With the right mix of political intrigue and classic teen drama, Peacock's VampireAcademy is an additive adaptation worth sinking your teeth into, annagovert reviews:
movie, released in 2014, begins with a deadly car crash soundtracked by M.I.A.’s “Bad Girls;” it’s a shockingly ridiculous start to a movie so hilariously bad that it becomes almost enjoyable, but not enough to avoid completely getting lost in its own attempt at ambition.
Based on how well the film worked out, it seemed that Richelle Mead’s sprawling, 6-novel series might be beyond the realm of adaptation, perhaps too complicated to accurately bring to the screen. But Peacock’s production blows that assumption out of the water. Rather than use exposition to info-dump on the audience, this series takes its time introducing us to the Dominion and its traditions, unfolding the Moroi, Dhampir, and Strigoi lore as the episodes go on.
Of course, it’s not perfect, falling into some old habits that die hard within the teen drama genre. Despite the age-gap being less creepy , Rose and Dimitri’s relationship still contains shades of that mentor-student dynamic that, frankly, I could live without.
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