I love Vampire: The Masquerade, and at some point stumbled upon a page describing this show. To be honest, I went in with very low expectations. When I started the first episode, I thought it'd just be some trashy series I could laugh about a bit, in a "so bad it's good" kind of way.Well, nope. The series was actually so good it's good! Yes, there were several differences from the game, and yes, I complained about those at first, too. In the first two or three episodes, I was also skyping with fellow VtM-friends, and pretty much said stuff like "Why aren't you dead?! It's day!" or "Okay, so the Nossi can dominate, and the Ventrue can't?" or "What do you mean, you don't control humans? You're a vampire prince! You're supposed to have a ton of ghouls!" So, don't expect a 1:1 series about the game. That's not what this is. But, do try to see behind the differences. Okay, fine, the vampires walk around during the day, and we never had mentions of the clan flaws except the Nosferatu and kinda-sorta the Brujah. We did, however, get to see some nice higher up kindred talk, which you rarely get in a vampire game. Players aren't usually primogens or princes, even if you're playing older vamps, most don't want to sit around in a city doing politics like that. In general, sure, that's what vampire was meant to be (Not that that means much to my group, but anyway), but not primogen-prince-relationships.The characters were, for the most part, great. Archon is very Ventrue-ish, while Julian is a bit, but not a complete stereotype. I, personally, don't want players to use stereotypes for their characters, so that I liked. Yep, the Brujah aren't all gang members fighting everything and everyone nonstop. The V20 explicitly states that they're not, though many are - And that, as it seems, is true in the world of Kindred as well. Cash is very likable, and Daedalus is honestly incredibly sweet at times. I'm not too fond of Lillie, but that doesn't mean her character wasn't done well, it made perfect sense. To me, she's just not a likable person, but not all characters should be.So, yes, the series has its flaws, whether you are a fan of the pen & paper or not. But it's still a pretty good series, and well worth watching.

If you are a fan of Vampire: the Masquerade you will be disappointed and annoyed. The clans of the Camarilla are there, but the notable things that distinguish them are mostly missing, every kindred can shape shift in this universe and all of the "really" cool clans are gone. No Malkavians, no Sabbat, no Independents, no Tremere, and Nosferatu are just bald with funny shaped ears. People who aren't fans will find a decent soap opera-type show with iffy acting and cool vampire intrigue stuff, but overall this series is a disappointment and I just want to know who to blame. The music is very good, and the opening is fantastic. I would love to see something done with a closer eye to the correct continuity, but that will never happen.

I too was an avid watcher of the show/movie and was very sad to see it end. I thought it was a fast moving show and I wish they would do a new season of it. I loved the different stories and how they always stayed on topic. I miss watching it and recently founds it for sale and bought the first season. And that was the only season out there. I was thinking it was 2 seasons. I can't wait to watch it all over again from the beginning. I remember a lot of the show, but it will be great to watch it again. I also loved Julian's character he was so cute, but still deadly. All in all the show was awesome and I wish they would put it back on the air!!!

I just want to set the record straight about the shows cancellation and an anonymous comment posted in Novenber of 1998The show was cancelled because the main actor Mark Frankel who played Julian Luna died in a motorcycle accident on September 24th, 1996.--vampire