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I have a problem.
No mater what, I finish what I start. Be that a movie, tv show or book. No matter how bad it is.
That's not to say that I didn't like this show but since I started watching it, I'm in for the long haul. I liked it but it could go bad.
I still watch ER if that says anything and that pretty much sux these days.
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I watched the first episode and I thought it was ok. I will give it a few more before I pass true judgement.
Anna is always enjoyable but a few of the characters got on my nerves a little bit...best friend Tara being the main offender.
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Oh I liked Tara she was funny. Did Wanda Sykes have a kid.
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I kinda liked the debut, but I have the sinking feeling that this show could get real old REAL fast...
Didn't Buffy already cover this "attracted to a vampire" material for seven seasons (give or take a season)?
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Did Wanda Sykes have a kid.
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Oh man! I was thinking that the whole time...which is probably why she annoyed me so much.
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Same here. They should have used the "goth" long-haired convenience store clerk from the opening instead.
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i have the SAME PROBLEM!!! we need to start a club. TV-anonymous or somn like that. although T&A means somn else too
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don, the point of the opening montage is that nothing is what they appear to be. u thought that that the clerk was the vampire... but it's the other guy who was =).
i think this series is going to give us a huge dose of what it means to be prejudiced against somn... anything. vampirism is just a cover for whatever that "ism" is. similar to dexter's twisted moral codes =).
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I have a problem.
No mater what, I finish what I start. Be that a movie, tv show or book. No matter how bad it is.
That's not to say that I didn't like this show but since I started watching it, I'm in for the long haul. I liked it but it could go bad.
I still watch ER if that says anything and that pretty much sux these days.
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My point was that I would have preferred the vampire that Paquin "meets" look a little more "Goth" and a lot less "Martin Donovan."
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Lots of gratuitous sex scenes...not that theirs anything wrong with that.
Also, a few things....
-When she gets beaten up at the end. I was surprised the bar owner wasn't watching from his window or that he couldn't hear her getting beat.
-For those who read the books. With regards to getting bit by vamps during sex or drinking vampire blood by addicts. Wouldn't they turn into vampires?
Bring back John Doe! Or at least resolve the cliff-hanger with a 2hr movie or as an extra on a dvd release.
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yeah i was just thinking about that todd =P. what kind of vamp mythos will this series explore?
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-When she gets beaten up at the end. I was surprised the bar owner wasn't watching from his window or that he couldn't hear her getting beat.
-For those who read the books. With regards to getting bit by vamps during sex or drinking vampire blood by addicts. Wouldn't they turn into vampires?
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Your first point will eventually be answered by the series. On your second point, Charlaine Harris created her own version of vampires and rules. She of course used many existing traditions but also modified them. In her books a single bite doesn't create a vampire, come to think of it, I don't that that has been true in other versions either. There is a significant amount of effort for a vampire to make a vampire.
I read someplace or that the first season will be 12 episodes and is only the first book, Dead Until Dark. I thought the actor playing Bill was just fine and so also was Sookie. However, there was something about the episode that seemed off. I'm hoping this is a series that finds it's way after an episode or two.
I've enjoyed the books so much, that I know I'll stay interested in the series. BTW, the books are available at Audible.com and the reader is pretty good.
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Anna is always enjoyable but a few of the characters got on my nerves a little bit...best friend Tara being the main offender.
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I have to agree here, Tara is not in the books and why they wrote her as such an asshole, I don't know. You know what's harder to believe in vampires? Tara keeping a job more than day.
As for those wanting a more traditional vampire, remember that in this world, vampires have come out of the coffin and they occupy all niches of society. Some are more traditional but many blend right in.
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I believe that traditionally you have to drink the blood of the vampire who bit you for you to become one yourself.
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I found myself reading my book more than watching the show.
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I had HBO fired up just so I could view this.
Having just rewatched all of Six Feet Under my high expectations are not being met at this point.
I could also use a lot more Zydeco music.
But, Sookie and Bill are smokin' together IMHO.
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If anything the series makes me want to read the books. I thought the mind reading and Vampires together threads were a but weird at first but if this just leads into it showing that even the humans aren't always as "normal" amongst themselevs as they pretend to be then I will see how it goes.
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I don't get how you can put John From Cincinnati and Deadwood in the same sentence. Other than the fact they are both Milch projects they really share nothing in common. Deadwood was a critical hit that had a huge following that left on a high. It got canceled due to the outright stupidity of the HBO execs. Outside of Milch and maybe his mom there were not too many people who were that crazy about John From Cincinnati. It was axed and rightfully so. Rome may not have performed to the high levels that HBO was hoping for and frankly needing due to the huge budget but it did have a pretty good following. So I don't really understand the connection that any of these shows have other than they are all HBO shows.
This show really looks great. I really like the Sookie character and how her life fits in with all of those around her. It's interesting how they are juxtaposing slavery/Jim Crow/segregation with Vampire rights. If I have a problem with the show it's those lame assed 'tune in next week!' cliff hanger endings.
Did anyone else catch the homage to Six Feet Under in the first ep. with that establishing shot of I think... Sookie's grandmother's kitchen/dinning room?
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Where exactly did he compare the shows? They're just HBO shows that were all canceled.
Like Garrett says, TB is getting a second season;
HBO’s TRUE BLOOD Draws Second Season!! -- Ain't It Cool News: The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news.
As far as I know they're taking the 1 book = 1 season approach, so the series should be fairly self contained no matter how many it runs.
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