Ok, 'fess up, people. I KNOW I am not the only person watching the Vampire Diaries. Right?
Am I the only person who is now bordering on completely obsessed with the show? I look forward to Thursday nights (the fact that Supernatural is on right after is a pretty huge bonus). I chant KISS KISS KISS at the TV. I laugh out load and squeal at least once per episode. OK, clearly I have crossed the border into Obsessedville. Please, tell me I am not alone here.
But the show also makes me a little bit sad because I can't help thinking this is what the Twilight movie could have been with better acting, writing and casting. Here's to hoping that Chris Weitz is watching and taking notes? (And see, that's how we can pretend that my still talking about Twilight is even a little bit relevant: New Moon comes out in six weeks! But there's a tragic side to this story: I will not be able to attend a midnight showing, or even see it the weekend it comes out. I have to go to a meeting for work. In... Argentina. And yes, I am a little bit sad.)
In other disappointing pop-culture vampire news, I am officially declaring myself done with the Sookie Stackhouse books after #4. I really thought I'd at least like these books, but I don't. I hate book-Sookie and book-Bill. I'll be the first to admit that Twilight had its own problems, but these books are just SO bad and I can't find a single redeeming factor. I mean, Edward may have been a tad controlling, yes, but at least he didn't cheat on Sookie and then rape her in a car trunk after she saved him from the Volturi.
But, hey, at least True Blood is awesome. And we have Thursday nights to look forward to all fall.
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Updated to add:
Right after I published this, Joel emailed me to say:
I saw your post about the show. Just as an FYI, according to Nielsen ratings, 3.8 million people watch Vamp Diaries compared to 17.4 Million for NCIS: LA, so yes you could be the only one watching the show.
Really? Really? Now, I like NCIS. A lot. I've written before about how I think it's the best police drama this side of Law and Order and should totally bump CSI off the air. HOWEVER, I am having trouble getting on board with the LA spinoff. Chris O'Donnell, I like. LLCool J, I think I like. The ridiculous "headquarters", the mysterious Gibbs counterpart who supposedly dated Frank Sinatra, the criminal psychologist on staff... a little bit much, guys. Plus, as Joel points out, there is not even a Naval base in LA.
I watched the first episode and I like it. BUT! Now I can't watch because it is on at the same time as my NBC shows and Flash Forward. I will watch online (when I have time) but I hope it doesn't get canceled!
Posted by: Kristabella | Friday, October 09, 2009 at 12:29 PM
I love NCIS but I haven't started watching the LA version yet. Tempting though. Let us know what you think as it goes on!
Posted by: erin | Friday, October 09, 2009 at 12:41 PM
Despite my skepticism of teen vamps, i will try the show next week, if only to see sister-lover boone again. Also, I appreciate being able to put comments on your blog and not have to be approved (jezebel-style). It is very freeing
Posted by: Beth | Friday, October 09, 2009 at 12:51 PM
I am totally booked on Thursdays (the whole NBC line-up, plus CSI on DVR, and then Ace of Cakes and Project Runway), so this show has not made the cut. However, I can not be on board with NCIS. I gave it a try (I really did!), but I HATED it.
Also, according to those Nielsen ratings, you can't be the only one watching Vampire Diaries, unless you make up those 3.8 million people. In which case, I don't think I'm okay with Joel calling you fat.
(Kidding. I'm sure he's not calling you fat. But if he were, I would be against it.)
Posted by: RA | Friday, October 09, 2009 at 01:20 PM
I love that show as well. As for Sookie? Book 5 is mostly Sookie and Eric so it's awesome in that regard. The legendary shower scene happens in that book.
Posted by: Viviane | Friday, October 09, 2009 at 08:28 PM
Um, wow. I love True Blood, so thought I would read the books, but now I'm kinda scared off of them...
And I LOOOOOOVE the Vampire Diaries! Definitely outshines Twilight in my opinion and maybe even True Blood. I'm waiting until I've seen a full season to reach a verdict. But holy crap--Stefan and Damon are at least 400% hotter than any of the Cullens... And Elena is so much less irritating than Bella! Love it.
Posted by: Angela Noelle | Saturday, October 10, 2009 at 01:36 AM
I'm watching! I love the books back in the day, and I love the show now. It's my guilty pleasure.
Posted by: Erin | Sunday, October 11, 2009 at 05:23 PM
I watch it and I LOVE IT. I admit to rewinding the TiVo (is the term "rewind" still used?) to rewatch all the making out scenes. Oh yes I do.
(It better not get canceled or I will die.)
Also, I've read like 7 of the Sookie books and I've hated every single one of them. Bill is not hot and neither is Sookie. She wears a banana clip, for crying out loud. They are just too dated for me.
Posted by: Isabel | Wednesday, October 14, 2009 at 11:05 AM
I've been watching it but I'm still not convinced. Weirdly enough, the most interesting character to me is the witchy friend, not the main character or the vamps! And yes, it's very similar to Twilight, even the way the main vamp (sorry can't remember names) acts and talks - almost like he's copying Edward.
Posted by: Katie | Thursday, October 15, 2009 at 11:10 PM
You are the only one watching Vampire Diaries. I watch the original NCIS though. LOL
Posted by: Lindsey | Sunday, October 18, 2009 at 07:11 PM