The Vampire Comparison
Thursday, August 5, 2010
This post maybe kinda TL;DR but since I love these 3 series so I have painstakingly tabulated the difference between these 3 series.Heheh.. so, enjoy :P
Twilight Saga | True Blood | Vampire Diaries | |
Location | Fords, Washington (Real town) | Bon Tempts, Louisiana (Fictional town) | Mystic Falls, Virginia (Fictional town) |
The Cast | Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner are drool-worthy. No one can resist their vampire and werewolf abs. But, no matter how “I-am-hotter-than-you-Edward” Jacob is still lacking on the charismatic and alluring factor compared to Edward. Yes, I am team Edward! :P Kristen Steward as Bella is okay; pretty enough to be their love interest… beautiful hair but the character has no guts! Sometimes I just wanted to strangle her for leading Jacob on just to hurt him again and again. | Stephen Moyer is not hot enough, okay.. he is not that bad. But seriously, he looks old to be paired with Anna Paquin. The antagonist, Alexander Skarsgård on the other hand is superb. Physically, he has everything that a vampire needs. Viking past? Checked! Drink human blood? Checked! Seductive? Double checked! Anna Paquin? Not my cup of tea.. but her acting is convincing. Maybe it was her accent that turned me off from being her fan. | Nina Dobrev as Elena Gilbert is captivating! Her strong characters add colours to the series and she did seem real. Mind you, she played double character in the series and she made it. Paul Wesley as Stefan Salvatore compliments Elena’s character well. But, his character reminds me of Edward character. A little bit boring, romantic and heroic character. Ian Somerhalder? *Pengsan* I love his antagonist character and he is exactly what I imagined a vampire will be. Military background? Checked! Drink human blood? Checked! Seductive? Triple checked! |
Diet | Human and animal blood. Human food is yucky to them. | Human blood only. Never saw them consume any human food but they have this True Blood drink to replace the normal blood. | Human and animal blood. Human food is also okay to them. Drink alcohol and coffee to curb their blood craving. Vampire can get intoxicated… like WTF? |
Sunlight Effect | Sparkle sparkle sparkle | Burn, no excuse. | Burn but if they wear a Lapis Lazuri ring they can withstand the sunlight. |
How to be one? | Requires being bitten by a vampire and injected with vampire venom. The venom then works its way through the human body, causing cellular changes throughout the body over usually a three day period. Incredibly painful. | A vampire must drain a human of all their blood, effectively killing that human, and replace it with some of their own blood. The vampire and drained human will then sleep in the ground for two to three nights until the drained human rises as a vampire. | Bitten. Consume vampire blood. Killed while vampire blood was still in their system. Consume vampire blood again. Feed on human to complete the transformation. Too complicated :P |
Vampire Kryptonite | Nothing known | Silver and Garlic | Vervain (herb) |
Gore Factor | Not gore at all | Very, very gore | Moderate |
Physical Build | Crystal, diamond hard body. Cold. Pale and alluring. | Pale but not so alluring (except Eric :P). | Consume alcohol and coffee to keep their temperature high. Can bleed like human. Not pale. |
Other mystical character | Werewolf (shape shifter) | Shapeshifter, witch, maenads, werewolf | Witch |
Wood Effect | What wood? Even bullet can’t past through their diamond hard body. | Will be dead if staked at heart. | Will be dead if staked at heart. |
Invitation to Human House | No invitation needed. Can enter and leave as their heart desire. | Need invitation before enter. | Need invitation before enter. |
Ability | Supernatural strength, speed and senses. Various ability that only a gifted vampire can have. Mind reading, telekinesis, mental attack, tracking, etc… | Supernatural strength, speed and senses. Heal human who drinks their blood. | Supernatural strength, speed and senses. Heal human who drinks their blood. |
Books | I can say that the movie sticks to the books, even to the script. The storyline may need to be altered to fit the movie hours, but as a loyal book reader… I have nothing to complain | I haven't read any complaints from the book reader and I never read one myself, so I guess the storyline is okay.. or they simply doesn't care because the show is good enough for them. Heheh... | Most book reader complains that the TV shows vary too far from the books. Elena should be a blue eyed, blonde and have 4 years old sister (Margaret), not a brunette with a teenage brother (Jeremy). |
Personal View
Twilight – It is a love story. Fullstop. Anybody who wanted an ass whipping, action packed, blood dripping vampire movie will find themselves a major disappointment. Yeah, it still shows some brutal killing by the werewolves and vampire, but the peaceful vampires are not meant to be a killer. The limbs flying scene in Eclipse did not induce terror, at all. We (mostly female :P) love it because of the love story and the mushy feeling we had inside when Edward was with Bella. We know that true love like them is too good to be true, but sometimes we just want to be a romantic at heart. In other words, Bella is too weak and meek for us the female population to choose as a role model. I am looking forward for the fourth and maybe fifth installment of the movie to see that if Bella’s character can outgrow her meekness.
True Blood – I hate it at first because I can’t understand what Sookie was trying to say. Her accent takes time for me to be familiar with and seriously, that gap between her front teeth is distracting. The show is like a soft core, sex scene were in almost every episode and mind you, it involve bondage and other stuff that you won’t normally seen in normal TV shows. The storyline is intense and it sticks to the usual vampire folklore. It needs a few episodes to be familiar with their accents and to stomach their bloodied guts. After getting through the first few episodes, I was glued to this series and I did have tears in my eyes in the scene where Eric mourns the loss of his creator and mentor, Godric.Season 3 has just begun and I have not received the episodes from my supplier yet, but I bet it will continue rocking the vampire world.
Vampire Diaries – The pilot was a little blahhh… but the story did grow stronger in the latter episodes. True as what other review said, the show is liberated between the romance of Twilight and the gore of True Blood. It may appeal to the moderate audience, but it is still a teenage and female attracting series. But, since this series is so much in moderation in everything, I find it kind of normal. The love is rational and the gore factor is manageable. I love the lead female character though, Elena. She is strong-willed, rational girl that is not blinded by love (*cough* Bella *cough*). She still has doubt for Stefan and she is scared of vampires, as what normal human being should react. The antagonist in the show, Damon is too drool-worthy for me and I can’t just take my eyes off his face. The show will continue for the second season starting this September 2010 and I can’t wait to see Damon again :D
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I think storywise Vampire Diaries is quite strong, True Blood kenkadang suke menghala tah mana2 and tak solve the question, contoh season 2 yg sangat anticlimactic.
Aku suke Sookie, tapi kenkadang terlalu naive sangat. And I like the gap between the teeth. I like women yang ade a bit of a flaw in them, more distinctive and not too model looking.
Tapi Elena memang strong character that I loveeee.
In term of buku, they said, True Blood adalah superior.
Oh, And Vampire Diaries next season ade werewolves. And this season True Blood nye werewolves adalah awesomeeely handsome. Stakat ni True Blood nye season 3 adalah awesome, and not too disgusting macam Season 2.
sue...i thought that twilight location at Forks not Fords :p
What with chic and vampire movies eh? Why do u girls like vampire movies so much? Curious.
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