True Blood-HBO's new vampire series

[bellini]

I pictured someone older and shorter for some reason. I hope he wasn't just cast to look sexy.

Definitely older. Oh well. Maybe he'll be great.

I figure AB feels it would be overkill for Sookie to be engaged to Bill, lusting after Eric, AND rubbing all over Alcide.

That's probably true. Too much for an audience to keep up with as well.

[Sunrider]

That's probably true. Too much for an audience to keep up with as well.

Only because he's changed Bill IMO. He should just follow the books and make Eric the hero *pouts*

[gas_chick]

Huge Alcide fan and Greys I freaking hate Quinn too!!! I'll be thrilled if we are spared that storyline. I'm just not seeing the Alcide I had pictured. Maybe he'll prove me wrong.

[Sasha]

I'm a big Alcide fan either but it is starting to bother me a bit, the way AB is choosing to take the story. Too much Beehl and he's dangerously close to making Sookie a Sue.

Mark my words: AB is eventually going to reveal Bill as a huge ugly villain. All of the subtle clues and foreshadowing are pointing this way and AB is the one doing it, all the while shrewdly encouraging his audience/viewers to continue believing their lying eyes.

Definitely older. Oh well. Maybe he'll be great.



That's probably true. Too much for an audience to keep up with as well.

And let's not forget Sam is in love with Sookie too. People will start throwing tomatoes at the teevee if one more hot man falls for her.

The show is gearing up for a huge war between Bill and Eric over Sookie and AB probably didin't want to cast too good an actor in a prominent plotline which directly distracts from his core story.

[bellini]

People will start throwing tomatoes at the teevee if one more hot man falls for her.

Seriously! And that's because it's so damn implausible! I have to tell myself "It's the fairy blood" without that no vampire would look twice at old Sook.

(Not an A.P. fan)

[Sasha]

I think AP is adorable, and I like Sookie for the most part, but my GOD you'd think she's the Raquel Welch of Bon Temps.

[bellini]

I think AP is adorable, and I like Sookie for the most part, but my GOD you'd think she's the Raquel Welch of Bon Temps.

She's more like Sandra Bernhard to me, but I get what you're saying.

[Sunrider]

Mark my words: AB is eventually going to reveal Bill as a huge ugly villain. All of the subtle clues and foreshadowing are pointing this way and AB is the one doing it, all the while shrewdly encouraging his audience/viewers to continue believing their lying eyes.

And let's not forget Sam is in love with Sookie too. People will start throwing tomatoes at the teevee if one more hot man falls for her.

The show is gearing up for a huge war between Bill and Eric over Sookie and AB probably didin't want to cast too good an actor in a prominent plotline which directly distracts from his core story.

Good points. I think I'm letting the Beehl-lovers get to me. And Anne Rice comments on FB kind of confused me; either she's not very smart (entirely possible) or people see something quite different than me when they see True Blood.

I'm curious if Debbie Pelt is going to be in the show. And if Eric is going to get to take the bullet for Sookie or that's going to be Beehl again.

[NoDayButToday]

I can answer the Debbie Pelt part, they've been casting for the part but haven't announced who is playing her yet.

[Sunrider]

Thanks - I'm glad she's going to be in the series too

[Sasha]

Anne Rice is stupid, and I'm looking forward to finding out who is cast as Debbie Pelt and watching her storyline unfold, even moreso than Alcide.

I wish they could cast Michelle Forbes as Debbie. I don't care if she's older than book Debbie, she can be a were-COUGAR lol, and Michelle is awesome.

[mistify]

I 'd really like to see 'Tara' win an emmy that girl rocks!

[Sasha]

Sag nom:



TRUE BLOOD NOMINATED FOR A SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARD

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
TRUE BLOOD (HBO)
CHRIS BAUER / Andy Bellefleur
MEHCAD BROOKS / Eggs
ANNA CAMP / Sarah Newlin
NELSAN ELLIS / Lafayette Reynolds
MICHELLE FORBES / Maryann Forrester
MARIANA KLAVENO / Lorena
RYAN KWANTEN / Jason Stackhouse
TODD LOWE / Terry Bellefleur
MICHAEL McMILLIAN / Steve Newlin
STEPHEN MOYER / Bill Compton
ANNA PAQUIN / Sookie Stackhouse
JIM PARRACK / Hoyt Fortenberry
CARRIE PRESTON / Arlene Fowler
WILLIAM SANDERSON / Bud Dearborne
ALEXANDER SKARSGÅRD / Eric Northman
SAM TRAMMELL / Sam Merlotte
RUTINA WESLEY / Tara Thornton
DEBORAH ANN WOLL / Jessica Hamby

ANNNNNND lol:

Top Ten Most Annoying Characters on TV:

3) Bill Compton, True Blood
The worst thing that can happen to a TV show is for its romantic lead to make his big entrance and then sorta... whiff it. While we love love love True Blood, we're just not down with the fangs that Sookie Stackhouse is banging. Because he's short and whiny and prudish and a too-awkward mixture of gruff and tender. There's nothing dangerous about him, and isn't the implicit danger sort of the whole point of a vampire/human love story? A nation of TB fans seem to agree with us, judging by the collective sighs of relief (and moans of... well, relief) that went up when the far more intriguing Eric strode onto the screen. We get that Bill is central to the whole saga and mythos of the story, but does he have to be such a weenie all the time, especially when standing next to the (way taller) Eric?
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[Beeyotch]

This past week, I was walking by the old Warner studios that have been turned into independent production offices. It was nighttime, they'd left the lights on so I noticed several offices with nothing but True Blood posters, bulletin boards full of memos, schedules and notes with the True Blood logo on them. I wonder if it's where all the TB decisions go down? Might have to bring some binoculars with me next time to do some recon...

[Sasha]

Don't forget the camera with a long lens.