the vampire diaries
By mama_bear
@mama_bear (1118)
Canada
September 17, 2009 6:17pm CST
so mylotters is there anyone else out there who is watching this show? i quite like it. i did not think that i would, after being held in the sway of true blood, i thought that this would be a shoddy imitation of something between twilight and true blood. but it is actually pretty good. i am looking forward to the episode tonight. hey i need something vampire related to keep me going till the next season of true blood, right!
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@mama_bear (1118)
• Canada
4 Oct 09
it is pretty good, i am happy to see a hometown girl doing well for herself. the lead actress nina dobrev, started out in a show called degrassi: the next generation.
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@jlamela (4898)
• Philippines
4 Oct 09
Actually we are looking for a DVD copy about this series because I think it's worth to watch. According to other reviews it's a cross between Twilight and True Blood.
@mama_bear (1118)
• Canada
6 Oct 09
the series only just started so it will only be out on dvd next year. so it will be quite the wait for you i am afaid you will have quite the wait. sorry!
@KarenBerger (8)
• United States
16 Oct 09
I had stumbled across this book series when I was trying to find some other vampire books to read. After finishing Twilight I figured there must be other things out there. The book was actually posted online for free when I read the first two of the series. I liked them, not as much as I love the Sookie Stackhouse novels, Twlight, and Vampire Academy. The tv show is okay. I've watched all the episodes but at times I find myself a little bored. I was a little more bloody and violent than I was expecting, but I think I'll keep watching.
@mama_bear (1118)
• Canada
16 Oct 09
damon is really annoying me, but i have to now watch episode 4 and 5 so that i can catch up. i know that this week past stefan tells that girl that he is a vampire.
@mama_bear (1118)
• Canada
18 Oct 09
yeah i am yet to see that episode, i finally got round to watching episode 4 yesterday, i got over my aversion to damon, he is such an irritant. i love seeing him powerless like that. i am going to check out episodes 5 and 6 today. can't wait.
@swheaven85 (22)
• United States
17 Oct 09
I am watching it the show too... I think it is okay. I was really surprised that Stefan told Elena that he was a vampire this early in the show. You'd think that would have been a good cliff-hanger for a few weeks.
@kate1356 (697)
• United States
19 Mar 10
Nice to see a fellow Vampire Diaries fan out there! I really love this show. I am surprised that others do not like the show. It hs a more complex and interesting storyline than Twilight (although I was a fan of those books too). I read the Vampire Diaries books too so I am interested to see how things will go with the show as opposed to how things happened in the books.
Besides, how can you not like a show with Paul Wesley and Ian Sommerhalder? I think Nina Dobrev is a pretty good actress too.
I don't get HBO.. so I haven't seen True Blood although I have read the first five Sookie Stackhouse novels. (My sister bought them so I am reading her books).
@king4aday (680)
• Philippines
22 Oct 09
Like you, I was looking for a vampire series to watch until the next season of true blood. At first I watched the first episode and thought that it was OK. And then I started to read the books and the series seems kind lame. The only thing that they have kept from the book are the Characters. The story line is a lot different. If Damon is making you insane in the TV series, it would make you go crazier if you read the book. I think I still prefer the concept that Vampires could not go out in the sunlight. Maybe that is why I prefer True Blood. They should have made the books a movie instead of making it a series.
@mommyboo (13174)
• United States
22 Nov 09
Ah but that's what I like! Since it's a series, you get an hour every week and not just one 2 hour movie. A lot more can be covered and accomplished in that type of time. I was afraid reading the books would spoil it for me, but so far I don't think it will. The similarities are small enough that knowing what happens in the books won't ruin the anticipation for what happens in the show since it's not the same.
@mama_bear (1118)
• Canada
23 Oct 09
he is making me totally crazy, he is pretty pathetic i am not liking him at all, and stefan had ample time to kill him and never did. now he has gone and turned some silly little bimbo arrrrrgh!
@afarrell1 (258)
• United States
5 Oct 09
love the show :] a lot actually. it helps me release my inner "Rawr!"
@mama_bear (1118)
• Canada
6 Oct 09
it is wearing my down a little, it is like a dawson's creek vampire flick. i still watch it though. hopefully i can make it through episode 4 without the desire to kill myself as i watch damon, the wannabe bad vampire.
@VanGog06 (84)
• Bulgaria
31 Jul 10
Hello first.I also like to watch this show.I really like it because everything in the movie is perfect.I hate that i have to wait for season two but noone asks me what do i prefer.I hope season two will be better that season one and more people will start to watch the series because that movie deserves to be number 1!
@carlynganda (749)
• Philippines
22 Jun 10
i love this show..it has a pretty intriguing story..and there's lot of mystery and suspense in every episode..i also love the salvatore brothers especially damon salvatore..he is so handsome and sexy..there's a lot of unanswered questions during the last episode of season 1 and i can't wait for season 2 anymore..but at the moment i'm just focusing on reading the rest of the books to get more insights on what will happen next..
@mommyboo (13174)
• United States
22 Nov 09
LOL! I don't watch True Blood and I have never actually been remotely interested in anything on the CW prior to this show. I watch it online usually whenever the new episode is available because my dvr is hooked up with Survivor and CSI and other things on Thursday. I wasn't sure what to expect at all to be honest. I really loved the Twilight books, and because I am loyal, I did watch the movie. I prefer the books to the movie, the characters are more developed and more personable and more.. people I would want to know.
Vampire Diaries has some similarities to Twilight but not as much as people might think. I started reading the books after I've been watching the show, and I must say I prefer the show. Elena and Stefan are alive and vibrant in the show, in the books she is the type of person I would wish harm to befall. I do not like shallow conceited people who treat others as if they are pawns in a game. I also like how Margaret was replaced by Jeremy because it put Elena in a role where she is trying to take care of him and get him to pull himself together. You can pick up a preschooler and make her listen, it's not quite the same with a 15 year old brother who is taller than you are.
I'm looking forward to each new episode with anticipation lol.
