

The thing is, though, when you filter all the cheesy elements, series like VA & TMI grabbed my attention because they do spin a very solid mythology, which I think, given the right handling can make for tremendous source material.

Meanwhile when it's put on screen you are forced to confront the reality of, he look pretty old & she looks like she should be wearing hot topic at some mall. I guess if your a fan of the genre you focus on the whole meant to be together part in your mind. It's usually an older dude 'falling hopelessly in love' with a girl that is a combination of too young & forbidden. When I read back through the books I have to admit, there is so much that works in your head because your mind fills in exactly what works for you However, the exchanges when put into a visual context where you get to see it tangibly played out, come across as unbelievably creepy or cheesy or both. I wonder, did those movies fail because they were terrible film adaptations of a really great series or did they fail because they were based on terrible source material and I am just blind to that fact because I have a junkie like addiction to a trashy genre? I can just devour series like The Mortal Instruments & Vampire Academy. I read a wide variety of things and being a 26 year old guy, I am ashamed to admit I love the whole paranormal romance genre. This has been a fascination of mine for a while now. It's so interesting how certain YA book adaptations just seem destined to be successful versus others (e.g.
