Vampire Diaries - TV series

Wondering what people thought of it.
It's not screening where I live yet. Saw a bit on youtube.
Still love VA the most.

I wasn't going to watch this at all. I read the books and they're great. The show has taken everything that was good and wonderful about the books and bastardized it. I had the misfortune of watching this week. It was the (pardon my language) the shittiest ever. I hate the cast and I hate all the changes they made. I could write a huge post about all the things the producers got wrong about the show.

A quick run-down:
Characters don't look like they do in the books - at all.
Some names were changed, including the town name!
Substituted characters i.e. Elena in the books had a little sister, in the show she has a druggie brother.

More or less, what they've done is 90210-ified the show, and I hate it.

If you're interested in Vampire Diaries at all, trust me, READ THE BOOKS! Skip the show, it's crap.

wow ballrooomdancer lol
i havent read the books b/c i dont really like books wrote in third person but i happy i didnt now b/c it would have messed up the show for me lol
but i didnt think the show was great or bad eaither it kindas feels like a tv series of twilight !!
but i heard elean had like blue eyes and blonde hair?

Yes, Elena in the books has blue eyes and blonde hair, and it's for a reason. The moron producers at the CW must have skipped that chapter. Perhaps the words in it were too big for them. Effin' idiots! If you watched this week, you'll remember that the guys mentioned Katherine. Yeah, well Katherine was a blonde and blue eyed German noblewoman who looks remarkably like Elena. Not to stereotype, but there aren't a whole hell of a lot of dark haired, dark eyed native Germans. But this show they had to hire a terrible actress who can't act her way out of a paper bag and looks nothing like what is depicted in the book. She must work cheap because I don't see the talent or the looks, here. The guys are nothing special either. I wouldn't trip over my tongue for either of them. They're just boring, average looking guys. They're SUPPOSED to be exotic, Italian, gorgeous men. Even what's his face who is playing Stefan didn't get his character right. Not really any of the actors did.

The CW has effed up the books completely. I hate what they've done. I won't be watching any more and if I can avoid it, I won't buy products from their sponsors either.

There is something good about the CW doing Vampire Diaries.
They wont go anywhere near Vamp Academy because that would mean them competing against themselves. They're the most likely to mess things up.

The lady with the Angel Princess's name as part of her username tells the truth, because as much as i hate to admit it, it's probably the best way to avoid a mis-managed Vampire Academy, really.

The CW is not really up here. The show is being carried on a Canadian network. The CW looks like a 'poor man's network'. It looks like a repository for junk.

I would be very thankful if that POS wouldn't get their mitts on any of RM's works.

Ballroomdancer13 wrote:

The CW is not really up here. The show is being carried on a Canadian network. The CW looks like a 'poor man's network'. It looks like a repository for junk.

I would be very thankful if that POS wouldn't get their mitts on any of RM's works.

That's why Vampire Academy should be an Anime, Dancer, so that way, the odds of messing that series up would be kept to a minimum, provided that the fillers for that Anime series in question don't end up turning out to generally be Uber-shitacular[*coughNaruto T.V seriescough*]

If they could avoid having atrocities for fillers, and not change the story too much, it could work well...i hope.

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That's why Vampire Academy should be an Anime, Dancer, so that way, the odds of messimg that series up would be kept to a minimum, provided that the fillers for that Anime series in question don't end up turning out to generally be Uber-shitacular[*coughNaruto T.V seriescough*]

If they could avoid having atrocities for fillers, and not change the story too much, it coukd work well...i hope.

id be soo madd if they made it into a anime show .!! nothing aginst it some of the art work is cool but those are soo stupid and voices are annoying i would not watch VA if it was made into a anime show . no disrespect to ppl who like anime though .

CassandraC440 wrote:

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That's why Vampire Academy should be an Anime, Dancer, so that way, the odds of messing that series up would be kept to a minimum, provided that the fillers for that Anime series in question don't end up turning out to generally be Uber-shitacular[*coughNaruto T.V seriescough*]

If they could avoid having atrocities for fillers, and not change the story too much, it could work well...i hope.

id be soo madd if they made it into a anime show .!! nothing aginst it some of the art work is cool but those are soo stupid and voices are annoying i would not watch VA if it was made into a anime show . no disrespect to ppl who like anime though .

Not all the voices in all anime are agoinizingly annoying...need i introduce you to Hellsing, anyone?
What about Full Metal Panic or Mobile Suit Gundam?

I can kinda see Cassandra's point about the voices. The 'annoying' voices are usually to be found in anime that is marketed to girls. I think of Sailor Moon. Now I loved those stories and the artwork. However, I will concede that the voices were a bit annoying. But other anime isn't that bad. I am thinking of Lupin III. Those voices weren't bad.

I do think that VA would work as an anime. That way we don't have to have sub-par actors or people who don't look like they're supposed to. How hard is it to DRAW to description? Voice over people can be hired and directed not to sound annoying.

Plus, unless they meant to tell us that Rose is an Albino, there's no excuse to avoid making Rose look or feel Middle-Eastern, really, so it's all the more reason for that series to have an Anime, as long as it could avoid the Shitacular Fillers that i mentioned before.

That said, the only known case in which a Middle-Eastern looked like she had a case of Albinism was the likes of Marina Ishmail of the Gundam 00 series, and even then, she felt somewhat Middle-Eastern, really.

