We watched two more last night. The glaring weak spot in the series, though not enough to ruin it, are scenes with >1 vampire, and the more, the worse it gets. In groups large and small, they go all boorish posturing, like kids sporting prosthetic fangs from the halloween store (I suppose these marginal characters are 'performed' by extras). The hero vampire character was right to go it alone. Now he's is damaged goods -- it may even be a botched, legitimate plot device intention. Blade did this stuff a whole lot better.
“Finally, my home state is known for something besides racism and old people!”
Finished the season with a rushed resolution of a main plot thread (unsolved murders by a serial killer), and the introduction of a new one laying the ground for season two. Which I feel no pressing need to consume. It began so much better, which reminds me of Cirque du Freak. Something about YA-pitched vampire stories, I reckon. MrsD. had read some of The Southern Vampire Mysteries the series is based on, and handed me one to read last night. One can see how the six feet under QA eventually foundered under the constraints of this extended pulp narrative by a hack writer. No mention of "True Blood" on the cover. Maybe the edition was published prior to.
“He is to dancing and singing as battery acid is to bubble baths.”
Speaking of Blade, picked up Blade III Trinity dvd new for two bucks and watched the opening scenes. Blade is looking a bit more wooden than ISTR, as in cigar store indian wooden. Perhaps he has indulged in too many blood puddings, or his fangproof body armour is a whole lot more padded up. His sidekick Whistler (Kris Kristofferson) old and tired, so no change there. This has not had good reviews. Fun Fact: Blade II was directed by Guillermo Del Toro, and is reckoned to be the best of the series.
“People Are Killing Puppy Clones That Don't Come Out 'Perfect'”
