True Blood - Page 4

rennD · 06-29-2009, 10:11 PM

vampires ... shape shifters ... minotaurs .... oh my

Just with that statement you'd think that the show had gone the way of the loony. But if you watch the shows this season everything makes sense. hhhmmmm

PeteSB75 · 07-15-2009, 08:10 AM

Finally caught up with this season so far. Looks like Mary-Anne is shaping into a very interesting character. So, as I understand, she's using the sexual energy discharged from the dancing to change into that minotaur-thingy? WTF? And Jessica is quickly becoming one of my favorite characters. Making the limo driver shout that in the hotel lobby was hilarious.

icehog3 · 07-15-2009, 03:39 PM

Been a good season so far, and less of the irritating "should I/shouldn't I" romance than last year too.

07-16-2009, 04:59 PM

In response to your earlier reply, icehog3, better quality cameras seem plausible; I think I was just noticing her smile lines for once. Drove me nuts, they looked like fangs hidden...may have been for all I know, but who knows for sure?

And Pete

I'm with you. I actually like Jessica and Hoyt more than Bill and Sookie.

PeteSB75 · 07-20-2009, 09:03 AM

Bit of a filler episode last night. Not much happening, just confirmations of suspicions from last week. Daphne is a shifter. The Dallas Sheriff was Eric's maker. MaryAnne has some weird powers (werewolf?). Jessica is a teenage girl. All stuff I had already figured out, just got confirmations on it.

icehog3 · 07-20-2009, 09:32 AM

Definitely a filler, Pete.....too much Vampmance, not enough killin'.

Wolfgang · 07-20-2009, 09:35 AM

My GF and I are hooked on this show, and since neither of us have HBO we watch online at some live stream sites. Pretty cool actually.

Fang

07-20-2009, 09:42 AM

I've seen the first 4 eps. Pretty good. I loves me some Anna Paquin!

rennD · 07-20-2009, 09:53 AM

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Originally Posted by icehog3

.....too much Vampmance, not enough killin'.

Totally agree with that. Even on the Entertainment Magazine Article, they are humping each other in the picture. Goodness.

07-20-2009, 10:05 AM

Apparently the books are worse about it than the show is. Vampire teen smut novels

PeteSB75 · 07-20-2009, 10:14 AM

Vampires = Sex. Not new. Always been that way. One of the reasons why I like vamp stories/movies/shows

Also one of the main reasons, hack writing aside, why the twilight drek never worked for me. Sorry, but abstinent vampires are boring as hell. Add in an obsessive teenaged girl and I want to start staking people immediately.

Wolfgang · 07-20-2009, 10:18 AM

Twilight's basic plot was stolen from this series. Trueblood the show and "The Sookie Stackhouse" series in books.

PeteSB75 · 07-20-2009, 10:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Wolfgang

Twilight's basic plot was stolen from this series. Trueblood the show and "The Sookie Stackhouse" series in books.

TBH, the basic premise behind this series as well as twilight, and countless other vampire stores is very, very old. Bram Stoker is probably the best known, with the male vampire/female human story.

More recently, the vampire likes to hold off on actually killing the human, makes for a longer possible story with more dramatic tension. Joss Whedon did it well with Buffy/Angel(97-00), as did Tanya Huff with the Blood Books(first one in 91). The Southern Vampire books were published starting in 2001, so both of these, as well as countless others, I am sure, were already out. Twilight - the first book - was published in 2006.

Basically, what I am getting at is that the story is not a new one. Some people are just much better at telling it than others. Stephanie Meyer is a complete hack.

Wolfgang · 07-20-2009, 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by PeteSB75

Stephanie Meyer is a complete hack.

That was my point

PeteSB75 · 07-20-2009, 12:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Wolfgang

That was my point

icehog3 · 08-03-2009, 12:03 AM

Tonight's episode was probably the best yet, and next week's looks even better...I am totally hooked on this show, so I am sure HBO will cancel it at the end of this season.

PeteSB75 · 08-03-2009, 08:14 AM

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Originally Posted by icehog3

Tonight's episode was probably the best yet, and next week's looks even better...I am totally hooked on this show, so I am sure HBO will cancel it at the end of this season.

Nah, Alan Ball has a good track record with them. Six Feet Under ran for 5 seasons. There are quite a few people here at work watching it, so there is definitely buzz. And the Neilsen numbers are not nearly as important as with network TV.

But yeah, last night's show was awesome. Sarah and I had just been discussing in the beginning of the ep about what MaryAnne was.

[SPOILER] I suggested she was part of the origin myth of Dionysus, when what do you know, later in the ep, it comes out that she was one of the handmaidens.[/SPOILER]

pnoon · 08-09-2009, 11:27 PM

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Originally Posted by icehog3

Tonight's episode was probably the best yet, and next week's looks even better...I am totally hooked on this show, so I am sure HBO will cancel it at the end of this season.

I'm hooked. I've watched the first 5 episodes from season 1. At times, the writing gets a bit hokey but other than that I like it. The theme and opening credits are very hypnotic.

icehog3 · 08-09-2009, 11:58 PM

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Originally Posted by pnoon

I'm hooked. I've watched the first 5 episodes from season 1. At times, the writing gets a bit hokey but other than that I like it. The theme and opening credits are very hypnotic.

You will probably like Season 2 even better, Peter, as some of the "should I or shouldn't I date a vampire" hokiness is done.

PeteSB75 · 08-10-2009, 08:22 AM

Last night's episode was AWESOME! I really feel like the whole Tara and Eggs thing is just killing time. Sam is, again, an idiot.

