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09/19/09
Thats what she said.
09/16/09
09/16/09
I'm a big fan of the show right from the theme song, but, I have to agree that the Godric subplot was prematurely lost and should have taken the spotlight from the Maryann story line. Kudos to Michelle Forbes for selling hardcore right-wing nuttiness.
Hopefully a lot of items that were left out or skipped over will be filled next season, if they can get it to work.
BIG CONS:
- Queen need to be less Jessica Rabbit, more Hannibal Lecter;
BIG PROS:
I agree with a lot of entries:
- Everyone's Jason quote additions;
- Bill's note writing samples ["...Draino" line was fantastic.];
- Hoyt's mom sells it.
- Everything Jessica
Now what am I going to watch?
09/16/09
It's an Egg McGuffin! Egg McGuffin!
09/16/09
09/16/09
Good to see the drunk, high, sexed up party animals didn't toss the guest room, with nary a picture frame! Also, I'd suggest Sookie get some professionals to clean and fumigate the house, I doubt she and Tara have the wherewithall to do it properly in one day. Well, unless she makes Bill do it.
Bill was better in this episode than he's been for a long time. His childish relationship with Jessica has finally evolved. Why he'd want to marry a horrible person like Sookie was beyond me until we learned her blood makes him love her. Huh.
Queen Sophie was also more watchable, though I didn't have that much of a problem with her in her first episode. She has an impudent facade but can bring it if she needs to. I hope she returns and has more scary scenes.
Intriguing how it isn't necessarily brute force that keeps her subjects in line...I mean Eric is older and stronger than her, but it's her higher place in vamp society that makes him her inferior.
The end-of-season cliffhanger is kinda dumb, too. BSG made it work several times, but by now, we know they're almost totally meaningless and are resolved in the next show's first minute. Mr. Worf...get me a latte.
Whatever happens next season, we can revel in knowing there will only be half as much smile-crying (from Tara) and no more hippie Admiral Cain craziness. I do hope Karl (who never had black eyes) resurrects, though!
09/15/09
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09/16/09
First: best. name. ever.
Second, I was thinking, as I watched the show, that Jessica should just vamp Hoyt and then Hoyt could be all evil and kill his mom.
09/15/09
regarding jason's oneliners, you also missed "I love the smell of nailpolish in the morning", obviously taken from Apocalypse Now's "I love the smell of napalm in the morning"
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09/15/09
Godric could have been an amazing character. They had already set him up as the vampire Jesus come back to redeem his people. But instead, he just kills himself for no apparent reason and they completely drop the whole thing as if it never happened.
I want to see a lot more vampire vs human drama and vampire politics, and a lot less magical mythological meat orgy sacrifices.
09/15/09
09/15/09
Sure, that was an obvious plot device to get her out of the room so Bill could be abducted, but still. A brat? I don't even really like Sookie that much but this rubs me the wrong way. As far as I'm concerned Bill wins the prize for worst timing in a marriage proposal. Give her a second to collect herself, for goodness sake!
09/15/09
There were plenty of other ways to get her out of the room--too much wine, I need to use the ladies' room, or I need to put on more lipstick or whatever. I feel like the proposal was just something to Indicate to the Audience that Bill is still someone we should be interested in and wonder about even though he's been so boring lately.
09/15/09
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09/15/09
Also, I can't take Anna Paquin pretending to be Holly Hunter pretending to be Sookie any more.
The only moderately redeeming/interesting aspects of this show are Lafayette, Vampire Jessica and Pam's outfits. They're the only ones I care enough about to feel bad for them having to be on this show.
Farewell for now, True Blood. If you ever manage to stop sucking balls (in a bad way), I may be back.