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So who all caught last nights premier? I thoroughly enjoyed it and look forward to a very vampirifics summer!

"Just call us the fuck you crew." HA!

Calli and I watched it...we're totally hooked. Lots more nudity in this season, it looks like

Thanks to the timing of their DVD release, I'm still waiting for 2 to get to my house via netflix. Thus, pretty much guaranteeing that I won't bother getting HBO to see season 3 (and will just wait for it to be on DVD).

Conscience off, Dick on.

The Lovely Boner said:

Conscience off, Dick on.

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Attaboy Stackhouse!

The Sam and Bill sex scene had me OMGWTFing for a few minutes until I remembered the blood.

Also, six hours!

The Lovely Boner said:

Conscience off, Dick on.

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That pretty much sums up my feelings for the show as well.

Also, if you got HBO, you could watch Season 2 on their OnDemand service.

I could....but this way, I can be unnecessarily bitter.

See, it's not very gentlemanly to set someone on fire just for saying hello. :laugh:

Now the question remains, who's secret drawer had the secred envelope regarding.. Sookie

Man I wish a werewolf would just eat Tara already.

Well, last nights sex/rape scene was....peculiar...

True Blood is fucking crazy in the best way

HCGLNS said:

Well, last nights sex/rape scene was....peculiar...

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Vamp sex takes it to the next level.. Why put a paper bag on her head when you can completely turn her head and spine the opposite direction and still have sex...

It's been great so far but damn man, they are taking it up a notch for sure.

By the by, if you want a semi-spoiler, they reveal what Sookie (and Jason by extension) are, towards the end or the end of this season. And lets just say.. it'll be kinda shocking cause you'll be like "WTF? Oh ok yea that kinda makes sense"

The ending of the last episode was fucked up in the best True Blood way.

Mav said:

By the by, if you want a semi-spoiler, they reveal what Sookie (and Jason by extension) are, towards the end or the end of this season. And lets just say.. it'll be kinda shocking cause you'll be like "WTF? Oh ok yea that kinda makes sense"

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Having read the books, I can guess, but the show has only been sort of following the books, and really just writing their own stories that are heavily influenced by the books. So no spoilers based on the show please! Though I am interested in who Sookie's relatives might be in the show and who will get to play them. They had a family tree in the secret drawer, so some ancestors might show up in flashbacks or what not.

Also, just kill Tara already. If it were not for all the great scenes her character provides for Lafayette, I would write her out two seasons ago.

I doubt they will show her family. The family tree relates to what they reveal her and her brother to be. I just hope they do it..differently than the books, what they are is pretty cool but how they introduce it is kinda goofy.

Last night was kind of hmmm episode. Building plot lines and intrigue. Still annoyed that you know who isn't fish food yet. And what was Lafayette thinking going into that neighbourhood alone?

yeah, kind of a blah, plodding episode. I can't wait for the blowup between Mississippi and Louisiana, though.

Very nice episode last night! Sookie's background is opening up as well as Erics. And Bill is in trouble, I wonder if Eric can or will save him. The Jason storyline is developing well. Just unsure were they are taking the Sam idea though. And Jessica remains awesome.

I wonder if Eric can take the king of Mississippi in a fight, the king is older but Eric is Eric.

HCGLNS said:

Very nice episode last night! Sookie's background is opening up as well as Erics. And Bill is in trouble, I wonder if Eric can or will save him. The Jason storyline is developing well. Just unsure were they are taking the Sam idea though. And Jessica remains awesome.

I wonder if Eric can take the king of Mississippi in a fight, the king is older but Eric is Eric.

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It depends on the situation. In the novels, older vampires almost always win, since older = stronger, so unless its a close gap, the King would be physically more powerful than Eric. But, Eric can fly, the King cannot (or at least shouldnt be able to)

They should be revealing what Sookie is (and by extension Jason) soon. I dunno if they will outright say it but they've mentioned they'd give us some type of explaination this season.

I loving the season so far. No complaints here (except sometimes Tara annoys the shit out of me).

I'm loving it too. I think it's being best than the first two seasons actually.

There's some really good TV in there.

I've read the two first books and while I like the handling of the fantasy aspects better in the novels, the storytelling and even the actual story are far better in the tv show.

My wife asked me how I felt about the Lafyette storyline from last night, and I really liked it. It seemed so very normal, which I feel makes a great baseline to play all the very not normal stuff that happened against.

