Dracula Premier Thoughts
So “Dracula” finally premiered last night. It was a good show, but a little bizarre. All the characters from Stoker’s novel are there, but they are playing somewhat different parts.
It’s around 1886 and Dracula has been revived after years of imprisonment. He is now “living” in London as Andrew Grayson, and American entrepreneur. At his side is his manservant Renfield. At a large party he throws to introduce himself to society, he ends up meeting Mina, who feels she knows him. That’s because she seems to be the reincarnation of his dead wife. He also meets Mina’s boyfriend Harker, a journalist, and their friends Lucy and her guy (whose name I forget, Thomas?). Mina is a med student, working under Van Helsing, who we later learn is who revived Dracula. The twist is that Dracula isn’t all that bad. Yeah he has to feed, and he uses prostitutes to do that, but he was revived to take out an enemy he and Van Helsing have in common . . . The Order of the Dragon. These guys where the crusaders who killed Dracula’s wife and then imprisoned him in a coffin. Van Helsing also has a grudge against them. They’ve moved beyond being crusaders, now they are capitalists firmly planted in the industrial age and politics of the time. However they are no less dangerous, they are just more clever and cunning now.
The show was good, it’s just odd to see Dracula as a good guy. He’s more grayish than good I guess. He kills, but only kills to feed, and seems to prefer to kill bad people. I guess this is NBC’s answer to “Twilight” and “True Blood.”
I’m sure we will get many more backstory’s as the show goes on. I thought it was at least well made and well acted. No horrible CGI like a certain other show out there 🙂
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