Filexd under: TV/Movies — Tags: blood, review, TV, vampires — jane @ 9:42 pm

After a huge marketing blitz and much anticipation The Vampire Diaries has arrived. I was busy that night and had to Tivo it, but finally got around to watching it. I knew it had premiered to big ratings. Well, big for the CW anyway, so I was excited to see it. I was looking forward to it just as much as all the other vampire lovers out there. I’m still looking for a vampire show to really get excited about and thought this might be it. Unfortunately for me this was not it. It was okay. It wasn’t horrible. I just felt like I was watching the 90210 version of Twilight. I know, I know, Vampire Diaries came out first, but you can’t tell me their casting wasn’t influenced by Twilight. Practically every character looked like one from Twilight. I really felt there was nothing original about this. It was nice to see Ian Somerhalder from Lost again. He fit nicely into the cast and gave it some edge that it was missing up until the last 10 minutes. The fog rolling in sort of bugged me as well and seemed cheesy. I was bored by the writing in the diaries and voiceovers, but I do realize that it is called Vampire Diaries after all. I just hope it doesn’t rely on this for filler. Will I continue watching in hopes of it improving? Yes, but I don’t have high hopes. I was just hoping for a vampire show that I could really sink my teeth into. Just my 2 cents.

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Filexd under: Misc., TV/Movies — Tags: gadget, movies, tech, TV — jane @ 6:29 pm

Remember the movie Clue? One of my absolute favorite movies. I think I can recite every line. Remember that part where they decide to split up and search for the killer? Colonel Mustard and Miss Scarlet end up going through that secret passage from the study to the kitchen. I loved that. Who hasn’t dreamed of having a secret passage like that? Or even better actually finding one in your house that you never knew was there. Now, if you have between $5000 and $250,000, you can realize that dream depending on how crazy you want to get. To the right are some examples of what Creative Home Engineering can do for you. The staircase one reminds me of the opening to the Munsters where Herman Munster came out from under the stairs. If you don’t remember that you can see it here. Just remember next time you are in bed trying to sleep and you hear a sound that seems to be coming from inside the walls you may have your very own secret passage. The downside? Someone might be in it!

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