True Blood *May contain Spoilers!*

[aziajs]

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Originally Posted by Mabelle Evan Rachael Wood was awful. Like community center does West Side Story bad.

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Originally Posted by Munequita I hated the scenes with Evan Rachael Wood! That could have been such a cool character but her "acting" was painful to watch. I felt like she was reading the script for the first time.

Agreed! What was the deal with her??? I don't think I've seen much of her work but just based on her look I thought she would be great. I was so wrong. And the little I know about the character did seem interesting. I am so disappointed.

 

[user79]

I felt like this was kind of another filler episode as a lead up to the finale - the storyline was all over the place, especially those scenes with Jason and Andy, what was the point?? Meh I expected a lot more suspense here. And what was with Sookie going back into her house with all those crazies? What is she trying to achieve? Super lame story.

The Eric in a dress scene was funny though. I agree, I'll be glad when MaryAnn is done with for this season, that storyline was too focal, they should have spent more time on Dallas.

Eric looked super hot in that suit - rrrrrowr!

Evan Rachel Wood as the Queen - awful. I expected more, her acting was so forced and overdone. She didn't behave like a vampire at all imo. She has the looks for it but she acted "too human", she didn't seem like a super powerful vampire at all.

You know who I think would have been a good Queen? Isabelle, that female vampire from Dallas, the dark haired one who also had a human companion, the man who betrayed them in the Church thing. She was exactly how I envisioned the Queen: beautiful, dark, powerful and haughty.

I think I know exactly how the finale will play out, like with Sam and Bill. Oh well, I hope it still surprises me a little bit though.

 

[Kayteuk]

Mmmm Eric in the suit....I think my Fiancee was jelous as my mouth was just hanging open and I dont think I blinked for the whole scene...He is just so sexy

 

[SuSana]

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Originally Posted by aziajs How did you all feel about Evan Rachel Wood? I wasn't impressed with her acting at all.

The only thing I liked about her was her makeup. Other than that, blah, boring. I think a character like Bill's maker/creator(?) would have been much better. She was so full of herself which is how I would picture a Queen.


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Originally Posted by Mabelle Bill is such a vagina!!!

So I watched this weeks episode right before I went to sleep and I had a dream about Bill. I was in a hospital waiting room and the nurse kept calling Bill Compton. Over and over and over. I just kept hoping he wouldn't show up hahaha.


What was that egg in the bed all about??

 

[kaylabella]

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Originally Posted by SuSana What was that egg in the bed all about??

right?! I was seriously confused at that part! Is it like a baby Maerad(sp?) just waiting to hatch? and uh...his nickname is Eggs. -tries to think of what might be going on-

 

[aziajs]

I am watching it again now and it is seriously painful watching Evan Rachel Wood. Geez.

 

[Brie]

^^ lol no one in hollywood tries as hard as her hahaha

 

[aeroerin]

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Originally Posted by kaylabella right?! I was seriously confused at that part! Is it like a baby Maerad(sp?) just waiting to hatch? and uh...his nickname is Eggs. -tries to think of what might be going on-

As far as my memory goes, I remember nothing of an egg scene in the books. I'm hoping that it's nothing related to a new maenad . . . i may not watch the next season with much enthusiasm if it were. But Egg's nickname only comes from the fact that his first name is Benedict (Eggs Benedict . . . yeah, not that funny).

Do any book-fans here wish Bubba were in the series? His *ahem* interesting personality/background made for some lighthearted humor throughout the books and, if the next season follows Club Dead (#3 in the book series), he really should be introduced!!

Season finale tonight in a week. Hopefully it won't disappoint.

 

[user79]

POTENTIAL SPOILERS below if you haven't read the books. Highlight the text in the blank space below to reveal.

Alan Ball (the show's producer) said Bubba would not be in True Blood because he felt it would be too cheesy to hire an Elvis Impersonator for the role. He said the role wouldn't translate well in the show, it would be too unbelievable - I agree.

Alan Ball also said that the love triangle in True Blood between Eric, Sookie and Bill would follow the same storyline as it is laid out in Charlaine Harris' books - YEY!

