Huynh Vampires Eat Hotdogs

My view of vampires is like that of a cursed god. From what I know and choose to believe, vampires are immortal, able to turn into bats, and have superhuman strength. With all of this power, they also have sacrifices to make. The obvious ones would be the need for human blood, weakness to the sun, and a vital weak point exposed on the body. They’re like cursed gods because they have so much power, but have to stoop down to lesser beings to keep alive. They are portrayed as evil most of the time, but I think that is due to the fact that the humans who right the stories are fearful of the vampires themselves. There may even be vampires in the modern day world who are eating hotdogs right now in NYC.

Vampirish looking woman (Betty White) eating a hotdog.
Taken from SodaHead.com

The vampires in Vampire Hunter D were of the stereotypical type, ones that were evil and old royalty, even in the modern setting in the movie. I did like the fact that they included dhampirs in the movie; because that shows that the author knew something. The story in Vampire Hunter D was very simple. A damsel in distress gets kidnapped, a quiet stranger agrees to help her, they develop feelings, and the stranger, who becomes the hero, saves the damsel from the villain. This sounds like a plot in an “old west” film. The transitions in the movie sucked, and were very jumpy. I didn’t like that aspect at all; in fact, it was the thing I hated the most. The setting was pretty cool, it seemed like in the 90’s the popular thing was old western-type setting with technological advances like lasers and robots. D had a robot horse and I was surprised because I saw the heroine use whip. I thought the film would be old technology, but it had crazy stuff like kids with lasers. The only things I can compare this to are the Twilight Saga, the Underworld Saga, and Count Dracula from Sesame Street. Every film has different takes on vampires, so it’s up to oneself to believe what they want. Vampires eating hotdogs in NYC is very believable after seeing Underworld.