HCGLNS said:

My wife asked me how I felt about the Lafyette storyline from last night, and I really liked it. It seemed so very normal, which I feel makes a great baseline to play all the very not normal stuff that happened against.

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I was surprised really, I like the character. In the books, he's a very minor side character who got killed basically in book 2 in an "underground" swingers-orgy type sexual club that went on behind the scenes in Bon Temps, so seeing him and Tara get more fleshed out characters is very nice.

I like Lafayette a lot. I used to like Tara a lot a lot (she was my favorite character in season 1). Then in season 2 they started having her act dumb as bricks, over and over. It made me really mad when she kept ALMOST saying "gee, I seem to be hanging out with some terrible people, I should stop doing that" and then instead she just walked right back over and Mary Anne snapped her fingers and Tara instantly became her bitch again. I mean, I get it. Mary Anne has powers and Tara doesn't. But it's made clear that ordinary people CAN resist with some degree of success, and Tara's a smart, strong girl who should have done SOMETHING useful during... I dunno, the entire fucking season?

Raemon777 said:

I like Lafayette a lot. I used to like Tara a lot a lot (she was my favorite character in season 1). Then in season 2 they started having her act dumb as bricks, over and over. It made me really mad when she kept ALMOST saying "gee, I seem to be hanging out with some terrible people, I should stop doing that" and then instead she just walked right back over and Mary Anne snapped her fingers and Tara instantly became her bitch again. I mean, I get it. Mary Anne has powers and Tara doesn't. But it's made clear that ordinary people CAN resist with some degree of success, and Tara's a smart, strong girl who should have done SOMETHING useful during... I dunno, the entire fucking season?

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This is what turned me off to the True Blood series. The Mary Anne storyline really pissed me off and it took great convincing of my wife to get me to start season 3; I'm glad she did. Although I really dislike the way they make Sookie's character in the show 10x more annoying than the books.

That's so true! I got really bored by the maenad thing last season, not that it's any better in the novels... But at least it's not annoying! Like Sookie, as you say.

I have another big problem with the novels: the sex scenes. they are so... ugh!

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I like Lafayette a lot. I used to like Tara a lot a lot (she was my favorite character in season 1). Then in season 2 they started having her act dumb as bricks, over and over. It made me really mad when she kept ALMOST saying "gee, I seem to be hanging out with some terrible people, I should stop doing that" and then instead she just walked right back over and Mary Anne snapped her fingers and Tara instantly became her bitch again. I mean, I get it. Mary Anne has powers and Tara doesn't. But it's made clear that ordinary people CAN resist with some degree of success, and Tara's a smart, strong girl who should have done SOMETHING useful during... I dunno, the entire fucking season?

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This is what turned me off to the True Blood series. The Mary Anne storyline really pissed me off and it took great convincing of my wife to get me to start season 3; I'm glad she did. Although I really dislike the way they make Sookie's character in the show 10x more annoying than the books.[/QUOTE]


They had to beef up season 2. Basically the storyline with Eric's maker was a much bigger storyline... but since it doesnt pan out to much in the first couple books they had to expand on the Maenad as the big bad of season 2. Again she could have been easily defeated if Sookie could control her powers at that point in the series but in the books the Maenad just kinda goes away. At least they included Sookie getting hurt by her at the start, that was the focal point of the Maenad plot starting. The rest they kinda had to make up as they went a long.

I'm just hoping the new Song of Ice and Fire series is good. the brief teaser stuff we've seen looks great. SOFAI is a far superior series of books.

The use of the Maenad in the show was bad storytelling, period. Whether they were making it up for the show or taking it from the book, I dunno. But they keep setting things up that look like they're going to build to a compelling climax, and then turn around and say "nope, that plot's not going anywhere, this character is just an idiot."

I was kinda okay with the cop and Jason going all commando and then turning around get getting mind-screwed in 30 seconds, since they're frankly kinda dumb people and it was in character for them to do something stupid and have it fall flat. But if they were gonna do that, I'd prefer there to not have been this huge build up surrounding it. They successfully rescued Sam, that was fine.

The whole finale had so much redundancy. Eric and Bill both go to see the queen. Sookie and Sam and Eric and Tara and Jason all try to take down the Maenad individually.

Oh my....

Love the dog fighting twist!
Love the Jessica fun!

