How many seasons Vampire Diaries will go on for?
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Until the next thing after Twilight is cool.
This.
MeanJoePhaser
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Until they run out of new disposable characters to kill off within 6 episodes?
Until, in Kevin Williamson fashion, all the adult authority figures are gone?
Until, in Kevin Williamson fashion, all the adult authority figures are gone?
I think this whole vampire thing is just about played out. Isn't there something new on the horizon for the 'tweens?
I doubt it. The vampire thing has been growing geometrically since at least the seventies. I expected it to burn out decades ago, but it's only gotten bigger since then.
Funny story: I recently stumbled onto a non-fiction book on vampire cinema that concluded that the genre was now essentially obsolete and doomed to wither away. That book came out in 1979 . . . .
^ I think it's cyclic. It was the stuff of horror in the 30s, 50s and 70s, and became teen romance stuff in the 00s. It's overstayed this cycle.
MeanJoePhaser
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Millions. Humans have been creating books for centuries, but invention of the printing press is where it really took off.
But there's no evidence that its popularity is waning. A quick glance at this week's USA TODAY bestseller list finds two vampire novels among the Top Ten--and neither of them are TWILIGHT novels. (Those are a little further down the list.)
Take a stroll through the Romance and YA sections of any Borders and B&N. It's all paranormal romance with vampires and werewolves . . . .
And, believe me, I get more fan mail for my UNDERWORLD books than for anything else I write--except maybe STAR TREK.
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Ahhh the reflexive attack a genre replies and state bad things about it because you think it's cool to bash it even when evidence completely contrary to the assertions are obvious.
I'll just say that I enjoy Vampire Diaries and Twilight doesn't appeal to me as it seems too syrupy sweet but I know my niece certainly isn't losing interest in it at all and she even got my sister to read the books and she likes them a lot and she's not a big reader.
I'll just say that I enjoy Vampire Diaries and Twilight doesn't appeal to me as it seems too syrupy sweet but I know my niece certainly isn't losing interest in it at all and she even got my sister to read the books and she likes them a lot and she's not a big reader.
Curious, but I still think it's a trend that will wane. The novelty of merging the teen romance and vampire genres has passed. As an outsider to this hybrid genre, I find I keep rolling my eyes as yet another movie or series comes out, which seems to be a clone of the previous series or movie.
Now maybe I'm simply adopting the condescension my late father had toward my comic books... but this really does just seem like a passing trend to me.
As someone in the know, I ask you: does it have any reason to last? Is there serious merit to the genre as a whole? Naturally, I ask you to exclude your own work from your response, as I would not expect you to submit for publication something you thought had no literary value.
As with any subgenre, you're going to have a wide range of quality. Sure, some of the paranormal romances/urban fantasies/teen vampire stuff out there is formulaic, but, like you said, dismissing it all with a wide brush is like dismissing all comic books as "that dumb superhero stuff." It only seems that way if you're not versed in the material.
I couldn't finish TWILIGHT the novel, but the movies are goofy fun. THE VAMPIRE DIARIES is surprisingly engaging, with plenty of unexpected plot twists, and I haven't seen enough of TRU BLOOD to have an opinion, but EW gave the second season a rave review this week. And then, of course, there's LET THE RIGHT ONE IN, which is a much more disturbing, arty take on an underage vamp romance. (The jury is out on the upcoming American remake, but the very fact that it's happening proves that the genre is still going strong.)
Meanwhile, this week's issue of TIME magazine predicts that an upcoming vampire epic titled THE PASSAGE is going to be one of the big books of the summer. (It's supposed to be THE STAND with vampires.)
Sex, blood, and death never go out of style, and vampires are all-purpose metaphors for everything from addiction to abusive relationships. That's why there's always plenty of (un)life in the subject . . . .
(Did I mention that I once wrote a non-fiction book on the history of vampire literature? And that I just resold one of my old vampire anthologies?)
I couldn't finish TWILIGHT the novel, but the movies are goofy fun. THE VAMPIRE DIARIES is surprisingly engaging, with plenty of unexpected plot twists, and I haven't seen enough of TRU BLOOD to have an opinion, but EW gave the second season a rave review this week. And then, of course, there's LET THE RIGHT ONE IN, which is a much more disturbing, arty take on an underage vamp romance. (The jury is out on the upcoming American remake, but the very fact that it's happening proves that the genre is still going strong.)
Meanwhile, this week's issue of TIME magazine predicts that an upcoming vampire epic titled THE PASSAGE is going to be one of the big books of the summer. (It's supposed to be THE STAND with vampires.)
Sex, blood, and death never go out of style, and vampires are all-purpose metaphors for everything from addiction to abusive relationships. That's why there's always plenty of (un)life in the subject . . . .
(Did I mention that I once wrote a non-fiction book on the history of vampire literature? And that I just resold one of my old vampire anthologies?)
^ I suppose it's encouraging that the teens are reading, and yet, I find this statistic terribly sad.
J
Jetfire
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TVD is actually pretty good. It is not like Twilight. I hope TVD will get a healthy run at least 5 seasons...as long as it stays as interesting as the 1st season.
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