Exactly. And “Dracula” tweaked the “rules” established by such earlier works as “Varney the Vampyre,” “Carmilla,” “The Vampyre,” etc.

There are no definitive rules. Every author or movie-maker creates the vampires they need for their story.

Pretty much every new vampire movie or book “reinvents” vampires to some degree. Anne Rice vampires do not play by the same rules as Buffy vampires which do not play by the same rules as Underworld vampires which do not play by the same rules as True Blood vampires, etc.

Heck, “I am Legend” by Richard Matheson offered…

Actors writing vampire novels is nothing new. I seem to recall that Adrienne Barbeau wrote a vampire novel a few years back, as did Lara Parker of “Dark Shadows” fame . . . .

Don’t tease me! I’m still waiting for Lori Lemaris to show in Superman movie or TV show . . .

Okay, I thought nothing could be dumber that the whole “Wonder Woman is Kryptonian!” nonsense that took over the internet awhile ago, but, yeah, we may have a winner here.

Or even Kirk Alyn . . ..

Couple of random thoughts:

Exactly. The “Danvers” thing is just an unfortunate accident. And Marvel can’t even be accused of copying DC here, since “Carol Danvers” was introduced as a supporting character in CAPTAIN MARVEL long before Marvel got the idea to make her a superhero in her own right.

The Parasite was my first assumption, but, yeah, the others work, too.

The lack of mercy shots bothered me, too.

Seriously, folks, one of your friends is being eaten alive before your very eyes and you don’t put them out of their misery with a shot to the head, which would also serve the purpose of saving them from a hellish afterlife as a walker?

You’re not THAT short on ammo . . ..

I’m not sure that matters. Just the other day, on another board, I saw plenty of people insisting that nobody but Lynda Carter could ever play Wonder Woman—even though, of course, the comic-book character had been around for DECADES before the TV show.

For better or for worse, most people are more familiar with the…

You know, I remember when Harrison Ford was at the other end of this equation.

“Nobody but David Janssen can ever play THE FUGITIVE.”

Except maybe . . . :)

Shame they couldn’t work in ANY of the previous Captain Marvels somewhere . . . .

True story. Back in the eighties I was once horrified to discover that my (much) younger brother thought that Roger Moore was the “real” James Bond. Then I realized that it made perfect sense; he had grown up on Moore the same way I had grown up on Connery.

Mark my words. Future generations will have their own Indys.

Heck, I didn’t spot Adam West, Julie Newmar, or the BIRDS OF PREY.

Granted, BIRDS OF PREY was a pretty mediocre show, but the whole bit about Batman and Catwoman having a daughter fits in perfectly with the “Infinite Earth” gimmick . . ..

Depends on which Bond you grew up on . . . .

Very cool, but . . . .

No Lynda Carter as Wonder Woman?

I gotta disagree. That’s what they said about Bela Lugosi as Dracula, or Sean Connery as James Bond, or Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes, or, for that matter, Jeremy Brett as Holmes . . ..

There’s always room for a new interpretation of a classic role. I mean, it’s not like the Met is planning to retire “Carmen”…

No role is sacred. And no actor is irreplaceable.

I’m sorry. I don’t believe this. Hollywood has been recasting roles since the silent era. We’ve had umpteen versions of Zorro, Tarzan, Dracula, Flash Gordon, Buck Rogers, James Bond, Superman, Batman, Inspector Clouseau, Sherlock Holmes, Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple, Charlie Chan, Robin Hood, King Arthur, you name it.

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