Vampires are tools.

I am watching the first Blade movie on TV right now. Blade paints a non-flattering picture of the modern vampire, but Blade is by no means unique in this portrayal. There was that movie Underworld, and I think Tokyo Drift is about vampires, but I just assume that because of all the leather and Japanese people.
The modern media vampire has really become more of a fashion and sex icon than a terrifying mythical creature. The vampires in these movies are leather-clad, makeup-wearing, martini-drinking dandies. They seem to be more concerned with what kind of product they use in their hair rather than taking over the human race. They don't even listen to good techno music. They listen to Rob Zombie remixes. They lounge around on couches and talk about taking over the human race, and when they eventually devise a scheme, it's never something logical like "since we're immortal, let's just work it so that we get a vampire in charge of every major corporation and country in the world." It's always some scheme that has to do with bringing a "blood god" to earth. It's like a bunch of stoners sitting in the living room and devising a hair-brained plan to acquire 22 pizzas with $5. It's pretty much doomed from the beginning, but god help you if you try to stop them.
When did vampires become metrosexual supermodels? I think it started with that movie starring Tom Cruise, Interview With A Vampire. That presented a dandy victorian vampire that floofed around high society nipping people on the neck and shouting "Oh dear" whenever blood got on his ruffled collar. As a result, goths everyone have taken inspiration from these films to get their cheap fashion ideas. Though most goths (at least the teenage ones hanging around outside of Coffee Perk that act deviant) are about as dangerous as a Beanie Baby. The vampire needs some serious re-thinking.