[Novo]

Damon's character is better then any character that has Ever appeared in True Blood for starters

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Novo

Damon's character is better then any character that has Ever appeared in True Blood for starters

No way, there's alot more interesting characters in True Blood. Damon is one of the only interesting characters in Vampire Diaries, True Blood has loads though. Eric, Sookie, Lafayette, Tara, Maryanne and Godric to name a few......

[Vicky.]

Watched both, only in the middle of true blood s2 though, but so far TVD wins hands down

[Callum]

True Blood by far

Could never get into The Vampire Diaries. I have two of the books that the show's based on though, have no intention of reading them currently but may one day.

[Tom4784]

Damon's the best character in VD but even then he's generic by TB standards. Elena's just a better looking Kristin Stewart while Sookie's actually got a personality, Bill's age and character is believable while Stefan isn't. Damon's a shallow character in comparision to Eric. Tara, Lafayette & Jason trump Bonnie, Caroline & Elena's brother respectively.

At it's core VD is just a less tedious Twilight, Twilight was the only reason it was made into a TV show and you can tell it's the main influence in it. True Blood turns the typical conventions on their heads though. It's unfair to compare them as TB just destroys VD in every way. I do like VD but it's ultimately fluff.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

Damon's the best character in VD but even then he's generic by TB standards. Elena's just a better looking Kristin Stewart while Sookie's actually got a personality, Bill's age and character is believable while Stefan isn't. Damon's a shallow character in comparision to Eric. Tara, Lafayette & Jason trump Bonnie, Caroline & Elena's brother respectively.

At it's core VD is just a less tedious Twilight, Twilight was the only reason it was made into a TV show and you can tell it's the main influence in it. True Blood turns the typical conventions on their heads though. It's unfair to compare them as TB just destroys VD in every way. I do like VD but it's ultimately fluff.

[LemonJam]

I thought they were the same program until a month ago.

[Lee.]

Originally Posted by LemonJam

I thought they were the same program until a month ago.

[Novo]

The Vampire Dairies is interesting from the start, I watched halfway through the first season of True Blood and just got bored.. none of the characters were interesting.. the story was awful.. learning about the back ground of Damon/Stefan/Katherine in Season 1 was far more interesting then anything that happened in true blood

And look how much of a tit that Ginger vampire looks.. can you actually take him seriously?

Oh yeah and TVD Books follow a different story to the Series, they have already said that they are not going along with events in the books

[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by Novo

The Vampire Dairies is interesting from the start, I watched halfway through the first season of True Blood and just got bored.. none of the characters were interesting.. the story was awful.. learning about the back ground of Damon/Stefan/Katherine in Season 1 was far more interesting then anything that happened in true blood

And look how much of a tit that Ginger vampire looks.. can you actually take him seriously?

Oh yeah and TVD Books follow a different story to the Series, they have already said that they are not going along with events in the books

I've seen the Damon/Stefan stuff before though, Buffy and Angel covered that pretty well with it's scenes about Angel, Spike, Darla and Priscilla. The problem with VD is that it's ultimately deriative of everything that came before. It wouldn't exist as a TV show if it wasn't for the likes of Buffy & Twilight as it borrows liberally from both sources.

You can't think TB's characters are boring and then champion VD when all the characters can be traced to other sources. True Blood instantly changed things up by making vampires known to the world in it's canon which is a lot more interesting then another tired 'I'm a tortured vampire that wants to be human so I live among them in secret'. Bill's a tortured vampire character in True Blood yes, but he's ultimately more interesting and diverse then Stefan.

Eric is better then Damon ultimately, Damon's Spike from Buffy without the accent.

[Novo]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

I've seen the Damon/Stefan stuff before though, Buffy and Angel covered that pretty well with it's scenes about Angel, Spike, Darla and Priscilla. The problem with VD is that it's ultimately deriative of everything that came before. It wouldn't exist as a TV show if it wasn't for the likes of Buffy & Twilight as it borrows liberally from both sources.

You can't think TB's characters are boring and then champion VD when all the characters can be traced to other sources. True Blood instantly changed things up by making vampires known to the world in it's canon which is a lot more interesting then another tired 'I'm a tortured vampire that wants to be human so I live among them in secret'. Bill's a tortured vampire character in True Blood yes, but he's ultimately more interesting and diverse then Stefan.

Eric is better then Damon ultimately, Damon's Spike from Buffy without the accent.

Comparing TVD to Buffy??? And Spike to Damon?..where has the sanity in this world gone

[dannyboy]

Nooo. How on earth is Vampire Diaries winning? Pout.

[dannyboy]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

I've seen the Damon/Stefan stuff before though, Buffy and Angel covered that pretty well with it's scenes about Angel, Spike, Darla and Priscilla. The problem with VD is that it's ultimately deriative of everything that came before. It wouldn't exist as a TV show if it wasn't for the likes of Buffy & Twilight as it borrows liberally from both sources.

You can't think TB's characters are boring and then champion VD when all the characters can be traced to other sources. True Blood instantly changed things up by making vampires known to the world in it's canon which is a lot more interesting then another tired 'I'm a tortured vampire that wants to be human so I live among them in secret'. Bill's a tortured vampire character in True Blood yes, but he's ultimately more interesting and diverse then Stefan.

Eric is better then Damon ultimately, Damon's Spike from Buffy without the accent.

Who the devil is Priscilla? Do you mean Drusilla?

[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by Novo

Comparing TVD to Buffy??? And Spike to Damon?..where has the sanity in this world gone

Please, the vampire storylines are so similar it's shocking. If you don't see the similarities between Spike's character arc and Damon's then you're being willfully ignorant while Katherine's pretty much VD's Darla with elements of Drusilla.

Hell let's compare them for the fun of it.

DAMON
- Is the villain at the beginning, is completely in love with Katherine and is willing to do anything to release her from the tomb.
- Gets spurned by Katherine upon her reappearance as she loves Stefan.
- Ultimately becomes good because of his love for Elena

SPIKE
- Is the villain at the beginning, is completely in love with Drusillia and is willing to do anything to bring her back to full strength.
- Gets spurned by Drusilla as she flirts with Angel once she gains full power. She eventually leaves him.
- Ultimately seeks to become good because of his love of Buffy.

They're very similar story wise in the early days and in personality, the main difference is that Spike's character change happens a lot slower then Damon's.

Originally Posted by dannyboy

Who the devil is Priscilla? Do you mean Drusilla?

I knew her name was something like that, it's been a few years since I've watched Buffy.