True Blood

[stray]

No one mentioned the Michelle whats-her-name.. (Star Trek/BSG chick) naked in the road. What the hell was that?

[Sky]

I thinks they covered this by saying she's had to quit all her previous jobs because she read her bosses' minds.  She doesn't do that anymore.

Shapeshifter != werewolf, in True Blood, anyway. Don't make Sam mad.

I mean the vampire-hating redneck that Saarsgard threatened in the previous ep. I'll be surprised if he's not the werewolf/killer after the way they hammered that point through almost the entire episode.

[Mrbloodworth]

I thinks they covered this by saying she's had to quit all her previous jobs because she read her bosses' minds.  She doesn't do that anymore.

Shapeshifter != werewolf, in True Blood, anyway. Don't make Sam mad.

I mean the vampire-hating redneck that Saarsgard threatened in the previous ep. I'll be surprised if he's not the werewolf/killer after the way they hammered that point through almost the entire episode.

Thats also only what sam said, not necessarily what is true.

[stray]

Nothing's said without some purpose to further a story. Unlike real life. ;)

Well, unless the film/show sucks.... But usually, everything's got a point in a script. I'd put stock in Sam's words if I were you! 

[Ookii]

Are we talking about the soldier with the post-traumatic stress?

[stray]

I'm not even sure. Sky, for one, is talking about one of those rednecks that hangs at the bar... the one who caused the vampire fire (or rather, the one who burned himself). Erik the Viking dude skidded up to him and called him out.. remember?

I don't really think he's anything but a redneck though..

But now that you mention the soldier, he's tormented enough to be a werewolf maybe?

[Ookii]

Well in the past couple of episodes they've been gearing him up for something, I thought they were trying to make it look like he was the killer - though not necessarily a werewolf.

[Slayerik]

How far apart were the killings? If they were every month then I'd say it's Sam, but I don't think thats correct.

I think it's Renee. The redhead kept talkin' about how great he is...in these shows nobody is that great. :) That would be way outta where they have been leading us towards though.

[Sky]

I'm mostly going on the psychic flash Sookie had at the reception when that dude walked by her (before the incident inside the bar).

[Big Gulp]

No one mentioned the Michelle whats-her-name.. (Star Trek/BSG chick) naked in the road. What the hell was that?

 

[stray]

Fucking sweet twist!

[Bunk]

No one mentioned the Michelle whats-her-name.. (Star Trek/BSG chick) naked in the road. What the hell was that?

 

I assume we were supposed to recognize the face in the Fax at the end? I'm terrible at recogizing faces, so someone tell me who it was.

[Mazakiel]

As to who it was:

[Bunk]

Yea, after discussion with someone else I think that's who it is. Makes a lot of sense with certain forshadowing earlier in the episode.

[Sky]

And Slayerik calls it!

[Slayerik]

And Slayerik calls it!

/bow ;)

[Big Gulp]

Again, Pam is my favorite character.  I love that there's no deep scheme behind Eric reneging on the Jessica deal; he just can't stand her.  A Swedish friend of mine confirmed that upon walking out Eric actually said, "Ah, sweet freedom".

Love that they've changed just enough from the books to keep me interested.

[stray]

hmm, they introduced a lot of new shit last night. i hope lafayette hasn't completely disappeared. sam and what's-her-face-dryad(?)-chick have some of kind dangerous unfinished business.. that other homeboy is turning into a jesus freak now (i was half paying attention.. what the hell made him get all radical about it.. i don't recall him actually seeing any miracles).. bill has a big mess on his hands with the redhead.

[Bunk]

I am now in an argument on who the preacher at the end of the show was (it wasn't credited). It looked and sounded a hell of a lot like Topher Grace to me.

[Sky]

I love that there's no deep scheme behind Eric reneging on the Jessica deal; he just can't stand her.

Probably my favorite bit of that episode, so much understatement going on.

My viking heritage biases me toward the northman, but I kinda wonder how an ancient viking ends up in Leezeaner.

[stray]

What is Leezeaner? It's the one word in the entire universe that doesn't show up on a Google search. 

Yeah, my Scandinavian side has some bias for that character too. I'll probably be happy if Bill kills him though.

edit: eh, oh, louisiana.

[Big Gulp]

Yeah, my Scandinavian side has some bias for that character too. I'll probably be happy if Bill kills him though.

If they follow the books at all then Eric will become a lot more important to the story than Bill.  Trust me, that's a good thing.

Besides, Eric is funnier than Bill who has no sense of humor.

[Mazakiel]

I really like Eric, and hope we get to see more of him next season.  The one character that probably always cracks me up every time he's on is probably Terry, though. 

[angry.bob]

I really like Eric, and hope we get to see more of him next season.  The one character that probably always cracks me up every time he's on is probably Terry, though. 

What you said reminds me of seeing LotR in the theaters and listening to the teen girls who were there to see Legolas giggling at Golum/Smeagol. Not saying you're anywhere near the same or wrong, but I find Terry more sad and sympathetic than funny. I can see a Terry flashback episode being really good if the show makes it past season 2.

