Reviews

When you come right down to it, vampires have reached a place in popular culture where it's tough to do a weekly series and have it be completely original. So let's get over that. When we have 3 different CSI series, plus a dozen clones on it's really tough to throw stones on the basis of "originality." It comes down to this: Do you like the characters? Do you enjoy the stories the series tells? Do you care if these people find what they're looking for(love, home, the killer, etc.)?

I enjoy vampire fiction, I loved "Angel," and I remember seeing pieces of "Forever Knight" when it was on television. Whenever I saw the synopsis for "Moonlight," I must admit I thought it was going to be a clone of these shows. I misjudged it. I think this show has a lot of potential. I like the main character(Mick), and the contrast that he's a monster because he's a vampire, while the people he stands up against are monsters because of the choices they make and how they victimize others never gets old to me. He may drink blood, but he's so clearly cut as a good guy that it's tough not to root for him. I was delighted to find Sophia Myles playing the reporter he falls for, she's always just a joy to watch. They put an interesting twist for her being a internet reporter, I really liked it. But she's not Lois Lane. She's eager to solve these crimes, young, naive, and enthusiastic. And then there's Josef, Mick's best friend and a much older vampire. His droll humor and jaded nature I find hilarious, but I'm laughing with the writers. The series has it's serious moments, but never gets too depressing. I actually expect it to play out more like beauty and the beast. If you like vampires, and you like romance, this is worth checking out. I found it very endearing.

This remains one of my favorite made for TV movies (I believe it aired on Fox.) Beautifully done, with a fantasy feel I can only describe as "old fashioned with a science fiction twist" vibe. Not "high technology" science fiction at all (at one point, they're riding in an old stagecoach.) We enter Rusta along with Dr. Driscoll Rampart, as he does his internship at the clinic. Odd characters abound, including Osh, the jailer; even the doctor he is interning under, Akada, is unique. No one and nothing in this story is irrelevant. Every layer only makes me want to visit Rusta again. Over 10 years later, I still enjoy this program. If you own the rights to this, please make it available on DVD or VHS!!!! Please!

OK, I really did want to like this movie. It has some moments, most of them towards the beginning, that I really enjoyed. Then, the movie begins a gradual but complete spiral into "What the ****?" The movie weaves itself so many plot holes that my friends and I sat discussing for no less that an hour afterward, and were unable to justify. I understood the movie, I just think they slapped the end together and said "wouldn't it be cool if..." Until that, it was a very good thriller, gruesome in all the right moments. I think that's part of why the conclusion was so disappointing. They sold out. This could have been in the same vein as House of a Thousand Corpses and Texas Chainsaw Massacre, stuff that just scares you because somewhere out there, it's possible to find someone that crazy. Like someone who would give this movie 10 out of 10.