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Title: Kindred the Embraced - The Complete Vampire Collection (2001) Starring: Kimberly Hooper Director: Not available Rating: NR (Not Rated) Runtime: 377 minutes Avg. Score: 4 Submit Comment Hits: 12

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• Posted on 2008-06-08
  Summary, kindred series
  
  DVD arrived promptly and in perfect condition. The series itself is the first real attempt to base a vampire chronicle around vampire politics and intrigue. The Blade series is the next series to use this theme extensively.
  Score: 5
• Posted on 2008-05-31
  Actually, I'd say 3 1/2 stars
  
  I have never played the RPG game, video game and I haven't read any of the books. I know absolutely nothing of white wolf, but I know what I like in the vampire genre.
  
  What I liked about this series:
  
  I love just about all things gangster and I love just about all things vampire and when the two come together, there isn't a better match made.
  Now, having said that... I think this series did a good job mixing the mafia genre with the vampire supernatural one. It kind of reminded me of "Blade" with the different clans trying to one up the other while trying to keep the facade of peace going.
  
  I did like that this series featured a lot of feeding/bite scenes. Being a vampire junkie, I like when there are a lot of scenes in books, movies and tv shows depicting vampires drinking blood.
  
  I liked that Julian's character took out the trash himself, killing vampires who threatened their secrecy.
  
  Some of the romance was nice, but not all of it.
  
  I loved the female vampire's character. The jealous sometime-girlfriend of Julian Luna. I liked her femme-fatale persona.
  
  Okay, what I didn't like:
  
  I would have liked to have seen less of C.Thomas Howell's character. He seemed to bit useless to me. All he did was run around getting on people's nerves. I personally think Julian should have just killed the bastard and went on with his life. No sooner after the vampires trust him with a secret, he's running off trying to expose them to whomever would listen. Someone that troublesome, you just kill, really, you do if you're a kick butt, no nonsense vampire master/prince.
  
  I could have done without the spoiled rich girl who wishes she was a rebel with the red hair. Sasha, I think her name was. She really was a bland character and seemed to serve only one purpose (to be the love interest of Cash) and their romance was a little more than annoying.
  
  Some of the acting was really bad. especially from C.Thoman Howell, which really surprised me, cause anyone who's seen "The Hitcher" or "Soul Man" knows what he's capable of in he acting department. I think the actor who played Julian and the woman who played the jealous female vampire sometimey girlfriend were probably the best actors. I think the worst actor was the 17 year old mother from the episode "Bad Moon Rising" . She was atrocious.
  
  Some of the dialog was bad. So bad that even the best actor couldn't pull those lines off without them sounding corny.
  
  Also, in the pilot, BIG mistake using the "Interview with the vampire" soundtrack. So not cool. Kind of killed some of the scenes for me. I had to keep reminded myself that Claudia was not going to cut her hair in that scene and storm off. Yeah, I've watched that movie a lot.
  
  All in all, not as bad as some say, but it wasn't fantastic either. The good thing is, it was entertaining and I'm sad that it got cancelled because I would have like to have seen more.
  Score: 3
• Posted on 2008-04-22
  There's nothing like it. It brought the A game.
  
  When I first watched the Tv show it was shocking,Mysterious,and Erotic in it's own way. I heard it was based on the Role Play "The Masquarade", but I loved it on tele. I was even more excited to see it on DVD. Gosh, it was a shame the lead died when he did. This show would have became very popular. I loved all the charators in this show including my favorite, Cash and Sasha. I wish there could have at least been a proper ending, but we will forever wonder if the film industy will ever do a remake of this one. I can only hope.
  Score: 5
• Posted on 2007-12-17
  Wonderful, but short-lived series that needs a re-issue on DVD!
  
  Sure, this is a television series based on a role-playing game. And alot of folks would turn their noses up at that...and they'd miss out on a fantastic show. These shows hold up years after they were first shown on tv; the production values are high, the special effects are well done without being overblown, and the acting is excellent. The death of the lead in this show brought this promising series to a halt, and that's a horrible shame.
  
  The idea that there are different types of vampires that all live together in a rival-clan type of society is very interesting. Their feuds are similar to the type of feuds played out in mob-family dramas, and the characters are very compelling. C. Thomas Howell, who plays a cop who had fallen in love with a Kindred who gave her life to save his, digs to find information on the Kindred, and that is just one of the continuing stories in this series.
  
  This show has a huge fan base -- I'm a big fan myself! -- and one small issue of these DVD's isn't enough. Another issue is definitely needed! And if you haven't seen these shows, if you've got the cash to shell out to one of the outside Amazon sellers? Pick up the set pronto. You'll be hooked.
  Score: 5
• Posted on 2007-10-17
  Please Bring this back!!
  
  i think if this was re-released this show would sky rocket, because there are a lot of romance novels that deal with vampires and i think it would do well if they released it as a sci-fi show during the day time as a new soap opera. NBC sold Passions to Direct TV this possiblly could replace it as a real hard core soap. it has all the elements of a great soap opera of today so i think it would do well.
  Score: 5