They could have called her “Batya the Vampire Slayer.”
Following the international success of last year’s vampire drama “Twilight,” Israeli cable provider HOT is ready to broadcast its own bloodsucker-themed series. The show, “Split,” follows a 15-year-old girl whose identity — as half-vampire, half-human — is revealed to her by a mysterious male classmate, a newcomer who turns out to be roughly 300 years her senior. The series, which features elaborate makeup and special effects, will debut on May 28 and is produced by the same team behind several of Israel’s most popular prime-time soap operas.
As with “Twilight,” “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and virtually every other vampire-themed drama, “Split” appears to have a subtext only partly masked by all the pale skin and fangs. After the show’s heroine learns her true identity, she is “drawn into an ancient conflict” between humans and vampires, and eventually discovers she was “born… to put an end to the war,” as a HOT press release put it.
Whatever ancient conflicts the show addresses, it also devotes attention to the more universal elements of adolescence — the same sorts of worries about romance and social status depicted in “Twilight” and “Buffy.” Portraying the conflicted heroine is actress Amit Farkash, who last year played the female lead in a Hebrew-language stage version of “High School Musical.”
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Sounds cool. Is it going to be available in the US?
AHAHAHAHA. REALLY? Hello~
is it goin to be in the u.s and in wat channel???:D
sounds good wut channel is it on commcast
Look guys, this Tvshow is going to be in the USA, and I think it will be on Hebrew with an English ranslation, or on English .. it's a great series and I hope that anybody will see it :)
^ well, that's what I know for now ..
Hmm...well I've been searching and searching and all i see is videos on youtube of the show, but they aren't dubbed. So does anyone know where I can watch this show online?
well now the show isnt in english, but if u wish to see it in hebrew here's the link =] http://split.shoos.co.il/page/chapters.html
the first link is in megavideo, and the second one is to download it =]
maybe some day i'll translate the subs to english :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4dxPsvsIag&feature=PlayList&p=C1251EFBD6BD1B30&index=18
just found the first episodes in english =]
enjoy, u can browse there and watch the others :D
I just saw the last episode..it was great :) I hope it will be available in the US
Does anybody know where i can episode 10 onward with english subtitles? I would be so gratefull.
go on YouTube and look for asafk8 she has Split with engish subtitles that she does herself
she does not have episode 10 uploaded
oww this looks amazing dose anybody know if it will be available in UK???