Born to Greatness...with a Long Line of Stupids

[peppermintyrose]

Now for those of you who do not have me on some kind of alert, and just browse your way here - this week's book subject post went up moments ago. This is the I hate True Blood post, wherein you can rage, laugh, and do quite a bit of contrariness swearing. Not that swearing isn't always welcome on this Livejournal. :P I was severely delayed this

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[anonymous]

"That Judge telling Andy all about how he couldn't solve his other 'problems' if Andy 'ain't a gynaecologist'" - I had a slightly different, yet still woman-hating read on that. Here, anyway, a man would not go to a gynecologist for an STI, so I thought the judge was saying that his son's problem was that he was like a woman (someone a woman *would* go to for their "problems").
-Rachel

[peppermintyrose]

I hadn't thought of that - but I got from that that they were referring to the traditional "problem" - which is unwanted pregnancies, and having a gynaecologist performing abortions.

[elbly]

I really don't know how you bear it.

I'm pretty sure TB started standing for Total Bollox quite some time ago.

And may I just defend my squeemishnes! It's not blood I have such an issue with, it's the tension and suspense I can't cope with. :o(

[peppermintyrose]

I might not be able to stand it much longer if I get into a towering rage as I did last night. I thought for half a second that Sookie was going to sell her sexual services to Alcide, and was preparing to go nuclear. Catastrophe averted, but only by a narrow margin.

And hey - I watched through Lucretia *counting strokes* during sex with her awful husband in The Borgias. I don't mind it being stupid, but I hate the women-hating tropes quite a bit.

It's alright to be squeamish - and you are just my canary in the coalmine. :D I promise you there's not a whole heap of ratcheted up suspense in The Fountain.

[the_real_e_f_m]

I don't care that TB is shite but I do have to insist you continue to watch because this review is the funniest laugh out loud piece of writing I've read in a long time.

Get your arse in front of that telly next week! Do it for us!

[peppermintyrose]

Lol - if I get an ulcer, I'm blaming you. Hopefully it's just this writer who hates women in an extra special way, and next week's writer just has a mild contempt for them, like last week's writer.

For science! Can the blastwaves be felt in the UK, when a PMR decides to go off her head? Find out next week. :P

[six]

LMFAO I was kinda wavering between dropping True Blood and possibly picking it up again in some distant future, if I have nothing else to watch, but if you're going to continue watching and reviewing it, then I will too. Your commentary is gold! XD

Maybe one inherent trait from Godric's line is their definition of "greatness". I don't think you're using that word right, Eric. (And vampires we've seen of Godric's line, so far. XD)

[peppermintyrose]

Lol - that's what True Blood has been reduced to "I need to watch it so I can contextualise these rants I read." :D :D

I don't know where the greatness is coming from - maybe Nora, but last we saw of her, she's on death row. And she's younger than Eric. This is not so great. Now Russell's line? Greatness. None of Godric's line has been King either - so Lorena's line is possibly greater. All I could think is "Christ Eric is full of shit and so is his child". :D

[anonymous]

Yeah, I'm pretty close to giving up too. I just hate parts of it so much, I really do, and the rest of it I can't muster much enthusiasm for, and tend to daydream.

And of course people still think that TB Eric and Pam are these amazing characters with all the best lines. They're just...horrible, stupid creatures without point or any ounce of common sense. I was actually upset that they renewed TB, it's a bit like watching an animal in pain, I just want it to be over quickly so we can all move on and do something better with our lives.
Ooshka

[peppermintyrose]

I can put up with bad and inconsistent storylines, but I can't put up with the subtext of misogyny for long. Honestly - there's enough of that in other things without having to do it so fucking obviously. I certainly hope that CH is making buckets of money to make up for the fact that they've done this to the books.

It seems to me that when people talk about Pam and Eric as these rocking characters, they infer a whole heap of stuff that doesn't exist. It's the St. Eric phenomenon all over again - Eric fed Sookie to Russell because he needed to save her. Even though Eric never offered that up as his explanation for his arseholery. Pam is just 100 year old eye candy and screeching, and I don't like her at all. I think they're trading on their book identities. I heartily agree that it's like an animal in pain.