True Blood
WARNING: - This Review does contain Spoilers for
those who haven’t seen it. For those of you who like Spoilers and look forward
to seeing them so they can look forward to them when watching the programme –
Continue Lol :P
True Blood is an American television drama series
produced and created by Alan Ball.
It is based on The Southern
Vampire Mysteries Series of novels by Charlaine Harris,
detailing the co-existence of vampires
and humans in Bon Temps, a fictional, small town in northwestern Louisiana. The series centres
on the adventures of Sookie
Stackhouse (Anna Paquin),
a telepathic waitress with
an otherworldly quality.
The show was broadcast on the premium cable network
HBO in the United States. It was produced by HBO in association with Ball's
production company, Your Face Goes Here Entertainment. The series premiered on
September 7, 2008, and concluded on August 24, 2014, comprising seven seasons
and 80 episodes. The first five seasons of the series received generally
favourable reviews, being nominated for and winning several awards, including a
Golden Globe and an Emmy.
True Blood was renewed for a seventh season, later
announced to be the final one, which premiered on June 22, 2014.
The fictional universe depicted in the series is
premised on the notion that vampires exist, unbeknownst to the majority of
humans until two years before the series premiere, when the creation of
synthetic blood ("Tru Blood") by Japanese scientists allowed vampires
to "come out of the coffin" and reveal their existence to the world
on the basis that they no longer need human blood to survive. This so-called
"Great Revelation" has split the vampires of the world into two
camps: those who wish to integrate into human society (aka "mainstream")
by campaigning for citizenship and equal rights, and those who think that
human-vampire co-existence is impossible because it is in conflict with the
inherently violent nature of vampires. Throughout the series, other
supernatural creatures are introduced, among them shapeshifters, werewolves, faeries, witches and a maenad.
The series revolves around Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin), a telepathic human-faerie
hybrid known as a halfling (not to be confused with similarly named, but
unrelated creaturesfound in
other fantasy works). Sookie is a waitress at Merlotte's Bar and Grill, owned
by Sam Merlotte (Sam Trammell) in the small
Louisiana town of Bon
Temps. Sam is a shapeshifter, though this secret is kept hidden from most of
the town. Other characters include Bill
Compton (Stephen Moyer),
a 173-year-old vampire who has returned to Bon Temps to take up residence in
his former home following the death of his last remaining relative; Tara Thornton (Rutina Wesley), Sookie's
tough-talking but insecure best friend; Sookie's womanizing brother Jason (Ryan Kwanten);
thousand-year-old vampire and Sheriff of Area 5, Eric Northman (Alexander Skarsgård);
and Lafayette
Reynolds (Nelsan Ellis),
a short order cook, drug dealer, road crew member and medium.
The show explores several contemporary issues, such
as the struggle for equal rights, discrimination and violence against
minorities and homosexuals, the problems of drug addiction, the power of faith
and religion, the control/influence of the media, the quest for identity and
the importance of family.
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Now I was sceptical on the beginning; I never
watched it straight away. It was only that so many of my friends on Facebook
were constantly writing about it on their status’ that I finally decided to
give up the ghost on the subject. Not be interest I might add.
I also have to say that I can’t really judge on
anything because the whole reason I didn’t give it a go in the first place was
because I heard someone say that it was like Twilight but erotica; that sort of
put me off. But now, I’ve learned to never listen to what people say about
something without personally experiencing it yourself.
So I did, I have and I am…
I have watched True Blood right up to Season 7 –
Episode 8 so far. I am waiting now to watch the 9th episode tomorrow night (1st
Sept 2014). I understand that America have already seen and viewed the finale
so I have not gone on facebook at all, making sure I don’t see what my American
Friends have to say about it Lol
My review: -
I love the characters; they are all so perfect in
the whole world that is ‘True Blood’.
I must say that Jason Stackhouse has to be one of
my favourite characters. He’s so simple love him, his whole life revolves
around his looks, his sexual appetite and family and friends. He’s really got a
heart of gold, just not the smartest tool in the shed Lol
I will give True Blood a 7/10 (so far, due to
unseen finale).
I like things that shock me, that keep me on my
toes and writings that make me think. Although True Blood isn’t a mental drama,
you did on more than one occasion sit back and try and predict the end of the
episode because of the twists involved. I’m terrible for looking for flaws in
TV and I must say that the only thing that annoyed me was Sookie and her
constant love rollercoaster. I know the intention of Charlaine Harris was to
make Sookie as adventurous and as interesting as possible but sometimes her
antics were just too much like Lol
I guess I preferred Sookie with Bill Compton, and
not just because he seemed like the only one who truly loved her, but because
they did fit together perfectly. Real life husband and wife! That also makes it
even hotter Lol. Should have lasted a lot longer I think.
Sookie and Eric Northman? Emmm not so hot. She
doesn’t look like his style at all, his type! But their love scenes could have
been better still. Sort lived so not so bad.
Sookie and Alcide Herveaux? Another meeting I
wasn’t sure was right. She’s totally not his type! He likes rough biker chicks,
not southern bells in flannel dresses Lol Am I right? Haha. Sort lived of
course like most of Sookie’s relationships.
Sookie and Macklyn Warlow! WTF!!! When did Sean
Slater because so hot with evil sex appeal! I missed this episode and I’m
waiting to watch it again when Sky update the boxset because I didn’t see their
scene together in fairyland, we had a power-cut
:(
At this point in the story I don’t know if there is
anymore Lol ~Rolls Eyes~
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