See Jane Clack: The Vampire Diaries vs. Twilight
After watching the first episode of The Vampire Diaries on The CW, I thought, “Wow, this is a complete knock-off of Twilight.” But then some of my vampire-savvy friends told me that L.J. Smith’s The Vampire Diaries was actually written way before Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight. So if there’s any knocking off going on, then Twilight is a knock-off of The Vampire Diaries. Or who knows, maybe they’re all knock-offs of Dracula.
However it shakes out, it’s not hard to see the similarities between The Vampire Diaries and Twilight (both of which I love). Here are a few that jumped out at me with all the aggression of a hungry vampire….
See Jane Clack – Sex, Vampires, Edward & Buffy
Because I’m blanking on an awesome, knock-your-socks-off topic for See Jane Clack this week, I bring to you a re-imagining of the romantic vampire story of Edward and … Buffy?
Yes, my friends, the top 10 vampire lists have been done to, uh, death, so let’s venture into uncharted territory: the inevitable meeting of Edward Cullen and Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
It was only a matter of time before these two mythological figures would come face to face, and many thanks to the creative Jonathan McIntosh at Rebellious Pixels for bringing them together.
See Jane Clack – Who’s your vampire daddy?
This week’s See Jane Clack has me pondering vampires. Oh, the vampires I’ve loved and lost. OK, I’ve never really had them, but let’s just put it this way: while I’m watching the TV shows and movies, they’re all mine. When the show leaves the air, then I’ve lost them. Until I watch the DVDs, that is; then they’re mine again. Spike, Angel (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel), Mick St. John (Moonlight) … heck, even Barnabas Collins (Dark Shadows) was mine back in the day, but he was a little creepier than the aforementioned vamps.
But this week, I’m brooding over True Blood’s Bill Compton and Twilight’s Edward Cullen. These are two vampires I hold close in my heart, only in different ways….
TV in the Movies – Twilight vs. True Blood
I’ve seen a lot of movies. I’ve also watched my share of television. So, why not combine the two into one weekly column. Movies and TV, or TV and movies. To quote Forrest Gump, they go “together like peas and carrots.” Ah, that Gump was a sage. An idiot, but a sage nonetheless. Anyway, “TV in the Movies” is a damn fine idea. I take zero credit for it; I’m too busy trying to convince Amy Adams I’m the guy for her (it’s not going well). The idea germinated in the savvy minds of Keith and Deb. I’ll try not to screw it up, but I can’t make any promises.
Enough of my exposition. Let’s talk vampires. Since the silent film era, the vampire genre has been a staple in the entertainment biz. Max Schreck, Lon Chaney, Bela Lugosi and Christoper Lee each wore fangs proudly from the 1920s through the 1970s. Not to be outdone, Dark Shadows, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel and Ultraviolet have carried the torch for vampires on the small screen since the late ’60s.
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