Vampire Academy Devotee discussion

Vampire academy is the most hypnotizing book I have ever read. The world that Mead has created is dumbfounding. A world in our world, changing the vampire’s way so they could live among mankind undetected, the Moroi (aka vampires who can eat food and walk in the sun) are not the beautifulness thing to walk the earth – like Twilight - and Dhamphires, half human-half vampire is very stimulating. The vampires that we use to know were able to protect themselves from anything but the vampires that Mead has generated, need to be protected by their guardians who happen to be the Dhamphires that the Moroi have created or gave birth to when mating with either a human or a Dhamphire. What are the Dhamphires protecting the Moroi from? – You might ask. Well surprisingly the Moroi are being protected by the Dhamphires from their own kind, Strigio. The callous version, bloodthirsty and vicious vampires that sleep in the morning as well as walk the earth at night, feeding on innocent humans to stay alive. Strigio are immortal whereas Moroi aren’t. What I also enjoyed about Vampire Academy was the hot leading character Rose Hathaway. Her attitude, independence, judgments and movements are different to what we might have known for a ‘female’ character to act or be. In Twilight or most of the vampire books I have read requisite a man in their lives to help them, save them and love them but not Rose. . . she doesn’t need any of those things to help her move on. Yes, she does fall in love and yes she does want this man to love her aka Dimitri Belikov but she doesn’t require them to move on with her life. In Last Sacrifice she does say she would rather die with her dignity relatively than love a man who is jam-packed with culpability and guilt. The friendship and bond Mead has created between Lissa and Rose is very thought-provoking. Being able to feel and see what your best friend is seeing and feeling is just ‘OMG’ and creepy at the same time. The characters inside Vampire Academy are different. (view spoiler)[The competition that Adrian and Dimitri have is somewhat the same then different at the same time with Edward and Jacob. (Excuse me for using Twilight as an example) It would have been nice to know that Adrian and Rose ended up together but like every bloody ending has to be perfect, they end up with the main guy ‘the one’. I guess some people might have been happy about the wind-up Mead has done but in my opinion changing the way we see the ending these days would have been a bigger hit. All in all I am quite content thru the conclusion with the book. <3 VA all the way >>>>>>>>>>>>>> *to infinity and beyond*>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
And that is why I love Vampire Academy . . .*(oh and don’t 4get because of Sexy back Adrian 2)*
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I just got the first one on my kindle. Haven't had the chance to read it yet so I hope it's good

WOW Alexis... haha now I actually wanna read it!

I love Vampire Academy because it is a world that makes you want to live there and be a part of it. I have read a lot of vampire books but this series is off the chain!

First you have Rose who loves vasilia and would do anything to help her. Then you have Mason who is devoted to Rose and loves her. Mead weaves a friendship that is like no other. Every girl would love to have a best friend like Rose.

I loved the way she ended the series but I wanted just a little more about my favorite couple.

Vampire Academy is THE BEST series I have ever read. I can't read other books now (except the Dark Swan series by the same author- Richelle Mead). Richelle Mead's writing has hypnotized me.

Yep! Her writing is very hypnotising!! I hope i encouraged the ppl who havnt read it to actually read it!

why dont i love vampire academy.??

i love VA b/c its the perfect mix of love and action all in one. Theres the sexy love triangle with brutal situations that make and change different characters. Plus i just love how Rose is a complete badass and doesnt take anything from anyone. Shes hilarious && i love it!

VA is a great series that was recommended to me and I could not get enough of it. I love the fact that Rose falls in love with Dimitri and they are not supposed to be together but they can't fight the attraction. Then there is Lisa and Christian are the bomb!

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Hello OVAM fans! First I just wanted to thank everyone for your total commitment and enthusiasm for this project, and your unrelenting support, ideas, opinions and comments. Producer Don Murphy and myself have spend countless hours in preparation, meetings, negotiations and planing to bring this project to you, and get the movie made that we all want to see!



Our enthusiasm and faith in this project is stronger today than ever before. Our commitment to get this done is paramount, and we are dedicated to see this through to completion. Thank you for all your support and help.



Now, here' what I know regarding those selected questions below.


Mike Preger

Producer



1. Are you planning on making each book a separate film or are you thinking about combining any of them?



Yes, to all of the above. Ideally each book could stand on it's own. But since the first film installment in a series is so critical to the success and continuation of that series, we feel the first book (VA) may possibly require some combination with book two (FB) to really establish and grab the film audience.



2. Many authors have recently been involved/on-set during production as a consultant. Have you considered having Richelle Mead involved in the film?



As busy as our favorite author is, I would love to have Richelle's involvement and thoughts on everything. But at the end of the day, a filmmaker (Director) will be brought in. Creatively the "production set" is his/her domain, so we will just have to wait and see.



3. We know you can’t name studios, but can you tell us the biggest issues you have faced with the studios that have passed on the project? Also, have you walked away from any studios and why?



The biggest issues are the obvious ones. Market saturation, too derivative, basically everything we anticipated from the beginning. But then I've been pitching projects to Hollywood for 20 years, that's always the excuse until you find the right studio, the right time and the right deal. While I would not say that we have walked away completely from any deal, we have held off, for the meantime, on 3 different proposals. The reasons varied, from budget, to timing, to levels of commitment -- but despite only a handful of rejections so far, we have found a lot of interest as well. We have new meetings pending in the next few weeks in Hollywood, so anything can happen moving forward.