Some really great lines. Loved the delivery from Jason. I've been to heaven...

Eric keeps becoming a more likable character. Far more so than Bill, IMO.

And I was really upset for poor Jessica. Wonder how Hoyt is going to handle that.

06-29-2009, 10:11 PM	#61
rennD NinfaManiac Join Date: Mar 2009 First Name: Carl Location: In a Cloud of Siglo Smoke Posts: 1,452 Trading: (19)	Re: True Blood vampires ... shape shifters ... minotaurs .... oh my Just with that statement you'd think that the show had gone the way of the loony. But if you watch the shows this season everything makes sense. hhhmmmm __________________ *Any cigars portrayed in this post that appear to be Cuban in origin are completely fictional in nature. Any resemblance between these cigars and actual Cuban cigars is unintended and coincidental.*

07-15-2009, 08:10 AM	#62
PeteSB75 Have My Own Room Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Pete Location: CT Posts: 1,674 Trading: (18)	Re: True Blood Finally caught up with this season so far. Looks like Mary-Anne is shaping into a very interesting character. So, as I understand, she's using the sexual energy discharged from the dancing to change into that minotaur-thingy? WTF? And Jessica is quickly becoming one of my favorite characters. Making the limo driver shout that in the hotel lobby was hilarious. __________________ Formerly Malik23

07-15-2009, 03:39 PM	#63
icehog3 Admiral Douchebag Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Tom Location: Clermont, Kentucky Posts: 71,305 Trading: (60)	Re: True Blood Been a good season so far, and less of the irritating "should I/shouldn't I" romance than last year too. __________________ Thanks Dave, Julian, James, Kelly, Peter, Gerry, Dave, Mo, Frank, Týr and Mr. Mark!

07-16-2009, 04:59 PM	#64
kzm007 Guest Posts: n/a	Re: True Blood In response to your earlier reply, icehog3, better quality cameras seem plausible; I think I was just noticing her smile lines for once. Drove me nuts, they looked like fangs hidden...may have been for all I know, but who knows for sure? And Pete I'm with you. I actually like Jessica and Hoyt more than Bill and Sookie.

07-20-2009, 09:03 AM	#65
PeteSB75 Have My Own Room Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Pete Location: CT Posts: 1,674 Trading: (18)	Re: True Blood Bit of a filler episode last night. Not much happening, just confirmations of suspicions from last week. Daphne is a shifter. The Dallas Sheriff was Eric's maker. MaryAnne has some weird powers (werewolf?). Jessica is a teenage girl. All stuff I had already figured out, just got confirmations on it. __________________ Formerly Malik23

07-20-2009, 09:32 AM	#66
icehog3 Admiral Douchebag Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Tom Location: Clermont, Kentucky Posts: 71,305 Trading: (60)	Re: True Blood Definitely a filler, Pete.....too much Vampmance, not enough killin'. __________________ Thanks Dave, Julian, James, Kelly, Peter, Gerry, Dave, Mo, Frank, Týr and Mr. Mark!

07-20-2009, 09:35 AM	#67
Wolfgang Back from the dead Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Tampa, Fl Posts: 2,541 Trading: (14)	Re: True Blood My GF and I are hooked on this show, and since neither of us have HBO we watch online at some live stream sites. Pretty cool actually. Fang __________________ You probably wont remember that test you failed, but you'll never forget the girl you were with the night before, when you decided not to study.

07-20-2009, 09:42 AM	#68
bookman Guest Posts: n/a	Re: True Blood I've seen the first 4 eps. Pretty good. I loves me some Anna Paquin!

07-20-2009, 10:05 AM	#70
grawk Guest Posts: n/a	Re: True Blood Apparently the books are worse about it than the show is. Vampire teen smut novels

07-20-2009, 10:14 AM	#71
PeteSB75 Have My Own Room Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Pete Location: CT Posts: 1,674 Trading: (18)	Re: True Blood Vampires = Sex. Not new. Always been that way. One of the reasons why I like vamp stories/movies/shows Also one of the main reasons, hack writing aside, why the twilight drek never worked for me. Sorry, but abstinent vampires are boring as hell. Add in an obsessive teenaged girl and I want to start staking people immediately. __________________ Formerly Malik23

07-20-2009, 10:18 AM	#72
Wolfgang Back from the dead Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Tampa, Fl Posts: 2,541 Trading: (14)	Re: True Blood Twilight's basic plot was stolen from this series. Trueblood the show and "The Sookie Stackhouse" series in books. __________________ You probably wont remember that test you failed, but you'll never forget the girl you were with the night before, when you decided not to study.

08-03-2009, 12:03 AM	#76
icehog3 Admiral Douchebag Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Tom Location: Clermont, Kentucky Posts: 71,305 Trading: (60)	Re: True Blood Tonight's episode was probably the best yet, and next week's looks even better...I am totally hooked on this show, so I am sure HBO will cancel it at the end of this season. __________________ Thanks Dave, Julian, James, Kelly, Peter, Gerry, Dave, Mo, Frank, Týr and Mr. Mark!

08-10-2009, 08:22 AM	#80
PeteSB75 Have My Own Room Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Pete Location: CT Posts: 1,674 Trading: (18)	Re: True Blood Last night's episode was AWESOME! I really feel like the whole Tara and Eggs thing is just killing time. Sam is, again, an idiot. Some really great lines. Loved the delivery from Jason. I've been to heaven... Eric keeps becoming a more likable character. Far more so than Bill, IMO. And I was really upset for poor Jessica. Wonder how Hoyt is going to handle that. __________________ Formerly Malik23