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Re: Draculas, Ranked

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dhosek wrote: post #32

I have to say that I was impressed by this article. Not only did Mattison get #1 correct, but every single Dracula that I was thinking, I’ll bet she missed ⸻, there it was. Buffy vs Dracula ? On the list. Nosferatu ? On the list. Well, if you’ve got Nosferatu do you have the remake? Of course. And Shadow of the Vampire ? What kind of fool do you think I am?

The Jess Franco Dracula was missing, although I am not surprised. It is a remarkably unmemorable film, especially for Franco. It felt as if someone was had described the plot of some book about these fictional blood sucking creatures, and one was named "Dracula," and then you got some people who had never heard of vampires or anything like that to stage a production.

Also, Love at First Bite is missing. "Children of the night ... SHUT UP!"

Re: Draculas, Ranked

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Post by danparsonson »

serf wrote: post #38
danparsonson wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I never understood the appeal of Helsing Ultimate over the original - the original was very stylish and interesting, but it seems like someone asked 'how can we make this bigger?' and the answer turned out to be 'yes' and thus Ultimate was born?

people that liked the manga didn't understand the original anime. ultimate was seemingly made to appease that fan-base while opening the door to more marketable goods and characters. I like things from both of them. The original soundtrack was killer.

Ah I see, I never read the manga - thanks for the clarification.

The soundtrack was indeed fantastic - one of my favourite anime series all round.

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Post by sprkwd »

dhosek wrote: post #32

I have to say that I was impressed by this article. Not only did Mattison get #1 correct, but every single Dracula that I was thinking, I’ll bet she missed ⸻, there it was. Buffy vs Dracula ? On the list. Nosferatu ? On the list. Well, if you’ve got Nosferatu do you have the remake? Of course. And Shadow of the Vampire ? What kind of fool do you think I am?

I was waiting for Count Duckula.

Re: Draculas, Ranked

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Post by hoseja »

dhosek wrote: post #29
imgabe wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If it were a Latin noun ending in -a the plural would probably be Draculae.

Except that assumes that Dracula is first declension, and it might as much be third declension which would make it Dracules.

Dracula isn't even Latin. It's Slavic declension. His father was Dracul (Dragon), from Emperor Sigismund's Order of the Dragon and he's son of Dracul - syn Dracula.
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