Things pick up with that angry mob ready to take Trevor apart.
Not helped by Stumpy the Priest leading them. Sypha saves him
with a ring of fire, however. She makes a safe path for him, but he
catches sight of Stumpy and decides to very publicly announce all
the wonderful things the Church was doing. Like hassling an old
man and convincing the townsfolk to murder the Speakers for no
reason. You can probab ly guess what happens next.
of the Night (including giving him the teleport skill he had there).
It ends with a draw, setting up the three for next season.
What I really wanted to talk about here were both praise and
concerns. I feel that, overall, the series is probably one of, if not the
best, video game adaptations ever. I realize that that’s kind of a
short list and a low bar, but there you go. It’s reasonably true to
the structure, if not the letter, of its source material, as well.
Which is good, considering the sorts of things we’ve gotten before,
at least outside of Japan.
Meanwhile the Bishop finds out that God really doesn’t like it
when you decide your projects are actually His. Because several of The animation is great. It’s fluid, though every once in a while it
dips in quality a bit. That is, however, as expected. You’d be hard
Dracula’s demons find him in the cathedral and tell him so. Of
pressed to find an animated production that didn’t pick and
course, they couldn’t be expected to leave without a light snack.
choose which shots got the love. Is it going to be a bunch of people
Back in the town square, Trevor organizes the people to repel the standing around, or an action shot? Most of them choose the
action shot, since that will get you accolades and wow your
demons. The best part being that one of the priests can actually
make Holy Water. Which might just be the second time one of the audience.
traditional sub weapons makes an appearance (Trevor’s gotten
some mileage out of the knives he carries), though not in a
traditional form. You could probably view the entire sequence as
a bit of a take on Seven Samurai, if you really wanted. The
fighting causes the ground to give way, dumping Trevor and
Sypha into the catacombs.
The one glaring flaw I can point out (and by this point, so has
everyone else), is the music. It’s not bad in any stretch of the
imagination. But the problem is that it’s not Castlevania music. No
Bloody Tears, no Mad Forest, none of the sorts of tracks you think
of when you hear the name of the series. If any of them are mixed
in subtly, I certainly didn’t hear them. Even Castlevania
Judgement had a rocking soundtrack, and that game wasn’t even
Which long story short, brings them to the Sleeping Warrior. I
was honestly hoping it would be Grant, since his entire thing was good. On the flip side, they might be saving that for when they
being mind controlled, but no, it’s Alucard. In retrospect, though, it actually get to the castle.
makes more sense that it wasn’t Grant, since you get him in the
Overall, Netflix’s Castlevania delivers on the sort of game
Clocktower, but still, my small knowledge of Castlecvania III
adaptation you want. It’s not one to one (Dracula’s Curse is an NES
really wanted things in that order. I’m sure we’ll see him next
game, guys), but it has enough going for it that I really want
season… maybe. Though, in keeping with the game, Trevor and
season 2 as soon as I can get it. -B. Simmons
Alucard fight, since there’s no way Trevor’s trusting a vampire.
The animation for the fight is excellent. Notably, however, they’re
playing off of Alucard’s appearance and skillset from Symphony
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