Video release – The Vampire Diaries – The complete season 5

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The Vampire Diaries – The complete season 5
Based on book series written by L.J. Smith, The Vampire Diaries is known for its big plot twists, turns, romantic subplots, and an abundance of largely supernatural elements including vampires, werewolves, hybrid vampire/werewolves, witches, warlocks, and  so many more. Season 5 continues the love triangle between Elena (Nina Dobrev), Damon (Ian Somerhalder), and Stefan (Paul Wesley) while exploring a brand new setting in the college years, and a frightening new enemy – the doppelganger of Stefan.

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The Vampire Diaries is easily one of the most successful shows on WB’s CW network.

The best example of the series writing veering away from quality writing is found in how many times the characters on this show manage to end up dead only to come back alive in some other form. Character’s that were once human could find themselves dying only to come back to life from a magic ring or are brought back as ghosts, or die and disappear only to be brought back by a spell later on.  Meaning that you never know who you are going to see again or when. Then there’s the whole vampire and immortality thing: even there the writer’s find a way, with certain stakes that can kill vampires (but only certain ones), and stakes that can kill original vampires (but only as long as the stake is left in them for forever), so in other words a very, very long slumber from which the characters could be written back into the show at any time if the writers wanted to.  Which makes you want to watch even more, to see if your favorite character that was killed will be back and as what.

The writing does manage to keep things twisty and turny in a way that is compelling. This is a aspect of the show that keeps it easily entertaining and makes you want more. The new plot-line in Season 5 around the doppelganger of Stefan or is it the other way around?, or “shadow self” in the form of Silas certainly keeps things interesting. Silas is one of the more intense bad guys of the show and while Silas appears as if Stefan, as is performed by the same actor, the differences between characters is huge. The same can be said for the continuing story-line of the other double, the seemingly identical look-alike Katherine (who continues to look the same as Elena, but also is nothing like her). In Season 5, Katherine turns from a vampire to a human, as the sole recipient of the long-sought vampire cure, and things are complicated because of it. Seeing the way that actors Nina Dobrev and Paul Wesley handle these scenes is part of the fun, and it’s an amazingly proficient example of the benefits of quality film editing to see the scenes where characters have interactions with one another as played by the same actor.

This is must add to your video collection.  The new season premiers on CW on Thursday, October 28.  Check your local listings for time and channel information.

Save some blood (money) and order this DVD or Blue-Ray set now, including watch now with Amazon prime!

 

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Video release – Supernatural – The complete ninth season

Supernatural – The complete ninth season, available now! (9-sept)

Warner Brothers does it again,  as the terrifying journey of the Winchester brothers continues with over 4 hours of bonus footage.

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All 23 episode from season 9, bonus features including a Gag Reel!  This is going to be spellbinding for sure.  The brothers engage in their most personal conflict yet!   Humanity may not be safe with nukes on the loose, can the brothers help restore the world that is inhabited by thousands of powerful beings?  Get this series added to your library quick so you can find out now!

The 4 Slick looking Blu-ray disk are inside this package, with your ultraviolet key so you can enjoy this series on any smart device.  Yet you really get the full experience with High definition video and audio by watching it on your home theater DTS-HD and Dolby 5.1  audio is going to rock your home video library.

 

MSRP  DVD Version $59.98   (6 disc) , Blu-Ray $69.97 (4 disc)

Save some money and order it now using Amazon,  you can even watch episodes now!  (Amazon account required)

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