Vampire Reviews: Daybreakers

[@JeffreydeKogel]

Your fledgeling spawn is so incredibly adorable.

[@cheshirekat3050]

Definitely; but no way would I bring a child into this world, in state that it's in. I give the planet 50 years, tops, before civilization collapses (with the exception of the super rich; who will either get through it in top-secret, top-security, self-sustaining bunker-mansions, or in colonies on the moon or Mars).

[@cheshirekat3050]

@@Chandler Burse You won't find it funny when there's 10 billion people on the planet, the last of the great coral reefs are dead (and with them, the oceans' food-chain), the rainforests have all been destroyed (bye-bye oxygen) , and all of the first-world countries are being overwhelmed with billions of climate-change refugees.

[@cheshirekat3050]

@@Chandler Burse (laughs) I suppose you're right. But I'm a sheila; not a "mate".

[@cannibalisticrequiem]

@@cheshirekat3050 Could you fucking not with the "overpopulation" bullshit? Anyone with a brain knows that "overpopulation" is a quasi-Eugenics idea that idiots use to control others by claiming there's not enough resources to maintain our global society. If the mega rich like Jeff Bezos, and Elon Musk, were to actually put their ill-gotten gains to good use by being more eco-conscious, we'd be better off than we are now.

[@TheBadGuy235]

Wow the sociopoltical message of Daybreakers was one that I had overlooked when I watched it years ago. It's incredibly complex and lends itself to modern society so aptly, and calls for change to fix things before our time runs ou--OH MY GOODNESS, LOOK AT DA BABY!

[@Mansplainer2099-jy8ps]

"Who am I kidding? It's already too late. Our planet is doomed." Nah, the planet will live on, it's just a question of how much of the life on it our species takes down with us.

[@johnkirby8939]

George Carlin said it best: "The planet's gonna be fine. It's the human race that's fucked."

[@artisticcannibalism1350]

Honestly, I will be dissapointed in my fellow humans if we don't somehow kill the concept of Life itself.

[@Mansplainer2099-jy8ps]

@Artistic Cannibalism We can't. Every concept to ever exist will always exist, concepts are literally indestructible.

[@artisticcannibalism1350]

@@Mansplainer2099-jy8ps And what is a concept if not an idea? And if there is nothing around with capability for thought, how can an Idea exist?

[@Mansplainer2099-jy8ps]

@Artistic Cannibalism Picture this: Every lifeform on Earth goes extinct, some thousand years later an alien species arrives and looks at artifacts stored away e.g. they decipher English and read Superman comics which gives them the concept of a humanoid alien coming to Earth from an exploding planet and granted superpowers from Earth's Sun. Conclusion: Concepts exist forever in the conceptual realm, they can be forgotten but never destroyed since the conceptual realm is not physical.

[@jackforrest3500]

A single bat causing a global pandemic in 2019? Who ever heard of something so silly

[@Sam_Guevenne]

3:46 me sitting here in 2020 thinking: Well shit if only rona could turn me in to a vampire but alas i will pretend that i am a vampire only leaving my lair when i need sustenance

[@kjpadernal174]

YESSSSS FINALLY AFTER A LONG LONG TIME.... I've been waiting for a review for daybreakers

[@BuddyL]

Such optimism in this episode.😁 ALSO: baby👶!

[@treystephens4490]

Baby? 😐

[@henryglennon3864]

"Ed's Sam Neil boss." I'm going to start using Sam Neil as an adjective too. It's going to be Sam Neil.

[@nayannmartinelli300]

That's SO Sam Neil :)

[@iheartjackieyes]

vote and guillotine! edit: also persephone is getting cuter everytime i see her d'aw

[@wrenoldham7653]

At last, a review for a movie I've actually seen. Love your channel!

[@SigmundFred7]

I know you've said some things during the outro, but your darkspawn was so distracting!

[@oracleofthemundane9593]

Your spawn grows ever more adorable!

[@peter_pansexual6243]

"A single bat somehow started an outbreak..."

[@giannadimou]

OMG

[@leitregjok2830]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@peter_pansexual6243]

Also the movie takes place in 2019

[@davidwhitfield6025]

I found Daybreakers quite enjoyable and I enjoyed the mainly Ozzie cast. The allegory of going through your unrenewable resources is as relevant now as it was back then (and sadly just as ignored). Your spawn is so cute.

