Vampire Cage Match, Round 4: Dracula vs. The Vampire Lestat
In celebration of New Moon's opening
we are going to explore your favorite movie & TV vampires and put them
head-to-head (or fang to fang). Feel free to chime in with your thoughts as we
match up two different bloodsuckers every day this week.
ROUND FOUR: DRACULA VS. LESTAT
Two old-school, control freak vampires with attitude problems and
horrible luck in love.
Qualifier: There are many versions of both of these
characters. This cage match is between the Lestat from the movie Interview
with the Vampire, and not the book version. The Dracula character is from Gary
Oldman’s portrayal in the 1992 film, Bram Stoker’s Dracula.
WHO?: Dracula (Gary Oldman), is the most famous of the vampires,
and also known as the first vampire. He is forever searching for the
reincarnation of his lost love. People usually just get in the way of his goal,
and when they do, he kills or eats them. Lestat (Tom Cruise) is a 6-foot
tall, blond vampire with a flair for fashion. He is bold, defiant and
conflicted. He tends toward selfish introspection without much concern
for the feelings of others.
UN-UNDEAD SOULMATE: Mina (for Dracula); Himself? (Lestat)
INSTEAD OF HUMANS, THEY DRINK FROM: Both actually drink from people.
PHYSICAL STRENGTHS: Dracula, once known as Vlad the Impaler, has major
battle training. He also puts little to no value on any life, sometimes
including his own. That sort of ambivalence could give him an advantage. Lestat’s resourcefulness and resilience lead him to survive fire and dead blood (which apparently can kill him). He’s selfish enough to turn anyone into a vampire in order to keep them as his companions, who on-screen are a Who’s Who of vampire hotness: (Brad Pitt, Antonio Banderas).
PHYSICAL WEAKNESSES: These two are pretty well-matched physically, but
their mental issues could make all the difference. Dracula is so confident in
his ability to triumph, he runs the risk of underestimating his opponent.
Lestat is extremely self-centered and might worry about getting his clothes
dirty.
WOOING: Dracula is only concerned with his Mina. He loves to the
point of obsession, even though the original Mina has been dead for many years.
Lestat is a charmer. He has well-honed seduction skills, but has no ability to
keep a long-term relationship.
Which vampire would win this bout? --Shauna
Rhonda on November 19, 2009 at 04:11 PM
Gary Oldman's Dracula would kick Brad Pitt's Lestat's butt.
Rhonda on November 19, 2009 at 04:24 PM
Tom Cruide, Brad Pitt - same diff. Neither of them were right for the part.
Laserlight on November 20, 2009 at 06:32 AM
Vlad Tepes Drakulya would have Lestat-kabobs before the fop knew what was happening. "Ambivalence" is pretty much exactly the opposite of what Vlad has.
Jennifer on November 20, 2009 at 10:23 AM
Lestat is incredibly ruthless when he needs to be, but you can't get that from the screen version. The movie Lestat would be toast before he even saw Vlad coming.
Amos on November 20, 2009 at 03:10 PM
They're both crap. I liked the vampires from Salem's lot, the book rather than the lousy movie. I liked the part where they found a vampire townsperson sleeping in the trunk of his car and dragged him out into the sunlight to try to 'kill' him, but he started squirming and smoking so revoltingly they let him wriggle back into his car boot and decided not to do it again because it freaked them out. That's a cool little scene, it shows people dealing with vampires as a learning curve.
Vampires need to be ugly, parasitic forces of evil, these metrosexual poseurs are a joke. As Ace says, they're just lame superheros for goths and emo kids.
sildenafil on April 27, 2010 at 08:41 PM
one of my favorite characters throughout history and mystery surrounding this mythical character, different stages and his dark looks and whether and how he lives that fill much of interest.
怀淰＠＾过厾 on August 12, 2010 at 11:14 PM
Tom Cruide, Brad Pitt - same diff. Neither of them were right for the part.
joesen on November 03, 2010 at 12:03 AM
In celebration of New Moon's opening we are going to explore your favorite movie & TV vampires and put them head-to-head (or fang to fang). Feel free to chime in with your thoughts as we match up two different bloodsuckers every day this week.
xiao on November 16, 2010 at 05:26 PM
Ambivalence" is pretty much exactly the opposite of what Vlad has.