True Blood

[Reg]

The series has diverged enormously from the books. I've only read the first two but there's a ton of stuff in the show - including most of the MaryAnne stuff that wasn't in the books at all.

[Tebonas]

What Reg said. I edited the suspicious parts out at your peoples request, but at this point the books could as well be an entirely different universe from what I read about them.

What I wrote without the spoilers is knowledge you get from the series. Sookie is something not entirely human (stated by more than one supernatural over the series), and Jason is her brother. The parents died when they were young and their Grandmother took them in. The similar looking casting choices as well as a deep familarity suggest they are blood relatives. The logical conclusion is that Jason is not entirely human as well.

[Riggswolfe]

Hmmm...my thoughts on the finale:

Glad Sam actually did something for once.
Glad Eggs died. I don't know why but I never liked him.
Sad Tara lived.

And finally, can't Bill now feel Sam's emotions and stuff like he can with Sookie?

[stray]

Glad Eggs died. I don't know why but I never liked him.
Sad Tara lived.

Why is it that you hate the two black characters? HUH? HUH?

[Tarami]

I think you should ask the screenwriters that.

[Tale]

It's a pity Jason has become a caricature instead of a character.

Other than that, it was great HBO TV and I was entertained. Even as it dragged, it was still amazing entertainment.

[Riggswolfe]

Glad Eggs died. I don't know why but I never liked him.
Sad Tara lived.

Why is it that you hate the two black characters? HUH? HUH?

While I know this was basically in green, I do love Lafayette. Eggs I disliked probably because he was so intwined with the Maryann plot. Tara? She's just shrill.

[Tale]

Eggs without Maryann's influence was basically an uninteresting new ex-con character, a fish out of water in Bon Temps, useless to the plot. Not sure why they had to do that to Jason though.

[gryeyes]

They have cranked up the level of silly across the board,its just rather extreme in his case. He was always a doofer tho.

[Tale]

Yes, but think back to Jason when gran died and when he was in love with that V addict chick. He had a serious side. Now he's just a running gag.

[Sky]

Yeah, his plot was going to some interesting place. The whole blind belief thing with the church could've been mined as a character-builder, and he's been the main character to walk the hate/love thing with the supernaturals. I've always been annoyed at how they play him as a himbo, since he had the potential to be the most interesting character in the series.

[Samprimary]

Jason Stackhouse has been reduced to a dumb goof and cheap foil whose job it is to hurl himself inextricably between one bad situation and the next via a perfectly harmonized combination of terrible judgment and bad luck

[DLRiley]

Jason is leroy jinkins made flesh.

[Tale]

No, that's you.

[Arthur_Parker]

Just watched this for the first time, the Dallas-vamp-church story was much more interesting than the Maryann thing.  Don't know why they apparently thought that pure vampire stuff wouldn't be enough after only one season. But the last scene was a bit stupid, how exactly do you sneak up on a Vampire?

[Rasix]

But the last scene was a bit stupid, how exactly do you sneak up on a Vampire?

With an older, more powerful vampire.

[Sky]

Or a unique vampire.

[Arthur_Parker]

Guess I focused on the black gloves hiding the identify of the person, but yeah Vampire with gloves to protect against silver could make sense.

[lamaros]

I just watched both seasons the past few weeks and season two was seriously off the rails compared to the first. Everything got even more drawn out, the humor became almost all obvious and stupid, and there was too much talking.

I blame the writers, because it still worked in parts, but just not overall.

Hope the next season gets back to the earlier quality.

[WayAbvPar]

Glad Eggs died. I don't know why but I never liked him.

Amen. He just sucked the life out of every scene he was in.

[Mrbloodworth]

Anna Paquin: I'm Bisexual

Lucky guy. 

[lac]

Season 3 kicked off yesterday.

[JWIV]

Season 3 kicked off yesterday.

And was awesome.

[Ozzu]

I remembered pretty quick which characters annoy me and which ones I actually like. It seems like a 50/50 deal. I still dig the show though.

[Mrbloodworth]

Season 3 kicked off yesterday.

GAH! 

Is broadcast the only place to see this currently?

[Signe]

It's HBO.  Isn't the only other way to see it is to steal it? 

The first one was good, no big surprises or anything.  There is still a lot of really bad acting.  Maybe that's the way they want it, I don't know, but I wish they didn't.

[Sky]

Get a DVR :)

So tired of the Tara shit, but worth it to see Lafayette be sassy. I think. Good to see Jason pushed back to being Jason (ie: titties).

Sam/Bill gay scene   Please let that stop. Pam/stripper gay scene, hell yeah  

Nice reintroduction episode and setup for the season's conflicts.

[Signe]

I thought he said that because he doesn't have HBO.  A DVR won't help you if you don't buy the channel, right? 

 

[Mrbloodworth]

Well, they do have the episodes on the playstation network. But yeah, even if I do have HBO, missing the air time is a problem :)

[MrHat]

Well, they do have the episodes on the playstation network. But yeah, even if I do have HBO, missing the air time is a problem :)

Whats the per episode cost on playstation network?

[Mrbloodworth]

Well, they do have the episodes on the playstation network. But yeah, even if I do have HBO, missing the air time is a problem :)

Whats the per episode cost on playstation network?

1.99? (Own) (Not sure what the delay is like between air and posted though).

Netflix has it on disk only, sadly.

[Signe]

I think it's $3 an episode.  I don't think it's really worth it.

[Mrbloodworth]

I think it's $3 an episode.  I don't think it's really worth it.

It said 1.99 on the website. Anyway, yeah I paid for a warehouse 13 episode I missed, it was not worth it. That's why I was hoping maybe hulu or netflix would carry it.

[Signe]

I'm sure Netflix will at some point.  It's not awful when I rent entire seasons after they've already shown.  In fact, it feels more convenient.  I don't really know about Hulu.  It's a series on a premium channel, do they ever show these sorts of things?  Do they charge for it?

[Mrbloodworth]

I honestly don't know about the hulu and premium stuff, I just like being current and this is a show I like a good deal.