HBO’s True Blood – Episode 1
8 Sep 2008
I’ve always been a fan of vampires. I don’t know why, but ever since I was a child, I was intragued by the legend of vampires. I love both Underworld movies and most other similar films. Needless to say, when I heard HBO was going to be making a Vampire series, I was completely stoked.
The premise for True Blood is pretty outlandish from the start. Some Japanese firm has made a product called TruBlood. Upon the creation of this new synthetic blood, Vampires decide that it is now safe to reveal their exsistence to the world. I am not kidding.
The show is based in Louisiana and follows a telepathic waitress named Sookie played by Anna Paquin. And her facination and first encounter with a vampire.
There are other ovbious subplots, but all in all, the first episode really was disappointing. The acting was suspect. The flow seemed very uneven. And I didn’t get attached to any of the characters. I really have no interest in following the show any further. I probably will keep up with at least one or two more episodes since they block in entourage in the sunday night line up. But for now, I am quickly losing interest in this once promising new series. Maybe it was just a bad pilot, but I really don’t know what to expect.
Here’s the website True Blood.
Sep 12, 2008 @ 09:12:01
You didn’t mention all the graphic gratuitous sex. I have no problem with sex scenes, but it didn’t help the plot at all. What else is going to keep one watching?
Sep 14, 2008 @ 23:49:40
True Blood resembles Heroes at first glance (just rented the first episode from Blockbuster), though it still feels mostly original… for some reason this show makes me want to eat Cajun food and drink cheap beer
Sep 15, 2008 @ 07:00:22
wow. I didn’t even think of that, but now that you mention it, there is a striking resemblance. I’m going to watch the second episode tonight.. hope its better.
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