Ok, I love this show. maybe its not the most original concept...it seems like theyre stealing their material from a whole bunch of books but oh well. im still undecided about the main vampire but i think hes pretty hot. and yes, when i saw previews of it, i did notice about brunette-Elena. Let it go. we all know casting doesnt always go well cuz once the author signs rights to the show, what the producer wants-- the producer gets. anyway, its my favorite show of this fall season

I think the producers seriously fucked this up. I mean 100% fucked up. It is Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition it's that bad. The guys aren't that hot. The best thing those morons could do is to have said "based on Vampire Diaries" and call it something else. Like Vampire 90210. Because that's the shitty result.

The actress is crap. Not only doesn't she look the part, she can't act - at all. She's probably illiterate. Actually, all the actors are probably illiterate because NONE of them act the way they're supposed to in the books. They must all have been desperate and work for cheap. It's all the CW could afford, it looks like. They couldn't even afford a fuckin' blonde wig and pair of blue contacts.

I have come to the conclusion that I am too smart and too good for that shitty ass program. It's obviously aimed at kids who don't know from quality. I'll stick with the books that are actually good. The vampire guys are way way hotter than those schmos they hired. Elena is blonde and blue eyed, a true 'twin' of the German noblewoman Katherine. Bonnie is a red-haired, pale skinned Druid. The way it should be.

I hope the new book comes out soon - the second of "The Return" series.

I agree that the books and the show do not have the same story line going. I enjoy the books more and more after watching more of the shows.

I'd rather hear that Vampire Academy ends up an Anime, like Shakugan No Shana had[Shakugan No Shana was a novel series before it was an Anime!]

I haven't read the books, but I really like this show (surprisingly).
I didn't at first, to be honest, but after watching the more recent episodes, it's starting to grow on me.
I knew it would though. I usually love vampire shows/movies/books.

I still hope Vampire Academy ends up an Anime, without having a session of Shitters[Atrocities for Fillers that were too trashy for anyone to put up with, yet very tempting to unleash on un-suspecting Audiences!*looking at you, Naruto T.V series!*>_>] and when they have filler episodes, they turn out to be GOOD fillers?

^ Vampire Academy as an anime? Eh, no thanks, lol.
If they're going to make a TV series out of it, than I'd prefer it to be live action.

At least with an Anime, there's less total mis-casts, and more logic, rhyme and reason!

Tonystark616 wrote:

At least with an Anime, there's less total mis-casts, and more logic, rhyme and reason!

I actually agree with you, Tony. Totally. One only has to look at the total fuck up in casting that is Vampire Diaries! They hire this cheap little idiot who looks NOTHING like Elena is supposed to look and is a crap-ass actress to boot. Oh, and to not appear biased, the kid they hired to play Stefan is no great shakes either. He didn't 'get' Stefan's character, obviously. But then one could also blame the directors. They're too illiterate to get the job done right.

To be honest, I don't want Vampire Academy turned into something on screen at all. Twilight was a bit ruined (a bit). And Vampire Diaries COMPLETELY destroyed...I really don't want to see such misfortune befall a wonderful book series such as Vampire Academy. But if it *has* to happen, then I would rather it be an "adult anime". It can't be THAT hard to screw up drawing a character according to a description in a book. And you don't have to worry about people who have no talent, either.

I'm not really for VA being a amine but i'm not really for it being turned into anything. With other books i wouldn't mind. But i love VA so much i want to be selfish and keep the VA totally in my imagination. Does that make sense?

Ballroomdancer13 wrote:

Tonystark616 wrote:

At least with an Anime, there's less total mis-casts, and more logic, rhyme and reason!

One only has to look at the total fuck up in casting that is Vampire Diaries! They hire this cheap little idiot who looks NOTHING like Elena is supposed to look and is a crap-ass actress to boot. Oh, and to not appear biased, the kid they hired to play Stefan is no great shakes either. He didn't 'get' Stefan's character, obviously. But then one could also blame the directors. They're too illiterate to get the job done right.

To be honest, I don't want Vampire Academy turned into something on screen at all. Twilight was a bit ruined (a bit). And Vampire Diaries COMPLETELY destroyed...I really don't want to see such misfortune befall a wonderful book series such as Vampire Academy. But if it *has* to happen, then I would rather it be an "adult anime". It can't be THAT hard to screw up drawing a character according to a description in a book. And you don't have to worry about people who have no talent, either.

Not trying to start an argument or anything but I just need to say:

Woah woah woah man...CHILL. O_O
I honestly don't think it's that serious.
"Cheap little idiot"? Really? Again, I really don't think it's that serious... No need to personally attack the actress.
Fine, you think they screwed up the books, but who cares, really? It's just a book.

Its. Not. That. Serious. Calm. Down.

I actually like Nina Dobrev I don't watch Vampire Diaries and don't plan to but the actress is cool ^_6

Peace love n VA wrote:

I'm not really for VA being a amine but i'm not really for it being turned into anything. With other books i wouldn't mind. But i love VA so much i want to be selfish and keep the VA totally in my imagination. Does that make sense?

That makes absolute sense! I feel the same way, not just about VA but all of RM's books. They're great as they are, I don't need 'help' visually from a movie/TV show.

perpetual - I think the show is shit. I watched one ep and it was 100% garbage. The dialogue was bad, the acting was 5th rate, and WAY too many stupid changes all in the name of "edginess". I would love to take all the tapes or however it is they record this drivel and toss them in a dumpster and then set it on fire. And that's being kind.