I'm sorry, I just ... well, I'd stake 'em all, if I had the time.
Why? I dunno. Somewhere along the way - "I-view with a V-pire"? "Queen of the Damned"? - I lost interest in the emotional life of the living undead. From there, I suppose, it was a short trip to loathing, that's all.
Meanwhile, now that you've honed your sensibility, would it be bad taste to serve these to vampires, before the blood, sex, drug orgy (or after)?:
But yes, there's rather too much cheap vampire stuff out there. I'd say stake Anne Rice and that pushy Mormon bitch who gave us Twilight, lest they create any more crap.
True Blood stands out because, despite the pop currency of vampirism, it's actually good.
I imagined HBO would be responsible for a number of changes. The series creator worked on Six Feet Under, and a number of the references in the tv show take place after the first books were published.
The TV series differs from the books a lot with the plot (e.g. Lafayette died in the first book I think?), but I think it's an improvement too because the book is written in Sookie's voice as a dairy, that wouldn't work on TV. The 2nd season is considerably better than the 1st one too-- Eric Northman takes on a much more of a important role, and loses that long hair ;) The actor has stated several times he's very cool with nude scenes and Alan Ball is working to include more of that in the 3rd season (fans don't mind one bit -- me included, I think the guy is very handsome).
The book series has gay characters that don't cater to stereotypical roles, and I hope Alan Ball works them in shortly. The opening credits are some of the most creative I've seen- totally hypnotic.
I've watched it through the last season, which I thought dragged quite a bit. I liked Maryann (and love the actor) but the subplot just went on and on...
The show has actually been criticized for it's vampire=gay subtext. Not that I don't enjoy it. I also wish they'd done more with the Eric Northman character's intense relationship to his "first" vampire, the one who turned him. It suggests D/s, and that was one gay subplot that just begged for a bit more. I don't think you've gotten that far yet.
In any case, soul-sucking, dysfunctional Southern families are always a good bet for Thanksgiving.
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Aristotle would not approve and neither do I.
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Why? I dunno. Somewhere along the way - "I-view with a V-pire"? "Queen of the Damned"? - I lost interest in the emotional life of the living undead. From there, I suppose, it was a short trip to loathing, that's all.
Meanwhile, now that you've honed your sensibility, would it be bad taste to serve these to vampires, before the blood, sex, drug orgy (or after)?:
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But yes, there's rather too much cheap vampire stuff out there. I'd say stake Anne Rice and that pushy Mormon bitch who gave us Twilight, lest they create any more crap.
True Blood stands out because, despite the pop currency of vampirism, it's actually good.
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The original novelist laid all the groundwork. But the series makers ran with it really well too.
The HBO folks amped up the gay subtext.
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The book series has gay characters that don't cater to stereotypical roles, and I hope Alan Ball works them in shortly. The opening credits are some of the most creative I've seen- totally hypnotic.
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The show has actually been criticized for it's vampire=gay subtext. Not that I don't enjoy it. I also wish they'd done more with the Eric Northman character's intense relationship to his "first" vampire, the one who turned him. It suggests D/s, and that was one gay subplot that just begged for a bit more. I don't think you've gotten that far yet.
In any case, soul-sucking, dysfunctional Southern families are always a good bet for Thanksgiving.
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