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<blockquote data-quote="Faolyn" data-source="post: 8252124" data-attributes="member: 6915329"><p>They have carrionettes for that. And the art in MMI for the Doll Golem is totally Chucky. I'd bet anything if Toy Story had come out before Ravenloft did, there would be more of a generic Toy Golem and the illustrations would be based on Sid's toys.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Yes, I've seen that one. Those gremlins are the ones invented in the 20s, the ones who destroy machinery. The gremlins of the movie Gremlins are clearly of a different type, and the gremishka are much more clearly related to Mogwai's evil kin then they are to the big galoot that drove Shatner insane.</p><p></p><p>[SPOILER="Images, Spoilered for Size"]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]135839[/ATTACH]</p><p>Gremlin from Twilight Zone.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]135840[/ATTACH]</p><p>Gremlins on WWII propaganda poster.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]135841[/ATTACH]</p><p>Gremlin from the movie Gremlins.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]135842[/ATTACH]</p><p>Ravenloft's gremishka.</p><p></p><p>Hmmm.</p><p></p><p>[/SPOILER]</p><p></p><p>It sounds to me that you define "classic horror" as "anything non-slasher, unless it doesn't 'feel right' to me, in which case it's not classic." </p><p></p><p></p><p>Vampyres are from the <em>very first </em>Ravenloft MC<em>. </em>You know, the one published only one year after the black box and <em>before </em>VtM came out (Amazon lists MC10 as coming out May '91, and VtM 1e as Jan '92). </p><p></p><p>It looks like you simply dismiss whatever it is you don't like as being "influenced" by something not properly gothic, instead of actually admitting that Ravenloft has <em>never </em>been limited to <em>only </em>gothic horror, but instead has always drawn from a variety of sources.</p><p></p><p>We get it. You prefer only gothic in your gothic horror. But mixing in other types of horror doesn't ruin or dilute Ravenloft one bit; it just makes it more varied and interesting.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Faolyn, post: 8252124, member: 6915329"] They have carrionettes for that. And the art in MMI for the Doll Golem is totally Chucky. I'd bet anything if Toy Story had come out before Ravenloft did, there would be more of a generic Toy Golem and the illustrations would be based on Sid's toys. Yes, I've seen that one. Those gremlins are the ones invented in the 20s, the ones who destroy machinery. The gremlins of the movie Gremlins are clearly of a different type, and the gremishka are much more clearly related to Mogwai's evil kin then they are to the big galoot that drove Shatner insane. [SPOILER="Images, Spoilered for Size"] [ATTACH type="full" width="256px"]135839[/ATTACH] Gremlin from Twilight Zone. [ATTACH type="full" width="280px"]135840[/ATTACH] Gremlins on WWII propaganda poster. [ATTACH type="full" width="398px"]135841[/ATTACH] Gremlin from the movie Gremlins. [ATTACH type="full"]135842[/ATTACH] Ravenloft's gremishka. Hmmm. [/SPOILER] It sounds to me that you define "classic horror" as "anything non-slasher, unless it doesn't 'feel right' to me, in which case it's not classic." Vampyres are from the [I]very first [/I]Ravenloft MC[I]. [/I]You know, the one published only one year after the black box and [I]before [/I]VtM came out (Amazon lists MC10 as coming out May '91, and VtM 1e as Jan '92). It looks like you simply dismiss whatever it is you don't like as being "influenced" by something not properly gothic, instead of actually admitting that Ravenloft has [I]never [/I]been limited to [I]only [/I]gothic horror, but instead has always drawn from a variety of sources. We get it. You prefer only gothic in your gothic horror. But mixing in other types of horror doesn't ruin or dilute Ravenloft one bit; it just makes it more varied and interesting. [/QUOTE]
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