This show is getting almost as bloody as Supernatural. The way Elijah just ripped the heart out of those two guys was disgusting.
Stefan is now trapped in the tomb, what an idiot! With all the fight that's coming he should have stayed away and went with Damon to stop Elena. How is Damon supposed to protect Elena alone now?
This show is getting almost as bloody as Supernatural. The way Elijah just ripped the heart out of those two guys was disgusting.
Stefan is now trapped in the tomb, what an idiot! With all the fight that's coming he should have stayed away and went with Damon to stop Elena. How is Damon supposed to protect Elena alone now?
Disgusting as in good or bad? I don't find the violence on this show anywhere near what there is on Supernatural. This is still very tame compared to it.
Figured since this impacts this show, I'd post the article here as well as the Renew index.
Nikita returns January 27 after Dec 9th episode. Most CW shows expected to return same week
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Nikita will return on January 27th for it's 12th episode. It is going on hiatus after thursday (Dec 9). Other CW shows are expected to return the same week with the possible exception of Hellcats which may be delayed till ANTM's return in March.
It is unclear if the CW will make any scheduling changes to shield Vampire Diaries from American Idol, there is some possibility of Vampire Diaries moving to Tuesday 9 PM to replace Life Unexpected but Nikita is staying on thursdays.
Disgusting as in good or bad? I don't find the violence on this show anywhere near what there is on Supernatural. This is still very tame compared to it.
Definitely in a good way, it's a good way to balance out all the drama. And, yeah, it's not in the same level as Supernatural.
I'm actually very interested in this show. I'm going to watch some of the repeats.
I had a lot of problems with the show nearing it's end of the first season so I didn't watch the first 7 episodes or so of season 2, and than when I did turn it on a lot had changed and the writing improved quite a bit. I found something very amusing about this last episode. You know how when you're watching something and you'll just express "well here's what they should do but you know they never will, they will take the stupid route" yet both things I was thinking to myself they should do in this episode, is exactly what they did. I was surprised. They are definitely increasing the violence, and more of the characters are being given things to do. Yet I am pretty lost for the most part with whats going on so I am going to have to check out this week long marathon as well.
Week after week, the Vampire Diaries is the most intelligently plotted and scripted show on television. They have done more in the confines of the CW formula than I ever could have imagined. Their twists are actually unpredictable, even for long-time viewers for the most part. They have even made Bonnie likable this season, which I thought was going to be impossible. My only complaint about the show is that too many characters are getting supernatural powers. It ruins the uniqueness and power of the vampires if everyone and their Mom has a power of some sort.
My only complaint about the show is that too many characters are getting supernatural powers. It ruins the uniqueness and power of the vampires if everyone and their Mom has a power of some sort.
"You haven't been able to go out in the sunlight in 500 years? Well every vampire in Mystic Falls gets a daylight ring on their first day. Too bad for you."
Week after week, the Vampire Diaries is the most intelligently plotted and scripted show on television. They have done more in the confines of the CW formula than I ever could have imagined. Their twists are actually unpredictable, even for long-time viewers for the most part. They have even made Bonnie likable this season, which I thought was going to be impossible. My only complaint about the show is that too many characters are getting supernatural powers. It ruins the uniqueness and power of the vampires if everyone and their Mom has a power of some sort.
That's what I was thinking while reading his comments. I mean "They have done more in the confines of the CW formula than I ever could have imagined." what has Diaries done that Supernatural hadn't years before. While I agree this is a good show, there's nothing ground breaking about it.
'Vampire Diaries' exclusive: Nina Dobrev talks this week's steamy sex scene (and the resulting bruises)
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The promo for Thursday’s midseason finale of The Vampire Diaries (The CW, 8 p.m. ET) shows the unthinkable happening: Stefan (Paul Wesley), now trapped in the tomb with Katherine (Nina Dobrev), giving in to her. If the teaser is any indication (watch it below), it could be the hottest captive sex scene since a certain cage encounter on Lost. “First, Jeremy getting trapped in the tomb was like, Katherine wins! When Stefan came in, she’s like, ‘Wow, I couldn’t have planned this better if I tried. The one person I want to be stuck with, here he is, and now he’s got nowhere to go. I will seduce him, I will tease him, I will anger him.’ The line between love and hate truly is very, very thin,” Dobrev says. “So she has a chance to egg him on, and he can’t do anything about it. He has no choice but to listen, and yeah, it is a very kind of sexy, manipulative scene, and he gives in. It’s pretty crazy.”
