I am fascinated by the concept of vampires.(Especially the romanticised version spun for us by Stephenie Meyer. She is a genius!) And thus I do look out for and watch any other vampire tv show or movie or book that comes along. I thus came across this, at the time, new HBO show called ‘True Blood’.
It’s about a time wherein vampires have, the popular terminology being, ‘come out of the coffins’ and want to co-exist with humans ‘officially’ (as they have always been there in the shadows) and have rights if not equal rights. They have been able to do so because some Japanese company now manufactures a synthetic drink called ‘Tru Blood’ which is just exactly like blood. Thus, the vampires don’t have to kill humans anymore to satisfy their thirst.
Wow, I thought. Interesting concept. Lets watch the show. It’s an HBO show after all. Created by Alan Ball, of Six Feet Under fame. Ok. Play.
Pause. The pilot opens with an unnecessary scene of two extras, as I later found out, in a car where the girl wants to give the guy a hand job cause she is ‘bored’. Ok. Play. They thus almost crash, but don’t. They go in to a store and are scared by a scary-looking owner who pretends to be a vampire. Turns out the joke’s on him, when another customer, who actually is a vampire, does not like his representation of vampires.
