Posted by Red | September 1, 2010, 18:46 (EST) | 11 Comments
Category: TV Series
Now, you guys don’t need me to review the TV series. All you have to do is look around this website to find out all you need to know about the show, and just how fantastic we think it is. If you haven’t seen it, then watch it. Now. That’s an order. Trust me, you’ll thank us for it. So assuming you’re all fans, you’re here to find out about the DVD; what the set looks like, what special features there are, how good they are, and just what Vee wore for her DVD interview (a fetching rust-brown jacket and an amber pendant that puts Bonnie’s to shame, just so you know).
Packaging
When I initially saw the proposed cover for the DVD, I was a little disappointed at the use of an image that had been used in so much advertising already. I’ve had time to get over that, and while it may be overused, it is at least symbolic of the show. The rest of the artwork on this DVD set is pretty fantastic, though, with illustrations of scroll work, vines and crows on the the spine, top and back of the cardboard sleeve. There’s also a movie poster-type image of the main trio on the back of the plastic DVD case.
I have to say that I’m impressed with how economical this packaging is. It’s got five discs packed into a standard DVD case (six in the case of the Target DVDs with the bonus Paley disc). It has everything you need without wasting materials like a lot of DVD box sets have a tendency to do. The Vampire Diaries set is going green, and it’s fantastic to see that the WB have produced a DVD set that fits with that ethos.
CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING THE REVIEW
Posted by Vee | September 1, 2010, 13:07 (EST) | 23 Comments
Category: TV Series
Entertainment Weekly’s Ken Tucker has seen The Return – the premiere episode of Vampire Diaries Season 2 – and his score is a solid B+, with a special comment on Taylor Kinney’s Mason Lockwood. WARNING: Vague spoilers, but spoilers just the same! You have been warned.
But the throbbing red heart of The Vampire Diaries remains the tension between Damon and Paul Wesley’s Stefan, and their mutual attraction to whomever Dobrev is embodying at the time. ”She’s Katherine! She loves to play games!” splutters Damon in the season opener. It’s not long after this that she plays a romantic game with him that will doubtless have reverberations throughout the season. As Katherine says: ”Game on.”
READ THE ENTIRE REVIEW OVER AT ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY.
Also, as a side comment: SpikeTV’s Scream Awards 2010 nominees have been announced and not a single nomination for The Vampire Diaries? LAME.
Posted by Vee | April 14, 2010, 20:52 (EST) | 24 Comments
Category: TV Series
Thanks to the eagle-eyed folks at Media Blvd: Ian Somerhalder for this piece of awesome: Rolling Stone‘s pop culture critic Rob Sheffield examines The Vampire Diaries in the magazine’s newest issue (Black-Eyed Peas on the cover). Click the image for an easily readable version and make sure you pick up a copy! And while you’re at it, please pick up Sheffield’s book Love Is a Mix Tape, which made me sob my guts out (on public transportation! without shame!).
As for the piece itself – agree? Disagree?
Posted by Vee | March 14, 2010, 22:11 (EST) | 20 Comments
Category: TV Series
PaleyFest last weekend was fun times, and considering I made it to L.A. despite being sick as all get out, you’ll forgive me for taking the past week to recuperate and throw together some thoughts.
First off, it was nothing short of a pleasure (finally!) meeting Niyah (@CW_VampDiaries), Craig (@KryptonSite), and Carina (@cadlymack), and great seeing Jen (@NinaDobrevFan) again. And of course my travel partners-in-crime, Connie (@conallen) and Lucia (@Heroine_TV), who weathered my sick, pathetic butt and made me laugh so much. This fandom has a core made of awesome, wonderfully witty, hard-working folks, and the above are all class acts. You guys made my trip, so thank you. (The rest of you – follow all of the above on Twitter!)
If you’re looking for a thorough PaleyFest panel recap, I point you no further than Lucia/Heroine TV’s excellent breakdown. She touches on everything worth noting during the actual panel, and I can’t disagree with (most of) her personal observations either. (By the way, I’m the arm she grabbed in the last moments of the episode screening, heh, but more on that in a minute.)
CLICK TO READ PALEY IMPRESSIONS & VERY VAGUE, SLIGHTLY SPOILERY THOUGHTS ON A FEW GOOD MEN
Posted by Vee | November 10, 2009, 23:54 (EST) | 5 Comments
Category: TV Series
As many of you have undoubtedly heard by now, The Vampire Diaries is a contender in the People’s Choice Awards. We first relayed their potential nomination in the Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Show category weeks ago and encouraged you to vote – and vote you did! The Vampire Diaries not only made it into that category – where it’s up against Heroes, Lost, Supernatural, and True Blood – but it’s also up for Favorite New TV Drama (along with Eastwick, FlashForward, Melrose Place, Mercy, The Forgotten, The Good Wife, Three Rivers, NCIS: Los Angeles, and V). We think you know what to do: VOTE!
UPDATE: Looks like the Sci-Fi/Fantasy category is mobile-only. Sorry for the confusion!
TV Guide’s MegaBuzz has another Kevin Williamson-sponsored tease for upcoming episodes:
“We have another flashback episode scheduled,” says executive producer Kevin Williamson. “We’re going to learn more about the night [Stefan and Damon] died.” This flashback will give us more information about Katherine, which will eventually lead to a surprising reveal about the Elena doppelgänger.
