Posted by Abby | June 24, 2011, 16:38 (EST) | 85 Comments
Category: TV Series
I think we can all agree that the Grim Reaper pretty much lives in Mystic Falls. People die all over this town! They die at dances, at parties, in their houses and out in the woods. There’s so much death going around that a fair number of characters get to experience it multiple times in different ways! With all this wacky expiring going on, it’s high time we gave The Grim Reaper his due on a job well done and vote on the Best Death Scenes in Season 2.
Now, because there are so many awesomely dreadful demises to choose from, we’re splitting this up into two parts – major and minor characters. Which major player will take home the Golden Gravestone this week? Check out your choices below!
And here’s an added bonus: Leave a comment on this post that makes a case for your pick and you’ll be automatically entered to win a copy of A Visitor’s Guide to Mystic Falls: Your Favorite Authors on The Vampire Diaries (co-edited by us and Leah Wilson), courtesy of Smart Pop Books. You have until Tuesday, June 28th at midnight ET to have your comment count as an entry. We’ll also only be counting ONE comment per person, but feel free to discuss away in the comments.
EDIT: Egads! I forgot Caroline! Commenters who pointed this out, you’re totally right! She’s definitely a major character and she did die in Season 2, she should absolutely have been on this list. My only excuse is that I’m so focused on keeping Caroline alive forever that my brain shies away from associating her with death in any way. You should be able to vote for her now if you want to, I apologize profusely for leaving her out.
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Posted by Vee | August 26, 2010, 0:00 (EST) | 6 Comments
Category: TV Series
Ugh. Gilbert men are such drama queens. Tune in to the CW at 8/7c for the return of Isobel. This was a heartwarming episode, what with the threats against family members, supreme mind-effery of bereaved/confused spouses, and general tension (sexual and otherwise) going around. And who else hopes the lovely Mia Kirshner will drop in again some time? (Yeah, us too!) Here’s another reason to celebrate tonight: VAMPIRE DIARIES RETURNS WITH BRAND SPANKIN’ NEW EPISODES IN TWO WEEKS! How do you like them oranges?
Catch up on this week’s posts! (There’s a few stray tidbits we still need to post, but we’ll get there.)
- EW’s ultimate Sexy Beast is…Damon Salvatore!
- Gorgeous series of Vampire Diaries Season 2 cast portaits
- Vampire Support auction: So about that signed pilot script…
- Galway Bay FM radio interview with Michael Trevino
- Exclusive Vampire Diaries DVD sneak peeks from E!Online & TV Guide
- Sneak peek at the Zap2It interview with Nina, new episode titles & new episode stills
- Ford Fiesta presents the Vampire Diaries Season Premiere Contest
- Countdown to The Return: The Salvatore brothers & the ties that bind
- TV Guide talks to Taylor Kinney about Mason Lockwood (includes first official photo!)
- Various Vampire Diaries tidbits featuring Paul Wesley, Ian Somerhalder & Steven R. McQueen
- Complete tracklisting for the Vampire Diaries: Official Television Soundtrack
- Episode synopsis for The Return & an episode still featuring Katherine
- Book news: L.J. Smith talks about the new trilogy + Danish covers for Nightfall & Shadow Souls
- CNN video interview with Steven R. McQueen
- Interview with Michael Trevino + new Season 2 promotional images
- Brand new Season 2 trailer: The Year of the Kat
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Posted by Vee | June 3, 2010, 17:19 (EST) | 6 Comments
Category: TV Series
You knew it was only a matter of time, right? We love our polls and this one’s big: Narrow down your favorite Vampire Diaries: Season One episodes to your TOP THREE. (I can do four, so I’m sweating a bit.) Which episodes made you yell at your television with joy or frustration? Challenged or solidified your allegiances? Turned your character perspective upside down? Which episodes left you with an emotional hangover the next day and had you dissecting it, minute by minute, scene by scene, in blog post comments or in forums? Which three episodes reel you back in, over and over again?
For the first time, we’re going multiple choice. Check your three favorite episodes and see where your fellow fans land. And if you’re so inclined, let us know how and why you settled on your picks.
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Posted by Vee | May 22, 2010, 1:11 (EST) | 10 Comments
Category: TV Series
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?
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Posted by Vee | May 14, 2010, 20:48 (EST) | No Comments
Category: TV Series
Michael Trevino is the latest Vampire Diaries cast member to join Lymenaide’s Paint May Lyme Green campaign. (Watch videos from Candice Accola, Katerina Graham, and Kayla Ewell.) You can view his Lyme disease awareness PSA below and head over to Lymenaide.com to learn how you can help Paint May Lyme Green. You can also follow them on Twitter: @lymenaide.
TV Guide Magazine cornered Michael, Candice, and Nina Dobrev at last night’s Young Hollywood Awards to talk about the Vampire Diaries season finale. We’ll highlight the least spoilery comment here, but head over to TV Guide Magazine to read what Candice and Nina have to say. (Candice said “tummy” – dear god, she’s adorable.)
“I think you’re going to be asking, is that person really dead?” said Michael Trevino.
From all the recaps and forum posts I’ve been reading today? Yeah, pretty much. Which makes me realize that the Vampire Diaries writers/producers have potentially pulled off a cliffhanger within a freakin’ cliffhanger. Doesn’t that violate some law of television science?
Katerina Graham is featured in the newest issue of Blag Magazine as part of their “Introducing…” series. Thanks to Bossip.com and Kat herself for the heads up. Click on the images below to see bigger versions on Bossip.com.