[@WinnetouiriVamp1]

watching this in 2021.... "a single bat somehow started an outbreak of..." hits a little toooo close to home

[@wstine79]

It's working, although now its getting hotter over here.

[@LupineShadowOmega]

Glad I wasn't the only one. I'm like...great now that's just making it worse.

[@legogirl8]

When I saw this movie for the first time I thought that it was based on a book series because it felt like a lot of a much bigger plot had been squeezed together. So I was pretty surprised when I learned that it was not. And a bit disappointed since this world has a lot of potential. With the right writers it could make for a great TV show.

[@aimeem]

It still could. :)

[@gatorcroc7212]

The widdle spawn at the end melted my vampire heart

[@amorejohnson4647]

Now I’m scared of the future 🥺 Also she is adorable ❤️🥰

[@randomguy5189]

we have no future so no Reason to be scared right?

[@LiteralLeo]

This analysis deserves way more likes and views than it has. ☝️

[@kevinrooney3351]

Maven goes full BreadTube... it's beautiful.

[@punkfledermaus]

Hi Maven, I love your videos! Have you heard of the German movie "We are the Night" (original title: "Wir sind die Nacht")? I think it would be very interesting if you reviewed this movie. It is set in Germany and is about a couple of female vampires and with a new woman joining them. Maybe you want to have a look, since it differs from the other vampire movies. I like it very much! Keep up the good work!

[@ariannasilva4462]

I enjoy the interesting perspective of daybreakers. It's not the best film and has it's problems but it gives a perspective on vampires and vampire culture that I haven't seen before. They're normal people who can live like humans. It gives an interesting idea of a virus that still keeps your sanity.

[@TheEwqua]

Clicked for the aesthetic, subbed for the spot-on social commentary. 🖤🖤🖤

[@starwraithspacemarine8605]

The opening credits make this movie seem like it was supposed to be a miniseries the a movie.

[@nomdeplume2213]

O...m..dark lord, look at that precious lil chunk spawn!!!! That cooing!!!! spawnie is pooping and its adorable! !!!

[@gaz0428]

I love your videos so much. My two favorite topics, Timelords and vampires. I have learned about so many books from you I didn't know about. Thank you for making this videos. They are super cool.

[@markuscriticus8278]

I remember a (now forever lost) contemporary review describing this movie as what happens when you mistake world-building for plot. "Every idea, no matter how good, lives or dies on the execution. You could have a love story between vampire and a werewolf, but if your writing sucks, you get Underworld:"

[@TheKeyser94]

No you get Twilight, even Underworld have some world building, and seeing that basically written by someone used to write comics than movie scripts I can understand the style.

[@Anteroization]

thank you letting me know the end, the internet let me, almost at the end of the movie - may 2020

[@syystomu]

Awwwww what an adorable fletchling!

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

We're facing the extinction of countless species, including our own, and people still want to be reasonable? We need less carrot, more stick. Peaceful protest stops working when it's all the status-quo must contend with as opposition. The thing which makes it so special, so impactful is that the alternative elevates it as a strategy. When the reason fails to work, what then? When there is no alternative, what is there to make peace so important? Carrot needs stick. Good cop needs bad, but nobody wants to be the bad cop about bad cops or the stick to the carrot. You need to make them realize why listening to peaceful opposition is in their best interest - as the US Civil Rights and Anti-Aparthied movements did - the peace gets all the credit, but if it weren't for the violence what is there to elevate the peace?

[@syystomu]

