I actually went and looked up the books on Wikipedia before I watched the pilot, so all of the difference you are remembering are, in fact, accurate from what I can tell.
The actors aren't a revelation but they don't make me want to reach through the screen and strangle them, so +1 for the teen vampire show. I could do without the diary narration, but I suppose that is pretty integral. Damon is totally the best character, although I also like Elena's sort-of-psychic best friend.
I'd like the show to be a bit cheesier for me to truly enjoy it as a guilty pleasure, but I'll probably still download a couple more episodes to see if I get sick of it. Thursdays are kind of a clusterfuck television wise so this show won't be a priority.
So I haven't read the books and pretty much decided to give the show a chance based solely on the fact that Ian is in it and I am still missing him on my tv and while I would prefer he return to Lost for the whole of the last season, I realize this is impossible and will take him on a CW show if that's what I can get. And really as you said, it wasn't all that bad. I don't hate the female lead which can be rare on the CW and there is chemistry amongst all the actors. As Meg mentioned it could be cheesier but it still might be. Plus it's Kevin Williamson and while I stopped watching Dawson's Creek eventually it definitely had its highs
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I still haven't watched it. I have every intention of doing it tomorrow...cause like you, I loved LJ Smith as a child.
WTF, people are saying this is a Twilight rip-off..I feared that would happen even though her stories came out way before Twilight so if anything Twilight is a rip off of her series.
When I saw the previews I was disappointed cause Elena looked nothing like how I pictured her.
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The actors aren't a revelation but they don't make me want to reach through the screen and strangle them, so +1 for the teen vampire show. I could do without the diary narration, but I suppose that is pretty integral. Damon is totally the best character, although I also like Elena's sort-of-psychic best friend.
I'd like the show to be a bit cheesier for me to truly enjoy it as a guilty pleasure, but I'll probably still download a couple more episodes to see if I get sick of it. Thursdays are kind of a clusterfuck television wise so this show won't be a priority.
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WTF, people are saying this is a Twilight rip-off..I feared that would happen even though her stories came out way before Twilight so if anything Twilight is a rip off of her series.
When I saw the previews I was disappointed cause Elena looked nothing like how I pictured her.
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