True Blood Premiers Tonight
Sep.07, 2008 in
TV
For all you lucky HBO subscribers, True Blood premiers tonight.
As I’m too cheap to pay for a channel that I’d only watch one show on, I’ll have to wait and see what others say. And hope I can find it online somewhere…
September 7th, 2008 at 8:00 am
It’s been all over the torrent/file sharing sites for about two months now (pre-screening DVDs were sent out) so you could see it before tonight if you were so inclined
September 8th, 2008 at 8:59 am
I’ve been noticing the previews for this show and had no intention of watching it. I find it odd how so many people are into necrophilia, which is all this “Vampires are sexy” craze is.
But it turned out to come on right after Entourage, so I tuned in. It’s utterly ridiculous and silly, but kind of interesting to watch in that “I’m too lazy to change the channel” way.
HBO has generally gone down the tubes as far as original serial programming. This one is more of the same style of writing: same basic storylines focusing on whose sleeping with who and whose taking advantage of who, only this time lets make some of the characters vampires. Do vampires have sex? Apparently so.
September 8th, 2008 at 10:01 am
Angela – Yeah, not so easy when I have a Mac though. I haven’t ever had much luck with that.
Greg – “Necrophilia” is a bit harsh. At least for most people (women), it’s not that the vampire is undead, it’s that he’s forever young, super strong, very alpha male, usually drop-dead (no pun intended) gorgeous, and mysterious.
I can’t speak on the show, since I still haven’t seen it. But the books aren’t as soap opera-like as you’re referring. It’s more about the mystery in each story. The character interactions are both dramatic and comedic. I certainly hope the show does it justice.
September 8th, 2008 at 12:31 pm
So you’re basically saying women are ok with sociopaths as long as they are hot, huh?
Entertainment Weekly gave True Blood a “C” and says fans of the books may not be impressed: http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20222109,00.html?iid=top25-20080908-TV+Review%3A+True+Blood
September 8th, 2008 at 1:32 pm
Lol! Not all vamps are portrayed that way, though I have to admit, most are.
I’m not impressed with the casting choices, so I wouldn’t be surprised if I didn’t care for the show either.
September 8th, 2008 at 4:31 pm
I don’t get HBO either, but as much as I like the new wave of vampire love stories this one looks a little silly. But with Anna Paquin in the lead role I’d give it a try.
September 8th, 2008 at 7:04 pm
yeah….not good. Which is a shame. They botched this from the casting to the direction….
HBO has really gone down in quality in terms of it’s original programming when they got the new head of programming.
They canceled the development of the adaption of the Preacher comic series…
ah welll….
September 16th, 2008 at 4:19 am
True Blood resembles Heroes at first glance (just rented the first episode from Blockbuster)… for some reason this show makes me want to eat Cajun food and drink cheap beer
July 16th, 2009 at 3:12 am
True blood will go down as one of HBOs best series by far. A lot of people wont agree with me but its true. It is catching on fast and I’m definitely a massive fan.