So I've been seeing the previews for 30 Days of Night, and it looks incredibly cool, so I went out and bought the "graphic novel." (Also known as "paperback collection of stuff that originally came out as COMIC BOOKS") It was half price in celebration of the movie. Bargain!
The comic looks great--it's probably worth buying for the spooky art alone. And the story is very clever, too. And yet, at the end, I felt curiously unsatisfied, like when you eat Oreos for dinner.
Maybe it was the colossal plot holes. (Spoilers a-comin'!). Okay, so the big head vampire guy shows up and is all pissed that the vampires have laid waste to the town, but he knew about it earlier and made no attempt to dissuade anybody when exchanging emails with the other vampire guy. Also, why is Our Hero able to remain himself when he transforms, when the guy he got the tainted blood from wasn't able to?
We don't know. I guess a lot of stuff just seemed to be glossed over in the comic--here's hoping they'll flesh out the characters and the situations a little more in the movie, which still looks cool as hell. Here's a trailer for ya!
Eek! Spooky! I'm all over it!