And so much fun in Mississippi! Eric is planning something! How will Sookie make it to next week?

i loved how they showed just how powerful Russel is..a small flinch of a shoulder is enough to send Bill flying

I'm loving this season so far. I've read all of the books, so I have a good idea of what is coming, but there have been come great characters introduced this season: Russell/Talbot, Franklin, Alcide (yum! Did you see those nalgas last night?), etc. After the Marianne shit last season, this is a nice change.

Wow for such a short episode, they got a lot done! And the rift is seeded between Bill and Sookie.

HCGLNS said:

Wow for such a short episode, they got a lot done! And the rift is seeded between Bill and Sookie.

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I hate Bill after las episode

For getting back together with Sookie and having incredibly graphic sex with her?

I loved the Burbon Whopper werewolf begging for his life with Jessica.

And the explicit man love from Eric leading up the the best stab in the back while I fuck you from behind ever!

That's a vampire version of the Donkey Punch

Ugh, I'm catching up with Season 3 and the one thing I can agree with in this thread.

Tara needs to fucking die.

No, for setting an example for Jessica that makes her renounce to Hoyt, then not living up to it himself. Poor Jessica

Holy fuck that was an ending..

"And now for the weather, Tiffany?"

lmao Russel is the man

That was a fantastic episode!

So much great normal stuff, so much great paranormal stuff!

"We need you to bless the jello."

Another solid episode! Erik remains awesome, I expected a little more Russel though, and that was some fine pussy at the end! The V trip out session was weird, I think they are attempting to establish some more background for Lafayetts freind.

Also;

"You said you would take care of me!"
"I promised you nothing but a job and great sex."

Well they finally revealed what Sookie was, bout time. Yes, she and her brother are fairies. Her brother actually does have a "power". In the books he is extremely charming and charismatic, which is why women are attracted to him so easily. If they follow the books..
I was also pleased to see they introduced a Wiccan. Book four deals with Witches and Wiccans a lot, it and it kicks off a massive battle toward the end.

Hey Mav, could you please start using spoiler tags? I know the show technically doesn't follow the books to the letter and things might change, but they are also often exactly like the books. So if you're going to talk about things that happened in the books, be aware that you might accidentally be spoiling the show too.

Season 4 casting spoiler:
I'm loving where this season is going.

That was a fantastic episode last night. The ending was awesome!

This season rules, but there are so many plotlines in the late part of this season that I just don't care about.

The Lovely Boner said:

This season rules, but there are so many plotlines in the late part of this season that I just don't care about.

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Tara's? Definitely.
Sam and his brother? Definitely.
Arlene and that alien looking waitress? Definitely.

Yeah, it's sad that about the only main plot I give a shit about is the main one.

They could have completely cut the Jason vs younger QB plotline and no one would ever have noticed. Also I hope all the meth-dealing werepanthers go away forever

Fuck, I forgot about those.

Well there is only one episode left, so expect most of those story lines to serve as the foundation for a primary Sookie storyline next year.

Lafayette - voodoo/shaman magic quest
Jason - werepanthers, V as an invasive part of society
Sam - shifter versus were, setting up more acceptance of extra weird life forms
Waitresses - wiccan and alternate magic introduction

I see them all as just creating a larger palette for magic beings, magical interaction away from vampires for the series to build upon. I think they goofed the maenad storyline by not doing this first. So instead of being forced to accept it as true, we have examples of smaller examples to ease the way. Example: werepanthers are now easier to accept since there are werewolves and shifters flushed out in earlier storylines


Also Eric is bad ass and I think that his offspring could have killed Bill any time she wanted.

Also MOAR JESSICA!

And I totally freaked when Hoyts mom was revealed to be behind the whole girlfriend plot.

Talking about True Blood:

The finale was ....

well it was the finale....

Felt really weird, didn't seem to be any serious cliff hangers for the major characters and solved the Russel problem in a way that doesn't solve it at all. Though it does make for a hilarious method of sending vampires to jail.

So next season is witches and fairies as the prime focus points obviously.

And please let the haircut mean that Tara is leaving!

Be honest now, how exactly would you have dealt with the Hoyt intervention at work?

Well, we finally get to see that Bill really is an asshole, and Eric still rocks.

And seriously, does Bill think he can win that matrix-fight at the end? Yea..

I actually thought the Matrix fight was going to be pretty evenly matched. The Queen is not THAT old, and doesn't seem to have been doing much of her own work. Right now I'm not sure that I care if EITHER of them win, but I think the fight would be balanced enough to be interesting.