Are You Ready for Sookeh? ‘True Blood’ Will Tell

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  1. mike weber says:

    Given that the TV version sucks dead moose through a straw, if the comic is based on it rather than directly on the books, it will be even worse than that.

    • Anonymous says:

      I think the show is much better than the books. It has more character diversity and focuses on more than one plotline. I wonder what shows you do like, if any, since you despise TB? Interesting to know.

      -a fan

      • mike weber says:

        Well, lessee – in the sf/fantasy genre: Buffy, Dr Who (both series), Dollhouse, Sarah Connor Chronicles, The Tomorrow People (original), Babylon 5, The Prisoner (original) and a lot of others.

        Outside sf/fantasy … Burn Notice, House, The Man from UNCLE (which probably goes on the first list), Maverick (original), The Avengers (also ought to be on the other list, i guess), Hill Street Blues and a lot of others.

        I have to admit i haven’t watched True Blood beyond the first two or three, but, as Doctor Johnson (i believe) said, one need not eat all of an egg to know that it is bad.

        I live in Atlanta, and used to spend a considerable part of my time in New Orleans and the part of Louisiana where the books and show are set. And one of the saddest things about it is that, for a show by an Atlanta-born creator, virtually the only character with a convincing Southern/Louisiana accent was a French-Canadian who grew up in New Zealand…

        • mike weber says:

          I think the show is much better than the books. It has more character diversity and focuses on more than one plotline.

          That sound you hear in the background is my wife, who managed to watch more than i did and labeled it semi-softcore pornography, laughing hysterically in disbelief.

          • Christopher Back says:

            “True Blood” has taken the vampire as the social outsider (like gays and minorities) metaphor that was only very little hinted at on “Buffy” and “Angel”, and put it out in front.
            “True Blood” is about the current state of America and our society and politics and as a comment on current state of American politics and society “True Blood” is pretty much dead on. There are constant references to The Vampire Rights Act, and vampire and human marriage, a miltant religious order dedicated to the destruction of vampires, and etc.

            It also has vampires that love being vampires and while Bill does a have his emo moments he’s no where near as whiny and annoying as Angel was on the first 3 seasons of “Buffy” and for the first 4 seasons of his own show.

          • mike weber says:

            Well, Angel was a special case.As to all those things you cite in “True Blood” – except, possibly, for vamp-human marriages – are in the books, and (according to most people i know who have read the books and wasted more time on the show) better done there.The main thing the series seems to have added that’s not in the books is blatant, graphic and near-pornographic sex.

  2. mike weber says:

    Given that the TV version sucks dead moose through a straw, if the comic is based on it rather than directly on the books, it will be even worse than that.

    • Anonymous says:

      I think the show is much better than the books. It has more character diversity and focuses on more than one plotline. I wonder what shows you do like, if any, since you despise TB? Interesting to know.-a fan

      • mike weber says:

        Well, lessee – in the sf/fantasy genre: Buffy, Dr Who (both series), Dollhouse, Sarah Connor Chronicles, The Tomorrow People (original), Babylon 5, The Prisoner (original) and a lot of others.Outside sf/fantasy … Burn Notice, House, The Man from UNCLE (which probably goes on the first list), Maverick (original), The Avengers (also ought to be on the other list, i guess), Hill Street Blues and a lot of others.I have to admit i haven't watched True Blood beyond the first two or three, but, as Doctor Johnson (i believe) said, one need not eat all of an egg to know that it is bad. I live in Atlanta, and used to spend a considerable part of my time in New Orleans and the part of Louisiana where the books and show are set. And one of the saddest things about it is that, for a show by an Atlanta-born creator, virtually the only character with a convincing Southern/Louisiana accent was a French-Canadian who grew up in New Zealand…

        • mike weber says:

          I think the show is much better than the books. It has more character diversity and focuses on more than one plotline.That sound you hear in the background is my wife, who managed to watch more than i did and labeled it semi-softcore pornography, laughing hysterically in disbelief.

          • Christopher Back says:

            "True Blood" has taken the vampire as the social outsider (like gays and minorities) metaphor that was only very little hinted at on "Buffy" and "Angel", and put it out in front. "True Blood" is about the current state of America and our society and politics and as a comment on current state of American politics and society "True Blood" is pretty much dead on. There are constant references to The Vampire Rights Act, and vampire and human marriage, a miltant religious order dedicated to the destruction of vampires, and etc.It also has vampires that love being vampires and while Bill does a have his emo moments he's no where near as whiny and annoying as Angel was on the first 3 seasons of "Buffy" and for the first 4 seasons of his own show.

          • mike weber says:

            Well, Angel was a special case.As to all those things you cite in "True Blood" – except, possibly, for vamp-human marriages – are in the books, and (according to most people i know who have read the books and wasted more time on the show) better done there.The main thing the series seems to have added that's not in the books is blatant, graphic and near-pornographic sex.

  3. Brandon Barrows says:

    I don’t understand girls’ obsession with vampires these days with their Twilight this and their Trueblood that. Vampires are not supposed to be “sexy”, they are walking corposes animated by an evil spirit.

    Nosferatu or nothin’.

    • Jenifer Rosenberg says:

      Tell that to Count Dracula… he had a way with the ladies. But seriously, 1. there are plenty of men who love vampires, too. 2. Twilight is faeries pretending to be vampires. True Blood *is* bloody and the fact that the vampires aren’t human is evident. If you want animated corpses pure and simple, there are plenty of zombies around.

      • Brandon Barrows says:

        A zombie is not at all the same thing as a traditional vampire. A zombie is mindless, a traditional Western European/early American vampire is a soulless corpse inhabited by an intelligent evil spirit, key word being intelligent. They are not glamorous, or attractive, they are evil.

  4. Brandon Barrows says:

    I don't understand girls' obsession with vampires these days with their Twilight this and their Trueblood that. Vampires are not supposed to be "sexy", they are walking corposes animated by an evil spirit. Nosferatu or nothin'.

    • Jenifer Rosenberg says:

      Tell that to Count Dracula… he had a way with the ladies. But seriously, 1. there are plenty of men who love vampires, too. 2. Twilight is faeries pretending to be vampires. True Blood *is* bloody and the fact that the vampires aren't human is evident. If you want animated corpses pure and simple, there are plenty of zombies around.

      • Brandon Barrows says:

        A zombie is not at all the same thing as a traditional vampire. A zombie is mindless, a traditional Western European/early American vampire is a soulless corpse inhabited by an intelligent evil spirit, key word being intelligent. They are not glamorous, or attractive, they are evil.