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Want To See The Poster For TRUE BLOOD, The New HBO Paquin Vampire Series From The Creator Of SIX FEET UNDER??
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Alan Ball, who wrote “American Beauty” and masterminded “Six Feet Under,” has a new HBO series called “True Blood” about randy vampires in the American South. The vampire sex scenes in the pilot are “Exorcist”-caliber disturbing.
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zing
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Then HBO will cancel for no reason.
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This almost sounds like a job for Cinemax.
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lopsided nose.
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If this is 1/8th as good as Six Feet Under...were in for a treat!
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What a hack job, doesnt HBO have anyone that knows how to use photoshop?
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and so should you.
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if so, I'm sold.
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and it aint bad. i'll wait a couple of episodes to fully make up my mind. vamp tv just makes me pine for the buffyverse. with the shit on tv right now
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I do agree with BeefyWhore though...fucking HBO canceling brilliant shows like Deadwood and Carnivale for no fucking reason....I hope this one gets a good run!!! This show is gonna kick ass!
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and from the pilot, already showing signs it won't live anywhere near up to the idea. I'll watch it, and hope it improves though.
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Saw the nearly-finished cut that leaked on to the net last month and hated it. <p> Both my girlfriend and I are big horror / vampire fans. We also loved Six Feet Under, American Beauty is one of my favorite movies and I can't wait for Towelhead... <br> ...So it should go without saying just how badly I wanted to like this show. <p> Unfortunately, it was a mess. The execution is sloppy. The tone of the show is way off and the camp level rendered the show nearly unwatchable. <p> I'll be checking out the show again in September when it officially debuts- but I have the lowest of expectations.
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Worst pilot I have seen in a long time. Sad too, because I like the books, like Paquin, and generally like Alan Ball. What a train wreck of a pilot though.
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July 21, 2008, 6:30 p.m. CST
Fuck me they could have done the Anita Blake Porno stuff
by EvilWizardGlick
Much rather see the horny Anita Blake vampire books. <p. Jesus it's like the old seventies dirty book days reading her work.
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I downloaded the pilot, and obviously they were aiming for camp, but it was truly fucking awful. Not even gratuitous nudity saved the pilot.
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It's okay. It's a teen soap opera for the Marilyn Manson set. I don't hate it, but it's like Dawsons Creek mixed with mythology.
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but I do think some Buffy/Angel fans can be a bit too obsessive! I personally think there are better shows out there. Like Farscape, Battlestar Galactica, Stargate SG-1 , Stargate Atlantis, and Star Trek! Whedon is awesome though....Firefly is my favorite Whedon show and it sucks it got canceled so fast....it's one of the strongest first seasons of any show I've seen! And Dr. Horrible was fucking brilliant!!! But nothing compares to The Dark Knight!!!! I can't stop thinking about it!! Get your ass to the theater if you haven't seen it!!!
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...a 1000 year old viking vampire is enough for me to watch this. At least that episode...
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Was Anna Paquin nude in the pilot? If not, not worth a view IMO
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I was gonna ask the same thing as hiperaktiv, I sure would like some Paquin nudity too!
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<br>but nudity of a vampire riding a bird. it was just a very odd show. strange. down in the bayou i guess, with people with wierd accents. it was just a very strange pilot that kept me watching, which i guess is a good thing.</br> <br> you don't like buffy / angel? your loss. </br>
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Alan Ball ROCKS. And Rolls. All day long.
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then to hell with this crap!
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Fucking horrible. Just horrible.
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Too bad True Blood's pilot wasn't very good. It's a shame theres no word on if and when East Bound and Down will air, its pilot was fuckin hilarious and I'd maybe rate it right up there with the holy Arrested Development.
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by charlaine harris 8 books so far, begin with : Dead Until Dark.....Mysteries with an interesting take on Vampires and other supernatural creatures...well worth the read if you are looking for something new
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Dresden Files, on HBO, would be fucking sick.
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Now just release the fucking movie!
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In barely any time at all they've already done a pretty effective job at setting up the entire universe the show is existing in. I liked it a lot...
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but im pretty open minded with my tv. Ill give it a chance to get better
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no vampire-themed tv show can ever hope to be as good, let alone better, than the 90s masterpiece that was the horror-police drama Forever Knight!
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The poster and commercials for the synthetic blood are pretty cool.
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If Alan Ball is involved ... count me in. The poster looks cool. Very SFUnderish. Screw the haters who've seen ONE freakin episode.
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That's the show in a nutshell. Enjoy.
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30 minutes into the pilot, and I am bored. The US pilot of Life on Mars went faster.<p> As previous posters said:<p> Vampires are the new gay<p> It is Alien Nation with vampires<p> Originally these comments made no sense but after watching 30 minutes they make all the sense in the world.<p> I think I'll delete this and watch City Homicide instead.
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I have to agree with Snootch on The Dresden Files. Wish a real cable station had gotten hold of that property instead of SciFi -- the books are great fun, and would lend themselves well to a professionally done series. <br><br> As far as True Blood... I like the series it is based on (Charlaine Harris' Southern Vampire books), but I never thought it would make very good tv. Honestly, an uneducated, kinda dumb telepathic waitress mixing with vampires is a lot more entertaining when you don't have to actually hear her talk.<br><br> That said, they could have still done a lot more with the pilot. Terrible script, very wooden acting by everyone involved, absurd soundtrack... it didn't seem to know if it wanted to be a drama, a comedy, or a 70s camp-fest. In the end, it was none of the above.
