By lately I don't mean too recently, just how vampires are seen now compared to how thy used to be seen.

I really like some of the more 'humanised' vamps, I think in the right writers hands it can lead to the characters being more deep and interesting. In other cases I've found myself thinking "why did you even bother making that character a vampire? how would this story be any different if they were humans?" and in those cases I think it's been taken too far for my tastes.

Totally agree with Mermaid-Tail. (Btw, nice screen name.)

That's one thing I love about Anne Rice vampires; they're generally taken in perfect balance of humanity and a real vampire. (Well, Louis is a clear exception but you know... one exception always makes the rule... and so on...)

Most of the films I've seen haven't bothered to make much anything of them. it's just blood-sucking creatures and probably their hunters. They don't have depth to either direction.

And the "30 Days of Night" is probably the worst vampire story I have EVER had the displeasure of seeing. I was - without over-killing at all - half asleep ALL THROUGH the film until 10 minutes before the end credits something interesting happened. I heard in some interview related to that film that vampires were originally like that - but I don't know how true that is. If they were - I'm happy the world has turned them into what they have been for ages. Leave the brainless gore and weird languages to actual zombies and give a vampire some fascinating depth. Like, what the hell is interesting in a creature that only slaughters people. It's totally another thing when it's still remotely human, could be any one of us and can feel and think. And yes, is also able of loving regardless of what it's become from the human it used to be.

It's just that really, these days, it's overdone and they've forgotten to draw the line. They shouldn't be too human nor too demon. I think Twilight is a shining example of over-done romantic/humanity and 30 Days of Night of over-done or rather shallowly done demonlikeness.

Interview with the Vampires tsill remains the best vampire film ever made. Queen of the Damned could've been just as great if they hadn't fucked it up by making it another cliche vampire/mortal love story shit when it was supposed to be anything but. Then again the love story in that doesn' really even exsist even though they tried - it's just not working. I think the 1992 adaptation of Dracula is fine movie too but that too is ruined a little with the Dracula/Mina love story.

I have nothing against a paranormal-creature/mortal love story as it is - I just hate it if it's stufffed somewhere where it wasn't written to be in the first place or if it's poorly written.

It's true that it all depends on how it's handled, because the humanizing of vampire characters goes all the way back to Bram Stoker's original 1897 novel. It's not a new phenomenon, but it is being taken to extremes now where it's just plain silly.

Anne Rice and Joss Whedon are the two best examples of the right way to tell vampire stories that flesh the vampires out into fully realized characters. These sparkly, friendly Twilight vampires...I just don't get the appeal. The whole draw of vampire mythology, IMO, comes from their darkness and their edge. I like my vampires deadly, not like something that would be at home on a Saturday morning cartoon.

its ok but i cant stand TWILIGHT its a disgrace 2 the vampire race

Gotta say, I am disgusted with Twilight, and yet I adore Mitchell and Lauren from Being Human. Mitchell's more human, but Lauren is a 'proper' vampire for more human reasons... if that makes any sense at all! Basically, she's scared that the bad vampires will stake her if she doesn't conform.

I agree with the three comments above. I hate Twilight.

When you have vampiric characters like, Mitchell from Being Human, Louis from Interview with the Vampire, and Angel and Spike from Buffy, you have both the depth and the full on action that all Vamps should be capible of. They're not over done with either the gore or the whole, "Lovey Dovey" crap. If all vampires could be written more like these four, you would find yourself with some more interesting vampire stories and less of the sparkling farie crap you read about now.

P.S. To bendiaimmortal, your comment about QOTD has two thumbs up from me. I am so glad someone finally sees that movie for what it is. A steaming pile of crap. The only thing the movie got right form the book was the fact that Lestat became a rockstar and the names of the other character's. That's all the movie got right.

Just like people, I think its great to have a variety personalities in the vampire world. Like the above mentioned, I love Mitchell, Spike, Eric Northman, ect. they are likable yet they still have an edge to them that keeps them unpredictable.

I absolutely HATE what Twilight has done to them though. Stephenie Meyer neutered them completely.

These are some long ass comments. Lol but i think twilight kinda ruined the cool scary vampires. Really VAMPIRES DO NOT SPARLKE!!

The old school ones are better to me versus today's vampires.