I am personally enjoying the Vampire Diaries series. I read all of the books, enjoyed them as the fluffy teen dramas that they were. The television series is entertaining in a fluffy teen way so I wasn't disappointed. Some of the changes they made took me a while to get used to (sure, Elena was blond, but it doesn't ruin the character that she's a brunette), some of the changes I'm still getting used to (having a band of vampire hunters using a convenient "vampire compass" is a little hard to take), and some of the changes are completely ludicrous (I'm sorry, I know they were trying to be multi-cultural, but a black girl as a descendant of Salem Witches? PLEASE!).
Most of the characters in the books were very one-dimensional, so I give them a B for effort in character development on the show. It does seem like so many liberties have been taken, I'm wondering if the storyline of Elena becoming a vampire and eventually dying will happen or if they'll take it in a totally different direction in order to prolong the series. Considering what they've done with Vicky's character, I wouldn't be surprised.
I know there have been quite a few comparisons made between this series and Twilight (which these books came first, I might add!), so I'm hoping they won't bring the werewolf storyline into the television series--which was absolutely silly in the book. But that's a little contradictory, because the books were silly. Fun, but silly, I can't deny it.
Most of the characters in the books were very one-dimensional, so I give them a B for effort in character development on the show. It does seem like so many liberties have been taken, I'm wondering if the storyline of Elena becoming a vampire and eventually dying will happen or if they'll take it in a totally different direction in order to prolong the series. Considering what they've done with Vicky's character, I wouldn't be surprised.
I know there have been quite a few comparisons made between this series and Twilight (which these books came first, I might add!), so I'm hoping they won't bring the werewolf storyline into the television series--which was absolutely silly in the book. But that's a little contradictory, because the books were silly. Fun, but silly, I can't deny it.