I loved it. I missed the ending due to a thunderstorm warning though!!

 

It was alright. Really sick of Tara and her mother.

 

yeah so far it is a bit different from the 3rd book.

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Sookie was looking for Bill instead of Eric.

I LOVE the fact that the'ye using real wolves unlike that bull**** Twilight movie.

The Queen and the selling of "V" is pretty interesting though, since it wasn't a part of the book. I only read up to the 3rd book so far, I'm wondering if I should start reading the 4th in case they start to intertwine them.

 

I enjoyed the premiere. I thought S2 dragged on way too long with the Maenad storyline though. I could only take so much of seeing fat hillbillies have orgies everywhere.

 

I almost wonder if that wasn't the main reason they did. I mean they look cheesy as hell on Twilight, so I can see why they didn't.

 

I caught the Season 3 premier last night as well. The story literally picked up where Season 2 left off.

To be safe, I'll just use the spoilers tag from here on out, as I'm not sure what

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I'm excited to see that Pam may be getting a bigger role this season, I've felt she was underutilized in the past. She's taking on the role of Eric's muscle, and watching her shake down Lafayette was actually pretty interesting. Speaking of shakedowns, Sookie continues to grow as a character, and I rolled a little bit when she asked Eric for money.

The Jason/Andy stuff continues to be entertaining, but the rest of the town story seems to be dragging a little bit. I don't really care about Arlene's pregnancy, and Tara has officially crossed over into annoying territory. She was one of the best parts of the first season, but the stupid choices she continues to make have just destroyed her character. She's dumb. Honestly I was almost hoping that she would commit suicide.

The Sam/Bill dream was ... interesting ... not my cup of tea but I'm not one to judge.

I do love the "Post Mortem" short which gives us a behind the scenes glimpse. Nice work to use actual wolves for the project. I haven't read the books, but I'm guessing those wolves will intertwine with Sam's search for his family ... after all, we know he can shift into any kind of animal, so why not a wolf?

 

I love this fricken show! :yes:

 

Just caught it today...

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1. Tara and her ****ing mother need to die in a fire.
2. Yesterday.
3. The werewolf storyline promises to be interesting.
4. I could have lived my entire life not seeing that goddamn Sam and Bill seduction scene and been perfectly happy.
5. Why the **** is Tara still alive?

Big-picture: I see that we can expect more of the time-wasting nonsense that we saw beginning with season 2, like the hick waitress' pregnancy (seriously, who gives a ****?) and the totally incongruous Sam/Bill scene.

When you're only doing 10 episodes a year, do you really need to waste airtime on crap like that?

The first season was so good because it was so focused; the stories were tight, the characters developing as it went along.

On that note, I guess the Jason character is just destined to be the same buffoon he turned into last season instead of blossoming as he could have after S01.

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And Tara is still alive.

 

There are good and bad things about reading the books and then watching the series. I was looking forward to finally seeing

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Bubba, and him subsequently killing this bad *** werewolves/biker gang dude in Sam's office.

But then again we get original ideas like the selling of "V" and Jason's "***** overflow". Unfortunately we also get Tara and her mom whom are not any major characters in the books.


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This show is awesome. I always reset my tivo to sunday evenings right after the new episode ends to make sure i never miss it. Best show on TV IMO...well this and Californication.

This episode was ok, good opening to get in to deeper stuff I suppose. Tara needs to go away for a while like to a safehouse or something to recover. Her character gets irritating...they need to get her refocused.

Bill's character is hilarious...like what a gentleman for a vampire. He didnt drain the grandma, instead he just snacked and gave her some money :lol:

And yes I could have done without the scene with sam. Next.

 

I agree with all the above. I was so disappointed with the first show of the season more then likely, I'm done with it. Shallow soap opera writing imo.

 

Exactly!

 

Maybe the best show on tv? That's a sad commentary imo.
Vampires and Werewolves one would have to admit, has been a near played out genre. I will admit it was kinda fresh and entertaining the first two seasons but I see this spiraling real fast.

 

Each show is about 50 minutes or so; they do 10 shows per year...that's about 8 1/2 hours of programming a year for a show that we love and look forward to the majority of the year.

And you don't think any time wasted on bull**** storylines like the pregnancy of a minor character (who also happens to be stupid and dull) is a waste of valuable real estate?

 

Vampires and werewolves might be played out but the way True Blood portrays them is a whole hell of a lot different than Twilight or any other show/movie out there.

It's similar but very different at the same time IMO.

