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Post by Kat on Sept 12, 2010 5:01:34 GMT -5
You should start blogging your updates on PortraitMagazine.net Just post the first paragraph and a picture from the episode then link to the full review on your site.
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Post by onlymystory on Aug 29, 2011 23:59:25 GMT -5
So did you guys know that I'm a major fan of The Vampire Diaries? Can't wait for the next season! I'm super excited for more Caroline scenes, Alaric to be all slayer/awesome again and hopefully Matt will get a good story. Matt and Caroline forever, Tyler and Caroline for never. I'm also kind of stoked for this Ripper Stefan story line.
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Post by Kat on Aug 30, 2011 1:19:13 GMT -5
I'm looking forward to the new season but I'm worried I might not be able to watch it. NZ's just passing a new three strikes law targeting P2P downloading (which I don't use) and possibility other forms of Copyright infringement. Three strikes and you're fined $15,000 and possibly even lose your internet. Course the reason everyone downloads shows here is because half of them never air in the country and the American and British networks business models have them selling to our networks six months to three years after their original airdates.
Vampire Diaries is one of the good shows because it's popular here and at best sometimes airs only six episodes behind in between getting taken off air for months at a time with no word of it's return (This week's episode is Klaus taking over Alaric's body to put the time delay in perspective.)
So I'm just hoping someone will be uploading it to youtube like last year because I'm pretty sure the law won't target watching it on there as that's ridiculously unfair...
If I can't watch it online I'd be tempted to quit watching at all because all of the surprises and twists will be spoilt online (and through running Portrait) long before it airs here...
</complain fest. hehe>
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Post by onlymystory on Aug 30, 2011 2:49:57 GMT -5
They don't offer in on iTunes or anything for you guys before it airs there either? Wow. That sucks. I know there are several people I follow on twitter who watch it with the east coast despite being in California so I'm sure there are a few livestream options. Oh and amazon usually has them up. Or does it limit it to a US market?
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Post by Kat on Aug 30, 2011 6:22:53 GMT -5
They don't offer in on iTunes or anything for you guys before it airs there either? Wow. That sucks. I know there are several people I follow on twitter who watch it with the east coast despite being in California so I'm sure there are a few livestream options. Oh and amazon usually has them up. Or does it limit it to a US market? No, not on iTunes until after TV. Someone suggested getting a friend in the USA to let you use their account so you could buy and download episodes but apparently even that would be classed as illegal. And it's not released on DVD until it's aired on TV either. So if it never airs on TV, never on DVD... Someone asked the politician in charge of the law if it would mean fast tracking bringing something like Netflix or Hulu to the country to which he answered, 'I don't know what those are...'. So it's not looking hopeful. It's just so frustrating because studies show that online viewers often actually help a product sell when it is finally released (I remember the creator of 'Heroes' acknowledging that being the world's most illegally downloaded TV show in it's first season actually helped promote it by word of mouth by the time it came to other countries). And it seems so unfair to punish people for infringing on copyright when the copyright holders have no intention of ever selling them the product. I think all the livestream options are limited to being viewed only in the US (or their country of origin), since the international networks would kick up a fuss if it's offered to their country before they can air it. The only bright spot is the copyright holder has to pay $25-$40 per complaint they make and apparently about 10,000 things get downloaded per day so... But something has to give. It's not just a problem here. They passed this law in France last year and a lot of other countries are considering it. The business models are outdated and eventually the companies will have to deal with that. A new global order or television perhaps? (lol) We got the VMAs here live this year so it's certainly possible.
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Post by Lucy on Sept 10, 2011 16:56:01 GMT -5
Well I really love this show and my fav couple is Stefan and Elena
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Post by Sunshine on Sept 20, 2011 5:19:41 GMT -5
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Post by Kat on Sept 20, 2011 18:02:01 GMT -5
Thanks. I'm still a little paranoid about streaming video too. Technically it's not the target of the law but a lot of lawyers point out that the laws just vague enough that it could possibly get taken to court and be up to the tribunal to rule on. It's really easy to get a users ISP through P2P but to get it from a website like that they'd need the webmaster to give over the ISP logs which is unlikely but might happen. I don't know what to think...
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Post by Sunshine on Sept 21, 2011 4:22:15 GMT -5
Thanks. I'm still a little paranoid about streaming video too. Technically it's not the target of the law but a lot of lawyers point out that the laws just vague enough that it could possibly get taken to court and be up to the tribunal to rule on. It's really easy to get a users ISP through P2P but to get it from a website like that they'd need the webmaster to give over the ISP logs which is unlikely but might happen. I don't know what to think... Hmm that's true. Fair enough. They've certainly made it harder for us haven't they They could at least air shows sooner so that we don't need to download them.
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Post by Lucy on Oct 22, 2011 6:22:01 GMT -5
3.06 was just so amazing, I just loved it and my fav scene of the episode was the bleacher scene
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Post by Yuli on Oct 30, 2011 16:46:38 GMT -5
^yeah that was a good scene! episode 7 was even better though
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Post by smashleec on Nov 27, 2011 20:47:23 GMT -5
i download it from eztv.it
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Post by appu on Jan 30, 2012 12:16:17 GMT -5
The guys in Vampire Diaries are quite the hot ones. Damon, Stefan, Tyler, Jeremy I like the Klaus plot
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Post by Judy on Feb 3, 2012 13:04:36 GMT -5
Well... I gotta admit there was something about VD that I found really interesting I started watching it in 2010 when it was on German TV for the first time... but I stopped someday and didn't get to catch season 2 when it was on TV. Yesterday a German TV channel started the 2nd season, and will broadcast the 3rd one in march. I decided to give VD a second chance, and I'm hopefully gonna catch the show every thursday night from now on I really like Stefan AND Damon^^
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Post by SECRET on Feb 12, 2012 4:44:16 GMT -5
So just have to ask you guys, are you team Stefan or team Damon?
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Post by Judy on Feb 22, 2012 13:07:39 GMT -5
^Hard one I guess for me, Team Stefan (the good guy)... but I think I might turn to Damon at some point
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Post by Guucha on Mar 2, 2012 8:46:49 GMT -5
I'm more like team Damon since I love everything bad.
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Post by SECRET on Mar 7, 2012 4:44:22 GMT -5
I am more team Stefan, I'm hopeless when it comes to "true" romance. I fall for the "good" guys
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Post by Judy on Mar 7, 2012 11:07:34 GMT -5
^me too
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Post by Guucha on Mar 7, 2012 13:37:18 GMT -5
I used to think like you two but when Stefan got on Klaus side.... At that moment Damon had this little spark of good guy and I just started to change teams. Used to think that Elena has to be with Stefan but now I like the way she interacts with Damon.
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Post by appu on Mar 18, 2012 15:14:42 GMT -5
It's probably just me, but I'm bored of the show. For me, it's always Elena in distress :/
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Post by SECRET on Mar 30, 2012 8:42:46 GMT -5
^^I kinda agree. Its gone downhill for me this season. Feels like the they are streching the story so much. Feels like the "action" is gone.
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