Hmm. There are characters I don't recognize (obvious right?). And then there's that woman wielding the VK whip who gets killed by a vampire right in front of a young Richter. That is something that I'd have to disagree with. I know that this is nothing more then a teaser trailer and therefor information is limited, however Belmonts weren't trained to be done in by lesser vampires. They were taught to confront creatures that would break a person's spirit just from the mere sight of them (and that's not counting the mystic properties within their blood that gives them a supernatural leg up). It's why the Belmont family has endured for centuries while Dracula has failed time and time again. No doubt this was done to bring about some means of determination within Richter to confront the monster that killed his mother, but it doesn't feel necessary in this particular context. If they really wanted to make this scene convincing Richter's mother would've been ambushed by multiple high class vampires and their pets; ones that are just below Dracula's grade. Belmont's aren't invincible, I get that, however multiple vampires/monsters vs one Belmont would lend itself to be more believable then a single vampire vs Belmont.
Look at that. The series isn't out yet and I'm already taking a 'stab' at it, lol.
The description calls it an "origin story" so it's not an adaptation of a game's scenario.
Well, at least Samuel Deats-sama teased something interesting to me about the music...Doing God's work
https://twitter.com/Gunlord500/status/1684650390308937728
Granted one can't make too much of eye emojis, but still ;o
The vampire who killed Richter's mother is Olrox. It looks like they're taking notable vampires in the series and having them fill in for the role of antagonist. The female countess is Elizabeth Bathory who is this arcs main villain.Is there backing for this? I haven't kept up with this series information or anything, so I'm legit curious.
They've also seriously redone some of these other characters. The female characters who fight in the trailers are the maidens from Rondo. Annette's had her race changed like Isaac (and given a similar backstory of oppression but this time by vampires in the Carribean) and the blonde woman doing Sypha spells is Tera. No Iris, it seems. I thought they were original characters, but no.
Is there backing for this? I haven't kept up with this series information or anything, so I'm legit curious.
Netflix announced who is voicing what character on their website (https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/castlevania-nocturne-news-release-date). It's easy to piece who is what character based on that.Awesome. Thank you much.
They seem to be using the plot points from Bloodlines and Aria for this initial season of Nocturne, it appears. Which I guess is okay, except it would make any plans for either of those stories (more probable is Aria, honestly) kinda shot.
I'm less impressed that they are taking sincere liberties with the maidens from Rondo, turning both Annette and Tera into magic users suddenly as if having Maria wasn't enough. Granted, I'm all for straying away from the "damsel in distress" trope, but it seems forced here.
However that pales in comparison to them showing us Richter's mother as this badass whip-wielding female Belmont, FINALLY after we've all been wanting another shot for one, only to kill her off for the sake of injecting trauma into yet another character's story where it wasn't needed. It feels like she's just this disposable character they made up with the purpose of fridging to make poor Richter angsty....because we all loved that when that was done in S3 of the OG series. >:(
Anyway, those are my thoughts. Animation looks solid and I'll allow some of those liberties slide if this is meant to be a prequel to Rondo's story in season 2 and the story ends up being better than I'm fearing.
Honestly, this image sums up my whole feelings on the whole Netflix shows tbh.
https://i.imgur.com/ZuK8UEl.png
I am honestly bored with how much these video game adaptation don't feel like games they're adapting. The old show was just edgy reddit crap and this one seems to be Richter crying like a damn baby 24/7 within a world that seems like a pretentious version of Blade to be frank. I could be wrong... but I am 99.9% sure I am right. That 0.1% is just in case.
Eh...most of the edgy reddit crap in the first one came from Warren Ellis, so with him gone I'm feeling much more optimistic. As for 'Blade,' well, as I've said around here and elsewhere, African slaves did play a significant part in the French Revolution: The fate of the French crown and its nobility might have been completely different if they didn't have to worry about their holdings in places like Guadaloupe or Saint-Domingue (now Haiti). It's not like they're race-swapping for no reason whatsoever, given the time period they arguably have better reasons for the ethnicity changes than they did in the original.
Richter does seem to be 'softer' than he was in Rondo of Blood, but IMO they're going all in on his trauma to help explain how he was vulnerable to Shaft's corruption in SotN. From the trailer I don't think Richter seems weak at all--we see him punching straight through a vampire, blasting several away with his whip, and at the end unleashing an Item Crash. I can overlook a spot of crying lol. Sure, Tera and Annette seem much tougher than they were in the original games, but I don't think they're upstaging Richter.
The Blade comment was about the whole vampires actually running everything and hiding plane sight as we saw in the trailer, not about race.
As with last year's teaser, I can't wait to find out how much of Rondo will go ignored.
(Not because I'm an asshole, but because of experience.)
They seem to be using the plot points from Bloodlines and Aria for this initial season of Nocturne, it appears. Which I guess is okay, except it would make any plans for either of those stories (more probable is Aria, honestly) kinda shot.
I'm less impressed that they are taking sincere liberties with the maidens from Rondo, turning both Annette and Tera into magic users suddenly as if having Maria wasn't enough. Granted, I'm all for straying away from the "damsel in distress" trope, but it seems forced here.
However that pales in comparison to them showing us Richter's mother as this badass whip-wielding female Belmont, FINALLY after we've all been wanting another shot for one, only to kill her off for the sake of injecting trauma into yet another character's story where it wasn't needed. It feels like she's just this disposable character they made up with the purpose of fridging to make poor Richter angsty....because we all loved that when that was done in S3 of the OG series. >:(
Anyway, those are my thoughts. Animation looks solid and I'll allow some of those liberties slide if this is meant to be a prequel to Rondo's story in season 2 and the story ends up being better than I'm fearing.
Sigh, Maria calling Richter an ungrateful wanker.
This sounds like the first of many more 'not-welcomed' issues to come (not counting the contents of the trailer we saw). And I have no doubt that they'll have one of the female characters kill Dracula simply because 'reasons', and Richter will be tossed aside simply because 'reasons'. I'm calling it now.
Bets anyone?
I do have to wonder what the animated series post season 1 would have been like if Iga was still at the helm.
It's not like they're race-swapping for no reason whatsoever, given the time period they arguably have better reasons for the ethnicity changes than they did in the original.They raceswap because it's Netflix. A California based production company, with all that implies and carries with it. If there is not at least one (or more) raceswapped significant character(s) or subversive element (such as religion bashing) it just wont get made at all.
Legends say they’ll break the 4th wall by resurrecting Richard Pryor to play Dracula… 🦇 🕯️ ⚰️ 🕯️ 🦇 #DracWash
Anybody here watched it yet? I don't have netflix :cry:
I am still disappointed they haven't shown a truly pious person in a positive light so far though. I do find myself somewhat sympathetic for their point of view though and at least they don't seem like complete monsters.