These days anything even vaguely dark or angsty is classified as "Gothic". They usually aren't. It's a pity because genuine examples of the genre can be very interesting, but the term is so misused, and applied far too broadly.

I'm just really annoyed that so many people who are whining about this film do so from a place of ignorance. I understand not everyone can be expected to like everything but I keep seeing people hate on this movie for really dumb reasons, and it's all the more infuriating that the travesty of a TV show from NBC has…

My mistake. I'm tired and frustrated at the same time.

It was a pile of crap that pondered to the Twilight-loving masses and displayed absolutely no interest in being a Dracula show in any way. I'm glad it was canceled and I hope it is forgotten so quickly and its influence so nonexistent that it doesn't even warrant a footnote in the most exhaustive and comprehensive…

And he wouldn't be confined to it during daylight. In the novel he's seen in the daylight no less than eight times. Again you people roll your eyes in spite of your own ignorance.

What do you mean, a movie where Vlad Tepes doesn't become Dracula? He was ALWAYS Dracula, and indeed signed his name as Wladislaus Dragulya. Tepes was an insulting nickname given to him by political enemies after he died. This is the kind of disconnect that frustrates me. You people act all high and mighty and yet you…

You have to forgive Rob Bricken, he wouldn't know Dracula from Edward Cullen if his reviews of the NBC series are any indication.

That show was a pile of garbage, it wasn't Dracula at all, and I'm glad it's canceled.

I don't think you know very much about Dracula.

As funny as this was, I have to rant. I can't help but think that if I was more naive, I'd probably believe there's an anti-Superman conspiracy that has brainwashed everyone, from fans of content to producers of it. Any time there's an attempt to celebrate Superman, there's a massive hate parade against it for a…

In what way did she serve the role of a gender-bent Jimmy Olsen? There was nothing. The only reason anyone refers to her as Jenny Olsen is because they've heard someone else call her that. As for this rumor, and the matter of "fans freaking out", I recall another article from io9 that had fans freaking out, one which…

You guys need to look a little closer. He's not just a giant dude here. His skin is translucent enough that you can see the bones in his left leg and his right hand. These details aren't noticed right away apparently but once I saw them it created a more interesting visual.

SF and fantasy is appreciated more than horror is. They still have their problems too, there's no doubting that, but horror is treated like crap ten times worse, at least. On top of that, while critics may look down at SF and fantasy at times, studios aren't afraid to make big SF and fantasy films and TV shows, and…

I'm sorry but I must disagree. I think that last part of that last sentence was rather telling, that calling it horror "sets the wrong kind of expectations for the audience at large." That's exactly what I'm referring to: horror done well is seldom referred to as horror because the genre has a very real and very wide…

I'd say it's a horror film. I never got that stigma. Horror done well is never considered horror for some reason. Silence of the Lambs, Se7en, I've even seen The Exorcist referred to as not a horror film. With Shutter Island, Scorsese was harkening back to the work of Val Lewton and Mario Bava.

It doesn't help that when they rebooted it, they only half-assed it. They decided Batman was allowed to keep most of his continuity intact because he's the golden boy, and Green Lantern got to keep a lot of his too because he's Geoff Johns' personal golden boy. They should have made a genuine reboot and started them…

I'd buy a really humongous ape fighting said "not really a lizard" just fine, but I wouldn't buy a Hank Pym cameo to explain how Kong managed to grow many times larger. You can't start with a Kong that's big enough to fight Godzilla and there's no reasonable way to make him bigger without seriously straining someone's…

The same Toho that made Godzilla's Revenge? Yeah, I'd tell them the same thing. It didn't make sense then and it wouldn't make sense now. Especially since audiences are a lot smarter these days. Kong can't exceed a certain size without it being ridiculous that he would ever carry around a screaming woman in his hand.…

I'm guessing everyone is forgetting that Godzilla is many times larger than King Kong and a fight between them would be very quick and very one-sided.

Apparently rule #1 doesn't matter as long as the new direction in #2 is absolutely insane and the source material isn't some Japanese anime, British TV series, or mainstream superhero comic book.