Vamp It Up.

The premiere of The Vampire Diaries is tonight at 8/9 c on the CW. I cannot wait for this new CW insanity. Love their shows, mostly at the beginning with less and less tolerance as it goes on. Instead of talking more about this, I'm just going to put my article from The Observer in here:

Based on the book series by L.J. Smith, "The Vampire Diaries" follows a small town beauty and her brooding vampire male lead. Stefan Salvatore (Paul Wesley) becomes obsessed with Elena (Nina Dobrev), a girl who is a dead ringer (no pun intended) for an old love. The two bond over journal writing, angst-filled stares and trendy clothing. Their love, which is fraught with the usual peril, is in immediate jeopardy when Stefan's less than upstanding vampire brother, Damon (Ian Somerhalder) using smoke and crows as an entrance, comes to town. Elena finds herself in a dangerous love triangle just as the people around her are being attacked by a mysterious assailant.

The show plays on many vampire myths. While "Twilight" and "True Blood" choose to keep away from distorted faces when the fangs come out, "Diaries" seems to mix between that and Joss Whedon's animalistic morphing, in a bug-eyed Dorian-Gray-like aging transformation that the CW still makes it look attractive.

Seriously, WATCH. I will be discussing tomorrow.
-CE
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