The Vampire Diaries: Do we really need more beautiful undead?

>> Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Heck, yeah! Have you seen Ian Somerhalder? But I'm getting ahead of myself. Y'all will just have to excuse my over enthusiasm. I just finished the The Vampire Diaries season finale.

I honestly wasn't expecting much from the series. My first impression of the show was that it was similar to One Tree Hill, with vampires. Super hot older cast masquerading as teenagers? Check. Sibling rivalry? Check. Complicated love triangles? Check. Teenage pregnancy resulting in out of wedlock childbirth? Check. Distant relatives that actually turn out to be birth parents? Erm, let me get back to you on that one.

If the beautiful cast is a ploy to get you to grit your teeth and watch the first few episodes, the slowly revealing back story will reel you in and keep you watching for the rest of the season. Unfortunately, the love story between two of the main characters, vegetarian vampire (means he doesn't drink human blood) Stefan Salvatore and Elena Gilbert is as vanilla as Edward Cullen's and Bella Swan. 145 years later, Stefan had returned to his hometown, Mystic Falls to get to know Elena, whom we discover in the first episode itself, resembles his old girlfriend. Elena, having lost her parents to a tragic accident few months before, was determined to have things return back to normal. They both bumped into each other in front of the men's room at school and... we all know the rest.

Cue snarky older vampire brother, Damon, who has no qualms whatsoever on drinking human blood. It's obvious that there is some bad blood (no pun intended) between the brothers. Three guesses say it has something to do with the dead girlfriend in the photo.

Surprisingly, for a teenage vampire flick, The Vampire Diaries is quite enjoyable. With all due respect to Stephenie Meyer, at least the vampires in Mystic Falls don't glitter. There is even one scene where Damon is reading from one of the Twilight series book and mentions the Queen of the Damned herself, (all hail) Anne Rice.

Damon: What's so special about this Bella girl? Edward's so whipped!
Caroline: You've gotta read the first book first. It won't make sense if you don't.
Damon: I miss Anne Rice. She was so on it.

Apparently The Vampires Diaries will be hitting Malaysian shores some time this month. Watch it. Not unlike Gossip Girls, it is a guilty pleasure that is futile to resist.As for me? I'll take a Salvatore over a Cullen any day!

From left to right: Damon Salvatore, Elena Gilbert, Stefan Salvatore

4 comments:

Hanz Jamaludin June 2, 2010 at 4:30 PM  

Shareen..not bad this chic-flick. Watch the 1st episode last nite at 8TV. Drool kat abang stefan tu..ahaks!

P/S : So frustrated with New Moon abrupt ending...

Shareen Mohd Saleh June 2, 2010 at 4:38 PM  

Oh, you are team stefan ker Hanz? I like my vampires to be more bada** hehehehe. Go team Damon!

Yeah, New Moon was a bit disappointing. My fav book in the series is Eclipse so cannot wait to see it onscreen! Yeay!

ICA June 2, 2010 at 6:03 PM  

Shareen, I pun suka Eclipse better...hopefully in the big screen nanti it will be much better than new moon. Btw, I baca a bit about VD pun tak tau pun dah sampai Msia....wokey, will check it out nanti...but provided I boleh get hold of the remote this time around!

Shareen Mohd Saleh June 2, 2010 at 6:11 PM  

Kan? New Moon was a bit tak kemana-mana for me. It is my least favorite in the whole series. Only a bit on Victoria, nothing really happened with the Volturi. It was just like a build up for Eclipse. Go team Jasper!

Ica, hide the remote before the show starts. Then you can be sure to watch the show *wink*

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