4. What will happen if you cannot find a studio?



This leads to a number of other opportunities. An Independent deal to produce the movie before a sale is always possible. Among the proposals talked about above, one such opportunity was among them already. Beyond that there remains possibilities for exploring a "made for cable" film series, or network mini-series, or even a television series like True Blood or Vampire Diaries.



5. As a fan of the series, what are YOU most excited to see come to life from the books?





What has fascinated me from the beginning has been the Rose character. I like her toughness, her passion, her tenacity, and her flaws. I like the many sides of her personality, that are revealed through her various relationships with others. She is not just another "Cardboard Cut-out" character like so many other female lead characters. While people tend to superficially characterize this series as "another Vampire story" I've never really seen it that way. There is a lot of "humanity" in this story. Issues we can all relate to. Yes, it has Vampires, along with a mythical setting against a Vampire inhabited world -- but it's not really about Vampires, it's about people, emotions, challenges, life and death decisions,

passion and jealousy, and facing your fears.



6. In addition, what do you think will be the most difficult aspect/scene of the book to replicate in real life?



Nothing is too difficult to recreate if the budget and schedule are realistic and in place. This speaks to the "deal", which is what we are wrestling with now at this stage. From the battle in the caves of Montana (where we know what "what" happens), to the Russian countryside and villages, each chapter in this series brings it's own unique and challenging screen moments. It will ultimately be the collaboration of a screenwriter and the filmmaker, what elements of the story can, and will, be envisioned on the screen.



7. As you know, the majority of VA takes place at night. Do you think this is going to present a problem?



With today's technology, the concerns of old, shooting night, or day for night, no longer presents the challenges or cost it once did. Again, so much relies on the vision of the filmmaker, But I don't consider this a significant issue with respect to production.



8. Have you started looking for any screenwriters?



We have discussed screenwriters, and have had some great discussions with screenwriters as well. Again, so much relies on what deal we can achieve, what venue we are creating for, and what scale of production a studio intends to commit to, before we can finalize any relationship in this area.



9. Are you interested in making Bloodlines into a movie as well?



As a sequel to Vampire Academy, we have reserved first/last negotiations to the Bloodline series. Once Vampire Academy is set up, we will continue working with Richelle to figure all that out. But yes, we are excitedly awaiting the debut of Bloodlines in August.



10. Although VA is a “Young Adult Book,” it does have a lot of violence and sex. What rating do you think the film will have?



Once the venue has been established, i.e. Motion Picture, Cable, TV, a target audience will be decided by a Studio or Network and the material will be adapted to that market. We have now a broad appeal, predominantly female 13-35 already established from the book. We hope to broaden that appeal to include a strong male appeal as well, so we will want as much of an "edge" to the material as the intended market will support. Violence and Sex can be handled a lot of different ways cinematically, so I'm not too concerned at this point. Again, in the hands of the right filmmaker, it can all work in a number of ways creatively.



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OMFG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THAT IS SOOO COOL! tHNX!

your welcome:)

I'm just speechless...can't express my feelings:D

Rozalina-Zazou-Belikov-Freak wrote: "I'm just speechless...can't express my feelings:D"

me either:)

hey k.k i sent u a message...would u check ur inbox?

im going to be pissed if its rated R. cuz I AM NOT, under any circumstances, bringing my mom with me to see vampire academy. we disagree on everything. when i told her about Jacob, she was all team edward. UGHH. if my mom goes to team dimitri im gonna go chainnsaw massacre on pplzz.

i love the series cuz its those type of series u cant get enough of n cant wait for the next book. n i love the all the fighting n how many of the characters r.

Same my mum is team Edward!! Ewwww!

Hehe u all may throw stones at me but I'm team dimitri:)
I like Adrian just not with rose!

I'm TEAM ADRIAN!!!

and I'M Team Dimitri!! haha! xD

Lol!

Alexis Elena Ivashkov! wrote: "Same my mum is team Edward!! Ewwww!"

LOL n i'm TEAM ADRAIN TOO.

Adrian babe noy Adrain!!! Lol

I'm team Dimitrian!

Pfft! :P

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no! dimitri does not deserve, what-so-DAMN-ever, to be loved equally as adrian .

Miranda♥!♥!♥ wrote: "no! dimitri does not deserve, what-so-DAMN-ever, to be loved equally as adrian ."

DIMITRI IS SUPREME!!!!!!!!!!!

ADRIAN IS GOD!

TRUE DAT!

Adrian the God Almighty!!

only 2 people walking this earth can telll chuck norris what to do: Me (hes my sidekick, loyally), and Adrian

What about me? lolz :)

sorry, but chuck dont take orders from peolple :P

me? people? I AM CUT!!!!!
Fine miss know it all but doesnt know the colour of her teachers underpants >>> keep your stinking chuck norris. Im fine with out him anyway!!! >>>> HECK I am THE King!!!

wouldnt you be the queen .?

Sh! Dont ruin her moment.

psssssssssssssst

*secretly rolling on the floor laughing!*

**narrows eyes**

Wow!!! Nice description!!!

Whats not to love about VA?

Ikr! The only thing that always tears me apart is "Love Fades, mine has."

I cried and I think that's the only time I wanted to hurt him EVER

Yep

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Fellow Vampire Academy lovers!
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