The Vampire Diaries

After watching The Originals, I watched this series, and I mention it because it really influenced my experience, as I found too many illogical things, like for example an amateur witch being super powerful, 150-year-old vampires defeating 1,000-year-old immortal vampires who in the other series could kill 50 vampires without breaking a sweat, among other things. Also, having watched The Originals takes away some of the suspense from the storyline, for instance with the whole werewolf situation.

I think the overall story is good. For me, The Originals is one of the best series, and while this one doesn't quite measure up to it, it's still good. It has very interesting characters like Damon, Alaric, or Caroline, and I find the whole universe very appealing.

The biggest problem with the series is the dynamic and the characters of its two protagonists, Stefan and Elena-how annoying! I understand that the show starts as a teenage drama and romance, but as the seasons progress, the dynamic between them stays the same. Elena acts the same in the first episode and in the 30th, and the same goes for Stefan, the vampire who fluctuates between moderation, values, love, and uncontrolled murder. Throughout the whole series, it's the same dynamic-they don't evolve.

The appearance of The Originals saves the series, in my opinion.

I really like the episodes, it is somehow fluent and has a taste of Twilight. Maybe it is weird but its shooting is better than Twilight because in watching Twilight you can feel the coldness, silence and a sort of pause which drift the interest of the spectacular away. But in Vampire Diaries, you can feel the hot impression of the characters, hot color of each frame of the movie. These series make you feel more connection to the reality than Twilight. The characters are involved in excellent combination with the setting and the plot. Stephen perfectly reflects his good mood through his face. Elena is another good chosen actress for the character. Because you easily see her bright intelligence and innocence on her face.Damon is just like his name demonic,attracting and tempting person. This good adaptation of the characters to the story makes the film more powerful and better than Hollywood production Twilight thought it is a TV series. I wish Twilight was shot by Vampire Diaries technical production team.

I thought The Vampire Diaries was going to be a show aimed for tweens but I was wrong. It started off that way for like the first half of Season 1 but around episode 10 or 11 it really picked up and just got better and better. I was ready to give up a few episodes in because it looked like the tv version of Twilight but I read in numerous reviews to get passed the first handful of episodes and I'm so glad I did. What happens after that is it turns into a really good supernatural show. Like any long running show this has better seasons than others but all are worth watching and most are just flat out great. This show is beloved by so many for a reason! If you like supernatural type shows then I highly recommend this for you, just get passed the first half of Season1 and enjoy the ride from there.

Damon has the best chemistry with everyone. Ian Somerhalder (Damon) is the star of the show and should be expanded, along with Nina Dobrev as Elena.

Damon and Stephan are both great characters. Damon's emotion is most true, intense and believable. His relationship with Elena as opposed to Stephans seems more authentic and has the greatest potential.

Vampire Diaries has taken me by surprise. It is a great show with great characters. I was disinterested at first because it seemed like a cheesy high school soap opera with vampires or a wannabe Twilight. They have definitely proved me wrong. Damon's character has exceeded my expectations and surpassed similar characters on other series by far.

It could've got 9 from me but the series was perfect till season 6 after that it is so boring.