True Blood season 1 (HBO) - Page 4

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I definitely see Sookie having fang marks after this event. As for the episode as a whole, I was fairly bored. It's the first episode I can say that about.

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That didn't look like any pecan pie I've ever eaten.

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or whatever the pie is =P

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I could not help but think of this 1971 LP, few remember the music, all vinyl junkies remember the cover.

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Already 7 eps into it.



"hmm, no mention of the scene at the end of the episode. "

I wasnt sure if Rich was talking about the bite or Annas first scene of nudity.

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it's really her first? u being the fan u should know

i dont think bill's dead. the dead vamps are probably a group of 'innocent' vamps and the not the group that went into the tavern.

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Vampire = Dead

Bill is dead.

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As mentioned earlier, this series has something of a train wreck quality to it, and I can't stop watching it. There have been changes from the books that don't appeal to me.

Sookie's brother was someone who was influenced to a great deal by the head down between his legs, but he was not the total jerk he is in the series. He was not addicted to "V".

There was no Tara and I find her character extremely irritating and I'm wondering why she was invented. I guess to give Sam someone to bang since Sookie is not available. No Tara and no Tara's mother to get exorcised.

The series seems much seamier than the books. Perhaps this is because a reader can, even unintentionally, tone down depicted events. The books were quite sexual, so the series is consistent with that.

Since I liked her, one change I hoped would be made would be for Sookie's grandmother to survive. That was a huge shock in the first book.

Lafayette was not such an important character in the books.

The gay thing was not so front and center in the books, even though I thought Vampires were a stand-in for them.

The best bit of casting in the series is Bill, he's right on. Sookie is pretty good too. Sookie's grandmother is also excellent. The rest of the actors don't really impress me.

BTW, the killers name is ...[BANG...BANG]Oh...they got me before I could spill the beans.[/BANG...BANG]

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Thanks for that Johnny. I've never read the books and I'm always at least a bit curious about the changes they make, and how fans of the books react to seeing it on the screen.

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I think JediFonger was referring to the fire at the end of the episode not whether or not Bill is, the "living dead".

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D'oh...

Sorry Jedi.

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hrm... i wonder who the crispy vamps are =P

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I have read all the books that are in paperback (I think there's at least one only in hardcover) and just recently listened to the first novel from an Audible.com audio book. The reader was quite good and a bit more Southern than Anna is.

My impression of the differences are that overall, the HBO series seems a bit seamier, there was no Tara, the gay thing wasn't so front and center, and Jason wasn't the huge total jerk he is on TV. In the books he was just a jerk.

Some of these differences could be attributed to the reader, me, being selectively affected by the books. A TV show gives the viewer less choice on what is absorbed.

Some of the sex in the books was quite...er...ah...quite vivid.

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My sincerest gratitude for whoever convinced Lizzy Caplan to go topless in this episode. Kudos!

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Another strong episode last night. It was nice to see Stephen Root turn up as "Eddie".

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Patrick and Rohq,
Yes and yes!

I guess we're not spoilerizing but I just hate to describe scenes exactly....

Bill's "emergence" and what immediately followed was about the wildest thing I've ever seen.
"Not tonight."

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Agreed.

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I thought she said "Not the neck" which was why he bit her in the chest instead.

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I bet you're correct, that would explain the alternate feeding location.
Just was highly amused at the idea of her saying, "Not tonight." after everything else that had happened in the preceeding moments.

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That romp wasnt too sanitary

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I may be wrong, but I think she said both. "Not the neck, not tonight".

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what was going on with sam and the new guy loading the beer? what's the relationship between that two and the secret they want to hide from one another? fellow werewolfs? seems like the redhead might be the next to die. the new guy could be the werewolf/dog ? =P.

i luv the scene when jason discovered he didn't have sex. lol. unfortunately that new chic is going to drag him down further into the addiction of "V".

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The guy helping Sam was the Iraq War veteran who is the nephew(?) of Andy, the sheriff's deputy.

I believe he was first introduced when Bill met with the Civil War group at the church... IIRC, he said something or made some connection with Bill as a fellow soilder.

The secret was referring to when he and Andy were fishing and saw Sam running naked through the woods.

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Cousin

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Tara and Sookie screaming at one another almost never gets old.

I support Amy getting V any which way she can.

Looks like they burned all the bras on the set of "True Blood". Not that I'm complaining...

The cliffhangers are wearing on me.

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Well we now have official confirmation that Warning: Spoiler! (Click to show)

We're down to the last 3 episodes of Season One and things keep getting better and better each week. I'm really glad I stuck with the series - I was ready to give up after the 2nd episode. I feel really bad for poor Eddie.

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I hadn't realized that, and the way I know I like the show is I felt "awww" when I read what you typed.

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Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, the wait for Season won't be too long. I think I read that's scheduled to premiere in June 2009.

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I'm still watching it and still ambivalent. The idea of vampires going mainstream is cool and should be explored more. My biggest problem is that there is not one character on the show that I can root for.

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I'm finding it pretty easy to root for more scenes with Amy (Lizzy Caplan).

Seriously, though, if you can't root for Sookie, the show probably is never going to grab you as she's the moral compass for the whole show. Bill's a strange one as he doesn't seem to be particularly pro human. He has character, but I wouldn't put acting like a Vampire beyond him. He just has a thing for Sookie.

"Sookie must be protected." Why? Because he has the hots for her, or is there more to it? Obviously we're in a strange world when Vamps walk the streets and interact with humans, but I find it notable that for those like me who don't know where this story is going, we almost accept Sookie as normal regardless of the fact that she can read minds. Who and what exactly is this Sookie person? She certainly doesn't know, but perhaps others do.