Comments on: CW Runs Vampire Diaries Marathon http://everyjoe.com/entertainment/cw-runs-vampire-diaries-marathon/ Sports and Entertainment News Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:31:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Everybody’s Talkin’ At Me : SF Universe - SF Universe is your Science Fiction central. From SciFi television to movies to books and more. All the latest news, reviews and insights from SciFi experts. http://everyjoe.com/entertainment/cw-runs-vampire-diaries-marathon/comment-page-1/#comment-280441 Everybody’s Talkin’ At Me : SF Universe - SF Universe is your Science Fiction central. From SciFi television to movies to books and more. All the latest news, reviews and insights from SciFi experts. Thu, 17 Dec 2009 22:15:25 +0000 http://sfuniverse.com/?p=8452#comment-280441 [...] gives it up for Vampire Diaries Oh, you’re *so* right about putting “Twilight” out of your mind! I was extremely reluctant to [...] [...] gives it up for Vampire Diaries Oh, you’re *so* right about putting “Twilight” out of your mind! I was extremely reluctant to [...]

]]> By: Cynthia http://everyjoe.com/entertainment/cw-runs-vampire-diaries-marathon/comment-page-1/#comment-280486 Cynthia Sat, 28 Nov 2009 19:03:58 +0000 http://sfuniverse.com/?p=8452#comment-280486 As I've said before, my only concern is where they're going to go with it in the long run? How long can you have vampires in a town before it becomes absurd that no one notices. Buffy did it, but they were a rarity. As I’ve said before, my only concern is where they’re going to go with it in the long run? How long can you have vampires in a town before it becomes absurd that no one notices. Buffy did it, but they were a rarity.

]]> By: Phoenix http://everyjoe.com/entertainment/cw-runs-vampire-diaries-marathon/comment-page-1/#comment-280472 Phoenix Sat, 28 Nov 2009 04:44:38 +0000 http://sfuniverse.com/?p=8452#comment-280472 Oh, you're *so* right about putting "Twilight" out of your mind! I was extremely reluctant to begin watching "The Vampire Diaries" because it looked so much like just another leap onto the massively overpopular vampire bandwagon, but I finally settled in to an online streaming website and watched episodes 1-10 a couple of weeks ago and I'm extremely glad that I did. TVD is actually a fairly original story -- it's true that the Stefan/Elena relationship (and Stefan himself) at times seems like almost *too* much of a throwback to watching Buffy and Angel's tortured relationship in season two of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," but it's just original enough -- and just non-"Twilight"esque -- to be enjoyable. Not to mention, for a teen-show villain, Damon is actually rather frightening, if you take his murderously cavalier actions at face value. One thing the show never shies from is the grim reality of how Damon continues living -- and thoroughly enjoys it. It's nice that after so many sympathetic woe-is-me bloodsuckers we finally have a *real* bad guy to root against. It's just too bad that the culmination of this marathon is going to be on the same Friday that FOX will start airing the final episodes of "Dollhouse" or I'd rewatch "The Vampire Diaries" from start to finish. Oh, well -- thank god for Hulu! Oh, you’re *so* right about putting “Twilight” out of your mind! I was extremely reluctant to begin watching “The Vampire Diaries” because it looked so much like just another leap onto the massively overpopular vampire bandwagon, but I finally settled in to an online streaming website and watched episodes 1-10 a couple of weeks ago and I’m extremely glad that I did.

TVD is actually a fairly original story — it’s true that the Stefan/Elena relationship (and Stefan himself) at times seems like almost *too* much of a throwback to watching Buffy and Angel’s tortured relationship in season two of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” but it’s just original enough — and just non-”Twilight”esque — to be enjoyable.

Not to mention, for a teen-show villain, Damon is actually rather frightening, if you take his murderously cavalier actions at face value. One thing the show never shies from is the grim reality of how Damon continues living — and thoroughly enjoys it. It’s nice that after so many sympathetic woe-is-me bloodsuckers we finally have a *real* bad guy to root against.

It’s just too bad that the culmination of this marathon is going to be on the same Friday that FOX will start airing the final episodes of “Dollhouse” or I’d rewatch “The Vampire Diaries” from start to finish. Oh, well — thank god for Hulu!

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