Comments on: Hating and Loving True Blood http://www.jillgolick.com/2008/11/hating-and-loving-true-blood/ Life at the intersection of television and digital Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:32:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: sitPaitaslove http://www.jillgolick.com/2008/11/hating-and-loving-true-blood/#comment-16374 sitPaitaslove Sat, 27 Feb 2010 22:55:22 +0000 http://www.jillgolick.com/2008/11/hating-and-loving-true-blood/#comment-16374 Hi there! i've just joined here and wanted to say hi to all of you!I really hope to give something back to this board... Cheers Hi there!

i’ve just joined here and wanted to say hi to all of you!I really hope to give something back to this board…

Cheers

]]> By: Aecia http://www.jillgolick.com/2008/11/hating-and-loving-true-blood/#comment-15131 Aecia Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:31:47 +0000 http://www.jillgolick.com/2008/11/hating-and-loving-true-blood/#comment-15131 First, I'm sorry if my English is sometimes bad, it's because I'm French... I'm kidding, but I will probably mistaken sometimes. The fact that you want to keep watching TB means that it is a quite good new series And concerning the Bill-Soukie romance, it's just the beginning, let's see if it's gonna be better in the following episodes. Moreover, Allan Ball is also famous for "Six feet Under", a great series, so... TB has everything to be better and better. First, I’m sorry if my English is sometimes bad, it’s because I’m French… I’m kidding, but I will probably mistaken sometimes.
The fact that you want to keep watching TB means that it is a quite good new series
And concerning the Bill-Soukie romance, it’s just the beginning, let’s see if it’s gonna be better in the following episodes.
Moreover, Allan Ball is also famous for “Six feet Under”, a great series, so…
TB has everything to be better and better.

]]> By: Running With My Eyes Closed › Help Me, Please http://www.jillgolick.com/2008/11/hating-and-loving-true-blood/#comment-15042 Running With My Eyes Closed › Help Me, Please Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:50:42 +0000 http://www.jillgolick.com/2008/11/hating-and-loving-true-blood/#comment-15042 [...] Men is over for the season.  Entourage is about to end.  Even True Blood, about which I have mixed feelings at best, is going to end in the not too distant [...] […] Men is over for the season.  Entourage is about to end.  Even True Blood, about which I have mixed feelings at best, is going to end in the not too distant […]

]]> By: Laci http://www.jillgolick.com/2008/11/hating-and-loving-true-blood/#comment-15041 Laci Thu, 06 Nov 2008 17:53:17 +0000 http://www.jillgolick.com/2008/11/hating-and-loving-true-blood/#comment-15041 Thank you Jill for the great advice. I will take that into consideration when I do choose a show to write a spec on. Thanks again. Thank you Jill for the great advice. I will take that into consideration when I do choose a show to write a spec on. Thanks again.

]]> By: admin http://www.jillgolick.com/2008/11/hating-and-loving-true-blood/#comment-15040 admin Thu, 06 Nov 2008 17:06:31 +0000 http://www.jillgolick.com/2008/11/hating-and-loving-true-blood/#comment-15040 BobR- Thanks for the definition of horror. For me, it's an overlooked genre and I'm glad to have someone help me make sense of it. But does True Blood make us thankful to not be on the dark side? There is enough that's appealing about that world that we keep going back to visit it week after week. But the push-away isn't the horror itself. It's an unappealing storyline and a couple of bland characters. BobR-
Thanks for the definition of horror. For me, it’s an overlooked genre and I’m glad to have someone help me make sense of it. But does True Blood make us thankful to not be on the dark side? There is enough that’s appealing about that world that we keep going back to visit it week after week. But the push-away isn’t the horror itself. It’s an unappealing storyline and a couple of bland characters.

]]> By: admin http://www.jillgolick.com/2008/11/hating-and-loving-true-blood/#comment-15039 admin Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:38:35 +0000 http://www.jillgolick.com/2008/11/hating-and-loving-true-blood/#comment-15039 J- Your comments did get deleted by my spam filter... it isn't you. I agree on Tara, why should you care about her? And why the hell does Sam care about her? But it's like Deb says above, the series is a traffic accident -- addictive as V itself, you're compelled to go back for your weekly fix. J-
Your comments did get deleted by my spam filter… it isn’t you. I agree on Tara, why should you care about her? And why the hell does Sam care about her? But it’s like Deb says above, the series is a traffic accident — addictive as V itself, you’re compelled to go back for your weekly fix.