He announced all this during the Comicon panel recently.

About the egg: I'm guessing it's some freaky spawn of Maryann's and she needs Sam's blood to offer it as some sacrifice or something...who knows.

 

[aeroerin]

^^ thanks for that! I have been wanting to look at the comic-con info for a while, but school has just been bogging me down. Good to know.

 

[aziajs]

Not really about the show per se:

According to Lainey Gossip:
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Evan Rachel Wood and Alexander Skarsgard are dating. Am told exclusively by an infallible source that it’s been several weeks now. And that she flew to Shreveport, Louisiana on Friday to visit him. Skarsgard is there working on Straw Dogs with Kate Bosworth. Smart Evan. Kate has a way of throwing herself inappropriately at other people’s boyfriends. See Jim Sturgess. As for Evan and Alex – they met, of course, on the set of True Blood, and were able to keep it low key, very underground while they were in LA, never venturing out to pap friendly locations, only sighted a few times discreetly, and so far the relationship is progressing well, they’re having fun together.

I don't believe it. I smell a publicity stunt.

 

[Mabelle]

ewwwwwwwwwwwww

 

[j_absinthe]

I dug this last episode. Evan is usually a solid actress, and while I liked the Queen character a lot -- for all the reasons MissChevious seemed to dislike her -- she was on some extra community theater schtick. She was still gorgeous though.

I'm rooting for MaryAnn, take all those hillbillies out. If only willing yourself into becoming a supreme being were that easy, I'd be a damn Maenad.

I don't think much needs to be said about Eric that hasn't already been said with dubious amounts of drooly-faced emoticons.

I'm glad I'm not reading the books, and from what I've gathered, they're at the point that they're almost completely separate entities; anyone who's a fan of the book expecting a faithful reproduction is bound to be disappointed, and while that's understandable, the show should be enjoyed on its own, for what it is: campy, vampire borderline-softcore action.

 

[user79]

People keep mentioning the sex scenes - honestly I find them quite tame and appropriate. For American TV they are probably quite racy but for Europe, it's really normal to see boobs and sex scenes on TV, even earlier in the evening. lol

I don't think it is soft core at all, I think the bed scenes are tastefully done. There's often softcore on TV here late at night and it's nothing like the True Blood scenes, you see a lot more.

 

[Mabelle]

^ i just dont see the point to them. I would much reather them filled with witty remarks that sookie's boobs... or bills.... anything

 

[user79]

Well, the books contain several sex scenes as well, the books are somewhat racy. If they totally left out the love scenes that would not be true to Charlaine Harris' visions, nor would it really capture the atmosphere and the sexual tension between Bill, Sookie and Eric - a key part of the books. I personally like seeing that translated on screen, I have no problem with seeing the occasional boobs, I mean you don't really see much anyway.

Oh well, to each their own. I think they are tastefully done.

 

[caitlin1593]

Totally agree with MissChievous. Without the sex scenes we wouldn't have a full grasp on the love triangle and intense feelings that are going on between the 3. The scenes are done tastefully and not raunchy at all. Besides, it's only the occasional boob and butt, big deal, it's also HBO, what else would you expect!

 

[twiztdlilangel]

I love that they are adding that part of the book MissChievous

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ops should of read farther! but i do love the fact that the eric sookie bill is part of show! I know Im goin to get hated on for this but I really don't like Bill much....and I cant stand the way he says "Sookie"

 

[aziajs]

I like the sex scenes. They are no big deal. It adds to the story. They aren't really that graphic compared to some of the other dramatic/comedic series shown on HBO and Showtime.

 

[kdemers1221]

i dont mind the sex scenes either. theres a ton of sex in the books from actual sex to sookie fantasizing about the various men in the books. it's all tasteful. and honestly it's not like everyone was/is naked. I think they would be taking it to far if all of a sudden Jessica was naked. I would think then that it was just for the nudity because that's not true to her character. It's all relevant to the events of the storyline. It's nothing all of us haven't seen already.