Posted by Dianne Sylvan | November 25, 2011, 11:06 (EST) | 45 Comments
Category: TV Series
If you’re anything like us, you live for the frenzy of Vampire Diaries recaps that emerges every Thursday night/Friday after the show airs. We decided it would be fun to ask some of our favorite Vampire Diaries recappers to share their top three moments of Season 3 so far – oh, and we were right! It is fun.
In this installment, Dianne Sylvan brings tears, fierceness, and pillow talk to the fave moments table. You can check out her TVD recaps on her blog here.
Check out previous Top 3 Moments: Thomas C. Galvin.
And don’t forget to vote in the Mid-Season Finale Poll: Your 3 Favorite Episodes of Season 3 (So Far)?
SPOILERS! CONTINUE READING DIANNE SYLVAN’S TOP 3 MOMENTS OF VAMPIRE DIARIES SEASON 3 (SO FAR).
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Posted by Dianne Sylvan | January 9, 2011, 17:57 (EST) | 62 Comments
Category: TV Series
The lifespan of a TV drama usually goes a little something like this:
Season One – The show is finding its feet, establishing its mythology. It stumbles a bit at first but by the finale has built up a full head of steam.
Seasons Two/Three – Having settled into a groove with the writers, cast, and directors, the show becomes Pure Freaking Awesome. The story arc is amazing, engaging, full of character development and breathless action.
Seasons Four/Five – The show begins to falter as the original story arc expires. Typically by this point there are new writers. Old beloved characters are killed off and gimmicky plot lines appear and cause eyerolling among longtime fans. Oddly, some of the best individual episodes tend to come out of the worst seasons (witness Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s “Once More With Feeling”). They stand out all the more because of the overall decline in quality.
Seasons Six - End – At some point comes the official Shark-Jumping; die-hard fans hang on as long as they can, but even they have to admit watching has become a lot harder than it was in those halcyon early days. A large segment of the fandom takes refuge in fanfic. Cancellation happens, if fans are lucky, before it gets so bad that everyone is throwing things at the screen.
What does this mean for our beloved Vampire Diaries? Surely something made of such concentrated Awesomesauce will break the mold and be great forever…right?
CONTINUE READING COMPARING APPLES TO UNICORNS – VAMPIRE DIARIES SEASON 1 VS. SEASON 2…
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Posted by Dianne Sylvan | August 23, 2010, 13:39 (EST) | 5 Comments
Category: TV Series
Countdown to The Return is a series of guest posts by Vampire Diaries fans on topics they’re pondering as we head into Season 2. First up, author Dianne Sylvan examines why the relationship between Stefan and Damon is so compelling and why she hopes the tension will continue throughout the new season.
Vampire romances these days are less than a dime a dozen – they’re becoming almost a parody of themselves. Take one misunderstood teen girl, one immortal hottie, add a quirky best friend. Add clueless adults, a heaping helping of angst, some kind of bad guy to cause the couple problems (preferably bad vampires or, better yet, werewolves), and stir.
What, then, sets The Vampire Diaries apart from the rest? Why does it have us all salivating over the upcoming season…even jaded old ladies like myself, who cheerfully admits she avoids most vampire fiction like the plague (even though I write it myself)?
I think we all know the answer to that one…and no, it’s not Damon…or, not just Damon. As much as we all love a bad boy like Damon (Okay, “bad boy” doesn’t quite cover it, given that he’s a murdering sociopath), or a redeemed (sort of) bad boy like Stefan (who, let’s not forget, has killed at least one person that we know of, and probably more before he had whatever Great Revelation that made him give up the people-juice), both character types are hardly unique these days.
Yes, I’m dying to see the havoc Katherine wreaks on Mystic Falls…in fact I’m hoping she’ll blow the place apart and get away scot free, just to shake up the idea that the powerful female character always has to get it in the end. (Please note Exhibits A-E: Lexi, Bree, Grams, Pearl, Anna.) Yes, I’m looking forward to learning more about Tyler’s…um, animal control issues. And yes, I’m eager to see the development of Damon as an individual, and worried, I admit, that he might get a little too human, too soon. But what I’m really looking forward to is that very thing that makes TVD so fascinating: the relationship between the brothers Salvatore.
CLICK TO CONTINUE READING “THE SALVATORE BROTHERS & THE TIES THAT BIND.”
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