One Point of View

First things First. I like dark, moody vampire movies and thoroughly enjoyed the film in general and AP in particularly.

I have to admit, I'm not overly thrilled with Bokeen Woodbine's character. He seemed to have trouble with some of his lines and his big love scene seemed to be just dropped in there.

The green shading in the first release was a tad overdone I think I'd have preferred blue... but I still liked it. (Later, the colors are greatly improved on the DVD release.)

I really enjoyed AP and watching him create someone so very different from DM was great. AP's Aaron is understated, quiet and stiff around the humans he still regards as potential trouble.

His movements when no one else can see him are cat slinky and he's careful not to overdo on the accent. (I liked that too.) Watching Aaron pull himself together after being hit by a car, caused ick thrills. Watch AP come up the stairs after that, see, cat quick.

I think Aaron is still unhappy enough about being a vampire that he's chosen to be a cop to maintain some small control over his life. He's still close enough to being human that he really hates the idea of the blood lust.

The flashback to the Nazi soldiers' deaths shows him losing it, but the blood lust has just begun and he still has some control. You can see the roots of the cell meltdown in it.

I've looked at the tape, and now, the DVD a couple of times and will be certainly will be watching it again.

Warnings? Sure. The brief nudity didn't bother me, but nudity doesn't bother me. The body, tied up the way it was, seemed in questionable taste and "Stephen's" love scene was a dead loss. No titillation, no fireworks either.

Just for the record, there is a danger in being a fan. So often we are so fond of a specific character, (Captain Kirk for instance), that any time the actor creates a character markedly different from that character, his/her fans as so startled by that difference, they don't like the new character and can get quite vocal about it.

Production companies know this, too, and often a really fine actor, (Bill Shatner for instance) gets dinged, for playing a character who is different from the one the fans expect.

Characterization consists of a dozen tiny things that go to make up a live, three dimensional person on that screen. A walk that is that fits one character will not work for another character. A voice or accent that is part of one character isn't right for another

If you don't like the film because you don't like vampire movies or because the green makes you seasick, that's no problem. I have a dear friend who thinks chocolate and coffee are horrible things. She's a friend anyway.

I do hope those of you who just saw the film once will look at it again. It may be that you were looking on some level for Duncan MacLeod and Aaron Grey is not DM. If you just flat don't like it, no problem. No one likes everything If this isn't your cup of tea, so be it. People have a perfect right to like or dislike movies, books and TV on any basis they choose to.

Again, I liked the film and saw Adrian create a fascinating character. The Tracker, Cole, isn't Duncan MacLeod either. Adrian has a wonderful range of abilities and I'm looking forward to seeing lots of different things from him.