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One a Day Movie Reviews #10: True Blood Season 3 Premiere |
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True Blood Season 3, Episode 1: Bad Blood Yes I realize this is a TV show, shhh. True Blood is an HBO produced series based on The Southern Vampire Mysteries novels written by Charlaine Harris. Both the novels and the show revolve around a character named Sookie Stackhouse, who essentially becomes the girlfriend of a vampire named Bill Compton. Now that may sound familiar (Twilight  ), but the first novel in the series was written long before that drivel could be thought up. I like to think of True Blood as the grown up (not to mention good) version of Twilight, featuring REAL vampires, violence, sex (a lot of sex) and high stakes (pun intended). This is the premiere of the third season, following the extremely successful second season finale. Now before I get into this review, just know that I recommend the first two seasons whole heartedly and if you are even the slightest bit interested in the show to stop reading this now and to go buy the first season. The episode begins by showing us a recap about some past events within the show, mostly showing scenes from the last season. The last thing we see if that Bill was kidnapped, which was the last scene of the second season. Bill is seen being held captive by three men and is stabbed “who the hell are you?” “Why don’t you just call us the  you crew?”. On that note the fantastic title sequence ushers in, officially starting the third season of this spectacular show. Sookie looks all over for Bill, and comes to the conclusion that maybe Bill left thinking she said no to his marriage proposal at the end of season 2. It turns out that Bill’s kidnappers are none other then werewolves (about time someone put those two mythological creatures in a medium together  ). That’s what seems to be the biggest push in the new season, werewolves. Although I think it’s a completely overused idea we will see how well they pull it off. Given how well the first two seasons handled weird mythology it's fair to say I have faith. The main characters are all great in this episode, especially Sam, Jason, Eric and Lafayette. We see the same old True Blood antics, various sex scenes included. The humour is spot on in this season opener and I can only hope that the campiness of the series remains this good throughout the season. There’s some more cool vampire mytho’s introduced as Bill calls to Jessica (a young vampire he created) with his mind miles away. All the main characters remain on top form (I still kind of hate Tara though) and they still know how to make them all look attractive, not to mention important to the story. The opener is slower paced then the the last few episodes, which is a nice breather after the second season finale. This episode is clearly not a good jumping on point for newcomers to the series, as it jumps right into the middle of the story started in the first two seasons. However series regulars will be glad to know that this episode delivers top notch True Blood goods. Two key players, Bill and Sam are away from the town in need of help and the others are a little...off (Jason failing a threesome), which will set up some nice development later. This episode may not have been anything too special but it was a good one and it succeeded at getting me really excited for the rest of the season. Season 3 looks like a good one, let’s see what “Operation Werewolf” has in store. 4/5 |
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helmet
- 06-14-2010, 09:14 PM
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Man, I wish I had HBO. I recently saw both the first and second season and I am impaaaaatiently waiting to see the third. :(
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1NintendoFan
- 06-14-2010, 09:40 PM
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Wow, that looks like a pretty good show... I'm assuming this is on Netflix, in which case, you may have me sold for getting a subscription... maybe you should work for them
 I don't have HBO and I don't really think it is worth paying for one channel when I could get Netflix for less than the cost of one channel. |
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MattJ1991
- 06-14-2010, 09:46 PM
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@1NintendoFan It is indeed a fantastic show, and you're right, no show is worth the purchase of a whole channel. Not sure if it's on netflix or not
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MattJ1991
- 06-14-2010, 09:48 PM
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@helmet There are more... *cough cough* illegitimate ways of watching it before it comes out on DVD.
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helmet
- 06-14-2010, 10:30 PM
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Of course there are, but I wouldn't do that. :(
::delete:: It would be nice having the blu-ray though. To me, it'd be worth owning. I've been keeping an eye out to get these cheap, and I rarely buy movies as opposed to renting. Only other series I've ever bought was Firefly. It seems though that Season 2 still hasn't hit Netflix, so it might be a looooooong while before Season 3 shows up. |
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MattJ1991
- 06-14-2010, 11:04 PM
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Well you could always buy it off amazon, they usually have pretty decent prices on the blu-ray sets
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Kfoster1979
- 06-14-2010, 11:20 PM
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Well you can rent the disc! I know this is a foreign concept to you young guys, but back in the day we would rent a physical copy of something.
Ok smart ass-ness aside This show is worth a watch, and if you can find a place to rent the disc or a friend that can lend them to, you should. However its not on netflix streaming because HBO is a bunch of money grubbing ass clowns. Think about it you pay 11-12 a month for the channel then they charge you double what anyone else dose for there DVDs/Blu Rays. |
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Cheska19
- 06-14-2010, 11:21 PM
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Coming from someone who not only loves the show but has read every single one of the book entries I insist on everyone going out and at least giving it a try. While I don't hate the Twilight Saga (I own all the books and movies that have been released), I like the Sookie Stackhouse series so much more. It's amazing how wonderful this series is, and I honestly don't think it gets enough credit because of Twilight.
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MattJ1991
- 06-14-2010, 11:30 PM
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@Kissfuldreamer I've been considering reading the novels, perhaps I will this summer. Are they an easy read, comparable to a twilight? or more complicated?
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budz
- 06-15-2010, 12:30 AM
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Netflix does have it, but not on Instant Queue. I've heard good things about this show too, but haven't bothered watching it because I don't have HBO. It is though on my to watch list (after Buffy...)
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MattJ1991
- 06-15-2010, 12:35 AM
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@budz I'm watching buffy now :P
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darkslime
- 06-15-2010, 05:14 AM
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i need some muther
ing hbo. this show is sooo good. |
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shoe478
- 06-15-2010, 04:05 PM
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darkslime, it has probably been uploaded somewhere already. I would look but I don't really care about this show.
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EdRyder
- 06-15-2010, 04:46 PM
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Love me some True Blood. Fantastic series!
When it first debuted I thought for sure it was the stupidest thing Ive ever heard of. All the promotional content made it seem as if the focus was going to on True Blood the product. Even going as far as have the majority of main characters were generated from a bar! As if it was going to be Cheers with Vampires. And I couldn't help but think "lame". Oh how incorrect I was.  And FTR theres plenty of great series on HBO that should garner a subscription. Treme has been damn good. The Pacific mini was great. Bill Maher is hilarious. And lets not forget the Series based on George RR Martin's 'A song of Fire and Ice' called "Game of Thrones", Thats currently in production. |
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