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It might be a fun parody, but is it supposed to be part of the Dark Universe? I sure hope not.
I think the Dark Universe may well be over. I imagine this is a stand alone.
Looks fun, though and I'd probably like it.
It might actually be enjoyable. It's obviously intended as a comedy. The latest BBC adaptation was an unvoluntary one. And not funny at all.
That said, I find it tragic that they messed up the Dark Universe.
It's a pity the Dark Universe never really came to fruition. I finally got to see the 2020 BBC DRACULA. I thought it was interesting, but haven't had the urge to watch it again.
As far as comedic Dracula's go, I'm hoping Cage will be one of the better Counts. I quite like George Hamilton's Dracula, but just can't get into Leslie Nielson. I even prefered Judd Hirsch!
I do like Cage's look. The fur collared over coat evokes Udo Kier.
Love at First Bite was great back in my youth, fond memory's of that film.
It's one of my favorites.
I struggled to finish the first episode. Typical BBC vanity project. Absolutely terrible. The Dark Universe is a great idea, but I think they had no clue what to do with it.
I didn't get thru the last episode without skipping thru it a bit. There were a few elements in the BBC series I liked, but I'd have rather just had another typical adaptation of the book (or stage play). I'd much rather watch Palance, the Franco version, Jourdan or any of the Hammer films for the 900th time than this. A prominant problem for me in mordern adaptations of classics is that the desire to reinvent draws often attenton to itself and I'm taken out of the story.
Couldn't agree more about The Dark Universe.
Inviting Dracula in......................priceless.The filmmakers and whoever put the trailer together know their vampire lore.
I should have done the same thing about the BBC pseudo Drac.
Dracula was quickly adapted into plays, then films, then TV material, comics, and more--some rather "seriously", some as pure parody. I think the Bram Stoker source material is unknown to many people, while at least some caricature of Dracula is well-known to almost all.
I've also heard many people say that they tried to read Dracula and couldn't even get halfway through it. I've heard others claim that Dracula is "unfilmable", meaning that the best we can get is some compromised version anyway.
In that sense, I have come to accept that dozens of Dracula films out there tell various different stories, freely conflate characters or invent new ones, play with tone, setting, et cetera. I just separate the ones I like from the ones I don't. But whether or not I like a Dracula film is not necessarily a matter of whether or not the adaptation is "correct", faithful, or serious. Same with Lovecraft, Bond, and many more.
The only film I've ever detested for completely screwing up its source material was Troy. But that was ages ago, and I was more "irascible" then. ;-)
I can't help but think how much stronger that film would be had Coppola managed to cast Johnny Depp as he originally wanted. Still, as you say, a great film though.
Kim Newman's Anno Dracula series is simply amazing. A highly recommended read. It's a marvelous look at what would have happened to the world had Van Helsing and crew failed to stop Dracula. Brilliant.
Hated it. Because of the fake accents, the dreadful acting of some of the parts, because of the reincarnated love plot point, because of the anachronistic Victorian era. In fact it was the version I hated the most before the recent BBC Dracula. Which beats every other in terms of awfulness.
Should I check the BBC Dracula out, @Ludovico? Just to know what they made?
If you're masochistic...
A love a bit of hate-watching from time to time. ;-)
You'll be served. Moffat and Gatiss pretty much have a reverse Midas touch: Sherlock, Jekyll, Dracula.