True Blood - again…
Because I’m disappointed in Season Three of True Blood,
and the only person I know personally who watches it, or watched it, is my husband, (he quit the show after Episode Two this season) I’ve been checking around the blogosphere to see what others are saying. Of course I can decide for myself what I think of the show, but I’m curious.
Many posters seem to feel that those viewers who have read the books by Charlaine Harris are disappointed in True Blood or just flat out don’t like the series.
I fall somewhere in-between. I’ve read all the books and enjoyed them - I liked some installments in Sookie’s tale more than others. I knew from the get-go that while the television series would loosely follow the books, it would have its own separate identity. I accepted that.
Season One enthralled me, and yes, it did stay relatively true to the books - albeit, with a number of significant changes.
Season Two, strayed farther afoot. I found a lot of it gag-worthy, but not because it didn’t follow the Sookie Stackhouse series. It gagged me because of its overemphasis on the Maenad story, Tara, Tara’s mother and Eggs Benedict. Oh, and I wanted to smack the Queen of Louisiana something awful…smack her a good one. The highlights of Season Two were Eric naked, in bed with Sookie in a dream sequence, Godric and his engaging story, and the revelation of Eric’s relationship to Godric and his heartbreak over Godric’s decision…well, then there’s Jason who was entertaining in Seasons One and Two.
So far, Season Three reminds me of Night of the Living Dead and Night of the Living Dead Two and I didn’t much care for either movie. Once again, this has nothing to do with my enjoyment of the books. I’m willing to look at the television series as a stand-alone entity and judge it on its own merits. For me right now, those merits are sorely lacking. I guess it doesn’t much help that I can’t manage to get past the first five minutes of an episode. Oh…and all Jason accomplishes in Season Three is to make me jittery. I don’t find him entertaining.
Season One was must-see TV. Season Two was choke it down and wait for moments of sheer brilliance. Season Three is losing me fast as a viewer and I’m thinking of canceling the premium cable package. I agreed to pay something like $40 extra dollars a month simply to watch True Blood. I’m asking myself…is it worth it? Today the answer is - nope.
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August 2nd, 2010 at 7:53 am
I’m so sorry you’re disappointed. And I’m twice as glad that I never thought twice about watching it. Perhaps it’ll pick up in a couple weeks???
August 2nd, 2010 at 7:57 am
PS: You remember the Russian guy…long blond hair…in the first Die Hard movie? See, that’s what I envision Eric looking like. This Alexander guy doesn’t even come close to what I thought Eric would look like. Probably another reason why I don’t watch TV/movie versions of books I love.
August 2nd, 2010 at 11:26 am
Anny - when I first saw Eric on True Blood, I thought, oh hell no! But Alexander grew on me - he seemed to make Eric his own. The problem, as I see it, is that it’s becoming just another serialized gore-fest. Who needs that? If I spend an hour watching television, it better be good and I better care about the characters. Besides - this season is ADD-ish. Stories and characters all over the place.
August 2nd, 2010 at 9:59 pm
I totally agree with both your blog and posts. I too thought the books were… Um, entertaining… Not books I HAD to read but they were fun enough… Was apprehensive with season 1 of TB, liked season 2 more… Thought the humor with Jason was great, loved the “new” Eric (Alex totally grew on me with the haircut and his bullet sucking scene with Sookie)… Season 3 has been completely disappointing… Hate the gay sex agenda, excessive gore and zero storyline… Biggest heartbreak though, and this is hard to admit, Skarsgaard is a horrible actor… He is killing it for me. And since he and his Eric were really the only reason I was hanging on… I hope it improves but I doubt it…
August 2nd, 2010 at 10:25 pm
The bullet sucking scene was to die for! Loved it! So far nothing this season comes close to either Season One or Season Two. And I wasn’t much sold on Season Two. Way too much Maryanne.