Underworld
"I am a Death Dealer, sworn to destroy those known as the Lycans. Our war has waged for centuries, unseen by human eyes. But all that is about to change."
This is a tribute to my favorite franchise about vampires - "Underworld", and my childhood hero Selene, an elite vampire assassin hunting down the Lycans (werewolves), who was brilliantly played by Kate Beckinsale in five films (well, in four, she's not actually in the third, because it was a prequel). I think the last film (Underworld: Blood Wars) is the best, because her story arc has come full circle, and her narration in the end is just EPIC. Also there was an interesting rare case of seeing vampires in white (the Nordic Coven).
As for the first films, well, it's seems like there was a trend in the late 1990s and early 2000s for dark films with heroes in leather trench coats fighting enemies with guns and fists: Blade, Trinity, Selene... Good times! I honestly can't believe why Underworld franchise is so underrated, it deserves much more recognition. Especially when a lot of people hated another vampire franchise Twilight... Underworld is better, it's dark and has a lot of complex politics going on between clans. Action and special effects were awesome. And for those tired of "a vampire and their food" stories - there are almost no human characters in the films, nobody cares there about those filthy muggles, unless they are immortal or something. xD
Actually, this is a franchise that defined vampires and werewolves for me. Not a vampire movie, but THE vampire movie. Not "Interview with the Vampire" (good, but I watched it much later than "Underworld"), "Bram Stoker's Dracula" (liars! these are not even close to the book! I hate this film), "Blade" (did I even watched it? I forgot, sorry), "BloodRayne" (cheap, boring and just awful), "Twilight" (still never watched), "Dracula Untold" (good, but I watched it much later too) or "What We Do In The Shadows" (great film, but again, I watched it much later). Well, actually it's more of a mix between Underworld 1-5 and "Van Helsing" (where Kate Beckinsale played Anna Valerious, a vampire hunter, what an irony) that defined vampires and werewolves for me, so every time I create my own characters in such settings, they usually inspired by either Underworld or "Van Helsing", even though both of my current settings that include a characters like those (yes, both, it's a multiverse, I told already) always had their own world rules, etc.
I wanted to make a tribute to Selene for a long, long time! But I wasn't sure which scene would be the most iconic. Originally I considered making some action scene, but that would require me to rewatch the first film again (which I haven't done since I had a TV, which was many years ago), but my list of films to watch is so long, it would took an eternity. So I've seen a picture where she was sitting on the balcony, watching the city and ready to jump and go on a hunt, and I thought it's even better than the poster, because her pose is unique.
It was quite a challenge to make her sit like that on such a narrow balustrade! Everything is held together by the gravity only, I didn't use any sticky things this time! :P I added a BrickWarriors gun to remind everyone that she wield two guns, and she's absolutely badass in using them. :) The coat was also a tricky challenge, because I didn't have any spare fabric now, and I wanted to make it puristic, so the coat is actually a certain Lego cape.
"We fought our greatest battle in our darkest hour. After centuries of war between Vampire and Lycan, this may at last be a time of peace. We must once again tend to our wounded, honor our fallen. Our final two Covens must find strength in unity, to heal and rise from the ashes. My journey has now come full circle: once an outcast, I am now one of three chosen Elders, from hunted, to the highest honor. I have lived a thousand years, I may live a thousand more, or I may die tomorrow, but I no longer fear death for I have known it once already. I am reborn and my eyes have been opened to the sacred world and the promise of what is yet to be. There is no beginning. There is no end. There is only becoming."
Underworld
"I am a Death Dealer, sworn to destroy those known as the Lycans. Our war has waged for centuries, unseen by human eyes. But all that is about to change."
This is a tribute to my favorite franchise about vampires - "Underworld", and my childhood hero Selene, an elite vampire assassin hunting down the Lycans (werewolves), who was brilliantly played by Kate Beckinsale in five films (well, in four, she's not actually in the third, because it was a prequel). I think the last film (Underworld: Blood Wars) is the best, because her story arc has come full circle, and her narration in the end is just EPIC. Also there was an interesting rare case of seeing vampires in white (the Nordic Coven).
As for the first films, well, it's seems like there was a trend in the late 1990s and early 2000s for dark films with heroes in leather trench coats fighting enemies with guns and fists: Blade, Trinity, Selene... Good times! I honestly can't believe why Underworld franchise is so underrated, it deserves much more recognition. Especially when a lot of people hated another vampire franchise Twilight... Underworld is better, it's dark and has a lot of complex politics going on between clans. Action and special effects were awesome. And for those tired of "a vampire and their food" stories - there are almost no human characters in the films, nobody cares there about those filthy muggles, unless they are immortal or something. xD
Actually, this is a franchise that defined vampires and werewolves for me. Not a vampire movie, but THE vampire movie. Not "Interview with the Vampire" (good, but I watched it much later than "Underworld"), "Bram Stoker's Dracula" (liars! these are not even close to the book! I hate this film), "Blade" (did I even watched it? I forgot, sorry), "BloodRayne" (cheap, boring and just awful), "Twilight" (still never watched), "Dracula Untold" (good, but I watched it much later too) or "What We Do In The Shadows" (great film, but again, I watched it much later). Well, actually it's more of a mix between Underworld 1-5 and "Van Helsing" (where Kate Beckinsale played Anna Valerious, a vampire hunter, what an irony) that defined vampires and werewolves for me, so every time I create my own characters in such settings, they usually inspired by either Underworld or "Van Helsing", even though both of my current settings that include a characters like those (yes, both, it's a multiverse, I told already) always had their own world rules, etc.
I wanted to make a tribute to Selene for a long, long time! But I wasn't sure which scene would be the most iconic. Originally I considered making some action scene, but that would require me to rewatch the first film again (which I haven't done since I had a TV, which was many years ago), but my list of films to watch is so long, it would took an eternity. So I've seen a picture where she was sitting on the balcony, watching the city and ready to jump and go on a hunt, and I thought it's even better than the poster, because her pose is unique.
It was quite a challenge to make her sit like that on such a narrow balustrade! Everything is held together by the gravity only, I didn't use any sticky things this time! :P I added a BrickWarriors gun to remind everyone that she wield two guns, and she's absolutely badass in using them. :) The coat was also a tricky challenge, because I didn't have any spare fabric now, and I wanted to make it puristic, so the coat is actually a certain Lego cape.
"We fought our greatest battle in our darkest hour. After centuries of war between Vampire and Lycan, this may at last be a time of peace. We must once again tend to our wounded, honor our fallen. Our final two Covens must find strength in unity, to heal and rise from the ashes. My journey has now come full circle: once an outcast, I am now one of three chosen Elders, from hunted, to the highest honor. I have lived a thousand years, I may live a thousand more, or I may die tomorrow, but I no longer fear death for I have known it once already. I am reborn and my eyes have been opened to the sacred world and the promise of what is yet to be. There is no beginning. There is no end. There is only becoming."