I'm also finding myself much more sympathetic towards Bill as well. As a 41 year old back in school taking 100 level classes for a new major, trying to interact with 18-20 year olds as peers is bizarre - especially when the subject of Iraq comes up and I have to clarify that my war in Iraq was the one right before they were born.

[Mazakiel]

No, I understand where you're coming from, I see him as a sympathetic character as well, it's just that some of the things they have him say also make me laugh at the same time.  Which I guess sounds a bit assholish.  But ultimately, that's one of things I like so much about the show, how most the characters aren't just stock comic relief or whatever. 

[Sky]

Is the season over for this or something?

[Evil Elvis]

Yeah, the last episode of the season was 2 weeks ago.

[Slayerik]

<-----------Season 1 champ   

[Velorath]

Trying not to give anything away, but I was really expecting them to tapdance around for a few more episodes.  So far the show is progressing very atypically from a normal genre show where you tune in hoping something cool happens, and it never does unless it's a season finale.

Disagree completely.  In the past few days, I've watched all but the last two episodes and there was a fuckton of tapdancing around shit.  The only thing keeping them from dragging it out longer seems to be the fact that they have about half as many episodes in a season as a network series.  The Sam = shapeshifter thing dragged out way too long.  All the love triangles dragged out way too long.  The Tara being a bitch and pushing people away shit dragged out way too long.  The serial killer shit dragged out way too long.  They could have cut this season down by half and not lost anything. 

Go back through this thread and read the posts.  Almost all of them are about a line or two long, because there really isn't much to discuss in each episode.  There's some "that was a great episode" posts, some speculation about Sam, some posts about tits... as much as people might hate Heroes now, at least that show gave them something to talk about, as does Terminator.

The writers also seem undecided as to how seriously they want to treat the story.  It's hard to take this stuff as mature storytelling we get a good portion of an episode devoted to Jason's V induced hard on in what felt like scenes cut out of an American Pie movie.  Don't get me wrong, humor is nice here and there to add a counterbalance to all the dark shit, but that bit felt really out of place.

That's not to say there isn't anything I don't like about the show.  I think the setting is inspired, the acting is good, and Lafayette is fucking hilarious.  The opening credits are some of the best I've seen in television, and sets a tone that the story following them struggles to live up to.  I'm not really buying into the premise that Vampires reveal themselves and the humans' reaction is political debate and racism though.  Especially since most of the Vampires don't seem all that concerned about presenting themselves in a good image except for when they're on TV.

This show has potential, but needs to spend less time dicking around with on again/off again relationships and unrequited love shit.  I feel like I'm watching Twilight but with more tits (which is at least some improvement).

[stray]

I don't really care about talking about shows other than a few lines to begin with. True Blood isn't much of something to get all geeked out on like Heroes anyways. Secondly, look at all HBO or Showtime shows here: Little is said about them to begin with - because fewer people have these channels. Californication is the greatest thing airing in my opinion, and it's merely one page here. Either the whole lot of you are a bunch of philistines, or you just don't have Showtime. Since I'm a nice guy, I'll just assume you don't have Showtime.

Also, Deadwood. One page.

[Velorath]

I don't have any cable.  When I watch any show these days is either online (my TV is hooked up to my computer), on DVD, or at a friend's place.  I have a hard time watching any television and certainly don't care enough for it to pay the crazy amounts cable companies charge.  Most shows aside from the premium cable stuff tend to tread water a lot because they want to stretch out the shows long enough for syndication.  They're written with a beginning, but without a set middle and end.  That's fine if you're doing a sitcom and trying to make people laugh instead of trying to tell a story.  It's why you'll never catch me watching something like Lost though.  If you need 100+ hours to tell the story you want to tell, there's a problem.  Either you're greedy or you can't fucking write.  Premium cable shows have it cut down to a smaller amount at least, but the pacing is still a bit because they're still stretching the story out longer than it needs to be.

Deadwood has one page because the show ended a couple years before we had a TV forum and the thread was made.

[stray]

Well, all I'm saying is I'm in love with this show (and Californication), even if I don't chat about it much. I think it's written well, else I would have said it was a piece of shit and left the thread entirely, like Heroes or Terminator.

[Ookii]

True Blood is one of the best TV Shows out there right now, maybe someone who's read the books can confirm or deny if shit is draw out in the books as well.

[Riggswolfe]

Shit. I missed this and it's not on HBO on Demand. The fuckers. Vampires + Anna Paquin's tits = win. My wife is from Louisiana and doesn't want to watch it because she's afraid the accents will be Hollywood Louisiana. Anyone know if it'll be coming back to On Demand later?

[Signe]

I didn't like it a bit at first.  I still think the lead vampire guys acting stinks.  But the girly is good and it can be very funny.  I only ever watched it on HBO On Demand.  It makes life easier when I don't have to try and remember things.  Right now we get all the premium film channels for $25 with FIOS but I almost never use them for anything but HBO and Showtime series.  I can count on one hand the number of films I've watched on TV in the last six months or so.  Strangely, you can't get Showtime separately.  I'm thinking of ditching the whole lot and just wait for everything to come out on DVD.