As we’ve noted in our recaps, the walls on this show’s sets must be seriously reinforced — people are always getting thrown up against them during fights and/or foreplay. (Not that we’re complaining.) “I especially have been thrown around the set on a number of occasions,” Dobrev concedes with a laugh. “They try to make sure we’re safe when we do those things, but we as actors can’t help but get into it. We want to feel the pain. We want to make it real. So sometimes, we go overboard and slam each other a little too hard. Like that scene in particular, they padded it a little bit, but you can only do so much before you actually see the padding. It was a lot of throwing around.” So she sported some bruises afterward? “Oh, I have bruises on a daily basis. I always have bruises on my body. I’m black and blue all over,” she says. “Thank goodness for Arnica.”
Moving on to Dobrev’s other role, Elena, the synopsis for the episode says, “Elijah (guest star Daniel Gillies) makes an unexpected appearance with an offer that could change everything.” Elena wanted to sacrifice herself last episode to spare the lives of her friends, who are trying to save her from Elijah (and the as-yet-unseen Klaus). Will Elijah work that angle? All Dobrev will say is this: “Elena is in a predicament in the sense that she has a challenge, and she is out of control for the first time in a long time. When Elijah comes into her life on this day, it’s even more challenging, and tempting. Elena is the one who has to make a decision, and this time, she’s not in control, which is very frustrating for her. Elena doesn’t like to not be in control.”
Dobrev agrees that the introduction of Elijah and the concept of The Originals has been great for the show. “It’s gonna keep getting gorier and better and darker,” she says. “It adds a whole other layer. As difficult as it was for all the characters before, now they’re faced with an even more epic danger. Everyone is at risk.” But not Katherine, right? She won’t be getting a stake in the heart anytime soon, we hope. “I can’t imagine what the show was before Katherine came around,” Dobrev says. For a second, you wonder if that’s the sleep-deprivation from her schedule playing the doppelgängers for half a season talking. But it’s not. “If she ever left, I think that would be a really big mistake. She’s like another Damon,” she continues, “but now Damon is getting a lot softer, and you still need that kind of playful bad character.”
I seriously am still holding out hope there will be a little lip lock action between both of Nina Dobrev's characters, doubt I'm the only one who thinks that way either. Loved the preview for tomorrow's episode.
I seriously am still holding out hope there will be a little lip lock action between both of Nina Dobrev's characters, doubt I'm the only one who thinks that way either. Loved the preview for tomorrow's episode.
Hmmm, well I haven't done much thinking of incest, but i guess I'm ok with it if both chicks are hot and not related to me.
Candice Accola talks Tyler's transformation (and Michael Trevino's reward)
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Tonight’s episode of The Vampire Diaries (The CW, 8 p.m. ET) brings the moment we’ve been waiting for all season: Tyler’s first full moon transformation. “Moment” is deceptive — it’s such a long process that actor Michael Trevino was encouraged to watch videos of wolves feeding and howling and women giving birth to prepare for shooting it over two days. We caught up with Candice Accola, who, as his suddenly loyal friend Caroline, had a first row seat.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Watching Tyler and Caroline watch his uncle Mason’s video of his own first transformation was brutal last week. What was that like to film?
CANDICE ACCOLA: We didn’t watch the video, that was all filled in during post-[production]. So, yes, that made it very interesting. We were just staring at a blank screen. Trevino actually went in the day before and watched Taylor [Kinney] shoot the beginning of his transformation. In this week’s episode, Tyler goes through the transformation, and you will see everything. As an actor, and as a person, Trevino was put in a very vulnerable place. He’s not wearing a lot of clothes and he’s going through pain. It’s a very, very long process. The viewers just got a taste of it watching Uncle Mason transform. And Caroline’s focus this entire episode is to help Tyler get through the transformation alive, and help him so he’s not alone and so he doesn’t hurt anyone.
What was the hardest part for you filming it?
