Friday, April 9, 2010

Vampires and Such

So today in my English class, I spent idk a good hmm....10 mins talking to my friend about a book I’m currently reading ( Abraham Lincoln:Vampire Hunter). I must say I’m very surprised with the book. I am really not into American history...its just not my thing, BUT this book ties the theme of vampires sooo well into American history that it makes you wonder....did this really happen ( it also makes me think that if American History was this interesting…I would have passed American History with Mr.Rasar with an A)? While I don't want to spoil the book or the movie for anyone, I DO SUGGEST U READ THE BOOK and SEE THE MOVIE! The book is freakin awesome!!!! But this isn’t the reason for my blog; the reason for my blog today is the realizations of similarities between cultures and to question are vampires really real? I thought about it…maybe vampires are real…or at least there is some truth to their existence. Think about it, in almost every culture there is this image of a human looking being that has fangs where the canine teeth would be in the human mouth. It is thought that this being feeds on animals and humans alike for blood, and it scares people. So my friend and I then started to talk about the inspiration for vampires. I brought up the chupacabra, which I think is an ugly looking dog-like creature that hunts animals as a means of food. I’ve never seen 1, but they say it hunts sheep and brutally kills the animal, with blood all over the place. So there’s one. My friend then brought up bats…I thought about it…that would have been a good inspiration for the idea of vampires and the comparison. Vampires are commonly associated with bats because due to Hollywood, Vampires can turn into bats. Which given what I know about vampire behavior it makes sense. Bats have these coal black eyes, they aren’t cute and cuddly looking, the fly at night, hide in caves and hunt at night. The vampire has coal black eyes, I definitely wouldn’t wanna cuddle with one (unless it was Lestat….thank you Ann Rice), they fly and jump to incredible heights, they love the dark hence coffins and the sunglasses, and they hunt at night. Sooooo who knows if vampires are real or not or just some fantasy creature that man made up in their head based off scary things/animals. But idk if that’s the case; if it is in fact just made up…then we got some good ass story tellers and imaginative people.

Fave Vampire Movies

1) The Lost Boys

2) Interview with a Vampire

3) Queen of the Dammed

4) Monster Squad

5) *Soon to be* Abraham Lincoln:Vampire Hunter

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