TV: True Blood

[Penner]

From what i've read in interviews and whatnot, the "true" werewolfs in true blood are pretty much just wolves when they are not in human form, which i fucking hate. /sadface

I have always and will always think of the giant bipedal killingmachine of awesomeness when i hear "Werewolf", not a regular wolf or a slightly bigger wolf.

[Ryllharu]

I'm okay with the werewolf = bigger wolf thing, in some respects I prefer it since it seems like a more "natural" thing. It fits in with the way that Sam transforms. He doesn't turn into a half-dog or a half-fly, he goes the whole way.

More Pam is a good thing, she's a character that always felt a big forgotten and neglected the last season and a half.

[Yukimura]

Awesome! I finally got around to watching all of season two just last weekend and lo and behold season 3 is right around the corner.

I am looking forward to just about everything in the coming season except for Sookie. I have little doubt they'll find new and improved ways to inspire my distaste for her in the coming season but hopefully other characters like Pam or Jessica will get a more involved role in the main events of the season.

[Penner]

Michael Ausiello has done a Q&A with the cast from True Blood.

(its 44 minutes long , and really impressive video quality)

Ultimate Fan Experience Q&A

Man, that was awesome, i wish all my favorite shows could have interviews like that!

[Penner]

OH snap, the first episode of season 3 is out, downloading at this very moment!

Edit: Fuck yeah that was awesome, i had almost forgotten how great this show is!

And thank god this show started now that the majority of the shows i watch goes on summer hiatus!

[Yukimura]

Cool way to start the season. Eric is still as pimp as ever despite the shitstorm the queen dragged him into. While I don't like the way the queen treats Eric I find her outwardly cheerful, secretly insane absolute ruler mannerisms somewhat endearing.

Bills kidnappers didn't amount to much and now that he's free I find myself wondering what the impetus will be to keep him apart from Sookie. I guess my money would be riding on him being caught and imprisoned by the werewolves soon.

[Penner]

edit: lol completely wrong post in the wrong forum part, hah :P

[UChessmaster]

Did i missed something? how did Bill escaped being tied with silver again?

[Ryllharu]

Did i missed something? how did Bill escaped being tied with silver again?

One of the guys in the backseat with him was wearing leather gloves that had gotten soaked in blood. He took them off around the same time that Bill said he would die if he gets drained anymore unless he feeds. Somehow, Bill had the strength to get the gloves on himself (shown on him as he crawled out of the crashed car) and pull the silver chains off.

This kind of jars with season 1 when he didn't have enough strength to even get up until Sookie took them off of him, but...I'm willing to leave it up to sheer desperation.

[Penner]

Boom!

True Blood renewed for 4th season

[UChessmaster]

Well "never" came fairly soon this episode.

[Penner]

That last scene was pretty freaky lol

And man, the shit is really going to hit the fan once Tara learns that it was actually Jason who shot Eggs...

[UChessmaster]

I got some complains towards this season however.

Werewolves: for me a gigantic dissapointment, they don`t feel threatening at ALL, a properly trained shifter will destroy any werewolves since essentially, they`re nerfed shifters.

Tara: Went from a badass bitch to a whiny bitch, can we have old Tara back please? thanks

[Penner]

Yeah i knew the "Werewolfs" we're going to be a huge disappointment from the get-go, they might be stronger/faster than an average human when they are in human form but still, they seem pretty weaksauce..

What's stopping a decent shifter from turning into something like kodiak bear or a bigass tiger and tear their shit up -.-

Also, Eric said that Werewolfs on V could be a challenge, even for him.... so uh.. Bill took out a whole damn pack of them BY HIMSELF without taking any apparent damage, and they were all "organized, well funded, highly trained, and powered by V".... sup with that?

[iMUSTbeTHEdevil]

I just got caught up with the series after first watching it last week. The continuity with this show sucks! Just noticeable things that are different from one scene to the next bother me. But it is a great show none the less.

Personally my biggest complaint is that I don't think that a vampire should be able to 'glam' someone into letting them into their homes. I know that this is useful device, but come on, that is why they look like us. They are meant to deceive.

[darkmetal505]

So what exactly went down between Lorena and Bill....

[Penner]

Crazy neck-breaking anger-sex? :P

Yeah, that vampire dude using the "glam" skill to make Tara let him in was kinda lame, it pretty much nullifies the whole "we can't enter unless you invite us" deal completely if all they have to do is MAKE them invite them in.

Maybe it doesn't work on people with exeptionally strong minds or whatever(not sure if that was said sometime in the show), but it's still kinda lame :P

[itadakimasu]

There was a point in last nights episode where I realized that they has basically an overlapping plot w\ the 2nd twilight movie.

human girl who is in love with vampire is searching for him, but he doesn't want her to find him... She's got a werewolf w\ him and you have the feeling their about to get down...

The main difference I thought though is that "kristin stewart?" or whatever her name is didn't have it in her to show any emotion about being left by her vampire love.

[Yukimura]

Yeah I had the same concerns, but what really irks me is that the book this season is based off of (Club Dead) was published and popular two years before the first Twilight novel even came out. I have little doubt people will claim True Blood ripped off Twilight when it's far more likely that Meyer ripped off Charlene Harris along with all the other Urban fantasy writers who had already established (and started wearing out) the Vampire Guy/Lycanthrope Guy/Other Supernatural Type Girl love triangle plot years before. The earliest I can think of would be Laurell K Hamilton who was doing this back in 1995 with pretty much the same progression but the vampire and werewolf roles flipped.


Anyway onto the episode, I don't feel like we got much in the way of explanation about why Bill had sex with Lorena instead of just beating on her and that kind of irks me. I could understand why he'd beat her up out of frustration for his situation but it's still nebulous why he went ahead and pulled down his pants and went to town on her while he was roughing her up. The thin thread I'm trying to hold onto now is that he planned to push Sookie away from the beginning and rather than lie to her he went ahead and did Lorena so when he told Sookie he'd be telling the truth and she'd hopefully be so angry that she'd stay away from him. This theory seems ridiculous and overly complicated but it's all I've got that doesn't require Bill to have heavily suppressed MPD or something.

[TwisT]

Last nights episode was a good one. Tara's storyline is finally starting to get good. We finally got to see the scene with Eric's father and he have finally found the leader of the werewolf's he has been hunting. Looks like that can get real interesting down the line. And wonder if the King is gonna go after the Magister. Almost sounded like that might be what he is after.

All in all i think in the end the King will be left to take the blame for the vampireblood. After all, he is going after the Queen, surrounds himself with werewolf's, kidnapped Bill, might go after the Magister and probably killed Eric's father (which will make him more then happy to see him dead).