# Quick - bar "The Gates"! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 21, 2010, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-bar-the-gates/544046 "2010-06-21T21:17:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2010, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-bar-the-gates/544046/1 "2010-06-21T21:17:30Z")
Given the popularity of so many things vampish around here, I assume I’m not the only Doper who made the mistake of watching this last night. Don’t see how this could turn into anything worth watching. Let’s see, we’ve got witches, werewolves, and vamps living in a modestly sized gated community which is large enough to have its own school system an thriving business district. And the top cop is the least likeable character around. I’d suggest that they play up the “housing for people desiring privacy” angle, add in corporate titans, mafiosos, and drug kingpins, and make the vamps et al have to deal with some REAL monsters! ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2010, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-bar-the-gates/544046/2 "2010-06-21T21:20:48Z")
I’m still giving it a chance. It is hard to have the premier of a drama be great - there is too much to introduce. It wasn’t nearly as bad as “Happy Town” ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2010, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-bar-the-gates/544046/3 "2010-06-21T21:45:12Z")
M. Night Shamalamadingdong does _Eureka_. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2010, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-bar-the-gates/544046/4 "2010-06-21T22:15:54Z")
Eureka or Desperate Vampwives ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2010, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-bar-the-gates/544046/5 "2010-06-21T22:22:28Z")
I watched about 20 minutes of it and found it to be a hackneyed, TV family drama with sanitized vampires and no edge. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2010, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-bar-the-gates/544046/6 "2010-06-21T23:17:37Z")
It’s just okay. I can’t see it lasting a whole season. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2010, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-bar-the-gates/544046/7 "2010-06-21T23:52:37Z")
Was this one of the networks trying to cash in on the Vampire craze? If so, I can see how it would be a disaster. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-bar-the-gates/544046/8 "2010-06-22T02:39:35Z")
I just started watching **Moonlight** on DVD. It didn’t last long on network TV but it’s much more enjoyable than **The Gates**. ---
**Author:** ![In\_Winnipeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a8b319/32.png) [@In\_Winnipeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/In_Winnipeg)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-bar-the-gates/544046/9 "2010-06-22T03:23:07Z")
I made the mistake of watching the first few minutes of this after making the mistake of watching Scoundrels, which came on before it. Muy crapola, I think – both of them. ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-bar-the-gates/544046/10 "2010-06-22T04:12:09Z")
I describe it as 90210 crossed with Dark Shadows. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-bar-the-gates/544046/11 "2010-06-22T04:41:19Z")
It’s “summer burn off theater” it isn’t meant to be good, it isn’t meant to be remembered past this August (it’s hardly meant to be remembered while you’re watching it).