Vampire Diaries TV show preview released, has the feel of Twilight?

hough it is no secret that The Vampire Diaries is based off of a book series penned long before Stephenie Meyer‘s Twilight saga, the new CW television show, whose star Ian Somerhalder said that it was a good thing Twilight was around, looks an awful lot like the 2008 Catherine Hardwicke film.

With a strikingly similar conceptual underpinning (vampire boy wants to be with fragile little brown-eyed human), the preview starts off in an amazingly comparative way. The main character even dazzles the school office’s front desk clerk like Edward Cullen tends to do.

However, as the preview goes to show, the storylines deviate quite dramatically. Dark and full of trials, the main character (Stefan, portrayed by Paul Wesley) has to keep his brother Damon (Somerhalder) away from Elena (by Nina Dobrev). Not for the same reasons, however, that Edward had to keep Jasper away from Bella in New Moon.

Take a look at the preview, and tell us what you think. Does it have a similar feel as Twilight, or are the storylines deviant enough to draw in separate audiences? Comment below and let us know!

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