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No nude Paquin, (though she does get frisky later in the book). Instead, you get to see her character's brother have sex with a nude female fang-banger, while a video of that same woman having sex with a vamp plays in the background.<br><br>It's not as interesting as it sounds.
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Well, that's my first initial impression. This leaked pilot also has a "missing scene" (or whatever). I think we have to withhold judgment until we watch a final edit of the pilot. This series concept still has potential, though. Aside from this, what's up with the family kitchen? -- it looks exactly like the same kitchen set of the Fisher family in Six Feet Under.
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Now where the fuck is the Preacher series you promised?
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I thought Vampirres were the new black?
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in the show.
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Maybe with sweetening they can add some drama and tension to the whole thing, but I can't see that transforming it to the point of being entertaining. It had it's weird, shocking moments. For instance the freaky vampire milf sex scene. But beyond that it just felt half asleep most of the time. Like Robert Mitchum after a quaalude binge. Hope they can improve on it.
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and although the rumor of a remake is terrible, I think the story could be revamped (pardon the pun), and made into a continuing series.<p>The shocking bright red of the poster is a little reminescent of the rose on the American Beauty poster. I haven't seen anything but I'm willing to give Alan Ball a chance.
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...so I'll most likely check it out. Plus, I liked the first two seasons of Six Feet Under. (The rest were just painful)
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A bunch of rednecks with a fat leading actress and a generic and anoying afro-girlfriend... Count me out. BTW, vampires. Pfui, what a childish concept.
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"Vampire on a Hot Tin Roof"
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Bring back Rome, they did it best.
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One can dream.
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wait, it's on now? I thought it hadn't premiered yet?
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I'm really looking forward to it. Six Feet Under was the best show on television. Towelhead is getting rave reviews. If Alan Ball's involved, I gotta believe it'll be great. As far as the pilot goes, I've deliberately not seen it, because I want to see the finished product, not a rough draft (I'm sure they're still tweaking the pilot). All you haters, just gulp down some Tru Blood and relax.
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It premieres September 7.
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...if you like giving an an old airbrush artist some exposure since 33-1/3rd LPs went off the market. Really blurry, too, but that's okay as the dude is making a living airbrushing t-shirts at county fairs and selling towels from a van in da' hood.
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Jesus christ....Enough already. It's not like any of them are any good.
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"Ghost Whisperer" is..ah..you're right.
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Apparently the show is based off the Southern Vampire Mysteries books by Charlaine Harris. I read one of the books, it was ok but nothing that stole my attention. Dresden File books were much better IMO, will have to see how this turns out.
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July 22, 2008, 8:18 p.m. CST
Judge Briggs, I would have agreed with you
by Just another useless chump with a microphone
Until I got my hands on Vol 8 (I don't read the individual episodes, just the TPBs). I LOVED The Walking Dead up till now, and have very anxiously been awaiting Vol 8. Now it's out, and after reading it, I think I'm done with the series. That was like a big "fuck you!" to the readers. <P> The only reason I might keep reading is out of curiosity. Now that it's just the two of them, it could get back to what I really enjoyed about the book...the zombie/survival drama. Once it started being the Prison People Vs Psycho Guy And His Town, it kinda took me out of it. Personal character drama suddenly became Mad Max. We'll see I guess. <p> Sorry for the threadjack. And yeah HBO, where's our Preacher series?
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Sorry but i'm just a huge fan of that show. If the writters stay in the realm of horror,and keep away from love intrests and shit,that show could really do well. On a different note, Preacher and Punisher should both be series on pay cable,just showtime instead of HBO. Besides Big Love,HBO has let me down alot.
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..what the hell ever happened to Priest?!? Is this shelved?
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Check out the new Megan Fox movie poster --- http://www.joblo.com/jennifers-hot-bod
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Try this -- http://www.joblo.com/jennifers-hot-bod
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http://www.joblo.com/newsimages1/jensbodyposter.jpg Anyone see a similarity?
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Are you talking about Priest the manwha series from Korea? Or Preacher? I haven't seen a new issue for Priest in a long while. I wonder if its going to even be finished.
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terrible. I have read the books, they were okay. I had faith that Ball would be able to separate the wheat from the chaff, but apparently all he was interested in was the chaff. Very disappointing. Jaw dropping bad at points. Bill the vampire was pitch perfect as was Sam the manager at the bar where Sookie works. The female characters were terrible. Shit, I am really remembering why I hated this. <br> A woman has sex with a vamp and tapes it. Then she watches it and the vamp is there like on the tape acting all weird...there are rules people. 2. Sookie's power comes and goes when it is convenient. And she can't read Sam's mind in the book. They don't really give that impression here. <br> Dreck.
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...the WB was still around. Then I'd be fine that this show existed. As is, it's just taking money from my Preacher and A Song of Fire and Ice HBO series.
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From what I hear, the pilot has been reshot. There is a lot of potential here. I've read all of the books, and Sookie can read Sam's mind, but it's more difficult (and there is a reason for that). She usually chooses to block his thoughts as much as possible since he's her boss.
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