What does everyone think of the concept of space vampires?

[Moodib]

I think it's an awesome and original concept to show that vampires aren't always unholy unsunburning demon stereotypes from hell but from another planet.

This concept was used in The Thing from Another World and Roger Corman's Not of this Earth in the 50's. Then we got Planet of the Vampires and Queen of Blood in the early 60's then we have Vampirella comics to the Salt Vampire. We got Colin Wilson's Space Vampires then we have Vorvon on Buck Rogers, Lifeforce, The Dark Crystal (Skeckis are vampires), Killer Klowns from Outer Space and Not of this Earth remake in the 70's and 80's.

One of the better ideas about where vampires come from is a pure Sci-fi one.

 

[Brent]

If you haven't yet, see "Lifeforce" a 1985 movie. THAT is pure space vampire cheese

 

[Silvercrest]

This concept was used in The Thing from Another World and Roger Corman's Not of this Earth in the 50's. Then we got Planet of the Vampires and Queen of Blood in the early 60's then we have Vampirella comics to the Salt Vampire. We got Colin Wilson's Space Vampires then we have Vorvon on Buck Rogers, Lifeforce, The Dark Crystal (Skeckis are vampires), Killer Klowns from Outer Space and Not of this Earth remake in the 70's and 80's.

I think it's an ... original concept to show that vampires are ... from another planet.

Listing a dozen examples calls into question whether it's "original" any longer.

 

[Jetfire]

Twilight: The Next Generation!

 

[Avon]

how about pointy-toothed teenage aliens from space that talk about their feelings a lot then have poorly choreographed cgi fight scenes?

 

[The Borgified Corpse]

Rather than space vampires, I prefer fish from space posing as vampires!

Then there's the bloodless sci-fi vampires that are aliens that feed on your life force by sticking their hand in your chest. The Wraith from Stargate Atlantis are the most famous example of this but the idea was done previously (and much more stupidly) with the Atavus during the final season of Earth: Final Conflict.

 

[1001001]

I think the same thing I think about regular vampires.


BO-RING!

 

[Solariabsg25]

Twilight: The Next Generation!

No.

A world of no!!

**Puts on Underworld to wipe thought from mind...

 

[Procutus]

If you haven't yet, see "Lifeforce" a 1985 movie. THAT is pure space vampire cheese

Actually Brent, 'Lifeforce' was based directly upon, and a terrible adaption of Wilson's 'Space Vampires' mentioned by Moodib. Wilson's book was plausible, thought-provoking and well-written. The film bore little resemblance to the novel, yet another example of how Hollywood seems incapable of translating literary sci-fi to the big screen.

 

[Temis the Vorta]

By space vampires, do you include Borg and Wraith? If so, the lesson for space vampires is that they must be handled with care. They have great potential but become laughable so very easily.

But traditional, Dracula-style vampires in space, ech. That's just stupid.

 

[Scout101]

Not only plenty of examples already, but I immediately thought of those old 80's Choose Your Own Adventure books. One of them was titled: Space Vampire

http://www.amazon.com/Space-Vampire-Choose-Your-Adventure/dp/055326723X

Not all that original if you've got a book title that's word for word of your idea

 

[The Borgified Corpse]

Not only plenty of examples already, but I immediately thought of those old 80's Choose Your Own Adventure books. One of them was titled: Space Vampire

http://www.amazon.com/Space-Vampire-Choose-Your-Adventure/dp/055326723X

Not all that original if you've got a book title that's word for word of your idea

I was just thinking about that same one. (Oddly, I don't think I ever read that one though.)

 

[Temis the Vorta]

An advanced race from another planet that happens to be vampiric (from a human standpoint) makes perfect sense. Why wouldn't aliens have "odd" food needs? Maybe our space vampires come from an iron-poor planet and scour the stars in search of this essential element. They come across some juicy critters who are just chock-full off the stuff - yum! It's like us coming across a planet full of living chocolate bunnies.

But I'm traditional enough to feel that the notion that you turn into a vampire from a vampire's bite is an essential part of the equation, and that would seem to be a very strange adaptation for any species. The Borg solve that problem by ditching the "consuming" part of the equation and only keeping the "infection" angle. They evolved for "infection" the way a natural species of space vampire would evolve for "consuming."

Is there any good way to combine the "consuming" part of vampirism with the "infection" part and still have it seem like a species that might evolve naturally?

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

I think this is an idea that never works.

 

[Kelthaz]

I prefer space werewolves, but space vampires can work too.

 

[psikeyhackr]

Then there's the bloodless sci-fi vampires that are aliens that feed on your life force by sticking their hand in your chest. The Wraith from Stargate Atlantis are the most famous example.

Except for the Wraith since space is a vacuum space vampires must really SUCK.

Vampires are fantasy not science fiction.

psik

 

[HAL.9000]

The whole vampire thing got messed up when they went from being classic scary creatures and monsters to being....your boyfriend.

WTF?

 

[Samurai8472]

If you haven't yet, see "Lifeforce" a 1985 movie. THAT is pure space vampire cheese

You don't achieve puberty till you've seen that movie.

 

[DeepSpaceWine]

Space werewolves. That needs to be done sometime.

The Borg are a derived form of vampire, having the same conversion aspect, only replace bloodsucking with nanoprobe-injecting. Both the Borg & the Wraith meld vampire elements with insectoid/evil hive elements.

I'm not sure about movies, but the worst/cheesiest adaptation on tv was the Atavus of EFC. Not the 1st Atavus (regressed Taelons), not the 2nd Atavus (balanced fusion of Taelon & Jaridian) but the 3rd Atavus (dirty haired green plastic outfitted freaks with stupid names). I think EFC Season 5 is a decent contender for the absolute worst season ever for a sci-fi/fantasy genre show. Part of what made it so bad was the contrast with the scheming but incredibly ambiguous and hard to pin down Taelons. Then lower the acting bar down a few notches, hit the writer in the head with a brick a few times and you have Season 5 stories: Renee the space vampire hunter, complete with her spunky red-headed side kick.

 

[Thestral]

Didn't Spike from the Buffyverse end up with a starship in the comics?