Mistress Darkness

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.

So Chase is doing a lot better in terms of eating, I'm still worried, but my head is a bit clearer. I actually feel like putting in another moonlight episode for deconstruction ;)

It would be Fever this time ... I already thought a lot about this Freezer nonsense - but let's see what I come up with this time. The more I analyse and recall things said, the more inconsistencies I can spot. Nothing like having a good time, even if others might wonder why I might do something like this.

But I like Moonlight, and I also like pointing out it's flaws. That doesn't ruin it more me (also maybe for others, but that is not my problem ...)

Well saw the first "Moonlight" episode with idolizer in Berlin, saw two more ....

First I was simply annoying by them obviously being inspired by Forever Knight and then having this, yeah, but we do everything much better. Well, hardly. Their choice of vampire abilities and weaknesses is not really that cool and far from being original. Not to mention it is poorly used.
I like the idea of hightened senses, but the way it is executed is just silly. The silver poison thing, oh please. Stake equaling paralysis and fire the only way to actually kill a vampire? Idiotic, what about beheading? Not to mention seems so forced trying to be original when it is not. Just like a random uncarefully selected list of abilities and weaknesses, where someone either ticked of a yes or no.

Secondly, the characters, Mick is a pathetic mix of Nick and Angel, only worse than both (also kind of better looking, but that is my personal preference). So far I kind of like Beth though, which is probably because Sophia Myles is absolutely gorgeous and plays the most intelligent character. Sometimes she is a bit irritating, but better than Mick with his "Oh, poor me, I'm a monster, wahaha" or what's his name "Mr. Dingo Bimbo Party Guy, they really made sure that I did not resamble a certain cool vampire, by making me as silly as possible".

Those two vampires could not be more boring or incompetent for that matter. If I was a vampire intended upon keeping the secret, I would not let Mick out. He is even more obvious than Nick and that says a lot. But I'm kind of curious how bad things get. I mean I already know that Josh gets killed, which is a real shame, because apart from Beth he is the only one I really like.