Thanks to Denise for hooking us up with a few scans from the upcoming issue of TV Guide Magazine. First up, we have the inclusion of Vampire Diaries in a piece on how vampire shows are “hotter than hell,” and then a piece from Matt “I talked so much smack about this show after the pilot” Roush in which he changes his tune – for the most part.
Thanks to Marcos Siega for clarifying the director line-up for the next handful of Vampire Diaries episodes. J. Miller Tobin (Supernatural, Cold Case, did we mention Supernatural..?) is helming episode 11, the aforementioned Liz Friedlander will direct episode 12 (we incorrectly said episode 11 – oops!), Mr. Siega himself will step back behind the camera for episode 13, and Julie Plec mentioned some time back that Vampire Diaries editor Josh Butler will handle directing duties for episode 14 (re: production code 113).
Posted by Vee | September 12, 2009, 14:41 (EST) | 2 Comments
Category: TV Series
We tweeted this earlier, but the Vampire Diaries pilot re-run last night pulled in strong numbers, with 2.04 million viewers. Read all about it at TV By the Numbers.
Courtesy of a kind soul, we have some additional stills from “Night of the Comet” (EP02/101) and “Friday Night Bites” (EP03/102) to share with you today. And yep, still loving Caroline’s scarf.
Vampire Diaries has officially joined the Television Without Pity club. If you’re a TWoP addict (like me), you know to tighten your snark cap before delving into their recaps. Vampire Diaries fans have been snarking their own canon for years, so watching others take the reins on the TV show is going to be entertaining indeed. (Not that we won’t be having our own fun in this regard, but we’re into sharing.) Cindy McLennan has posted her recaplet of the pilot (full recap to come later), TV is the Answer tackles big questions, and Vampire Diaries now has its own shiny, official forum.
Posted by Vee | September 11, 2009, 20:01 (EST) | No Comments
Category: TV Series
Hi, guys. Anything exciting going on? We’re still playing catch-up from the full-on crazy that was last night and today, and a lot of stuff has been slipping through the cracks. Here’s an attempt to gather some of it in one place. Thank you to the five gazillion of you (okay, it wasn’t that much, but it felt close) who emailed us with links, news, videos, songs, you name it, all through last night and today. This site is truly what you guys make it; we’re just the facilitators. You’ve humbled us big time with your help and overwhelming enthusiasm.
We’ll add to this post throughout the night as the need arises. And breathe. Feel free to drop links in the comments if we’ve missed something super-important.
If you’re just getting around to watching the pilot, or will be catching it tonight or Sunday, be sure to swing back by and vote in the Pilot poll.
Posted by Red | September 10, 2009, 16:25 (EST) | 11 Comments
Category: TV Series
Tyler Shields has posted a couple of his pictures of most of the lovely ladies from the cast of the Vampire Diaries. Head on over to the post on Tyler’s website to see the full-size images.
 (l-r) Sara Canning, Nina Dobrev, Candice Accola, Kayla Ewell |
 (l-r) Candice Accola, Nina Dobrev |
There are so many articles, reviews and interviews flying around that we’re just going to give you a list of links to them. Trying to summarise them would be a danger to our sanity. ;) We’ll be editing this post to add new articles as we find them – we’ll make sure to tag them as new.
Interviews
- New York Post: Paul Wesley, “I’d Never Heard of Edward Cullen”
- BuzzSugar: Kevin Williamson on Bringing Vampires to The CW
- The Hollywood Reporter: Video interview with Kevin Williamson
- MTV interview with Ian Somerhalder
- Nina Dobrev of “Vampire Diaries” on getting advice from the “True Blood” cast (new)
- Latina.com: Q&A: Michael Trevino dishes on his “Vampire Diaries” character (new – MAJOR SPOILERS)
- TV Guide: Ian Somerhalder on the The Vampire Diaries: Why it’s not Twilight on TV (new)
Reviews
- TheTorchOnline: THE VAMPIRE DIARIES is GOSSIP GIRL With Vampires
- HitFix review
- New York Post: Love at First Bite
- FearNet: We Sink Our Fangs into ‘The Vampire Diaries’ Pilot
- The Stranger: The Boner Diaries (Warning: Totally WTF and possibly NSFW)
- SciFi Wire: Vampire Diaries is worth watching. Really. Here’s why.
- BuddyTV: The Vampire Diaries: Season Premiere Preview
- NY Daily News: CW’s ‘Vampire Diaries’ lands in space between ‘Twilight’ and ‘True Blood’
- Clique Clack: Is The Vampire Diaries the next Buffy?
- USA Today: ‘Vampire Diaries’ stakes its claim in a populated genre
- TV Guide Magazine: The New Season: The Vampire Diaries
- Ducky Does TV: THE VAMPIRE DIARIES Premieres Tonight!
- AV Club review
- Zap2it: Meet the vamps! (new)
- Nice Girls TV: Thoughts on “The Vampire Diaries” (new)
Other Bits & Pieces
- Television Without Pity: The Diaries of other vampires revealed.
- CTV’s sneak peak video (Canada only)
- Los Angeles Times: Video feature with a few new clips
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