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post #1 of 228
9/8/08 at 2:49am
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Team Bill!

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How can they end it that way?!!
post #2 of 228
9/8/08 at 3:54am
I read online about this show possibly starting about a year ago after I had started reading the books and was SO psyched since I LOVED SFU and Alan Ball and LOVED Buffy and thought, WOW, a vampire series by the creator of one of my all time favorite shows! This is going to be awesome!

I thought it was awful. Terribly boring. Bad acting. I thought Bill was creepy. Tara was OTT rude. Even the opening credits were dull. I think of some of my favorite shows - Dexter, Curb, SFU, even Sex and the City and they all had really good intros, good/catchy songs. This one was boring, IMO. It set the tone for a boring show to follow.

I'm just glad Dexter is starting in a couple weeks - I HOPE that will live up to my expectations, because this really, really didn't. At least not for me.
post #3 of 228
9/8/08 at 10:20am
I enjoyed it! I can't wait for the next episode. They need to tweak a little bit here and there, but overall it was really good.

I have no idea why I have HBO right now either. Must be preview week or something so I may not get to see another episode.

V
post #4 of 228
9/8/08 at 12:51pm
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Ah, that's good to know. I didn't know it's based on a book. I don't know anything about it, actually. Though I did notice that it's dated 2007 in the IMDb.

I was pretty dubious until Claire Danes' character showed up. I like her.
post #5 of 228
9/8/08 at 1:11pm
Journeymom - there are 8 books in the series so far, and you can find them used on Amazon for pretty cheap (even in hardback).
post #6 of 228
9/8/08 at 3:07pm
I thought it was pretty iffy. I won't give up on it yet and I hope they settle in, but it wasn't great for me.

Journeymom - Who was Claire Danes' character? I didn't see Claire Danes and can't find her mentioned online anywhere? Just tryimg to figure out what I missed...
post #7 of 228
9/8/08 at 3:42pm
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I thought it was pretty iffy. I won't give up on it yet and I hope they settle in, but it wasn't great for me.

Journeymom - Who was Claire Danes' character? I didn't see Claire Danes and can't find her mentioned online anywhere? Just tryimg to figure out what I missed...

Anna Paquin (Sookie). I get her mixed up with Claire Danes.

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Heh. Claire Danes played a character named Sookie in Igby Goes Down.
post #8 of 228
9/8/08 at 3:46pm
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Anna Paquin (Sookie). I get her mixed up with Claire Danes.
Aha! She does look very different with the blonde hair, I think. I can see the confusion

I loved Igby Goes Down - great movie!
post #9 of 228
9/8/08 at 10:02pm
it was a bit off for me as well and i LOVE me some vamps - bill was a bit creepy and i thought i might like a vamp show on hbo, allowing for more exploration, but it might be a bit TMI for me... we'll see.
post #10 of 228
9/10/08 at 11:27am
I liked it. I'm not sure it's worth subscribing to HBO for though. I think for now, I'll stick with Showtime. They seem to be the premier network for tv shows as far as I'm concerned.
post #11 of 228
9/14/08 at 10:11pm
Watched the first episode and all the little intro bits OnDemand this week. I think the actress doing Tara is way overplaying, but there may yet be a reason for that. There is a splash of comic bookness in the series, for good or ill.

I was surprised to find that Bill and Sookie's brother Jason were played by British and Australian actors, respectively. The accent I thought was the worst, which was Tara's, is actually from a USA actor. Anna Paquin grew up in NZ, but she's originally from Canada.

I'm enjoying it. There's definitely a bit of camp going on, but I'm interested enough to see where it's going with the season.
post #12 of 228
9/14/08 at 10:55pm
It's amusing, but not brilliant. That is how I'm feeling about it now.
post #13 of 228
9/14/08 at 11:01pm
I've only watched the first episode so far, and my review was mixed. I liked it because I'm a big fan of the books, so it was interesting to see how it stuck to the books and how it deviated. If I didn't know the books so well, I don't think that I would have bothered to watch the whole thing. It was kind of choppy and over-the-top and weird.

I can't recommend the books enough. They're called the Southern Vampire Series by Charlaine Harris. The books aren't great literature or anything, but they're a fun read and even laugh-outloud funny in parts.
post #14 of 228
9/14/08 at 11:09pm
Katie Bug's Mama - did you see the guy they casted for Eric? All I can say is wow. He's perfect. And just gorgeous beyond words.
post #15 of 228
9/15/08 at 8:04am
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Katie Bug's Mama - did you see the guy they casted for Eric? All I can say is wow. He's perfect. And just gorgeous beyond words.
No, I haven't. I've been wondering who they would get to play him. Yum. I wonder who will play Alcide and Quinn (assuming the series lasts that long?) Double yum.
post #16 of 228
9/15/08 at 10:44am
He's going to be played by Alexander Skarsgard - google him. I'd find a pic as Eric but I'm at work and can't search for images. Here he is at IMDB: click
post #17 of 228
9/15/08 at 3:17pm
I gotta say it, it makes literally no sense that Jason gets so much attention from women. EWWWWWWWWWWWW
post #18 of 228
9/15/08 at 4:00pm
There's a reason for it, I swear. You just won't find out for a while (it's in book 8).
post #19 of 228
9/15/08 at 9:03pm
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There's a reason for it, I swear. You just won't find out for a while (it's in book 8).
Yep--there's a very good reason. It's the same reason that Sookie has her "disability," but I'll say no more.

Unless, of course, you PM me and ask for a spoiler.
post #20 of 228
9/16/08 at 11:54am
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Yep--there's a very good reason. It's the same reason that Sookie has her "disability," but I'll say no more.

Unless, of course, you PM me and ask for a spoiler.
I'll not ask for a spoiler, but is there more to Grandma than we're seeing? Just a yes or no will suffice, thank you.

I don't remember who Eric is. Have we met him? His dad, Stellen Skarsgård, is pretty good looking.
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