THANK YOU!!! My hands are officially throw in the air. I won’t watch this show based on the casting decision alone..don’t get me started on the script.

They should throw everything out, start over again including ALL of the casting excluding Ian (as Damon, he is the only cast member so far that makes any sense).

Yeah..this is not the vision I had for the fictional vampire I have loved since I was 13 years old.

Sigh – butcher the series why don’t you. You’re not gonna have any of the original fans watch this show if you change everything about it. I was excited for this because I’ve loved LJ smith books for 15 + years. But you’re killing it. Scrap the idea that it’s based on the books already since you’ve changed so much of it. This show is going to suck.

Oh sweet mother, NO. How could the casting director misfire so badly on one of the two lead vampires? The guys with all the focus on them? The “supposed” hotties who’ll naturally be compared with Robert Pattison and Taylor Lautner? Geez, haven’t we seen enough of Paul on the WB/CW network already? Everwood, Smallville… He’s developed the “Michael Cassidy Syndrome,” where someone at the network thinks it’s a good idea to keep recasting him.

Move on, CW, move on. Paul does NOT fit the description of “amazingly, epically” beautiful…not by a long shot. I could get on imdb.com or flick on ABC Family and quickly name you five actors I’d rather see in this role. For me, and no doubt thousands of others, you have just ruined The Vampire Diaries series with one huge, HUGE misfire.

Ehh…I was half in love with Ash Redfern, so the casting of Damon doesn’t bother me, but this guy as Stefan? Get real.

Unfortunately, I’m too interested in general to see how the show will turn out, so I’ll end up watching it anyways…

The casting of Bonnie, however, is unforgiveable.

Honestly, he doesn’t look like Stefan, but the actor was pretty good on Wolf Lake. I’ll give the show/pilot a chance–it could be a good thing.

But honestly, I would have made Night World into a show, not Vampire Diaries. Night World has a wider variety of characters, kind of like a supernatural heroes, and the writers could have done a lot with the stories and character.

Vampires Diaries has it’s set story, there is no way the show isn’t going to be different, unless they pull a Tru Blood, which has been well done by Showtime. It would have made a better movie trilogy or miniseries. Ah, Hollywood, you butcher good books like my beloved Blood and Chocolate.

dooodd!!!!!!!!! hes not cute enough to play my baby stefan!!!!!!!!!…hope this show dont suck cuz i love the books!!…you should of have got someone like robert pattinson! hes hot and handsom bt diz guy yea hes some “cute” bt dats it!!!