I'm starting to miss the days when vampires actually had 'bite'. I just can't bring myself to care about 'Calipires'. Just too Hollywood for me. I prefer mine with a bit more depth. Have not read nor seen Twilight nor do I care to.
Meta --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Tracey de Morsella" <tdli...@...> wrote: > > Vampire Diaries Coming to CW > > Scream writer Kevin Williamson brings vamps back to network TV. > > The CW is getting into the vampire business. Nikki Finke reports on > <http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/primetime-pilot-panic-vampire-on-cw/> > deadlinehollywoodnews.com that the network has ordered Vampire Diaries for > the 2009-2010 season. > > Based on a series of books about a love triangle between a high school girl > and two vampire brothers, the series comes from Scream and Dawson's Creek > writer Kevin Williamson <http://stars.ign.com/objects/914/914625.html> . The > CW targets a young female demographic that obviously has been quite > passionate for recent vampire projects like True Blood > <http://tv.ign.com/objects/888/888633.html> and Twilight > <http://movies.ign.com/objects/142/14208481.html> , and even CBS's cancelled > Moonlight <http://tv.ign.com/objects/906/906438.html> had a dedicated > following (and about seven million viewers per episode that the CW would > love to have for any of their shows). > > While it's probably safe to assume that Twilight's huge success helped get > Vampire Diaries on the air and led to the book series being re-launched > recently, it's worth noting that the Vampire Diaries books actually pre-date > Twilight by many years, having begun in 1991. > > http://tv.ign.com/articles/983/983919p1.html >
