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The Vampire Diaries 2x01
Tue, Sep. 14th, 2010 08:56 pmI should probably post some time on the last episodes of the first season, but given how bad I have been with being online lately, it seems unlikely.
I also do not entirely trust the show yet re: politics, but people! I actually have been unable to predict what's going to happen!
( Spoilers take place in just one episode )
I also do not entirely trust the show yet re: politics, but people! I actually have been unable to predict what's going to happen!
( Spoilers take place in just one episode )
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The Vampire Diaries 1x01-1x04
Sat, Oct. 3rd, 2009 06:05 pmElena Gilbert used to be the popular girl at school, but ever since her parents died in a tragic accident a few months ago, everything has changed. And now, mysterious Stefan Salvatore has started at her high school and strange deaths keep happening.
For anyone who doesn't already know, this is based on L.J. Smith's Vampire Diaries books (originally a trilogy, but later a quartet). I read book 4 as a teenager and of course loved Damon, the bad-boy maybe-evil-maybe-not brother of Stefan. They're pretty much the usual vampire duo of broody-and-moralistic and snarky-and-evil.
I may have read book 2 of the trilogy years and years later, or maybe not, I don't much remember.
The TV series is so far extremely dull. I don't find either Stefan or Damon attractive, which is paramount to the enjoyment of any vampire series these days, and Elena has no personality to speak of. At least by episode 4, they've figured out that having Stefan and Elena droningly read out their diary entries was sucking what little life was in the series out.
They've also gotten rid of Meredith, made Caroline less evil (I think?), and Bonnie is now Black. I have to admit, I'm really watching to see what they do with Bonnie, because she was the most interesting part of book 4. Right now, she basically plays the psychic best friend while the two white girls go off with the hot guys. Color me unsurprised. But I'm curious if the Bonnie/Damon subtext in the books will ever make it on screen.
Sadly, the series to date has focused on high school rivalries and romances, all of which fit into my every cliched expectation of the CW while also confirming why I normally don't watch the CW. Plus, this more than anything else makes me wonder why all these vampire guys love going back to high school to date teenage girls.
At least here there's a bit of a backstory, albeit one that makes both Stefan and Damon seem like creepy stalkers who have problems separating looks from personality?
Yet, at the end of episode four, there's been more hints of history and backstory and conspiracies that do not have to do with high school, so I'll probably keep watching as a way to waste time.
Also, I still have a great deal of leftover fondness for the fourth book.
(Feel free to spoil the books in the comments, but please use <span style="color:#333;background:#333">spoiler text</span> or rot13.)
For anyone who doesn't already know, this is based on L.J. Smith's Vampire Diaries books (originally a trilogy, but later a quartet). I read book 4 as a teenager and of course loved Damon, the bad-boy maybe-evil-maybe-not brother of Stefan. They're pretty much the usual vampire duo of broody-and-moralistic and snarky-and-evil.
I may have read book 2 of the trilogy years and years later, or maybe not, I don't much remember.
The TV series is so far extremely dull. I don't find either Stefan or Damon attractive, which is paramount to the enjoyment of any vampire series these days, and Elena has no personality to speak of. At least by episode 4, they've figured out that having Stefan and Elena droningly read out their diary entries was sucking what little life was in the series out.
They've also gotten rid of Meredith, made Caroline less evil (I think?), and Bonnie is now Black. I have to admit, I'm really watching to see what they do with Bonnie, because she was the most interesting part of book 4. Right now, she basically plays the psychic best friend while the two white girls go off with the hot guys. Color me unsurprised. But I'm curious if the Bonnie/Damon subtext in the books will ever make it on screen.
Sadly, the series to date has focused on high school rivalries and romances, all of which fit into my every cliched expectation of the CW while also confirming why I normally don't watch the CW. Plus, this more than anything else makes me wonder why all these vampire guys love going back to high school to date teenage girls.
At least here there's a bit of a backstory, albeit one that makes both Stefan and Damon seem like creepy stalkers who have problems separating looks from personality?
Yet, at the end of episode four, there's been more hints of history and backstory and conspiracies that do not have to do with high school, so I'll probably keep watching as a way to waste time.
Also, I still have a great deal of leftover fondness for the fourth book.
(Feel free to spoil the books in the comments, but please use <span style="color:#333;background:#333">spoiler text</span> or rot13.)
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