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- 2022
- TV-MA
- Peacock
- 2022
- TV-MA
- Peacock
Summary Vampire-human hybrid Rosemarie Hathaway (Sisi Stringer) and her Moroi vampire best friend Princess Vasilisa "Lissa" Dragomir (Daniela Nieves) are some of the students at St Vladimir's Academy in Julie Plec and Marguerite MacIntyre's adaptation of Richelle Mead's book series of the same name.
- 2022
- TV-MA
- Peacock
- 2022
- TV-MA
- Peacock
Vampire Academy (2022)
Season 1 Premiere: Nov 30, 2021
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3.0
Summary Vampire-human hybrid Rosemarie Hathaway (Sisi Stringer) and her Moroi vampire best friend Princess Vasilisa "Lissa" Dragomir (Daniela Nieves) are some of the students at St Vladimir's Academy in Julie Plec and Marguerite MacIntyre's adaptation of Richelle Mead's book series of the same name.
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Mixed or Average
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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43% Positive
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14% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
59
43% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
43% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
14% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Vampire Academy is a must-watch for anyone tempted by the idea of a world of vampires touched by magic, flush with forbidden romance, and filled with vast potential.
It’s fresh, it’s smart, it’s a hell of a lot of fun, and it’s absolutely worth sinking your teeth into.
User Score
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 162 User Ratings
3.0
29% Positive
47 Ratings
47 Ratings
2% Mixed
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
69% Negative
112 Ratings
112 Ratings
User Score
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 162 User Ratings
3.0
29% Positive
47 Ratings
47 Ratings
2% Mixed
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
69% Negative
112 Ratings
112 Ratings
Vampire Academy remains entertaining due to its fast pace, noteworthy female leads, and twisty second half.
The show seems to want to have it both ways: to suck you into its sprawling world, with its endlessly complicated lore, while hand-waving over the world’s basic details. There are worse problems for a series to have than a surplus of storylines and ideas, and Vampire Academy‘s excess does often make for a tasty binge. It’s just not always a totally satisfying one.
Ends up intriguing enough, if also unavoidably cheesy in its attempts to stand out amongst the fray.
While there’s nothing truly terrible about Vampire Academy, there’s little about it that stands out amid today’s crop of fantastical YA dramas.
The result is a total – and entirely unoriginal – mess. Literally nothing about this show is coherent in any way. At times, it is impossible to follow, hurtling through the action and chucking about terminology we are yet to grasp; at others, it drags and is downright boring.
While this is not exactly the same as the books of the same name, it is an incredibly entertaining and fun vampire series. There's no shortage of genres, including action, romance, fantasy, and political intrigue, all held together by a wonderful and compelling cast. Highly recommend it so far.
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You can definitely tell that no one at Peacock or anyone connected to the monstrosity has read the books. Every ounce of this was wrong. During the first book Tatiana was the only queen. Rose would have been half Turkish and half white. Dimitri was RUSSIAN and it was an important part of the books. Mia's last name was Rinaldi and she was never adopted. Sonya Karp was not adopted nor was she the same age as Rose and Lissa. Lissa's hair should have been platinum and she should have had Jade colored eyes. Victor had a biological daughter named Natalie. Victor was not married to a man. Mia was not dating a chick she had been dating Aaron in the first book. Mason's hair should have been red. Rose also was not really interested in him. And not everyone knew about Mia and Andre. It was actually a huge secret. Andre also never intended to marry Mia nor did he express any interest in marrying her. They also didn't separate Royal from non royal at the feeders. They also didn't flash different color eyes for royal or non royal.
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Truly terrible. They butchered the story and every character that has been loved since the release of the amazing Vampire Academy books in 2007!!! Other fans of the books will know right away that this was not made for us. Who it was made for, I do not know, but it was NOT for us. Everything was just truly terrible, but the acting was the worst for me, especially from that Stringer girl. Don’t know how she got the role, but it can’t have been ethical. None of these people will ever be our beloved vampire academy characters, no matter how much some of you poor deluded creatures tell yourselves that you were. Thank God the true fans of these books have spoken and this abomination was cancelled.
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These vampires don’t really feel like vampires to me because they all have different powers and are mortal. And those other ones that are meant to be bad vampires that sort of just kill for fun didn’t look like vampires to me. They looked more like some sort of zombie that’s caught an infection or is sick (if that can happen). I don’t know, the first ones are more like they are some new kind of supernatural creature with fangs, and if they didn’t drink blood I’d of forgotten what they were, and I don’t like that. I shouldn’t be watching a show about one thing only to forget what they are shortly after because they are different, but I also wonder if the plot is why it was like that. It was very rushed.
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Production Company:
- My So-Called Company
- Universal Television
Initial Release Date: Nov 30, 2021
Number of seasons: 1 Season
Rating: TV-MA
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• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
