Post by Fray on Aug 17, 2011 23:02:37 GMT -5
I will no doubt catch hell over this, but I want to recommend two awesome horror shows that I just started watching about three or four weeks ago: The Vampire Diaries and Teen Wolf.
I know, I know! I was one of those people who groaned as well...until I actually started watching them. I'd been hearing that both shows were getting good reviews, but TVD sounded like Twilight for TV and Teen Wolf is aired on a station that no longer shows music videos and yet is still called MTV! BLAH, right?
Well, I was a fool for doubting. Both shows are far better than I ever could have thought possible. The stories, acting, sets, effects...everything is great (right up there with the Buffy series, of which I'm a big fan). With each show I was sucked in and eagerly jumped to watch the next episode...and the next. Not since True Blood and Breaking Bad have I done this--other than Buffy, of course.
I'm not going into great detail about the shows. You can Google right? All I'll say is that both are worth watching and I'd be damned surprised if you didn't end up liking at least one of them. TVD is about to begin season 3 and TW just wrapped up its first season this past Monday. Personally, of the two, I liked TW a little better, but that may be b/c I'm a big werewolf fan and I get all kinds of giddy watching them fight each other--plus the make-up is awesome to look at. Still, I can't believe a show on MTV of all things has made me a fan.
And a word of warning: Don't look up too much info on TW b/c one of the main plot points is trying to figure out who the Alpha wolf is. I had a lot of fun with that and was surprised by the answer.
So go rent, download, stream, whatever these shows. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised.
I know, I know! I was one of those people who groaned as well...until I actually started watching them. I'd been hearing that both shows were getting good reviews, but TVD sounded like Twilight for TV and Teen Wolf is aired on a station that no longer shows music videos and yet is still called MTV! BLAH, right?
Well, I was a fool for doubting. Both shows are far better than I ever could have thought possible. The stories, acting, sets, effects...everything is great (right up there with the Buffy series, of which I'm a big fan). With each show I was sucked in and eagerly jumped to watch the next episode...and the next. Not since True Blood and Breaking Bad have I done this--other than Buffy, of course.
I'm not going into great detail about the shows. You can Google right? All I'll say is that both are worth watching and I'd be damned surprised if you didn't end up liking at least one of them. TVD is about to begin season 3 and TW just wrapped up its first season this past Monday. Personally, of the two, I liked TW a little better, but that may be b/c I'm a big werewolf fan and I get all kinds of giddy watching them fight each other--plus the make-up is awesome to look at. Still, I can't believe a show on MTV of all things has made me a fan.
And a word of warning: Don't look up too much info on TW b/c one of the main plot points is trying to figure out who the Alpha wolf is. I had a lot of fun with that and was surprised by the answer.
So go rent, download, stream, whatever these shows. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised.
TEEN WOLF
THE VAMPIRE DIARIES