@@fuzzydunlop7928 If you're talking to me, then note that I never said "reasonable" meant "peaceful". All I said was, don't do something that'll get you thrown in prison unless it's actually worth going to prison for. I'm saying this because some people are actively trying to go to prison just for the sake of going to prison, thinking it'll sway people's opinions and it won't. People won't even hear about it or if they hear about it, there will be propaganda to make you look bad. It's just not worth it when those activists could have done so many other things. So do something more effective, as long as it's _not_ something like murdering people, which would definitely turn almost everybody against you, no matter who the victim was. Eco-fascists have tried that and it didn't work, at all. Same goes for forcible sterilization and other genocidal tactics. It's evil and it won't work. I'm not gonna tell anyone what _to_ do on a public forum, though. But I mean, what I consider more effective is taking direct action to directly and actively stop a bad thing from happening. Just being an real nuisance to the people in power so they have to delay or cancel their plans. And preferably in a way where you can still get away with it or at least not get caught so you can do the same somewhere else next time. Of course you might still end up being arrested and convicted but at least you've accomplished something first. Not telling you to do this, just saying that sort of thing would be more effective than just doing whatever random thing that'll get you thrown in prison just for the sake of it. I think that's reasonable. I think the point about not murdering people is also reasonable. That's what I meant by using every reasonable method. I'm counting out stupid stunts that don't have any real effect and actively evil stuff like murder and genocide. ... Or you can try to organise a general strike which I honestly think would be the most effective option, it's just also the hardest to organise.

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

@@syystomu Okay, since you’ve specified your views of what’s reasonable I‘ll stand corrected. Though since we’re into the specifics I have to say I think a general strike depends on where you are - they don’t have the best track record in the US for example - which has a long lineage of meeting labor concerns with rubber bullets if not worse. I suppose I just take issue with those who preclude anything but peaceful, established methodology which is something I now know wasn’t your point. Peace didn’t work for the DAPL issue, for instance, despite all of the positive press and support a movement like that could ask for. It was a turning point for me, personally, when it comes to strategy but it wasn’t at all unprecedented.

[@RavelLopez]

This hits differently in Aug 2021

[@chazz30000]

Wow, those are some HUGE ... jewels in your necklace.

[@xgray2012]

I know!!!

[@jonpaullabine5834]

Yes it's absolutely working!! :-)

[@pinkfeiry]

Holy shit this movie predicted the future.

[@Tacom4ster]

Didn't Marx called capitalism, Vampirism Conquer the Bread

[@toddjackson3136]

Marxism doesn't work, he was a pampered eleatest who wanted to find a way to make the masses support him so he wouldn't have to work.

[@Tacom4ster]

@@toddjackson3136 the rich are parasites, you defend the rich because you think you need them, anarchists don't need the approval of the rich Libtards appeased fascists

[@Tacom4ster]

@@toddjackson3136 the rich barely work by inheriting capital, why the poor work the hardest

[@toddjackson3136]

@@Tacom4ster I have friends that are well off and friends that are barely getting by. Some of the richer ones inherited, but most worked their butts off and made good decisions. Some of the poorer friends inherited and blew it all. They are all good friends with different work ethics. It's the same everywhere. Work hard, make good decisions and you have the ability to succeed. And anarchy?! Anarchy is just free reign capitalism unchecked!

[@Tacom4ster]

@@toddjackson3136ancaps are not anarchists kzbin.info/www/bejne/hYC3naupo52njcU Also meritocracy not as perfect as you think kzbin.info/www/bejne/fYWVmohvpaZ8lbs

[@madisonwaycaster9832]

Yes it's working

[@MorganVsTheInternet]

3:44 coronavirus is that you?

[@kthomp38]

I didn't know you had two little spawn! Congratulations! So cute!

[@mosheajackson5643]

Maven only has 30k subscribers😯"Blasphemy"😡

[@uliwitness]

I love how you can be so enamoured with vampires and at the same time have such a great sense of humour about it. Such a wholesome and healthy obsession 😄 ... oh, and d'aww new friend!

[@Vasun05]

That ending I didn't know she had another Vampire Child and this time a girl

[@cannibalisticrequiem]

Yup! The little babu is named Persephone! Check out Elissa's most recent Vampire Library video, she has Persephone on at the end, and she's learning to talk!! It's so cute! :3 (Also, Elissa has stated that Persephone will be her last child-- I think it was in a Q and A video or on Twitter, but she said that it's partially because she doesn't want any more fledgling spawn, and the other part is her asexuality.)

[@jessiejohnson7844]

Girl i love absolutely everything about you maven❤❤ your channel gives me life

[@declaration14]

It's not doomed. Not yet. We have time

[@Mansplainer2099-jy8ps]

We have time, yes, but we're clearly not going to make any use of it.

[@rozensabaku]

Why our bat don't give us vampirism... oh no, just death and anxiety ....

