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Oh boy I love this show!
I finally caved in and put the first DVD in ... (I should work on my last term paper first but ...) this show has many flaws but that does not matter because it also has a distinctive charm to it. There is this flair of vampires being out there in secret and that one day you might be the one to stumble into someone's life and find out that he really is something supernatural.
I know it is not real and nothing beautiful like that will ever happen in this boring real, totally non-magical world - but a girl can dream and Moonlight feeds this longing for this rare kind of magic that I have inside of me.
While Moonlight has this "Omg it is horrible to be a vampire ..." in form of Mick's lack of acceptence for himself, he is the only character in the show that feels that way and unlike so many other shows wiht immortal beings, Moonlight does not strictly try to portray immortality in a bad light, like for example, Highlander with "poor me, I am immortal" and Charmed "immortal equals being evil, unloved and/or miserable".
I guess that is also what I loved about Forever Knight. While Nick's attitude was somewhat aggrevating, it also had Lacroix who loves being a vampire and until they fucked up Janette's character in the third season, her as well. Sure, there was this annoying lecturing about "only humans can truly love blabla" eventually vampires were allowed deep emotions as well, even though mostly it all ended tragically.
Moonlight, I just have to admit, is now my favourite vampire show beyond comparism, because vampirism is portrayed just as I dream about it. Not with the rules, the sleeping in freezers and stuff, but the feeling, the possibilities ... vampires are incredibly dangerous there, they can be charming and/or good persons and yet terrifying and deadly, even Mick being the sexist hero in the shining armor and all his reluctance to accept his nature kills without flinching. Or the vampire who kills one of her freshies in a fit. Most importantly vampires are allowed to keep their human feelings, they are dangerous predators and yet they are motivated by the same feelings and thus when you become one you do not turn into a monster, you remain you - just with a strange new appetite you need to control.
I can't believe they cancelled this beautiful show, while cheap porn crap like Tru Blood gets a second season. But I guess the average viewer does not want to dream, they want cheap crap thrown into their faces, so they can stop thinking all together. I guess Moonlight will probably the last of its kind ... and that makes me feel really sad.
I finally caved in and put the first DVD in ... (I should work on my last term paper first but ...) this show has many flaws but that does not matter because it also has a distinctive charm to it. There is this flair of vampires being out there in secret and that one day you might be the one to stumble into someone's life and find out that he really is something supernatural.
I know it is not real and nothing beautiful like that will ever happen in this boring real, totally non-magical world - but a girl can dream and Moonlight feeds this longing for this rare kind of magic that I have inside of me.
While Moonlight has this "Omg it is horrible to be a vampire ..." in form of Mick's lack of acceptence for himself, he is the only character in the show that feels that way and unlike so many other shows wiht immortal beings, Moonlight does not strictly try to portray immortality in a bad light, like for example, Highlander with "poor me, I am immortal" and Charmed "immortal equals being evil, unloved and/or miserable".
I guess that is also what I loved about Forever Knight. While Nick's attitude was somewhat aggrevating, it also had Lacroix who loves being a vampire and until they fucked up Janette's character in the third season, her as well. Sure, there was this annoying lecturing about "only humans can truly love blabla" eventually vampires were allowed deep emotions as well, even though mostly it all ended tragically.
Moonlight, I just have to admit, is now my favourite vampire show beyond comparism, because vampirism is portrayed just as I dream about it. Not with the rules, the sleeping in freezers and stuff, but the feeling, the possibilities ... vampires are incredibly dangerous there, they can be charming and/or good persons and yet terrifying and deadly, even Mick being the sexist hero in the shining armor and all his reluctance to accept his nature kills without flinching. Or the vampire who kills one of her freshies in a fit. Most importantly vampires are allowed to keep their human feelings, they are dangerous predators and yet they are motivated by the same feelings and thus when you become one you do not turn into a monster, you remain you - just with a strange new appetite you need to control.
I can't believe they cancelled this beautiful show, while cheap porn crap like Tru Blood gets a second season. But I guess the average viewer does not want to dream, they want cheap crap thrown into their faces, so they can stop thinking all together. I guess Moonlight will probably the last of its kind ... and that makes me feel really sad.
sad
And we also have both perspectives of living like an immortal, portrayed by negative Mick and then all the others who enjoy their nature. I need a bit of drama and ML provides this beautifully.
Only the walking by day disturbs me a little.
It´s just horrible that everyone around me got sucked so badly into True Blood seriously. I stopped watching. It´s so flippant and full with extreme situations (Bang!-You´re naked and I´m fucking you like mad. Bang!-You´re shredded to gory pieces and I´m not! etc...) that I cannot feel *anything* when watching this.
And they use the term 'Fang Banger' for vampire supporters/freshies there. Arrrghh...
I think the daylight stuff does not bother me so much, considering that it is not essential in my book. It is anyway a newer addition (thanks, Nosferatu) and I can live with it weakening the vampires. And it leads to such beautiful moments like in Fever, when Mick is again showing how silly he can be. *lol* He is soo overly dramatic in this episode.
You are not per chance planing to make a few moonlight icons for fangzahn?
Fever, yeah....how stupid can one be and go into the desert. Even I wouldn´t do it for any reason, and I can bear the sun.
A great idea, thank you. I´m so making some this weekend! And I still have to screencap a lot of stuff for the website, plus write a True Blood review *eg*
Capping more of 'Sonata' right now.
I even managed to cap Van Helsing again for fangzahn yesterday. LOL, it made me realize again how brilliant the Count´s Charisma is - so many current characters are weak beyond belief compared to him.