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The current popularity of vampires
Monika:
I watched Moonlight too - and liked it - even though it never came close to the originality of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, in my opinion. I liked Mick and Beth though, and of course Jason Dohring (Veronica Mars - talking about shows cut way too early).
I didn't care much for Twilight. I'm used to Buffy and to watch Bella faint every other second therefor didn't do much of an impression on me...
True Blood however has a lot of things to recommend it - it's original, has a very cool and no-nonsense heroine and is damn sexy to boot. And then there is Alexander Skarsgard as Eric....woho. It´s the only show on tv that I´m currently following.
oilgun:
I've never seen MOONLIGHT but i did catch BLOOD TIES a couple of times which played around the same time, but it was too cheesy for me. I also remember FOREVER KNIGHT, another modern-day vampire show from 20 years ago. None of them compare to TRUE BLOOD though, that's the best! I was so upset that there was no new episode yesterday, i didn't know what to do with myself. I've watched episode three, like, 5 times already! Man, I need it bad!
Lynne:
I watched the first two episodes of True Blood this weekend and enjoyed them tremendously. I'm looking forward to more - Netflix hurry up now!!
And thanks for the tips about Moonlight, Dark Shadows and Blood Ties - none of them were on my radar screen.
I agree that I use Whedon's Angel and Spike as my vampire archetypes, so everything else gets compared to them...which is why I really really did not like Twilight (movie). I haven't brought myself to read the book, but I thought the film completely excruciating in that teenage angst way. Whedon had much teenage angst, but they didn't wallow - they moved on.
8)
Monika:
--- Quote from: oilgun on July 06, 2009, 02:48:38 pm ---I've never seen MOONLIGHT but i did catch BLOOD TIES a couple of times which played around the same time, but it was too cheesy for me. I also remember FOREVER KNIGHT, another modern-day vampire show from 20 years ago. None of them compare to TRUE BLOOD though, that's the best! I was so upset that there was no new episode yesterday, i didn't know what to do with myself. I've watched episode three, like, 5 times already! Man, I need it bad!
--- End quote ---
Oh yes, Blood Ties. I watched it when it was on and quite liked it. I thought Vicky was a good character and she had a lot of chemistry with Henry. I even read the series of books the series is based (by Tanya Huff) and they were quite good. They are quite different from the series though in that that they contain much more sex and overall are a lot darker. I can recomend them.
I agree though, that True Blood is better.
oilgun:
Here is Alexander (Eric) in the shower!:
Does anyone know where it's from? Is it Generation Kill?
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