[@JnEricsonx]

I'll take the shots vs getting blasted with sunlight.

[@DagmaraDevour]

Good job!! Thank you for this!! And hello, Spawn!

[@Applepopess]

Watching this in 2020 and the one bat starting a global vampire pandemic hits differently.

[@everperplexing]

Man this channel is the best it makes me feel less weird for favoring vampires

[@alexnndder]

This movie aged very well in my opinion

[@ronniehopper2726]

You know the whole vampire apocalypse thing doesn’t scare me, I think the second man found E equals MC squared, vampires werewolves and zombies no longer scared humanity

[@deaddogproductions7363]

I love "DayBreakers". the aesthetic, concept and exacution of the film was great. i like the kinda neo-noir look. and the "subsiders" were cool.

[@deaddogproductions7363]

P.S. i love your videos , Maven!!!

[@TvTrollByIvy]

I really like the central conflict of the movie: what happens if vampires overcome humans in numbers, becoming the top of the food chain? And now, humans are going extinct, so how does this new status quo deals with it? Also, i got to say, i love most of the character, but some of my favorite interactions are between Ethan Hawke and Sam Neill. They are just so great. The scene where a vampire bites Ethan Hawke and his shirt gets drenched in blood is very weirdly sexy to me. No, i have no clue why.

[@leonardopires9344]

“you go little bat!” that did not age well lol

[@JnEricsonx]

I'd say worldwide vampirism is more fucked up. And hey, at least in our world, you don't need to get blasted by sunlight just long enough to protect yourself!

[@DisabledDragon]

So glad to hear your book's coming out on audiobook!

[@tyrongkojy]

I love the film, but my only question is did no cattle farmers or pig or whatever farmers survive the changes? I mean, seriously, the idea of not just eliminating your entire livestock supply never occurred to them?

[@ZeronayLarane]

Awwew, squishy is adorable!!!

[@johnkirby8939]

Just noticed (7:57 in the review) one of the executive producers is... Jason Constantine?!? A bit on the nose, dontcha think?

[@larrydotson2625]

0:21 Yes, yes it is working Maven

[@dahliasdarkside1695]

This movie did introduce me too the song Running Up That Hill (Placebo's cover) thanks to the trailer

[@ffsake1361]

Had to have a lil giggle everytime your mentioned 2019. XD

[@planexshifter]

She does that corset justice.

[@marcianthompson3374]

👏👏👏👏👏THANK U I THOUGHT I WAZ THE ONLY 1 WHO UNDERSTOOD & LOVE THIZ MOVIE!!!

[@user-dr2yz8um3d]

Your outfit❤❤❤ Daybreakers turns 15! I remember seeing it with my sister Cara and my buddies Tom and hemed I’m happy to say this is one of the smarter vampire flicks it didnt feel exploited or contrived I like the fact that the directors had vampires into mainstream society and treating the natural resource of blood as a great allegory for us it is scary when you think about it: what happens if there's nothing left? It’s also a hard look at corporations/capitalism willing to pay any amount to keep their supplies in check next to the privileged class I also didn’t catch the baptism metaphor the first time around but it makes sense given what happens halfway through the movie has great gore, creature effects, an original story, and fun action scenes Even Sam Neil’s character is interesting and is given a bit of depth There’s even one point where it’s get pretty intense you’re like wow that is really harsh….this is actually getting you emotionally invested This is a good movie for a change considering it came out in January and a perfect mix of sci-fi, horror, and drama as well as social commentary telling us all the wealth and power won’t matter if we continue to squander out planet’s precious resources

[@orinanime]

Will there be other upcoming opportunities for book signings? I won't be able to attend the convention. Which is unfortunate.

[@MavenoftheEventide]

Yes! There will be plenty more. I will keep you all posted as they come up!

[@TheBloodswordsman]

Anyone else saw this movie and realised that the way the vampires treated humans, was basically the final solution of the vampires in Blade Trinity?