 

The Werewolves in TB and Twilight are about the same I was hoping for some Wolfman/Underworld werewolf style instead of Shapeshifting into a wolf.

 

Not my cup of tea.

I used to watch Nip Tuck but after a few seasons that went south in a hurry too imo. Besides you asked for our opinions. If the first show is a sign of things to come, then it's truly regressed.

 

I thought it was a solid start to the 3rd Season. I've read the books up to date (10 I think) but the series has its own characters and twists so I don't think it ruins anything. I agree about the Tara storyline, its gotten tired and her character isn't very interesting anymore. The other storylines have a lot of potential. Jessica is not in the books that I remember so she is one good thing added, I think seeing a young vampire going through the change is fun to watch, adds a lot to the story IMO. The Magistar (sp?) is a character with a lot of potential, Eric and the Queen pretty much have to kill him at some point I would think....well it was a solid start I'm looking forward to the rest of the season. I was a fan of the books years before the series started on TV so its been a fun ride for me.

 

I didn't mean the look and feel, I mean the things that these creatures do. Twilight isn't rated R so you won't see Edward ripping throats out whereas in TB it's got tons of violence and sex (which is great).

The ideas might be similar but the styles are total opposites

 

The scene made sense to me as I remembered that BIll saved Sam with his blood. But having thought about that for a while, now I'm a little confused with the whole "V" plotline.

If you ingest vampire blood, apparently it makes you attracted to that particular vampire, and at the same time that Vampire can feel you, or at least how you are, where you are at?


So, if that were the case as it is with Sookie/Eric's blood and now Sam/Bill's blood, wouldn't there be a whole boatload of people in Bon Temps dreaming about this guy?


For that matter, since it's the Queen's blood now that is being sold, shouldn't everyone be dreaming about her? And wouldn't that pretty much make it easy as hell to find out who the vampire is that is selling "V"?

I think my head just exploded

 

say what you will about the way they write tara and her mom, but those 2 women are great actresses. the whole cast is extremely well acted. id have to say bill and suki are probably the weakest actors of the cast, and they are solid too. they deserve a ton of credit for the cast they put together, but yeah, they need to not waste the viewers time with build-up and bull**** and frivolous plots. but i did thoroughly enjoy season 2.

the battlestar series is another that has issues with this problem. i watched an entire season of Caprica go nowhere. but my love for all things Adama will keep me coming back.

 

This season has sucked sweaty hairy balls so far.

Vampires controlling Werewolves?

Ana Paquin better show her *** quick to save this season.

 

The second ep was better than the first; tighter, more actually happening than just talking about it.

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Too bad about Lorena; she's HOT...now, in the wrong way entirely. :chuckle:

Yeah, it's time to see Anna's sweet little *** already.

 

You got that right.
Alfre Woodard? Are you kidding me?

 

I liked this episode...although Snoop Dogg's song sucked. :D

Did anyone catch the dogfighting reference in Sam's brother? He says that those scars are because he's been in lots of fights, then turns into a pitt bull. lol

 

In S1, every character had their story—but it served the greater story arc.

In S2, they started to stray from that; the hillbilly sex was hard to take, and the idiocy of it all was almost too much—Sookie getting trapped underneath a fat, sweaty, ugly hick for almost an entire episode was both revolting and a waste of airtime, and the plot suffered for it.

Plus, they took the character of Jason from a good guy who just tended to act up sometimes, to the flesh-and-blood equivalent of Daffy Duck.

Now, instead of learning from S2's excesses and tightening up the adjunct stories in S3, they've actually gotten worse.

Now we have Lafayette's crazy-assed mother on board too?! How is that **** going to advance the main story arc?

And by the way, what the **** IS the main story arc, anyway?!

So far all we have is the absolutely ridiculous premise that a vampire is actually controlling werewolves; and not just any vampire—we have the Bob Barker of vampires and his sidekick, Richard Simmons.

And his grand scheme, after decades and possibly centuries of plotting and conniving? He wants to marry the crazy-assed Queen of Louisiana.

Ooo, I can't wait to see what happens next. :rolleyes:

 

Best part of the episode was Anna Paquin's impression of Bill saying Sookie.

 

Yeh that was pretty funny.

 

I'm digging all of the other storylines except for Sam's family. The dude just can't catch a break. True it's a show that caters to drama in people's lives but to me it just seems a little forced. Why can't his folks be relatively not douchebags?

 

This had to be the most disturbing one I have seen yet. The ending was...odd. I can see other story lines working out.

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IMO Eric and Sookie will be an item soon.