Posted by Vee | July 28, 2010, 11:11 (EST) | 6 Comments
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So much good stuff from Comic Con – buckling under the weight of it all. First up – BuzzSugar has press room interview footage with Ian Somerhalder, Nina Dobrev, Kevin Williamson, and Matt Davis. One particularly interesting tidbit dropped: Kev says the fourth episode of Season 2 will be an 1864 flashback episode.

And DigitalSpy has several one-on-ones with the Vampire Diaries crew. You can see the Julie Plec interview below and check out Kevin Williamson, Matt Davis, Nina Dobrev, and Paul Wesley over on DigitalSpy’s YouTube channel.

Posted by Vee | July 1, 2010, 2:25 (EST) | 14 Comments
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Tonight at 8/7c: The CW continues their weekly Vampire Diaries encore spree with Lost Girls (EP06), which marks the very first appearance of flashbacks and everyone’s favorite doppelgänger vampire ex-girlfriend. Everything about this episode is BIG – the revelations, the costumes, the hair, the dancing. “Enjoy the Silence” and enjoy the show. New episode of Moonlight airs immediately after at 9/8c.

For the savvy among you who did the math and realized the CW wouldn’t be able to air Season 1 in its entirety before the Season 2 premiere – good spot. According to the Futon Critic, Vampire Diaries encores will be making the jump from Lost Girls this week to Fool Me Once next week (skipping seven episodes). Presumably, this will allow Founder’s Day to air the week before the show’s return on Sept. 9th.

Catch up on this past week’s posts:

• Vampire Diaries Season 2 premiere date confirmed
• The VRO needs your questions for Nina Dobrev, Paul Wesley & Ian Somerhalder
• Vampire Diaries’ Comic Con panel time & room confirmed
• More Teen Choice Awards categories, more Vampire Diaries + new Tubeys polls
• CW Sourcies: Guess who’s nominated for Best Villain?
• Vampire Diaries panel line-up at Comic Con
• Another season 2 spoiler from Keck’s Exclusives + Ian Somerhalder wants to make the Vampire Diaries set greener
• Season 2 spoilers from the Ausiello Files & Keck’s Exclusives
• SAG portraits of Paul & Nina + interviews with Ian Somerhalder & Candice Accola
• CW Sourcies: We win Best Fight, now up for Most Heartbreaking Moment + voting still open for Hottest Moment

Posted by Vee | May 22, 2010, 1:11 (EST) | 10 Comments
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This tidbit is actually five days old but it’s a great nugget, so I’m blogging it now. In the May 17th edition of TV Guide Magazine’s Ask Matt column, a reader asks Matt Roush to address what she perceives as two glaring flaws in The Vampire Diaries: the “lack of kick-ass women” (she specifies that while many of the main female characters are strong emotionally, she wishes they were more physical, “ala Buffy”), and the glossing over of slavery and other social issues in the 1864 flashbacks.

I never expected the show to delve deeply into issues of race and sexuality as True Blood does so well, but it would be nice if the show at least acknowledged that there were other things going on besides vampire vs. human Mystic Falls conflicts.

Here’s part of Roush’s response:

I’m afraid I don’t take the show seriously enough to lament its lack of social/historical context. Where would they fit a lecture on the evils of slavery in a show churning this much juicy melodrama this busily? I suppose it would be interesting if some of the vampire revolt had to do with seeking vengeance against the mores and masters of the antebellum past, but it’s intriguing to me that characters like Bonnie and her grandmother (and their ancestors) nurture a supernatural power that seems to render them pretty “kick-ass.”

READ THE ENTIRE QUESTION AND ANSWER OVER AT TV GUIDE MAGAZINE.

Both of these topics have come up in our forums before, but on the heels of the season finale (oh, hey, Uncle John – you need an ice pack for that?) I thought I could bring it up in the blog. I have my own thoughts on both points (for starters, the idea that a “kick-ass woman” must be defined by her physical bravery, no matter how smart, savvy, or emotionally well-adjusted she is), but I’ll turn it over to you guys. Have your own thoughts on both issues? Agree/disagree with Roush’s reply?

Posted by Vee | April 23, 2010, 13:02 (EST) | 45 Comments
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The webclips for Blood Brothers (EP20) are now up on YouTube. In the first clip, we get an 1864 flashback featuring Stefan, Damon, and Johnathan Gilbert. The second features Damon and Elena.

Webclip 1:

SECOND CLIP UNDER THE CUT

Posted by Red | April 23, 2010, 11:39 (EST) | 15 Comments
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The extended promo for episode 20 of the Vampire Diaries, “Blood Brothers”, is now up on YouTube.

Posted by Red | April 9, 2010, 13:36 (EST) | 20 Comments
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Vampire Diaries Web have the official stills and synopsis for episode 20 of the Vampire Diaries, which bears the rather awesome title of “Blood Brothers”. Check out the synopsis below (highlight to read) or check it out in the Episode Index.

ELENA LEARNS WHAT REALLY HAPPENED WHEN DAMON AND STEFAN WERE TURNED — While Stefan struggles to come to terms with his past, both he and Damon reveal parts of their history to Elena, until she finally learns the truth about how they became vampires. Pearl has an ugly confrontation with Jonathan Gilbert. Damon and Alaric try to find a mysterious invention before Jonathan does. The friendship and flirtation between Jeremy and Anna continues to grow.

Liz Friedlander directed the episode, written by Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec.

Check out the episode stills below or in the Gallery:

Posted by Red | April 8, 2010, 18:25 (EST) | 19 Comments
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@LilMissX has a very tasty and spoilery treat for Vampire Diaries fans this evening in the form of a flashback episode still from what we believe will be episode 20. Damon, Stefan, gratuitous shirtlessness (hurrah!)… and to say more would just be too spoilery. We’ve hidden it under the cut so we don’t blind anyone visiting the main page who wants to stay spoiler-free.

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE EPISODE STILL

Posted by Vee | March 25, 2010, 9:06 (EST) | 7 Comments
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Entertainment Weekly finally posts their conversation with Vampire Diaries‘ costume designer, Jennifer Bryan, and she may just answer everything related to leather jackets you have ever wanted to know…in your life. And if you’ve been absolutely dying to know the designers behind the Salvatore brothers jackets, she’s got that answer for you, too. In fact, she’s full of answers about everything from characters’ individual styles to the science of taking a shirt off (the fabric matters or something…?). It’s a fun read!

And the actors are as excited for the period costumes as the fans are?
They like it. Sometimes I’ll have to explain to them. “Well, what is this for?” “People wore this because so and so.” I have to give them a little history lesson so they understand what they’re wearing, the purpose of it. Back then, a lot of what you wore was determined by your activity. You’d change clothes more often. You’d have morning clothes, evening clothes. Women of a certain economic stature would change two or three times a day. Not like we do now, throw on jeans and that’s it. So this is what you’d wear if you were home, this is what you’d wear if you were coming out of a carriage. They get into it.

Read the entire interview at Entertainment Weekly.