[@SyaShim]

I forgot that I actually watched that movie

[@Frey12]

Wonderful review with link to the social commentary of the film ^_^

[@dragonrider4339]

I just listened to a scientist who was on the art bell show and he stated that even if we stop now putting carbon into the atmosphere it will take hundreds of years for it to go away granted we don’t put anymore into it.. This was stated in 1997 😂🤣.. Probably much worse now.. Might as well enjoy the party and have a drink.. 🍺🥃 and watch a vampire show or movie.. 😂🍷🍷

[@Piko-Blaster]

Holy shit, you have no mercy. One could say you *went for the throat*. A+ video

[@jamcalx]

The subtlety of a drive by baseball bat, this episode.

[@davidmoss9660]

What you might refer to as a morally bound vampire, is so only among themselves. Narily to one another. Great and bounding conscience, spanning era.

[@karkosgiehex]

If everyone were vampires, at least we wouldn't have to worry about the exploited farmer workers...

[@mimmikibilly]

well... we probably would find a way to exploit that as well. some people make money out of pets and people, so that would not be hard.

[@darkservantofheaven]

when I was in the theaters and saw this movie. I damn near threw my 3.75 small coke at the screen (which is the same size as a large at jack n the box) when they said Ethan Hawk's charecter was called Edward....but hey 3.75 is too expensive to just toss out.

[@keithfaris6338]

Are you going to be in Raleigh for Fear Fest?

[@benrichards6087]

Amazing corset maven 10/10!! , I give the review a 7/10 though...

[@miguelsherif8555]

Hey Maven can you review Andy Warhol blood for Dracula.

[@captainxl_swisscakeroll3043]

You ever reviewed a show called duckula it was a old cartoon about a duck vampire

[@danmorgan3685]

Is it working? Yes, comrade Maven, it is working. Kids do change one's perspective on the future. That and a veritable shit ton of scientific research and observations.

[@dave-ch8lt]

realy enjoy when ru going to do the show what we do in the shadow s

[@spencerlangseth8179]

Been waiting for this one

[@CrimsonVipera]

Yey! I was waiting for the audiobook!

[@Applemangh]

I really enjoyed this movie. I also highly recommend a review of the short anime Shiki, One of the best vampire stories I've ever seen.

[@michaelammons9405]

So? Salom's Lot? Not going to happen is it? I am not a patron I admit but I am a subscriber and I have been requesting for years to hear your thoughts ( good or bad) on it.

[@jdaywork2693]

Great video! Will chdck out your book ASAP!

[@drakkonusfrostburn4038]

0:15 YES! Yes it is😏

[@jordanthejq12]

This is heavy-handed as fuck. And I love it. Some anvils need to be dropped, especially nowadays.

[@NostalgiaBrit]

I’d have to scroll through your vids again, to confirm, but I’ll ask instead: Have you ever reviewed vamp flick Perfect Creature? I really enjoyed it & would love your thoughts. Meanwhile, thank you so so much for reviewing Daybreakers 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤

[@thomaslindsay2311]

Amaing vampire review videos, love your outfit and hair also.:)

[@RadioofHorror]

Looked so good till I watched it. Hope you do Castlevania S2 soon

[@tessacanterbury8935]

Have you ever watched Valemont and if so can you review it. If not it's on Tubi app for free.

[@Michael-ep7fp]

Hey I don't know if you take requests in the comments, but would you be interested in reviewing the Kizumonogatari movies?

[@LazarL]

I love audiobooks, that way I can paint while I read

[@oliviadoyle3623]

A single bat, huh?

[@automatwinslaytracks]

Saw this in the theater, loved it. Beacon of light in the Twilight era

[@nadinekhoury4028]

Daybreakers predicted a global pandemic caused by a bat in 2019!!!!

[@JnEricsonx]

I enjoyed the movie. I always took with irony the scene where a vampire legit freaks out at seeing one of the mutated ones. But then again, Ocean Hotel in VTMB-I still bug out during that.

[@justabitofamug6989]

The real vampires are the bourgeoisie

[@ShawnRavenfire]

This is the kind of vampire story I would write.

[@boldbearings]

The elite are going to Mars. Leaving the rest of us to watch America's Got Talent, and pay for air.

[@delilacain7882]

I could've sworn I heard you say "Quick! Seize the means of production!"

[@delilacain7882]

Yes, I'm positive I heard you say "Quick! Wheel in the guillotines!" Fucking. Love. It.

[@Grayvorn]

We must fight for the future, they say where there is life, there is hope.