In preparation for Netflix Castlevania season 3, Nerd Talk Dan will be doing episode reviews of Castlevania seasons 1 and 2. Netflix's hit Castlevania series is perhaps the most successful game adaptation of all time. Unlike the games where our protagonist bravely begins his journey, writer Warren Ellis and producer Adi Shanker begin the saga with Dracula, firmly establishing the vampire lord as a sympathetic character with depth. As we watch tragedy strike the dark lord, he begins his campaign against mankind by loosing the armies of darkness from his abode, Castlevania.
As the episode ends, we are left to wonder who is the true villain? Dracula who is waging war against humanity? The church for manipulating the fears of the people to consolidate power? Man for being so willing to be led astray? And what of the Belmonts the heroes of the Castlevania saga?