Also in most versions of the vampire in Asian examples there is the missing element of the 3 main components of what we know vampires to be; drinking blood, nocturnal, and the acknowledgement that drinking has replaced other addictions that we face. Especially the last, I’ve seen no examples of vampires dealing with the addiction of the food they eat. It’s usually written away with chemical replacements, or legally collected and placed in wine bottles. There are no victims and the vamp’s conscience is clear. Also being nocturnal is excused with magical robes, a result of a chemical intake, or evolution like with The Journey’s YaLong. Unfortunately most dramas have pulled the sadder side of the vampire story with the woe and poor me mentality that fans loath. The “I’m dead and I hurt people”. Sure there is that sad puppy lure that works in the beginning, but can’t really keep a relationship going. For anyone who watched it, I’d really love to see an Asian version of Being human(British show) Even with its flaws it was a good example of people dealing the their situations and the consequence of their choices. Not a lot of Kdramas have gritty consequences. It seems that every Kdramas ending is either sad love or an accidental death. We say we want vampires who scare us and remind us what monsters are, but as the end of The Scholar Who Walks The Night points out, who’s really the monster? Are we humans not as capable of the worst things imaginable?
Thank you for reading and I'm glad you enjoyed it. Like I said to @dongan below, I should've added the warning…
As I look back on some of my favorites not mentioned I can see the lines in the scene. Another thing I look for is background lighting. The hue also an be a clue to the scene.
Let us all not forget the ridiculous and stupidly horrible hoping vamps from China. Vampire cleanup team could have been better if it wasn’t for the damn hoping!
The subject you write about is quite interesting but I kind of cringe if you state Twilight as the "good example"…
A lady on YouTube did a essay on the fundamentals and underlining ideas of twilight. She mentions the fact that the only reason they sparkle is not glitter, their skin has transformed from carbon based to as hard as diamonds which reflects the light. An interesting turn from only being as hard as stone.
One of the vampire shows you didn’t mention ws The Journey 1&2. Yes it’s pretty bad too but the actually story of the vampire is unique. Thankfully it’s a short Chinese drama and even though the growlingis the worst, just try to watch it for the vampire’s story.
OMG! I don’t I can watch a show the same way again!! I haven’t seen many of the shows you mentioned but of the ones I have I loved how you showed a new unknown side of the relationship and direction the director is taking the audience. Bravo for your research and amazing explainarion.
So just watched the first minutes of the show again. The body that is dug up is reported to be the empress in her 20-30s but was pregnant with twins. Not just one like the emperors first wife. So who is it? Ari is also shown to be happy and dancing but with a hair style unlike what we have seen up till episode 34. This suggests that it’s not Sunny. Did the writers already forget or did they do a switch a roo in the editing making is think it was Sunny and later on the first wife?
Just finished and even though I skipped through some parts I really loved every minute of this show. I feel bad I didn’t see it before The Last Empress started but I only came to know about it a couple of weeks ago. Lol.
Unfortunately most dramas have pulled the sadder side of the vampire story with the woe and poor me mentality that fans loath. The “I’m dead and I hurt people”. Sure there is that sad puppy lure that works in the beginning, but can’t really keep a relationship going.
For anyone who watched it, I’d really love to see an Asian version of Being human(British show) Even with its flaws it was a good example of people dealing the their situations and the consequence of their choices. Not a lot of Kdramas have gritty consequences. It seems that every Kdramas ending is either sad love or an accidental death.
We say we want vampires who scare us and remind us what monsters are, but as the end of The Scholar Who Walks The Night points out, who’s really the monster? Are we humans not as capable of the worst things imaginable?
Another thing I look for is background lighting. The hue also an be a clue to the scene.
Bravo for your research and amazing explainarion.