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Posted Nov 20th 2009 2:18AM by Jane Boursaw
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free, Vampire Diaries
(S01E10) "Too bad I live alone. I'm at the Ramada watching pay-per-view all day eating everything in sight, including the housekeeping." - Logan, since there's no one at his home to invite him in
As you can see, I'm a little crazy for Paul Wesley and all those muscles, so there ya go. Here's
another one, in case you missed last week's episode, "History Repeating." He shows more and more skin with each episode.
We got lots more action and intrigue in this episode, involving Logan, the Sheriff, Caroline and of course, Elena, Damon and Stefan. And they certainly couldn't let the vampires-in-the-church storyline just drop, could they? Of course not. More after the jump.
Continue reading Review: The Vampire Diaries - The Turning Point
Posted Nov 13th 2009 3:34AM by Jane Boursaw
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free, Vampire Diaries
(S01E09) I was pretty much riveted to this episode of
The Vampire Diaries all the way through, but especially at the end, when we learned a whole lot of stuff in the last few minutes. It was fun seeing the vamp brothers Stefan and Damon sort of buddy up, even if it wasn't really real. Given their long history, you have to think there must be some brotherly ... something there, even though Damon killed Stefan's BFF last week and then Stefan nearly killed Damon. Oh those kooky vampire brothers.
Continue reading Review: The Vampire Diaries - History Repeating
Posted Nov 6th 2009 2:08PM by Jane Boursaw
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free, Vampire Diaries
(S01E08) "It's not every day a guy turns 162 years old." - Lexi to Stefan on his birthday
What?! Nooooo! They keep bringing in these great characters and then killing them off! Hopefully, they're just stashing the bodies somewhere for a mass resurrection at some point. And, by the way, I totally did not see that coming.
The Vampire Diaries started out great and continues to get better each week. It's so beautifully dark and gloomy. I love the Salvatore's gothic digs, and Stefan is showing considerable restraint at not offing his bad, bad brother Damon.
Continue reading Review: The Vampire Diaries - 162 Candles
Posted Oct 30th 2009 3:12PM by Jane Boursaw
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free, Vampire Diaries
(S01E07) "So she's a vampire with issues?" - Elena to Stefan about Vicki
Well! In case you haven't watched this week's episode yet, I'll save the big spoiler for after the jump. Suffice to say that things are jumping in
The Vampire Diaries, and for some characters, that's not necessarily a good thing.
I continue to love the show and look forward to it every week (and was seriously bummed when it wasn't on last week!). In a sea of mediocre new shows (well, mediocre to me anyway), that IS a good thing.
Continue reading Review: The Vampire Diaries - Haunted
Posted Oct 16th 2009 5:47AM by Jane Boursaw
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free, Vampire Diaries
(S01E06) "Everything you know and every belief that you have is about to change. Are you ready for that?" - Stefan to Elena
And to finish that thought ... "I'm a vampire." So Elena knows now; no more speculating or wondering. My first thought was that Elena knows that Stefan is a
good vampire. He even races to tell her: "I would never hurt you. You're safe with me." So why is she so freaked out? Because he's a vampire, of course, and who wouldn't be freaked out by that?
I'm loving
The Vampire Diaries.
Continue reading The Vampire Diaries: Lost Girls
Posted Oct 9th 2009 4:03AM by Jane Boursaw
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free, Vampire Diaries
(S01E05) "I'm not going to be one of those pathetic girls whose world stops spinning because of some guy." - Elena to Jenna, about Stefan
Ok, well, we'll see about that. Something tells me that by the next episode or two, Elena's world will indeed stop spinning. And then start spinning wildly out of control. She already knows something's up. She already knows in the darkest part of her heart that Stefan is a vampire. She just needs him to confirm it.
Continue reading The Vampire Diaries: You're Undead to Me
Posted Oct 2nd 2009 5:10AM by Jane Boursaw
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free, Vampire Diaries
(S01E04) "How do I fight the monster without becoming one myself?" - Stefan
I know
The Vampire Diaries has been taking a beating from some TV reviewers, but I'm actually loving it so far. A lot of it has to do with bad-vamp Damon, played so deliciously evil by Ian Somerhalder. He's manipulative and just plain scuzzy, but he's also really cute. That's a bad combo for impressionable girls.
At this point, it's hard to imagine that Elena would fall for any of Damon's tricks. Then again, he
did get her to believe that Stefan was actually the manipulative one, dating back to when the two brothers sparred over Katherine. Elena is either really, really stupid or she's being played by a master manipulator in Damon. Maybe a little of both.
Continue reading The Vampire Diaries: Family Ties
Posted Mar 1st 2009 1:10PM by Jane Boursaw
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Programming, OpEd, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Casting, Reality-Free
I'm neck-deep in the midst of a vampire obsession. I'm
one of the Twi-hards eagerly awaiting the Nov. 20 release of Stephenie Meyer's next vamp-flick,
New Moon. I was immediately sucked into HBO's
True Blood, and can't wait for its return in May.
I recently sped through the short-lived
Moonlight and fell in love with Mick St. John. And its taken me all of about a week to get to season three of
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (though I don't know if I can take much more of the on again-off again romance of Buffy and Angel - don't tell me how it plays out).
I'm sure I'll be equally enthralled with
The CW pilot, Vampire Diaries. It doesn't hurt that
Steven R. McQueen, grandson of the legendary Steve McQueen has landed a lead role. I bet even those not as enamored with vamps will tune in just to see him: Does he look like his grandfather? Act like him? Have the same "something"?
Continue reading Vampire Diaries snags Steve McQueen's grandson
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