Comments on: Vampires On TV

By: G³

G³ — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 21:19:46 +0000

@Shirley: Blood Ties was on Lifetime? Wow, I didn’t look into that one as much since I never watched it. I’ll have to give it a look. And good for you on Vampire Diaries. Stay far, far away.

By: Shirley

Shirley — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 20:32:07 +0000

I’ve only ever FOLLOWED two vampire shows ever. Buffy and Blood Ties (Despite it being of the lifetime network it was actually a really good show. Got canceled of course.)
Not a fan of Moonlight and I have absolutely no interest in watching The Vampire Diaries.

By: G³

G³ — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:10:03 +0000

@Megali: You can’t say you won’t watch True Blood or read it just because Anita came first. They have similarities, but they are far from being exactly the same. I think you would like it.

And if you ever want a good laugh, I also recommend any of the other shows. Forever Knight is on Hulu. You know you want to give it a peek.

By: Megali

Megali — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:57:52 +0000

Anita Blake rules. Sookie can suck it… pun intended.

I am sorry to say that the only shows that you’ve highlighted above is most of Buffy and a very small amount of Angel. I am sorry to say, but Anita is better. I will make a vow that I will never, ever read those books or watch the show, but as with Harry Potter, that may change…

By: G³

G³ — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:17:01 +0000

@Blue-eyes-Green: My mistake. How could I forget the best vampire show of all time, Count Duckula.

And wow, is it wedding time already? Crazy! Have an awesome time, and send my regards.

Bones/Incubus?! I am so excited for THAT. I will remind you to send it constantly. Now that my hubby has started his job, I might get started on the children arc. I know I’m supposed to do this arc in the fae plane with all the side-characters, like Leven and Adrian, first, but I have so many good ideas, and better to write what’s in you.

Don’t worry about reading Twilight. Plenty of people I love are guilty of that. As long as you recognize how juvenile it is, I totally agree that there are good side-characters, and that the said characters should have had more focus.

Miss you!

By: Janskoller

Janskoller — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:14:06 +0000

obviously a poor attempt to try and draw in a male crowd…sadly it will probably work to an extent.

By: Blue-eyes-Green

Blue-eyes-Green — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:18:22 +0000

No, you’re first Vampire series was on TV in at least ’88 or ’89. Come on- Count Duckula? I remember you saying you liked watching it with your oldest brother.

Most Vampire shows on Tv in the past five years could have been titled “I remember this when it was called Forever Knight/Dark Shadows” and VD, staring as it does, a stick insect with a boob job and some broody looking dudes, well… is probably going to labeled a run away hit and be poluting the air waves for years, if tween age girls have anything to do with it. (Oh yeah, I’ve been working on a Bones/Incubus cross over that is loosely applicable for comment here, but just remind me to send it to you once I get it typed up)

In defense of Twilight (and in my defense I only skimmed the books, got bored in the middle of the 4th one and never finished it) a) if you ignore the irritating mutually unrequited/obsessive/teenage angst/passion that’s 98% of the story, there are some actually interesting supporting characters, and b) it does capture the mind set of broody harmlessly self centered teenage girl with incredible accuracy. Whether that… soppiness is something to encourage is open for debate…

Ever notice that any sentence that begins with the words “In my defense” winds up revealing something that while mitigating in the circumstances, would not usually speak well of you?

Brilliantly insightful as usual Crim. A review/comment for Friday’s may be a few days late as Matt’s getting married the next day, but I’m sure I’ll be anxious to reply. Hugs!

By: G³

G³ — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:30:36 +0000

@Janskoller: Ha! I heard about that. You know it was a thinly veiled publicity stunt, which lowers Vampire Diaries even further for lack of integrity and tact.

Oh, CW, you know you can do better.

By: G³

G³ — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:29:17 +0000

@Lisa (deangirl1): Yay, it’s so nice to know that I am not alone in my assessment, because I did still find praise for VD (ha!) around the net. It had the highest viewing of any CW series premiere ever, and Supernatural was apparently down from previous years, which make NO sense to me. No accounting for taste, I guess.

Yes, do check out True Blood. Makes me want to read the books. Everyone I have recommended it too has liked it. I cannot wait to start on Season 2.

By: Lisa (deangirl1)

Lisa (deangirl1) — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:01:33 +0000

I know, I know, I so owe you a comment on LAST week! But I had to jump in here, because I did check out VD (how appropriate that those are its initials!!!) because it will be the new lead in for Supernatural. I couldn’t agree more with your assessment! I even used the same pun – it sucked – and not in the good way that a vamp show should. Just *gag*… I haven’t seen True Blood, but on the basis of your recommendation, it goes to the top of the list of things to check out. As for VD? I’m not even giving it a second episode to find its feet. It’s just that bad — AND derivative….