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There are so many vamps and wolves and whatever else lurking around our TV sets lately. It’s hard to keep up with who’s who, or in this case - who’s eating who. Well fear not,  lovegeek has come to your rescue with the timely VAMPIRE TV RUNDOWN! Read on…

 Buffy

Plot: Girl is Vampire Slayer in small American town. Girl meets Vampire. Girl tries to kill Vampire. Girl falls in love with Vampire. Girl and Vampire have sex, Vampire loses his soul. Hellmouth. Angst. Repeat.

Characteristics: Witty one liners that gave the series cult status among nerds and teens alike.

Pros: Buffy epitomises the 90’s GIRL POWER heroine. She literally kicks ass and gets laid while doing it (none of that virgin stuff here). Superb supporting cast that can occasionally sing and dance. Awesome fan art (see above).

Cons: It ended after 7 seasons.

Overview: Buffy broke away from the movie into a Joss Whedon orchestrated phenomenon. With Firefly and Dollhouse not filling the gap that the series left, there is room left in TV land for some more hard hitting vamp romps. Enter:

True Blood

Plot: Girl wears short shorts and works in a diner in small American town. Girl meets Vampire Bill. Girl falls for Vampire Bill. Girl drinks Vampire Eric’s blood. Girl has sexy dreams about Vampire Eric. Satanic rituals. Maenads. The saga continues.

Characteristics: Short shorts, country music, “Sookeh” and sex. I wana do bad things with you. Jason Stackhouse’s abs.

Pros: Damn this series is hotter than Brandon Walsh in a hot tub when I was 14 years old. While the plot may be sex, sex and more sex, the sub plot hits on some good old Civil Rights Movement issues, all with a southern twang.

Cons: We all know Stackhouse was Vinnie in Home and Away. Sookeh is annoying, and yet the main character.

Overview: Is True Blood riding on the coat tails of The Twilight Saga? NOPE. As Vampire Bill famously said - Edward Cullen is the Diet Coke of Vampires, which is more than I can say for:

The Vampire Diaries

Plot: Girl lives in small American Town. Girl meets Vampire. Girl looks strikingly similar to Vampire’s ex from 100 years ago. People die of animal attacks. Girl and Vamp hook up (and then break up, and then really hook up). Angst.

Characteristics: Pouting. Obsessive diary writing played out with voice over. Good V’s Evil represented by two Vampire brothers after the heart of the same girl.

Pros: The cast are fairly nice to look at. SPOILER! When Viki Donavan turns into a vamp she kinda rules.

Cons: The plot is repetitive. Stefan channels far too much Edward Cullen for my liking.

Overview: It will never be the cult classic that Buffy is and that True Blood is sure to become. The writing is just not up to scratch, lacks depth and well, the story is now getting old.

As for the cause of this Vampire revival - The Twilight Saga - it appears to be smashing all box office records with it’s second installment, New Moon.

Watch out for Jacob Black’s Abs, as they are the biggest star in this film and are sure to making a comeback in the third film, Eclipse. Poor Robert Pattinson had to have his abs painted on in the final scenes, and yes - you can tell! (Twilight fan art is also of the highest caliber - see above). The most interesting tidbit that came out from the opening weekend was that 50% of Twihards are actually over 21…I don’t think this trend is going to die down anytime soon, no pun intended.

xx

Tags: buffy, True Blood, TV, twilight, Vampire, Vampire Diaries

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