I had seen the movie Twilight and thought it was a bit placid, and the 2nd movie was a real yawner. Then, due to some reason perhaps capitalizing on the Twilight fans flooding the market, this series was presented. So, I had this in my mind upon watching this series, so I was very skeptical and biased already.
In the first episode of Vampire Diaries, I noticed similarities in the forbidden love story unfolding, but this episode left me wondering about the cast, the script and how the heck this show was going to last. It was really boring and dreadful. I did set aside my impression of the Twilight movies as much as possible, but the first episode reinforced this impression to the series.
However, as with many TV series, the first episodes take a bit of time to gear up into being something worth watching, so I watched more episodes. I was pleasantly surprised and have now found it to be more worthy of viewing. The acting seems to have improved as well as the script writing. I haven't read any of the books, so my impression here is based only from my viewing impressions. I hope more character development happens and that this series succeeds in lasting at least two seasons. Capitalizing on a forbidden love story type theme, the movies and series, including True Blood, I falter, though, at the love story thread to maintain this series for a length of time before it gets monotonous and tiresome ... but, until then, it's fun fantasy entertainment to escape into.
In the first episode of Vampire Diaries, I noticed similarities in the forbidden love story unfolding, but this episode left me wondering about the cast, the script and how the heck this show was going to last. It was really boring and dreadful. I did set aside my impression of the Twilight movies as much as possible, but the first episode reinforced this impression to the series.
However, as with many TV series, the first episodes take a bit of time to gear up into being something worth watching, so I watched more episodes. I was pleasantly surprised and have now found it to be more worthy of viewing. The acting seems to have improved as well as the script writing. I haven't read any of the books, so my impression here is based only from my viewing impressions. I hope more character development happens and that this series succeeds in lasting at least two seasons. Capitalizing on a forbidden love story type theme, the movies and series, including True Blood, I falter, though, at the love story thread to maintain this series for a length of time before it gets monotonous and tiresome ... but, until then, it's fun fantasy entertainment to escape into.