There is a bit of redundancy in the beginning for what you have all ready seen, but be patient:
My favorite line of that, "I will give this wretched world the queen it deserves," because I am thinking, as long as a narrative today gives us a fight, that's going to be a undermining to the current political regime. A great dichotomy being employed is that of the corrupt and deadly queen walking into the white... bath? Is that an over-the-top milk bath? I have no idea, but we do know it is white, and the mirror, being in gold imagery contrasts with the decay we know her kingdom is experiencing (white begin pure or clean or faithful, and the gold also being pure and strong [as in, tried by fire]). Then, we have Snow White, who is the destined salvation of the kingdom but has to go through the sewer and the dark forest to fulfill her destiny. Queen Ravenna hides her inner corruption while Snow White's inner purity and strength is hidden (hence why only a mirror can see it, they symbolize meditation and the contemplative life
Speaking of great lines, Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter teaches us this one: "Only the living can kill the dead."
Again, Honest Abe appears to be going after "blood-sucking politicians" who are killing the "mother land," America. Axes have never been a weapon used to kill vampires, but it symbolizes Mr. Lincoln's early poverty and hard-work, which has always been a sign of honesty. Just as the country was divided in the Civil War, the country is divided now, and we need another Lincoln to clean house, the House of Representatives, that is. While we knew young Abe saw his mother die by vampires when he was a boy (read: when he was growing up, he saw how politics was tearing the country apart) we have a fantastic glimpse of his mom dying in the trailer (I AM assuming the young boy looking through the upper stair floor boards down on the woman in bed below is young Abe and his mother).
What's unusual about this is the vampire sucking her blood from the wrist (usually in culture it is from the jugular vein in the throat). As a part of the arm, the wrist would symbolize strength but also its relation to the hand invokes justice (because of "the hand of justice") so the politicians are "sucking dry" the strength of the country and the justice system; even a baby (the young boy) has the intellect (the upper stairs room) to read between the lines (seeing through the cracks of the floor boards) what is happening to this country.
Well, if you are interested, here is an alternate Dark Shadows trailer, featuring, at the end, "No more Mr. Nice Guy" himself, Alice Cooper as himself:
My favorite line of that, "I will give this wretched world the queen it deserves," because I am thinking, as long as a narrative today gives us a fight, that's going to be a undermining to the current political regime. A great dichotomy being employed is that of the corrupt and deadly queen walking into the white... bath? Is that an over-the-top milk bath? I have no idea, but we do know it is white, and the mirror, being in gold imagery contrasts with the decay we know her kingdom is experiencing (white begin pure or clean or faithful, and the gold also being pure and strong [as in, tried by fire]). Then, we have Snow White, who is the destined salvation of the kingdom but has to go through the sewer and the dark forest to fulfill her destiny. Queen Ravenna hides her inner corruption while Snow White's inner purity and strength is hidden (hence why only a mirror can see it, they symbolize meditation and the contemplative life
Sam Claflin as the prince; you might remember him from Pirates of the Caribbean On Stranger Tides. |
Again, Honest Abe appears to be going after "blood-sucking politicians" who are killing the "mother land," America. Axes have never been a weapon used to kill vampires, but it symbolizes Mr. Lincoln's early poverty and hard-work, which has always been a sign of honesty. Just as the country was divided in the Civil War, the country is divided now, and we need another Lincoln to clean house, the House of Representatives, that is. While we knew young Abe saw his mother die by vampires when he was a boy (read: when he was growing up, he saw how politics was tearing the country apart) we have a fantastic glimpse of his mom dying in the trailer (I AM assuming the young boy looking through the upper stair floor boards down on the woman in bed below is young Abe and his mother).
If the woman lying in bed is sickly, that again "feeds" into the idea that the country is "weak and dying" and the vampires are taking advantage of that to feed off her. |
Well, if you are interested, here is an alternate Dark Shadows trailer, featuring, at the end, "No more Mr. Nice Guy" himself, Alice Cooper as himself:
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