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Summary: If there were no Vampire: The Masquerade...
Review: I've been playing Vampire:The Masquerade RPG for nearly a year. The main topics on series are kinda good for a modern vampire scenario, but the characters ,events and environment are really minimized. A very young and weak prince, a few primogens, like the prince they are too young and weak . Everyone embraces everyone Masquerade rules of Camarilla are always flexible , makin' love , eating and drinking ... Without the Masquerade game this would be a really nice TV show. But for a player of the game , it seems really funny.
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Summary: Guilty Pleasure
Review: The short lived 'Kindred' is what I would call a 'guilty pleasure'. Some have called this show "Transylvania 90210", which is a little harsh methinks. In these days where the cast of the once slick Beverley Hills teenfest of "90210" are hiding their retreating hairlines, 'Melrose Place' is the more accurate analogy. Bouffant-endowed vampire superbitches threaten and cajole buffed undead Californian studmuffins amidst designer wardrobes and Laura Ashley interiors. They snarl, they cheat, they bed-hop. Presumably they apply lipgloss and work out with their personal trainers too, but we never see that. Being a vampire never looked so good. Based on "Vampire: the Masquerade", Kindred had that kind of addicting quality not unknown to soap operas. Too bad for the death of the lead star, it would have been interesting to see if Kindred might have continued. Oh well, pick it up and enjoy it.
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Summary: don't judge the series by the pilot
Review: When the first episode of K:tE was broadcast, I turned it off after about 20 minutes. When I stumbled onto the closing 20 minutes of the third episode, I got hooked. Let's face it, the pilot can be agonizingly cheesy and melodramatic, with heavy-handed exposition and endless repetitions of "Brujah clan", "Toreador clan", etc., but it's necessary to set the scene. Successive episodes improve, some more than others: the "Cabin in the Woods" finale is a tantalizing hint of the series' potential. A scattering of very nice performances - Patrick Bauchau and the late Mark Frankel in particular - take the sting out of others that are equally disappointing. Anyone curious about it should at least rent the VHS or DVD. For a fan, the DVD is definitely worth it, even missing a key scene (Sasha's intro in the pilot, of all things).
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Summary: Kindred the Embraced
Review: I was really happy to see this released on DVD as the show was great. My review revolves around the studio transfer to DVD. The DVD is missing one scene from the first episode. The scene where Sasha is introduced at the grandchilds funeral wake in the wine cellar. This entire scene was not included on the DVD. It is however on the VHS copy. Also there are numerous 2-3 second blank spots where a commercial would have aired and whoever did the editing left a gap between scenes. Once again these blank spots are only on the DVD, not the VHS tape edition.
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Summary: Clipped Episodes?
Review: Well, I bought it. Just like I taped the originals, and even got a copy of Nightstalker from someone. Then I bought the tapes and waited 2 and a half months for them to arrive. Now I have the DVDs and I find out that (at least my copy) the scene where Sasha meets Julian at her grandfather's wake is missing. Doesn't show on my entertainment center DVD or the computer. Is this the way it is on everyone elses' copy? Maybe I should make sure all the other episodes are complete as well...
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Summary: Tv series that should have kept on going
Review: This was a TV series that started off okay and got to be great. It's kinda hard to follow initially but it starts making a lot of sense and is full of intrigue and complex social inter-reactions. I highly recommend it
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Summary: A partial success as a series; Worth a look
Review: The first film to bring to light the vision of a RPG, Kindred The Embraced remains a testiment to the vision of Vampre The Masquerade. I reccommend it to anyone who is interested in Vampric politics, or in the now famous RPG. With the Release of V:TM's Redemption computer game, this collection is sure to be a favorite of many undead. Tragically, the last performance of a great actor, it stands out in a way few series could.
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Summary: One of the best shows of the 90's
Review: As a long time fan of Forever Knight and Vampire: the Masquerade, I was thrilled to hear that this show was being released. As a Junior in high school, I religiously watched the show every week. I happened to see that the DVD had come out in a Columbia House mailing and bought it right away without even thinking. I could not be happier with my purchase. If you want a good slice of 90's adolescent television, this is a great buy. Not to mention a fitting eulogy for Mark Frankel... It's very unfortunate that the series did not last longer than it did. Pick up the DVD before the publisher pulls the plug on it as well.
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Summary: DVD release without all the extra's...
Review: For those of you familar with the cancelled TV series Kindred: The embrace, excitement must have taken over when news of the DVD release hit the streets. While happy to see the series on the digital source, it lacks a few things that make it not a perfect buy. 1: Audio track is in 2.0 surround, not 5.1 dolby digital. 2: No Widescreen transfer...yeah I know it was taped for t.v. 3: No extra's, behind the scenes or anything like that. However, The package itself is nice, on the two DVD's, and in a format that will stand the test of time. Close to a homerun, just short by the wall...
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Summary: Only for collectors and/or hard-core vampire fans
Review: Kindred: the Embraced was a mercifully short-lived Fox network series inspired by the successful Vampire: the Masquerade role-playing game. It's notable because K:tE was the first live-action show to be made from an RPG (V:tM creator Mark Rein*Hagen was a producer for the show). Alas, that's all that's notable about it. The show's producers removed most of the material that made V:tM an innovative RPG--the Gothic-Punk atmosphere, the sense of personal horror--and reduced the show to simply "The Godfather with fangs". The acting is stiff (with a couple of exceptions, most notably Kelly "Caitlin" Rutherford and Stacy "Lillie" Haiduk), the writing pretentious, and the supposed "horror" was unintentionally hilarious. As for that famous "never-aired" episode...well, it becomes painfully clear why Fox never bothered showing it. If you like bad horror flicks (this series lends itself well to the MST3K treatment), or are looking to fill out your horror RPG collection, this series is a must-have. If you're looking for quality TV horror, or a good TV adaptation of a great RPG, give this one a miss, or rent it during your local video store's $0.99 night.
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