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Why don't vampires ever wear Kevlar?

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Paratus said:
Not a problem

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Negative, Power Armor > *
 
Why Kevlar? Kevlar is for pussy humans who can't carry much weight because it'll interfere with movement and tire them out.

Vampires usually have super strength, why not go with full extra-thick plate? Kevlar can't even stop much more than pistol bullets, you need ceramic plates for anything better.
 
Imp said:
Why Kevlar? Kevlar is for pussy humans who can't carry much weight because it'll interfere with movement and tire them out.

Vampires usually have super strength, why not go with full extra-thick plate? Kevlar can't even stop much more than pistol bullets, you need ceramic plates for anything better.
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Well, there's the nookie factor. How's a vamp going to get his minimum daily nookie requirement if he's always wearing plate armor?

This is an important consideration since what good is living forever if you're not gettin' some. 😱
 
Leros said:
Why don't vampire simply buy blood? They're immortal, so even with simple investments, they should all be wealthy. Having to suck blood from victims causes them all kinds of problems, so it would make economic sense for them to simply purchase blood.

http://freakonomics.com/podcast/wha...t-economics-a-new-freakonomics-radio-podcast/
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It's not fresh or even warm. Old preserved blood tastes like processed garbage instead of right from the victim's throat. Then you have to consider storage and if you have a landlord or roommates the logistics can be a nightmare. Plus you constantly outlive your connections so it'll be tough to score at some point.
 
DaveSimmons said:
An interesting one you might have missed: Daybreakers - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0433362/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_31

It's a world in which the vampires have won and the few remaining humans are cattle, but otherwise society hasn't changed much. People still get their morning Starbucks, but now with an extra ingredient.
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It was a really interesting concept for the movie in the beginning but then it turned into a typical boring affair. Definitely had a fairly original idea in the beginning though.
 
Isn't Kevlar pretty shitty against punctures, like knives and arrows? I thought it worked by dispersing force--like with a bullet, but knives, and I assume stakes, would go right through it?
 
PlanetJosh said:
the comedy one Vampires Suck. And oops almost forgot Jennifer's Body, with that kissing scene, and it also is a cool movie as well.
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What about Dracula: Dead and Loving It with Leslie Nielsen.

Jennifer's Body was a demon possession movie.

Fritzo said:
Bigger question, since moonlight is just reflected sunlight, why don't they burn up when the moon is out?
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A lot of vampire lore has it being the UV radiation that harms vampires. How much UV radiation comes off the moon?
 
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takeru said:
how about if the vampire is wearing this :colbert:

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Buffy's got you covered, there too. There was one episode where she and the Slayerettes did a magic-mind-meld-mojo thing to combine their respective abilities - include being able to perform witchcraft and the ability to speak Ancient Sumerian (or some other long dead, probably non-existent but cool-sounding, language😉) - to overcome a "Frankenstein's monster" created by an arguably well-intentioned but amoral/insane government-funded research group out of human and demon body parts, powered by a small nuclear reactor no less.😀 (Using those combined powers embodied in a sort of "Super Buffy", the Slayer simply put her fist through the thing's chest, ripped out the reactor, and then used magic to send the latter safely off into oblivion.:biggrin🙂 A mere vampire wearing body armor, by comparison, would be a walk in the part on a bright, sunny Summer's day...

PS: Perhaps more aptly insofar as this specific photo is concerned, there was another episode where she took the head off a (super-strong, super-thick-skinned) Ur-Vampire using, iirc, a length of barbed wire as a garrote...😉


🙄 Of course... But hey, I wasn't the one who started this thread, or posted the question I replied to, so 😛.
 
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