Monday, June 7, 2010
Help! I'm Impregnated by Demon Spawn!
Have you ever noticed how some plot lines are just way too overused? One of the plot lines that not only is way overused, but is also extremely hard to pull off is being impregnated by demon spawn. One of the first occurrences of this now popular theme is in the horror movie Rosemary's Child. After that, we see it popping up occasionally until we reach today, where we frankly see this theme too much. One of my least favorite things in the world, Twilight, has this story-line. And if I understand correctly, not only is there a mutant half-human half-vampire, but there is also a werewolf who's in love with her. Now that is what I call a screwed up family. In the T.V show Angel, which I happen to love, Cordelia gets impregnated with demon spawn time and time again, until finally she ends up in a coma because of it. I'm sorry, but not even Joss Whedon (who is absolutely amazing and whom I love very dearly) could pull it off. And if Joss can't pull it off, then neither can you. We also see this in Torchwood, when Gwen not only gets impregnated, but gets impregnated on the day before her wedding. It was a valiant try to revive the overdone theme with a new twist, but in the end was unsuccessful. Demon Spawn might not be so terrible if we didn't see it so much in today's pop culture, but because we've seen it so much we start to grown every time our new favorite sci-fi show tries to pull it off. So put down your defibrillators and stop trying to revive this cliche idea. Please?
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Um. Rosemary's Baby. Sorry.
ReplyDelete