So “Pandemonium” is where we see both the ‘tribute to old’ and the ‘branching out to new’ start to make headway, as well as some tasteful and not at all excessive gore. The changes from the original are good, and some are subtle, and the things that stayed the same I was happy to see as well. For things that stayed the same or were treated respectfully with only minor changes, I have to say my favorite is the band. In the original, the band is made up of vampires who continue to rock until the initial fighting’s done and then vanish in a bit of pyrotechnics. They kept that mostly the same, though they obviously didn’t sing the same song as in the original movie; and while they didn’t vanish in fire, they did make sure we caught their names and wished our survivors a good night. Story-wise, we saw a lot of Seth thinking Richie had betrayed them, Scott thinking Jacob didn’t have it in him to kill (even if vampires), Kate got to use a chainsaw to slice some lovely Culebras, and the nine representatives themselves dealt with some betrayal of their own as Santanico offered them the choice of joining them against the nine lords or dying. Sex Machine, aka Professor Tanner, gave some lively if a bit dense explanations of the Culebras from his studies, marveled (yep, he almost geeked out) at the architecture and glyphs on the walls of the place, and all that after he shot his crotch gun at the first few vamps. After the second wave from the Culebras, we see Scott tossed down a shaft into Culebras-knows where, a nice stake-bomb Richie and Seth put together, and Sex Machine fire his load. No, really. He’s out of bullets for his crotch gun. As we learn more about the Culebras at the Titty Twister (aka the Temple) we are seeing they’re actually at the bottom rung of the snake-vampire food chain. They’re trying to stage a revolt of sorts, but this is obviously intrigue we never knew existed. What do you guys think will happen next week? What would you like to see stay the same as the movie? What would you like to see different? Leave a comment and let us know! Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter for all news updates related to the world of geek. And Google+, if that’s your thing!
