Sep 11,2009
1×01 Screencaptures Part 2
Hey guys,
When Hayley added the screen captures earlier only half had uploaded (my fault) so here are the other half!! Remember if you make any icons we are still taking donations to our icon archive!
Sep 11,2009
Strong Ratings Debut: 4.8m Viewers Watch Premiere!
4.8 million viewers tuned into the series premiere of The Vampire Diaries, giving The CW it’s highest rated series premiere in history!
The premiere beats the previous record holder, ’90210′ which debuted last September.
Congratulations to the cast, crew and the fans! It looks like the show is going to be a huge winner!
Sep 11,2009
1×01 Screencaptures
Screencaptures from the pilot episode have been added to our gallery. What did you all think of it? Let us know!
Sep 11,2009
1.04 – Family Ties Stills
CW have released the name of the fourth episode – Family Ties – and some awesome stills from the episode! I’ve added the eighteen gorgeous stills to the gallery here, check them out!
Sep 10,2009
Ian Somerhalder on The Vampire Diaries: Why It’s Not “Twilight on TV”
Ian Somerhalder admits he was hesitant to jump on the vampire bandwagon with The Vampire Diaries (Thursday, 8/7c, the CW). “It was like, ‘Oh wow, it’s Twilight on television,’” the Lost alum (R.I.P., Boone) says of the CW’s new vampires-in-high-school drama based on the young-adult novel series by L.J. Smith. But after he read the pilot script — he specifically cites the show’s voiceover — he understood it better. “Kevin Williamson (Vampire’s executive producer) reinvented television for teens,” he says of the Dawson’s Creek creator. “His ability to mix these two genres is what makes it different.”
Somerhalder plays Damon Salvatore, a 170-year-old vampire who follows his brother, Stefan (Paul Wesley), to Mystic Falls, their small Pacific Northwest hometown. Stefan is there to woo Elena (Nina Dobrev), a young woman who resembles his late wife; Damon is mostly just there to torture Stefan. “Damon’s just lonely, bored and pissed off,” the actor says. Why is Damon so angry? The premiere episode indicates that there is bad blood (heh) between the brothers for some unmentioned past transgression; specifically, Damon promises Stefan “an eternity of misery.” “For someone to say that to another person, they must have done something really horrible, something to warrant that kind of promise,” he says. “Those things are fun to find out,” he teases. (more…)
Sep 10,2009
New Photoshoot
@tylershields has just posted this gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous new photoshoot of a few of the girls from the show. Sara Canning, Nina Dobrev, Candica Accola and Kayla Ewell are pictured! Even more excited for tonight, how about you guys? Just over 4 hours to go!
Sep 10,2009
Series Premiere Review Roundup (Part 1)
It’s here, it’s finally here! Tonight, TVD gets it’s series premiere on The CW. But first what do the critics have to say? We’ve compiled a roundup of some of the reviews from TV’s top critics:
New York Times: “At first look “The Vampire Diaries” has the feel of something more permissive and less morally rigid than the “Twilight” franchise, which certain sophisticated 14-year-olds I’ve known will disparage as they march back to their rooms to read the Brontës or “The Bell Jar.” But the show subtly delivers its own lessons: that indiscriminate sex is emotionally destructive, that developing mechanisms of resistance builds character.” Click here for full review.
Chicago Sun Times: “If you are the kind of adolescent who asks questions, this show is not for you. Would a vampire really kill time by going back to high school? And would he really hide his vampire status? At this point, everybody knows that bloodsuckers are babe magnets.” Two stars. Click here for full review.
Canada.com: “Vampire Diaries’ predictable but entertaining tale plays out against a backdrop of high-school parking lots and sudden daytime mists in cemeteries, and it has a gentle, hypnotic feel to it. It’s not True Blood, but there are times when it’s truly beguiling.” Click here for full review.
New York Daily News: “In overall tone, “Diaries” tilts more toward menace than humor – which could create either fascinating romantic tension or the bad feeling that someone’s neck is always about to get tapped like a maple tree in syrup season.” Click here for full review.
HitFix: “Much more self-consciously silly than “Twilight,” featuring more rolling fog than an ’80s rock video and driven by a half-dozen of the most stilted performances East of “Melrose Place,” “The Vampire Diaries” may emerge as the sort of brainless guilty pleasure The CW hoped its recent FOX retreads might become.” Click here for full review.
Hopefully, we’ll have more review roundups today! Be sure to check out the premiere at 8pm on CW.
