True Blood
 

Okay, how is there not a thread for this show already?

I'm not really into vampires but somehow I got really addicted to this show.
I have this strange attraction to Eric that I can't explain.. does anyone else feel that?
I really love Jason, I just wish he wasn't so dumb.
Is anyone else really glad that Marianne is goneso?
Who are your favorite characters?

Erich is pretty foxy in a weird sort of way. The queen too--that bitch has style. Looking forward to seeing more of her in the upcoming season. And Lafayette is just awesome.

I dunno. It's a dumb show--takes itself a little too seriously--but I kind of like it despite myself.

I love the show...then again I love most things having to do with vampires. Except the Twilight bull****. True Blood is so raunchy...it amazes me what we can get away with in TV shows these days.

I'm still trying to figure out if it is better than the all time best vampire show, Buffy. I'm a total nerd, I know.

NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooo!

How the fuck do you people watch this show? I saw one episode and it was so awful I couldn't manage more than ten minutes. AND I WAS HIGH AT THE TIME!

Lol, the pilot was horrendous, and the characters are so poor. Take away the sex and it wouldn't be popular at all.

Vampires have been destroyed this past decade by everyone claiming them as being cool and zombies aren't far behind.

Whoa, chill.

Is it really a stretch that people would like the show? It is a hit, after all. What was so bad about it, exactly?

What's with the influx of vampire-related stuff recently? The Vampire Diaries, True Blood etc. Did it all spawn from the fangirls love of that twighlight trash?

I watched the first episode of True Blood but didn't find it engrossing enough to merit another watch.

What happened to the days of Blade? back when vampires were bad ass and not pretty boys who gel their hair, wear designer clothes and listen to their ipod nano while stalking their prey.

It's not just bad acting and a poor storyline. It's really turning into this stereotypical cookie-cutter male soap opera for guys to masturbate to. Cut out the sex and violence and you have ZERO reason to watch the show. Same goes for that piece of shit Spartacus show.

The first Blade was good...the rest were absolutely horrible. I'll agree the pilot wasn't that great, but some friends were having a marathon with it so I ended up watching the whole season. Two or three episodes in, I was hooked.

I'm very wary about vampire stuff just because of Twilight and the Vampire Diaries and all that BS...but True Blood is a winner, IMO.

Really? I'll agree the first blade was the best but I loved them all.

Meh, like I say, the first episode wasn't good enough to make me want to watch it again but it wasn't terrible either. I just feel like all this vampire stuff is to commercial..for lack of a better word. I mean Blade was hardly groundbreaking cinema but all this new vampire stuff feels like it's marketed directly at the same group of people who are watching Glee, 90210.. it's like, if Vampires were endorsed by MTV.

I watched the first season and was less than impressed with it. I found the acting to be static, the characters unlikable (except Jason), and liberal use of nudity. I plowed my way through the series hoping that it would get better but it just never really did anything for me. I also heard that HBO passed over turning the graphic novel Preacher into a TV series and that just pissed me off. I mean Preacher is set in the South, has just as much violence and full frontal nudity, and even has a ****ing vampire in it! I mean I can see the appeal of the show, but I really think True Blood is below the HBO standards.

Never seen it, but I might watch it online seeing it is well liked.

I quite like this show. Yes, admittedly the acting is pretty bad. When I first started watching it I remember thinking as much...but I kept watching anyway and now I am hooked. I suppose what I find appealing about it is the addition of shapeshifters, werewolves, and other beings to the mix. The main thing I really hate about it is the relationship between Sookie and Bill...I cringe everytime I watch them interact with each other. It's terrible. And I know you're thinking "Umm...that's the main basis for the show idiot." Maybe. But there is enough extra there to keep me interested. Jason is pretty funny, my favorite line from season two was when he said "It's like if a tree falls in the woods it's still a tree, ain't it?". Idiot. And Alexander Skarsgard is one hell of a vampire.

Exactly. Their scenes are "I'm gonna go make some popcorn" breaks.
It's everything (or at least some of the things) happening around them that make the show interesting.

I stand by that it's a dumb show, but still watchable.

You just perfectly described my relationship with FlashForward.

After watching the first episode of Kindred: The Embraced which is heavily influenced on the White Wolf Role-Playing game Vampire: The Masquerade I can honestly say that True Blood is probably the best Vampire show on TV right now. Now for me to admit this just goes to show how fucking awful Kindred: The Embraced was and why it only lasted 8 episodes. So congratulations True Blood for winning the Gold in the poo poo Olympics.

I think the only Vampire based show that I actually enjoyed was Buffy: The Vampire Slayer.

Yes! Thank you. That show kicked ass...Angel did as well.

Neither one of you will get any argument from me there. Buffy was definitely the best vampire show as far as storyline, and Angel was a close second. I just finished watching them both all the way through in fact. Love them.

I never liked Buffy. I don't like the vampire fad either. But I tend to enjoy most of what HBO comes up with. I got hooked. They have the craziest cliffhangers at the end of the episodes I can't help but come back for more.

lame... I like my vampires ugly, and filled with lots of blood.

damn, she f**ked their day up :D

Well I enjoyed it o.o Nothing like the books apparently. Completely gone off the mark with it the writers have but I guess that makes good television. All in all it's not been a disappointing 2 series for me.

Long as it keeps showing violence and tits am in....

That one romantic cheesy moment in each episode doesn't bother me to much considering I just tell myself it be over soon and back to violence and tits.

Yes.
Well, I got the S1 DVD from the library, so I could just fast-forward. Which was awesome. Cuts the episode length *way* down. See them both in the same scene, grab the remote, bzzzz ... oh, look how fast I can make them talk/stare/make out/strip naked!

I enjoyed the supporting characters more or less, felt a bit insulted that they bothered "hinting" through several episodes at things that were readily apparent much sooner, but hey ... much of it's pretty much vamporn, whaddya expect. It was entertaining enough when I was stuck in the house sick, but I probably won't watch any further seasons.

Don't get me wrong, I don't really mind the vampire genre. Twilight's not in my age range, ditto for Vampire Diaries and it's on the CW, so ... no, but otherwise I'm game. Buffy, Angel, heck I even liked Moonlight despite some less-than-stellar acting performances. I recorded it while I was gone and watched it the next day.