Tuesday, April 14, 2009

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TOP 8: Vampires


essential part of fantasy literature, vampires have become, since 1897 with the creation of Dracula, in a fascinating mythology. An immeasurable amount of characters have been created in the minds of the most diverse writers, some good, some bad, but always with that seductive charm that no other creature possesses fantastic. Here are eight of the ones that have marked the life of the members of the editorial staff of the paper airplane. Enjoy.

1. ELI - Let the Right One In (Lat den ratte komma in)
The history of Let the right one in, Swedish film based on a novel fellow, goes beyond the simple romance between a pubescent girl and a boy vampire almost albino. Not to spoil the storyline, which is widely recommended by the editorial staff of the paper airplane, I can said that the novel addresses several intriguing topics as pedophilia, castratación, especially the stark moral suffering some vampires to be bound by nature to be murderers. The title ( Let in the proper ) refers to the legend that a vampire must be invited into someone's home or no bleeds to death.

production is currently in a Hollywood remake in English, which I see a bit useless because the quality of the original film has a level difficult to achieve. In addition, the Swedish spoken in giving a special touch to the story, not everything in life must be in English.

2. Vampirella - Vampirella
Coming from a planet called Draculon where are all vampires and blood flows in rivers, Vampirella arrives on Earth after his planet experienced a devastating drought blood. Using the attributes and skills of processing the vamp esculutural fight against the evil that lives in our world. This comic was created in 1969 by Archie Goodman and the legendary illustrator Frank Frazetta.



3. Nosferatu - Nosferatu: A symphony of horror
In 1921, German filmmaker FW Murnau, after failing to earn the Dracula rights, creates a more gruesome and repugnant to which christens Nosferatu (the undead) following more or less the same plot of the novel. A masterpiece of cinematography, taking into account the time it was made.



4. Lestat de Lioncourt - Vampire Chronicles
Anything but Nosferatu, Lestat is the epitome of metrosexual vampire, handsome and seductive. Created by Anne Rice as the protagonist of most novels about vampires, has been performed several times on the big screen, the most important, Tom Cruise in Interview with the Vampire and subsequently by Stuart Townsend in Queen of the Damned .



5. Blacula - Blacula
African-American version of Dracula became, along with Shaft, the symbol par excellence of the genre "blaxploitation" (black exploitation), films that were directed to the public cheaply seeking black heroes and characters of their own race . This does not mean that the film is necessarily a churro, but in this case, it is ... and a lot of fun.



6. CONDE PATULA - Conde patula (Count Duckula)
Someone correct me if not true, but the Conde patula was the only vampire in the history of literature to have the courage and courage to give up his blood-sucking nature and become vegetarianism drinking beet juice only in spite of his steward and protector Igor and his friendly and helpful Nana.




7. DRACULA - Dracula
Created in 1897 by the Irishman Bram Stoker based on the legend of Vlad III the Impaler, Dracula has become the ultimate vampire. His aesthetic has changed drastically over the years but the most famous is the immortal Bela Lugosi in the film titled 1931. My favorite, if you were wondering, is that of Francis Ford Coppola film from 1992 where is played by Gary Oldman, pictured here next.

8. CANADIAN VAMPIRE - Mexican Wrestling
Although this character is not really a vampire per se, the popularity achieved within Mexican wrestling in the nineties has not been matched by any other foreign fighters since. Played by Canadian Ian Hodkinson, Vampire starred in the infamous Mexican movie Vampire Warrior of the Night where due to their lack of knowledge of the English language had to be folded porridges.

PYLON. CHIQUIDRÁCULA - Chiquilladas
This figure rose to fame following his appearances on Mexican Chiquilladas varieties in the early eighties but it was not until the film Chiquidrácula Movie where we met his tragic origin. Charlie, eldest son of a poor single mother, shares roof with his alcoholic grandfather (the great "Spring"), to prevent his grandfather going on a spree continues masons with his buddies at night dressed as a vampire and goes out to frighten them, threatening them with death if they return to take. What Meyo!

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

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WATCHMEN: Comics VS. Movie

"Consider the children's comics as
and banality is very loose.
Many comics are quite educated,
unlike many films. "
-Alan Moore
differences between comics and film. Dr. Manhattan, Rorschach, NiteOwl

most acclaimed graphic novel has finally reached the big screen in a way that not everyone liked. Created in 1986 by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, Watchmen shows an alternate reality of the eighties where Richard Nixon is still president, the United States are on the brink of nuclear war with the Soviet Union, costumed superheroes have been declared illegal unless they are in direct collaboration with the government. Watchmen was one of the first superhero stories that needed to be seen from the perspective of an adult to appreciate all the ideological layers showing.

Both the graphic novel and the film presents several characteristic features of the era, such as the emblematic songs 99 Luftballoons and Everybody Wants to Rule the World and classic television with its beautiful wood finishes.



Silk Spectre, Ozymandias and The Comedian.

Legendary comics writer Alan Moore is widely known for his stand of being against the film adaptations of his works as they are not designed to be properly counted in two hours due to the complexity of its narrative structure. "My stories are meant to be enjoyed in a comfortable chair by the fire in a fireplace, not in a movie theater in the middle of a bunch of strangers" Moore himself has argued, ventilating and his personality a little hermit. film adaptations of V for Vendetta and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen , other works of authorship, clearly give the reason Moore and drastically altering the meaning of their stories. For this reason, many feared that Watchmen suffer much more due to the long and intricate story that runs. The major changes made to this work are:


-Tales of the Black Freighter
Within the history of Watchmen , a child reads the comic pirates, in a story that adds context and allegory to the main story. Although the film aired for obvious reasons of time, Tales of the Black Freighter animation appear as a DVD and then be integrated into the extended version of Watchmen on DVD and BluRay. Have to wait and see how it looks in the mixture.


-Final different
The end of the cartoon of an octopus alien destroys major cities of the world was changed to one where Dr. Manhattan is to blame for the destruction with a blue ray. This made us feel the same way we felt when we saw that Galactus was a just a big cloud in Fantastic Four Rise of the Silver Surfer. A giant octopus and eats planets just do not fit with the simplified stories that present both films.


"Dr. Manhattan's penis
Many insist that alter the penis of Doc Manhattan style" David de Miguel Angel "to a much larger and apparently circumcised in the film goes against what the creators intended: to show the helplessness of an all-powerful being (although it sounds contradictory) within a society devastated. But come on, someone who can transform matter in any way you want and displaying the body of a bodybuilder on steroids ("tautology?) Probably would shape their genitals to be awesome, do not you think?


-Other changes
Some scenes from the book are referenced only briefly in the film, such as Silk Spectre throws a snow globe, or when the ship NiteOwl Archie jail attack Screechers with sonic. Other subplots are omitted as the relationship between Rorschach and his psychiatrist and some issues between The Comedian and Silk Spectre daughter.

Verdict Given the omissions and changes made to the graphic novel I can say that the 162 minute-long film Watchmen is an excellent and entertaining advertising to the original source. The book sales have increased dramatically thanks to this film and I think that is good for Alan Moore, make more people read his works.

Condoms celebrating the popularity of penis Doctor Manhattan (left), the worst nightmare of Alan Moore as seen on The Simpsons (right).

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