The word-of-mouth of "Dracula" was dethroned for the intensive and superb setting and solution of the first two episodes, but it slipped due to the absurd ending of the three episodes. This is a bit like the tiger's head and dog's tail before Wu Song Liangshan in "Water Margin". At the beginning, the tiger fights, the Lion Tower fights Ximen Qing, the drunken fights Jiang Menshen, makes a scene at Feiyunpu, and the blood splashes in the Mandarin Duck Tower. It is majestic, but before going to Liangshan The personal ending was actually cleaned up by the steamed buns from Kongjiadian, tied together in one place, very embarrassed. Although it looks extremely incongruous and does not conform to people's reverie of heroes, in fact, this setting is more real, and it is also an arrangement for Luo Guanzhong's master and apprentice with ulterior motives, so that Wu Song gradually achieves perfection under the oriental worldview of impermanence and cause and effect.
In fact, I want to say that in my opinion, the ending of "Dracula" is just like Wu Song's ending. From the past experience, the lens of this evil dragon is bound to be cloudy and elusive, but the mystery of Dracula is revealed, and the eyes are clear. The story and characters have also completed the fulfillment and redemption under the Christian value system.
All the officials, let's talk about the characters first. The protagonists Fan Helsing and Dracula are both looking. Dracula is looking for all kinds of prey, all kinds of flirting, all kinds of style, and the temptation of foreplay is enough, just for a fresh bite. Van Helsing is a curious nun who is a professional hunter and an amateur believer in the Lord. how do I say this? Because as a clergyman, exorcism is not their main business, but redemption is their main business. But Van Helsing is an outlier. She is like an explorer, which is quite similar to the setting of the hell detective Constantine. (The male version of Fan Helsing always felt this way) Fan Helsing not only explored science and evil, but also searched for miracles, so she had doubts about God. Live unprofessional! Not as piety as the fat nun who was beheaded by Dracula in the first episode. So the two protagonists became interested in each other as soon as they met. Dracula hoped to take her to the new world to eat slowly. She hoped to capture Dracula from beginning to end, and study all kinds of likes and fears, but she still hoped There is a god, so when Dracula screams when Dracula screams with the light reflected by the cross before Jonny falls off the cliff - she finally sees the proof of God's existence.
Let’s talk about limitations. The reason why things are meaningful is nothing more than limitations. Puffer fish is delicious but it is deadly. Life is meaningful because of the limitation of life expectancy. The beauty of piano is because of the limitation of 88 zones. "1900 failed to penetrate the integration of the world and the piano because he saw the world with his senses, which became his obsession and brought a thought-provoking story. Dracula's immortality has many limitations, "can't come in without being invited", "don't like mirrors", "photophobia" (this must be inspired by the author's rabies), "fear of the cross", "being caught in blood". Attracted" and so on, the main thing should be these.
With characters and limitations, it becomes a contradiction when put together, one hunt, one research, but the researcher is the prey of the hunter, and the story unfolds immediately, although Dracula is the protagonist of the story, we can use the voice of music to For example, from the perspective of melody and accompaniment, the main part is the researcher's perspective, Van Helsing, the audience can also clearly feel the exploration perspective, and the secondary part is Dracula's foraging From the perspective, the hunting part of the second episode is very exciting. However, the Count gradually exposed his clues in the process of killing, dying, and hunting for food. Van Helsing's perspective also changed from research to elimination due to the crisis. But Dracula had been practicing for more than 400 years at that time, and Van Helsing had a lifetime. If she won the first round of tricks, then the show would really become a humiliation for the BBC, so it had to be evenly matched, so there were too many settings. A researcher, times have changed, and the end of the second episode is truly amazing. It made me find the long-lost pleasure of watching the "Ghost Man" series when I was a child. Time and space transformation is also the best technique used by this team. The time and space shift of "Charlotte Detective" is very good, and the time and space transformation of "Dracula" is also very good. After completing the equality of story battles, the cancer setting of Heisin in this life also has unique theological implications. Any religion is discussing life and death. From a Christian perspective, Dracula's story revolves around death. According to today's era, cancer represents death, but people face death from birth. This is what Dracula said. Talking about it, it is like a philosopher talking about life and death, but he himself turned into an immortal vampire because of the fear of death. Therefore, his hunting is escaping, but choosing prey is pondering while escaping, constantly covering up at the point that he cannot face. Lucy is an important focus of research and hunting. This sexy, rebellious, passive, and ignorant girl has a leaf-like dragon-like worship of Dracula and death. Dracula is excited and curious because of her indifference to death. This kind of surprise has already laid the groundwork at the beginning of the third episode. Dracula arrives at a family and mistakenly thinks that they are very rich, but in fact they are only blue-collar civilians.
Under the guidance of Dracula, he finally saw his fear. The two Helsings guided him to face his fears, which is precisely the responsibility of the clergy. Perseverance comes from the fear of death, both of which are the original sins of mankind, and with two deaths, the story ushered in the ending of its first season. This ending is very similar to the ending of Park Chan-wook's "Bat" where the protagonists die facing the rising sun.
To sum up, although there are still a lot of unfilled holes in it, it can be regarded as a foreshadowing of the sequel, but for the integrity of the story, the ending of the third episode of "Dracula" is still very exciting. From the perspective of inner philosophy and religion From the above, the sins of the two have been redeemed. Of course, Dracula committed suicide. He has a heavy crime, or he will go to hell. In their consciousness, the affectionate embrace of the two and the baptism of the light of the dark night represent the arrival of redemption and the end of the story. Therefore, the story of "Dracula" is not unfinished, but it has not fully listed the satisfaction of the viewer's great persistence in visual and psychological impact. That's not satisfying, sorry, greed is also the original sin.
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