]]> By: admin http://www.jillgolick.com/2008/11/hating-and-loving-true-blood/#comment-15038 admin Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:34:29 +0000 http://www.jillgolick.com/2008/11/hating-and-loving-true-blood/#comment-15038 Laci- As to the wisdom of spec'ing True Blood: the old rules said don't spec a show in its firs season and don't spec a show that's heavily serialized. I don't know if that's still true or not. A True Blood would allow you to showcase your dialogue and scene construction, but I don't think you could show off your ability with traditional story structure. The episodes have quite an unusual shape. The stories play out very differently than in other TV dramas: storylines pick up at a very highpoint in the action off last week's cliffhanger and don't tie up or end, but instead build to another very high crescendo. I don't know how useful the spec would be in getting you a job, but writing it would definitely be a learning experience. Laci-
As to the wisdom of spec’ing True Blood: the old rules said don’t spec a show in its firs season and don’t spec a show that’s heavily serialized. I don’t know if that’s still true or not. A True Blood would allow you to showcase your dialogue and scene construction, but I don’t think you could show off your ability with traditional story structure. The episodes have quite an unusual shape. The stories play out very differently than in other TV dramas: storylines pick up at a very highpoint in the action off last week’s cliffhanger and don’t tie up or end, but instead build to another very high crescendo. I don’t know how useful the spec would be in getting you a job, but writing it would definitely be a learning experience.

]]> By: Brandon http://www.jillgolick.com/2008/11/hating-and-loving-true-blood/#comment-15035 Brandon Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:25:55 +0000 http://www.jillgolick.com/2008/11/hating-and-loving-true-blood/#comment-15035 They have them, but they're veeeeery dispersed and 'hushed'. Usually when they're brought up it's quickly followed with a 'but don't tell anyone, we don't like our secrets getting out'. So far the biggest twists have been the whole 'vampires out amongst us' and the 'Tru Blood' thing. There's been hints of Silver affecting them and some stuff about elders and the like but it's all very basic and painfully spread out. Like they're afraid to let you know the rules of the world. (Once you know you can hold them to it). They showed the effects of a staking recently and while both Gory and bloody... well... nothing really exciting. They have them, but they’re veeeeery dispersed and ‘hushed’. Usually when they’re brought up it’s quickly followed with a ‘but don’t tell anyone, we don’t like our secrets getting out’.

So far the biggest twists have been the whole ‘vampires out amongst us’ and the ‘Tru Blood’ thing. There’s been hints of Silver affecting them and some stuff about elders and the like but it’s all very basic and painfully spread out. Like they’re afraid to let you know the rules of the world. (Once you know you can hold them to it).

They showed the effects of a staking recently and while both Gory and bloody… well… nothing really exciting.

]]> By: admin http://www.jillgolick.com/2008/11/hating-and-loving-true-blood/#comment-15034 admin Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:20:24 +0000 http://www.jillgolick.com/2008/11/hating-and-loving-true-blood/#comment-15034 I don't find the whole vampire fiction in True Blood very compelling. Where are the cool revelations about the rules of the world? The twists on the standard vampire myth? I don’t find the whole vampire fiction in True Blood very compelling. Where are the cool revelations about the rules of the world? The twists on the standard vampire myth?

]]> By: Brandon http://www.jillgolick.com/2008/11/hating-and-loving-true-blood/#comment-15033 Brandon Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:13:41 +0000 http://www.jillgolick.com/2008/11/hating-and-loving-true-blood/#comment-15033 What draws me into the show is the world, plain and simple. I'm a huge horror fan, I'm totally into the supernatural bent - even if Vampires are the poor-man's Supernatural - (Look: Fangs, no fur! Scaaary! Ugh.) Anyways, yeah, the love story is boring as hell, Anna Paquin became the 'good girl gone bad' so fast that it made me wonder why they bothered. I used to love the idea that she was a 'moral' character, I would've loved to have seen that last the first season at least - it would've given them proper conflict instead of these insipid 'relationship' issues. But the world... that's a thing of beauty. Like the Latino vibe that permeates Dexter, I can practically breathe in the dank smell of the Bayou as it rolls into almost every shot. It's a scary thing when the secondary and tertiary characters are far more interesting than your mains. That's usually - in my limited experience - a symptom of the main storyline moving too slow. Bill is interesting, but he's hobbled by a romance that just does not work. Okay, I'll stop ranting now. And yes, Lafayette gets my vote for best supporting character of the year. If the mains were as interesting as him then there'd be a lot fewer problems. Cheers, Brandon What draws me into the show is the world, plain and simple. I’m a huge horror fan, I’m totally into the supernatural bent - even if Vampires are the poor-man’s Supernatural - (Look: Fangs, no fur! Scaaary! Ugh.)

Anyways, yeah, the love story is boring as hell, Anna Paquin became the ‘good girl gone bad’ so fast that it made me wonder why they bothered. I used to love the idea that she was a ‘moral’ character, I would’ve loved to have seen that last the first season at least - it would’ve given them proper conflict instead of these insipid ‘relationship’ issues.

But the world… that’s a thing of beauty. Like the Latino vibe that permeates Dexter, I can practically breathe in the dank smell of the Bayou as it rolls into almost every shot.

It’s a scary thing when the secondary and tertiary characters are far more interesting than your mains. That’s usually - in my limited experience - a symptom of the main storyline moving too slow. Bill is interesting, but he’s hobbled by a romance that just does not work.

Okay, I’ll stop ranting now. And yes, Lafayette gets my vote for best supporting character of the year. If the mains were as interesting as him then there’d be a lot fewer problems.

Cheers,
Brandon

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