Reginald the Vampire

Its a about a new vampire. He's very special because he's not like the others. He's fat. Yes. Vampires are like the aryan race. Perfect in any way and don't allow anything else. And they also act like that in many ways. Thats a weird choice for them. Then you got politics... vampire politics. Great stuff... not! They you got some kind of scooby gang. Almost all characters are gay or bi. Only two are straight as far as i remember. Also a bit over the top maybe? Some elements are supposed to be scary, most is comedy. And our hero seems to be a really special kind of vampire in many ways. Maybe a little too special? I don't want to spoil anything but this show feels like they asked AI to create a modern vampire show with aryan vampires for an modern diverse audience and somehow make them become heros instead of villains. So at times i relly feel like wtf? Thats stupid! And then i'm entertained again. Not a great show. Not totally bad. Its mediocre and has a certain target audience. I would be surprised if this show will have more than 2 or 3 seasons.

The premise of the show is fun. A vampire who doesn't look like a model and isn't serious and somber; again, fun.

Unfortunately the writing is so bad you'll eventually end up hating the supposed hero. I watched nine episodes and couldn't bring myself to watch the finale.

Reginalds character is all over the place. One scene he's the bullied outsider and in the very next scene he's an overconfident jock. It's as if AI wrote this mess.

Theres a scene where he tells someone that they can't see each other (him being a vampire....) and two minutes later is happy to see said person at a party he invited her to.... it's frankly insulting.

3 Stars for the cast bc its not their fault.

First episode and it seems like a good fun show. It had me engaged and interested in what would happen next to Jacob Batalon's Reginald.

Good to see him in a leading role, but still bringing the comedy.

Mandela Van Peebles gives me young Mario Van Peebles vibes. So far he seems like a good choice to play the mysterious vampire mentor.

Reginald's daily experience seems quite realistic as well and shows the type of experiences people like him go through.

Hopefully the rest of the series keeps up this type of momentum and we get to see some interesting things happen for Reginald, Maurice and the rest of their mates.

The idea and series had so much potential. So did the actor. But it was all let down by very lackluster writing.

Traditionally, vampires were homeless stumbling filthy creatures who hid in the shadows. But Bela Lugosi was such a great commanding actor we all think of vampires as wearing tuxedos and capes.

Instead of more realistic portrayals, Hollywood has gotten more fantasy filled. Vampires got more impossibly suave and cool, with powers like a superhero, and die in explosions or gushers of blood.

So going the opposite way was long overdue. This show is claiming to be a comedy. But I didn't laugh even once.

There's not much action. Instead we get a slow and not very good drama about a guy picked on for his weight.

This is a fun, light hearted show. It's a comedy, that you're not meant to take too seriously. And, you can have this on in the background while doing something or watch it while winding down for bed.

It's not perfect, but it's fun. Is it fresh and something brand new? Not really. Does that make it terrible? Hell, no. How many of us have rewatched TV shows cause we liked it? Or watched something that's similar cause we're in the mood. Not everything needs to be the new best thing. Sometimes, we just want silly fun. And this delivers on the silly fun.

In fact, I just finished one episode that introduced a new character and had me crying out that I wanted the next episode already.

I would really give it a 7/10, but boosting by a star to help combat the review bombers. I honestly have no idea why this is receiving them.