Just watching him. There are people — even last night over dinner, one of the women who works in wardrobe said, “Yeah, I just wanted to stop in and see how everything was going, and after one scene, I was out of there.” There’s a lovely parallel between Caroline and Tyler being friends and Caroline’s watching him go through this horrific experience, and as an actor and a friend, watching Trevino just really bare everything like that. The screaming and the crying –it’s the guttural screams that get you — it’s one of those things where you’re like, “That’s awesome. That’s great,” but it’s so emotionally and physically exhausting. Please make a note that all the chains that he wore when he’s walking around are real chains. For two days straight he had these pounds worth of chains literally weighing him down.
Did the two of you do anything to celebrate when filming was done?
[Laughs] He’s a cookie monster. He’s a total chocolate chip cookie-aholic. He’s shirtless for most of it, and boys being boys, they want to be extra, extra fit for those days. He skipped eating the chocolate chip cookies over and over at lunch. And finally, he was wrapping up that day, and we went to lunch and it was like sugar white chocolate cookies, and those are not the ones that he wanted. So I asked catering if they wouldn’t mind baking him his own chocolate chip cookies. So that was a good celebration. And then production got him a giant pepperoni pizza. Everyone just shoved warm yummy food toward his dressing room, very motherly.
It’s like my sister, years ago, dieting for her wedding, and then going through the McDonald’s drive-thru immediately after the reception.
Isn’t that funny? It’s like, “Like the pictures are done!” Exactly. It’s the same kind of thing. Celebratory meal.
Where will Tyler and Caroline’s friendship go post-transformation?
The biggest thing to remember is that Caroline has been lying to Tyler. So even though there has been a really wonderful friendship that’s grown, it’s based off of lies to protect him and those around him. He thinks that she’s the only vampire town. He doesn’t know that werewolves can kill vampires. There are lot of things that she’s kept in the dark from him, and secrets don’t stay secrets in Mystic Falls very long. When that comes out, that’s going to affect their relationship, for sure.
Looking ahead: We haven’t seen Caroline’s mother in a while. Is there any story line brewing there?
No. You will see Sheriff Forbes, but there’s not a lot of interaction between Caroline and her mom. That is a story line that will need to be told. But actually, [actress] Marguerite MacIntyre hurt her leg, so she’s having to rest for a little while. She’s just physically not able to be here. So there will be a temporary absence of the sheriff, but she will be back as soon as she’s up and running. I think she tore a ligament or something in her leg, and she had to have surgery. It was one of things there where she was like, “Yeah, it just kept bugging me and bugging me,” and finally she went in, and she was like, “Oh, that’s why it’s been hurting to run and go to spinning class.” Yeah, silly. She’s resting and getting better.
Fans enjoy the unlikely friendship between Caroline and Stefan, because it’s always nice to see him smile. If they weren’t facing the Originals and werewolves, what might they do to bond? Bon Jovi is touring again.
[Laughs] Oh, man. I don’t know if Caroline rocks out to Bon Jovi much. But I think if there were no stress of life and death situations, I think Caroline would probably get Stefan out dancing somewhere or so something messy, like paintball. Anything to have fun. Those old vampires need a little reminder that it’s okay to run around and be like a kid sometimes. It’s inspiring. I think that’s what Caroline would do, something to bring out the kid in Stefan.
I love how fierce Caroline was in that scene when she had to separate Matt and Tyler the night Tyler’s curse was activated. Will there be more badass moments for Caroline?
Yes, there is more physical stuff. The stunt work has been very fun at work recently. You’ll see Caroline get physical very soon. [Laughs] Wink face.
I know the cast now has a gym on set, but I’ve heard Trevino say he hasn’t actually seen anyone use it. At least he hasn’t.
That’s what’s so funny. [Laughs] All first season we complained, “Here we are in the South with all this yummy food,” and everyone put on what I like to call a little Southern Comfort, including myself. We were like, “That would be awesome if they built us a gym.” So they built us a gym, and I don’t think anyone’s even stepped foot in it. Everyone’s really conscious of it outside of work. All the boys take their kickboxing classes, the girls do yoga. I can’t believe I pay someone to make me want to cry and vomit about three times a week just to feel good on the inside. [Laughs] Most importantly, with all this stunt work that everyone’s doing now, you just want to be prepared and feel strong within your body and within yourself that you’re gonna physically be able to do what they’ve presented to you. But yeah, no one’s stepped foot in that gym. Once you get to work, they get you all dolled up in hair and makeup, and then you sit around for X amount of hours, but you can’t just mess up all the hair and makeup department’s work, because then it takes all that time to rest. So the gym kinda sits there taunting us.
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