From an interview with executive producer Julie Plec:

"Well, [there was an] episode that kind of gave a hint about the Tyler Lockwood [Michael Trevino] character. Somebody said, “Why are you such a jerk, why are you the way you are?� and he says, “I don’t know,� and we pan up to the full moon. Anybody who’s read the books knows that his character in the books is a werewolf and one of the choices that we’ve made is, we are going to go down that road, we’re going to explore that, but before we write a word for it, we [will] have met with our visual effects team and our concept design team to make sure that we know exactly what it is we want to do, because we’ve come to learn on CURSED, the werewolf is the worst thing to design and make look good, especially on a TV budget, so we’re going to make sure we do it right. We’re going to think a little bit outside the box, we’re going to figure out how we can design it so that we can make the effects look good, what parts are going to be prosthetic, what parts are going to be makeup effects and what’s going to be CG, and only then when we feel good about it will we start talking about stories."

Source: http://www.ifmagazine.com/feature.asp?article=3821

Delta Wolfman wrote:

And yet Being Human was able to do it perfectly.

Yes they did--that was a case of relying mostly on prosthetics. The technology used was essentially the same as that used in AWIL, and the results were just as good. We can only hope someone from the Vampire Diaries has seen BH. CGI can be a good aid, but prosthetics are still the chief way to go.

blackjack60 wrote:

From an interview with executive producer Julie Plec:

"Well, [there was an] episode that kind of gave a hint about the Tyler Lockwood [Michael Trevino] character. Somebody said, “Why are you such a jerk, why are you the way you are?� and he says, “I don’t know,� and we pan up to the full moon. Anybody who’s read the books knows that his character in the books is a werewolf and one of the choices that we’ve made is, we are going to go down that road, we’re going to explore that, but before we write a word for it, we [will] have met with our visual effects team and our concept design team to make sure that we know exactly what it is we want to do, because we’ve come to learn on CURSED, the werewolf is the worst thing to design and make look good, especially on a TV budget, so we’re going to make sure we do it right. We’re going to think a little bit outside the box, we’re going to figure out how we can design it so that we can make the effects look good, what parts are going to be prosthetic, what parts are going to be makeup effects and what’s going to be CG, and only then when we feel good about it will we start talking about stories."

Source: http://www.ifmagazine.com/feature.asp?article=3821

that's cool. Hope the werewolf looks good though if they're saying prosthetics? Yeah all for a Being Human type werewolf. I'm feeling "Wolf" as far as the look if they can make the hair longer. I dont' knwo it's cool.

Delta Wolfman wrote:

"...the werewolf is the worst thing to design and make look good, especially on a TV budget..."

And yet Being Human was able to do it perfectly.

Stop making excuses and just gently caressing create a werewolf that's recognizably a werewolf.

Preach it man! Well, as devil's advocate (did I say that right?) a look that moves and such is about 20,000 bucks is what I heard. I'd assume that would break down the design, copyrights/trademarks, molds, prototypes, actual payment to the mask/costume maker, and I know yak- hair (fake hair on most halloween costumes/masks) is expensive. I'm also basing this on the almost 2000 dollar Thriller werewolf mask that's on sale right now. (shouldn't it be cheaper if it's released to the masses or maybe it wasn't? Plus the quality)

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Sounds awesome, love VD with the books since i was a kid in the early 90's. Who would love to see zombies, witches and succubuses added as well?

HarryCanyon wrote:

Sounds awesome, love VD with the books since i was a kid in the early 90's. Who would love to see zombies, witches and succubuses added as well?

they really could. Especially if Buffy isn't going ot be made into a movie. When does the dvd come out? I hope they have a sneak peak of werewolf stuff on season 2. And I hope the dad comes back in Season 2.

That's what I thought of when I read the description from the Gates thread.   Is it just me, or does that man not age?!?! Like, EVER?!? He was a highschooler in 'Fallen' (cool nephalim miniseries)(annoying that spell checker wants to trade nephalim for encephalitis), he played a highschooler in Wolf Lake, and he's playing a highschooler/ or is it college dude in Vampire Diaries. He looks exactly the same in all three.

HarryCanyon wrote:

I'd love to see Vampires and werewolves go against zombies.

me likes this.

From what I understand, tonight's (Sept. 23) episode of the show will touch on the werewolf storyline.

Here's a promo from the episode:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMgT-f_-MTA

Mitch01 wrote:

i knew that the werewolf was going to be an actual wolf lol all in all VD is really good! can't wait for next week for the Katherine vs Elena showdown..

Let me guess... and the TF was the typical cheap morphing... or none. Well, no one is perfect.

I figured the "werewolf" would just be a wolf. At least it was a fierce looking wolf. I'm hoping they opted to put mason out of sight during the "change" so that they save it all for when Tyler changes. Tease us now with a payoff later. At least the transformation was depicting as jarring vs. true blood's style of blink and your a werewolf. I hope that when it's Tyler's time they show more

I am so sick of werewolves being played by german shepherd mixes. They don't even look like real wolves. Bunch of lazy, cheap bastards.

Mitch01 wrote:

u could be right.. unless they didn't or don't have enough on the budget. i've never seen true blood so...

the story is they can't get them to be "real" enough, so since the trend is real wolves they're going to just stick with that.

haha to everyon'es comments. this is gonna be a good season.