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This show sucks.
Are you serious or were you just being clever?
I haven't seen it, but I've read about it and it seems like something I'd enjoy.
No, it's awful. Like, John From Cincinnati awful.
I loved John From Cincinnati so now I'm even more excited about this! Plan on catching it OnDemand at some point this week.
HBO's 'True Blood': Audiences don't bite
HBO just can't catch a break.
After engineering a massive, multimillion-dollar marketing campaign to promote "True Blood," the new vampire series from Alan Ball, Sunday's premiere drew just 1.44 million viewers.
That's bad news for the cable channel, which hasn't been able to launch a new one-hour drama to any kind of ratings fanfare in some time. Without one of its previous powerhouse lead-ins ("The Sopranos," "Sex and the City") its new shows have floundered.
David Milch's offbeat surf drama "John from Cincinnati" debuted to 3.4 million in June 2007 (albeit following the well-attended series finale of "The Sopranos"), while the sexually explicit drama "Tell Me You Love Me" suffered without a strong lead-in, premiering to 910,000 viewers in September 2007.
Neither of those shows was as heavily marketed as "True Blood," and both were canceled after one season. (The low-budget "In Treatment," a half-hour, five-night-a-week therapy drama starring Gabriel Byrne, was renewed for a second season but delivered even more modest ratings than "Tell Me.")
The "True Blood" audience was lower than even the last new episode of HBO's "Big Love," which delivered 2.88 million in August 2007. And it pales overall when compared with the network's past drama premieres such as "Big Love" (4.56 million in March 2006), "Rome" (3.8 million in August 2005) and "Deadwood" (5.79 million in March 2004). On the positive tip, reviews for "True Blood" have ranged from lukewarm to enthusiastic. Times critic Mary McNamara was less of a fan, saying Ball zapped the fun out of the original Charlaine Harris' novels and turned it into a "heavy-handed political fable."
Ball, of "Six Feet Under" fame, tried to level expectations for the series last week, telling Time Out Chicago that he didn't feel the pressure to strike gold twice. "I do the best show I can, then I go home and I have a life. Ultimately, it's just television."
Meanwhile, 1.645 million tuned in afterward for the Season 5 premiere of "Entourage." Numbers improved upon "True Blood," but also rank as the series' smallest audience since July 2005. The premiere was down 29% from the fourth-season opener.
i really like it.
Yep, saw it yesterday and loved it and of course I had many vampire dreams, I'm already hooked!
I just saw this on demand... I never read the book or anything so I dont know what the hell is going on... and it didnt blow me away or anything. I will watch a couple more episodes to see if I get into it...
I LOVE THIS SHOW!
Yes, this is indeed becoming a very good show, after a somewhat slow start. Allan really has the balls when it comes to make great TV.
I'm three episodes in, catching up on my DVR... Please tell me this show gets better. It's not a good sign when the opening credit sequence is the best part. And I CAN'T STAND her angry Black friend and that storyline with her mom. If someone tells me she ends up a victim from a fanged one, I'll gladly continue watching.
Keep watching, it gets better and crazier.
Yes. Keep watching. You'll know when you get to the episode when everything starts to become really good. I promise.
This also had a great season finale. As far as vampire/monsters/supernatural TV shows (considering Lost is neither of these, but something else completely), this is the show to watch. Great stuff in here, and some wonderful episodes.
I'm not a fan of the horror genre, so it's hard for me to tell what makes a film/series of this kind "good" in the eyes of the beholden. But put up against anything else on HBO, this show has got to their worst in ten years. Am I missing something? Is this another one of those shows that I'm supposed to like because it's so bad on purpose? Overlit, terribly acted, terrible dialog, shock for shock value. It's another night time soap opera, but I honestly can't tell, is this how it's supposed to be? Are horror fans looking for this kind of production value?
Speaking for myself, I think True Blood mixes a great B production spirit with some touching thoughts about life, death and society - vampirism is here to reflect about such things as discrimination, politics, sexuality or death. I don't watch this because of horror at all, but because of its subtext and because it entertains me. As I sayd before, I'm not even a fan of these supernatural shows that happen to be on TV, but this one is something else.
Right on. I guess that's what I was wondering, how much B movie aesthetic was involved. As far as the social commentary, I would never get to the point where I would notice such things because of the style of production distracting me. I suppose that's to my detriment.
Yeah, it's pretty much a B-spirited show with something bigger to say. There are vampires, there's a mystery involving a killer, but there are also great moments about love, sex and relationships, even about human condition. But I don't blame you for being distracted by the production - in some episodes, I didn't like some of the stylistc approaches, but those were minor concerns to me. There are also some great moments visually, but this is more about plot, characters and fun to me (oh yeah, it's also really funny at times).
Do you feel as though the series is as character driven as the rest of the HBO heavyweights?
I love this show. Its amazing and has just the right mix Epanada is talking about.
Quote from: private witt on January 30, 2009, 02:46:41 PM
Do you feel as though the series is as character driven as the rest of the HBO heavyweights?
Yes it is. Even though the plot is very important, it's the characters that made me watch every episode.There even are a couple of episodes that rank among the best stuff that's done on TV these days, and you can tell it's created by the guy who made Six Feet Under. It can be that good sometimes.
Quote from: Fernando on November 14, 2008, 06:54:26 PM
Keep watching, it gets better and crazier.
Quote from: ElPandaRoyal on November 14, 2008, 07:26:40 PM
Yes. Keep watching. You'll know when you get to the episode when everything starts to become really good. I promise.
So I finally finished the first season, and I'm still waiting for that episode you're talking about, and for it getting better. I really just do not care about any of these characters; as mentioned before,
I CANNOT STAND TARA! She has no redeeming qualities whatsoever. Even Sookie at times gets annoying. And then it really lost me when they added, gasp... shapeshifters?!? C'MON!! I started to gain some interest when Lizzy Caplin's character entered and her and the brother became a tree-hugging Sid and Nancy couple, but then... yeah.
I liked all of the vampire world (Fangtasia; the tribunal), but attention to that side is few and far between. The Christian girl who was turned and LOVES her new freedom, her character should get her own show. She is hilarious.
I love Lizzy Caplan. Especially in this.
This show gets me. I watch in secret. I look forward to sundays now. Maybe it's Bill..or the theme song.
I really do not like Jason. he better do something soon, b/c right now he's a pussy.
hear hear!!!
yeah, jason more than a pussy he is the most influential person ever, he cant make his mind up and I bet he and the light's wife will fool around or something
so, this season is great and I love that I have no idea where the hell is going
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wow.