Comments on: Comic Con 2009: The Vampire Diaries WB booth signing & panel

By: conallen

conallen — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 10:04:42 +0000

Just a heads up, no need to worry about their weaknesses, personally, I don’t think it’s going to be very different than the standard vampire lore with the exception of what we know from the books.

In other words, it’s sparkle-free.

By: conallen

conallen — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 10:01:09 +0000

I can’t say too much until my article is up, but I’m going to go out on a limb. I know I haven’t posted here before..at least not that I remember. My cousin visits this place a lot though, lol. I just felt like I had to give a response to squash the rumors about the actors’ reactions at the Q&A panel before it got out of hand.

Anyhow, Vee and Red, can I hi-five you on clearing up the whole “not happy to be there” bit? I don’t know where people are getting the idea was any “attitude” of wanting to be there at all.

Plus all the hecklers from the HORRIBLE follow-up with Mythbusters didn’t help either. Don’t get me wrong, I find it quite funny and interesting that a show about vampires should be followed by a show about debunking urban myths. Yeah, again, love the show but I can’t imagine it would offer The Vampire Diaries a fair hand.

They’re just tired…I can vouch 100% (since I did get to interact with them before the panel) that the cast most certainly were troopers, exhausted, AND more than happy to talk about working on the series. I really felt for them as one mentioned they had been up for 12+ hours (don’t forget they’re on EST), while another mentioned they’re trying their best to answer questions. And to top it all off they also gave a sort of quick apology citing they were tired, which is totally understandable.

Honestly, people cut them some serious slack. Last time I checked, even vampires get their sleep too, lol.

People watching their panel at SDCC or on YouTube would like to spin this to trash the show. In other words, just ignore the haters. It’s so easy to judge and make off-handed comments without knowing the real deal.

Personally for me, for any show I watch, I’m always happy when you see a cast happy to support their show as well as offer camaraderie. It’s the most any fan can hope for at all.

Sorry for the long feedback, it’s late (as you’ll be able to tell after I post this comment), but I stopped by and read this piece and wanted to add to the post.

Vee and Red, you guys rock! Keep it going! And again, we’ll have to bump into each other once more next time at that spot on 4th Street :)

Peace Out, Diarists
(It’s late, I’m being silly…and yes, I’ve kinda nicknamed the show’s fans, hope you don’t mind it.)

P.S. SUGGESTION:

I know scheduling is a pain, but let’s hope to make a Vampire Diaries followed by Supernatural panel happen next year :) I think it would hit the target market better, imo.
Seriously? Winchester Boys vs Salvatore Bros? I think the room would be a madhouse, lol.

By: Vee

Vee — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:00:00 +0000

I wanted to ask but I’d already had my time at the booth and I annoy them on Twitter every day, so I left the questions for others. I was left with the impression that most of the people who asked questions were not familiar with the book series (two notable exceptions that I talk about above). Honestly, I’m not sure they would have given anything up anyway. ;)

By: Jezebel

Jezebel — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 16:52:34 +0000

You also forgot Meredith’s powerful elegant eyebrows that can do harm to Damon’s self-esteem ;-).

Which reminds me, nobody asked about Meredith?

By: Mia

Mia — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 16:50:02 +0000

awesome report! I can’t wait for the review!

By: Vee

Vee — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 16:18:20 +0000

As I just explained to Jezebel above, lack of weakness was my wording. I’ll tweak that. And thanks! I’ll be all over that today. :)

By: Vee

Vee — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 16:15:44 +0000

“Lack of weaknesses” is actually my wording – I think I chose my words poorly there, so I’ll tweak that. As for the rest of the quote – I think perhaps (and this is my own spec here) Julie meant that it’s difficult to harm a powerful vampire, such as Damon, and that’s not divergent from the books when you really think about it. And obviously sunlight’s a huge weakness, and the fact they can’t enter a dwelling uninvited. But book-wise, it took two other more powerful vampires to inflict damage to Damon. And Stefan couldn’t do it until he completely lost control.

By: Lily

Lily — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 16:07:36 +0000

Interresting read, thanks! :)

A lot of what’s been said has me relieved and so damned excited, but I do have a bit of concern over Julie’s comment about TVD vampires’ “lack of weakness” though. I just never really thought TVD vampires as near invincible as she makes it. (Or do I need to pick up my books again?) Anyway, I hope they’re going to keep TVD’s vampire mythology intact, although I wouldn’t mind them developing the history further. Actually, I’d love that.

And I’m convinced Paul will do great! The more I see of him, the more I like him as Stefan :)

Looking forward to that pilot review of yours, Vee!

By: Jezebel

Jezebel — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 16:03:36 +0000

I’m a little confused by KW’s comment about the TVD not having any weaknesses. In the books, Stefan does inform Elena about what can kill/harm them. Is the tv series not going to dwell on that? That’s one of the reason I vehemently disliked the other vampire series. Those characters hardly have any weaknesses.

By: Wendy Noel

Wendy Noel — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:35:51 +0000

wish i could have know would have been there read books they were great would have loved to see the charters…i live in Az when are they coming down here

By: Allison (Vampire Diaries Online

Allison (Vampire Diaries Online — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 13:47:24 +0000

Great detailed recap loaded with fantastic scoop!