What can't we complain about?

Everywhere I turn I see some pale skinned Vampire. Now there are a million spinoffs, even the CW is jumping on the bandwagon with their new show The Vampire Diaries. How can people obsess with something that can’t even enjoy garlic. In the good old days vampires wear capes and talk with funny accents. Are vampires  the new Geico Cavemen or are they just the new flavor of the week?