There were a lot of familiar beats hit with this mostly uninspired pilot episode. The opening scene where the vampire gets hit by a car then proceeds to eat the people who thought they killed him, for example, has been done to death (literally). By the time “Vampire Diaries” had our protagonist vampire strolling through the high school campus in broad daylight it completely lost my interest.
Thankfully they explained away the fact that a vampire can walk around in broad daylight with a special ring which grants him this power. At the very least all vampires aren’t allowed to get a sun tan.
At least “Angel” found and destroyed the ring that let vampires walk around in the sun in the span of one episode.
It’s nice to see Boone get a steady gig again on television, though the CW is still a far cry from ABC.
It’s probably a terrible indicator for Vampire Diaries that after viewing the show not 4 hours ago the most interesting things about this show that I can think of have to do with an old episodes of Angel and Lost…
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Steve - Harry and I really liked this show so far. I'm interested in the main character, Elena and her brother, the vampire Stephan and his brother Damon. But we're not vampire snobs, unlike others!!! LOL We'll have to discuss this during family, oops I mean team time.
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