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VAMPIRE FANtasy By: Armando Sanchez
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weet, Sexy, and Single- the modern vampire! Back on the small screen and the big screen, vampires have yet again, ‘sucked’ us in to the world of fantasy, lust, and passion. Sensual, seductive, sex-appeal is what you’ll now find in the fantasy world of VAMPIRES.
“I’ve come to answer your prayers ...life has no meaning anymore does it? ...What if I could give it back to you, pluck out the pain and give you another life, one you could never imagine!”-Lestat from the film Interview with a Vampire (1994), reminds us of the infinite powers most of us wish to possess, and eternal life we could only dream of to conquer the world. While physically and naturally impossible, we tune to the
world of vampire fantasy to give us that moment of pleasure and satisfaction our curious minds desire. I am reminded of this film mentioned earlier as newer TV series unfold on the small screen, like Vampire Diaries, where similar to the Interview with a Vampire, brothers Stefan and Damon play rivals to win over a girl named Elena. One of these two ‘Suckers’ wants her for ‘love’; while the other wants her for her body. These two actor buffs pave the way bringing sex appeal for the new wave of vampires on the small screen as once did Tom Cruise and Brad
Pitt on the big screen. The vampires in “Vampire Diaries” don’t fit your typical flesh eaters and blood suckers, savages, nor violent beings. They’re more sophisticated and proper, younger, hip, and sexy, misunderstood heroes. Popular film Twilight impressively connects and creates a bond/relationship with its viewers by exposing us to the unordinary extraordinary! Twilight does a
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great job of taking you on a wild ride you will never forget! It’s to the tune of what we experience with someone we are dating. You know…the times we went to an amusement park to experience a thrill ride. We prove how bold and brave we are, knowing darn well were “scaredy cats” but you ride with them anyway all in the name of romance. This is the thrill we seek and when we’ve survived the experience we feel safe and protected by that someone who is edgy, strong and brave; this is what gives us that sense of security that we all want in our lives. Mystery and curiosity plays into our minds and hearts as we experience the first kiss between the two main characters- she’s kissing someone from the ‘unknown‘, someone so unordinary. Brings you to your knees, doesn‘t it? You know what I’m talking about, that passionate moment between you and that special someone that you think you know, but you just don’t really know. The case is the same for a similar TV series True Blood where again you’re going to experience plenty more “fang-banging” action. Rebellious, bad attitude, rock star