
This is also a bit of a throw back to old horror films of the 1960's/1970's as it takes over half of the film to really get it's plot out. To me it felt like it was just starting to gel the last 15 minutes of the film. That to me should have been the starting point.
what do i think i learned from this film?
I'm not sure if this was about global warming, or fear of the unknown, or what; to tell you the truth. There is a dirty old man who I kept thinking was a serial killer or something, and another guy who seemed to be a woman hater because of his ex wife. Both who did their best to manipulate the third man in this movie for their own means.
I guess if I have taken anything from this movie is that sometimes the vampires are not the worst thing you need to face in life.
starring: Anna Burgess, Mark White
genre: Drama
year: 2012
format: DVD
plot: When half the world begins suffering from a plague of vampirism a few lone survivors find themselves locked up in a farm in Australia with one vampire. They make a pact to keep him safe during the day from hunters, and he keeps them safe at night from other vampires. Soon their balance is thrown off when one of them gets infected as well.
I found it interesting that they had it so that the vampires were turned not by other vampires, but by mutant mosquitoes. When you think about it, mosquitoes are tiny vampires in their own right.
The movie starts off very similar to Night of the Living Dead, in the fact that the population is already hit by this when the movie starts and the viewers are thrown face first into the situation without any real back story. It also centers around a group of strangers who have no choice but to band together in a farm house.
The vampire in this is neither the bad guy nor the hero, he just sort of is. The title comes more from the ending then anything else, when one of the main characters is seen looking after the house where the vampire is. He's also the character you are suspicious of through out the film. Just textbook creepy old guy.
This is also a bit of a throw back to old horror films of the 1960's/1970's as it takes over half of the film to really get it's plot out. To me it felt like it was just starting to gel the last 15 minutes of the film. That to me should have been the starting point.
what do i think i learned from this film?
I'm not sure if this was about global warming, or fear of the unknown, or what; to tell you the truth. There is a dirty old man who I kept thinking was a serial killer or something, and another guy who seemed to be a woman hater because of his ex wife. Both who did their best to manipulate the third man in this movie for their own means.
I guess if I have taken anything from this movie is that sometimes the vampires are not the worst thing you need to face in life.
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