Let's be realistic.

It's an amazing and heartbreaking story.

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

Someone needs to pick-up this series. I have seen other series drag on and on. That are not near this good. This one just kept my whole family on edge. This is as good if not better than the "The Dome". I can not believe nobody has got this series going on. I hope that they could see the 'gold mine ' that this could be. The story line in is right in line with some of the biggest block-buster movies in the last five years. The cast is very talented. Really, it has everything and more. Vampires, werewolves, witches, with a little voodoo magic. Don't forget the succubus, really when was the last time you saw all of this in one series. Then with all of the other mysteries and dramas mixed in. It is perfect ! How there are not more seasons is a mystery in it's self.

I just discovered "The Gate" now, in April 2012, through a recommendation on Netflix. Perhaps I was not watching TV that summer of 2010.I am very sorry the show was not continued. I found the acting great and the multiple story lines intriguing. I thought it especially clever that one of the vampire families is as much as, if not more than, the central interest - rather than the chief and his family.As much as I enjoy "True Blood" and "Supernatural," I did think this was a more adult-oriented series than those, as some other reviewers have noted. I wonder if the network can be persuaded to give "The Gates" another shot? (Not with my track record, I fear).

There have been quite a few vampires & werewolves on TV recently. Vampire Diaries and Teen Wolf have found an audience but The Gates was cancelled. The storyline tried to be both about the adults and the teens. That was it's niche but also why it failed because the adult storyline wasn't interesting. There were some flaws in writing and casting. Somehow it had a daytime soap feel about it. They had too many short scenes without much happening. And not a lot of plot progressed each episode so one could lose interest quickly. There wasn't enough humor too. Casting was not prime time. Rhona Mitra looks quite vampire like but she isn't too pleasant looking to tune into every week. Luke Mably's Brit accent was a bit grating. Frank Grillo had silly lines. I liked Marisol Nichols. Skyler Samuels isn't attractive enough to be the main teen girl in the show. Her next show 9 Lives of Chloe King was cancelled too. Plus the character she played was annoying. Didn't feel their romance. Her boyfriend played by Travis Caldwell looked a bit insipid to be the main teen lead. Colton Haynes has gone on to a similar role in Teen Wolf. Was kind of getting into the series towards the end but I can see why it was cancelled. With True Blood for the older crowd and Teen Wolf and Vampire Diaries for the younger crowd The Gates just didn't have a place.

At first this was a lovely summer diversion. Then I hated it. But about episode 5 I was hooked. (I cannot watch True Blood, too much graphic sex. I only made it to episode 3 or 4 and the DVD set is still in the shrink wrap and needs sold.) I do enjoy Vampire Diaries, and the Twilight series. However this show is Desperate Housewives with Vampires, Werewolves, a succubus, and a few mysteries. I love watching the episodes repeatedly for the details.I like the teen angle, with their high school problems, added to their 'unique' status, this makes for an interesting twist. Then the evil twists, the sides, werewolves versus Vampires, and how they come together to protect their neighborhood, even when they are mortal enemies. I only hope the season finale is not the series finale, most TV lately is canceled before its time. I also do not look forward to jumping the shark, but I know they are all competing for our viewing so hard, I know its inevitable.Either way, I am excitedly looking forward to the next show. "A place where no matter who you are, what you are, you can make a home."