And last, but certainly not least, The Televixen’s Vampire Diaries podcast – featuring Melissa (The Televixen), Connie (Blast Magazine), Lucia (Heroine TV), and Lee (From My Side of the Moon) – returned with a recap of Blood Brothers and Isobel. You can stream or download “Camp Naughty Bad Fun” over at TheTelevixen.com and expect a finale podcast soon!
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Posted by Vee | May 14, 2010, 19:56 (EST) | No Comments
Category: TV Series
MTV caught up with Nina Dobrev at last night’s Young Hollywood Awards and she had some special insight into the filming of the Vampire Diaries season finale’s final act – so, you have been warned, MAJOR SPOILERS AHOY.
READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT MTV HOLLYWOOD CRUSH.
Teen Vogue has a brief Q&A with Sara Canning. She fields questions about the season finale, the age difference between her and her character, and period acting.
Though you’re one of the very few figures of parental authority on the show, you’re just 22. What’s it like playing the adult?
I thought it might be a stretch given that Jenna’s quite a few years older than me, but I’ve found her to be very relatable because she’s essentially growing up herself as I have in the past two years since finishing Vancouver Film School’s acting program. Plus, when I moved down to Atlanta, Nina Dobrev and I actually became roommates so she really has become like family to me!
READ THE ENTIRE INTERVIEW AT TEEN VOGUE.
The TV Chick has a stellar interview with recent Vampire Diaries guest star Mia Kirshner, aka Isobel. She discusses her time on the set, her working relationship with Nina, Ian Somerhalder, and Matt Davis, and has surprising insight into her memorable role.
Presuming she does come back, which I hope she does, what do you want to see from Isobel going forward?
I think I’d like her to go head-to-head with Katherine one day. I think that would be fantastic. I would like to see the full scope of her power. I think ultimately she wants to be in charge. So, how she’s going to do that I’m not sure. But yeah, I think I’d to see more of that. And I’d like to see more elements of her past and then the present day. Like where she was and what her influences are and why she is the way she is. And I’d like to see — for me, what was really important, which you don’t see that much in this episode — but something that I want in the character is the humanity. I think that’s what makes her even more seductive.
READ THE ENTIRE INTERVIEW AT TV CHICK.
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Posted by Vee | May 7, 2010, 14:55 (EST) | No Comments
Category: TV Series
Busy night, busier morning! Last night’s episode of Vampire Diaries, Isobel, held steady in the ratings (and then some!) with around 3.4 million viewers. Details from TV By the Numbers:
Is it still news when The Vampire Diaries beats Flash Forward in adults 18-49? This week it wasn’t even close, as Vampire Diaries 1.6 adults 18-49 rating (even vs. last week) towered over FF. It’s 2.6 rating for CW’s target women 18-34 was up two tenths from last week.
By the way, the CW had the Founder’s Day promo up before the East coast airing ended last night. It is extra-extended and extra-delicious. Check it out!
Need to catch up with Isobel? Legal streams/downloads, for your pleasure:
- Canada: Watch for free on the CTV website
- USA: Download from Amazon
- UK, USA & Canada: Download from iTunes
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Posted by Red | May 6, 2010, 22:12 (EST) | 2 Comments
Category: TV Series
Courtesy of Chris Mollere, Vampire Diaries‘ music supervisor – follow him on Twitter!:
Songs listed in order of appearance.
- Vampire Weekend – “Giving Up The Gun”
- Anya Marina – “All The Same To Me”
- Neon Trees – “Our War”
- Sounds Under Radio – “Sing”
- Cage The Elephant – “Ain’t No Rest For The Wicked”
- The Cribs – “We Share The Same Skies”
- Band Of Horses – “Laredo”
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Posted by Red | May 6, 2010, 16:35 (EST) | 24 Comments
Category: TV Series
This post is a sticky. Keep scrolling for more news and articles.
EXTRA-EXTENDED PROMO FOR FOUNDER’S DAY, NEXT WEEK’S SEASON FINALE
COMPLETE SONGLIST FOR ISOBEL (EP21)
Twitter users, don’t forget that @kevwilliamson, @julieplec and @ninadobrev will be live-tweeting the episode as part of the CW’s tweet week. All three will be tweeting for the East coast airing at 8pm ET, and then Kevin and Julie will be tweeting again for the West coast three hours later at 8pm PT.
Watch and then swing by here to rate the new episode of The Vampire Diaries. Spoilers are welcome in the comments, though if you want some more in-depth discussion then head on over to the forums! (You’ll need to register, but it takes two seconds.)
You can also participate in the new chatroom. Guests are welcome without having to sign up, and we have a channel specifically for discussing the episode live. You can also head into the main channel for general, non-spoilery Vampire Diaries and every day discussion.
Quick guide to the poll options: Isobel leaves broken hearts wherever she goes, especially the hearts of poor Alaric and Elena 5 broken hearts = LOVE. 1 broken heart = MEH.
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Posted by Vee | May 6, 2010, 15:28 (EST) | No Comments
Category: TV Series
Hollywood Crush has posted their interview with Nina Dobrev and she’s teasing tonight’s mother-daughter reunion with Isobel on The Vampire Diaries. Head over to Hollywood Crush to see Nina on video, too!
“It’s made obvious that Isobel wants what a lot of people in the city have been looking for recently,” said Nina who didn’t want to give away too much. “Let’s just say she’s not the only one looking for it. It’s an item she needs for her master plan.”
READ THE ENTIRE INTERVIEW AT HOLLYWOOD CRUSH.
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