#END OF TRUE BLOOD SEASON 3 SERIES#
Even fans of the book series seemed to enjoy HBO’s adaptation of Charlaine Harris’s book series, despite the fact that Alan Ball had put his own spin onto the television series. Sex, drugs, murder and more sex completed a fairly well rounded first season. The cast of characters was made up of quirky humans and (mostly) sexy vamps, Sookie’s telepathy was an interesting twist and Bill Compton simply oozed Southern charm. Season 1 rolled out strong as we were introduced to Sookie’s world. Let’s break it down by season and take a look at how Alan Ball and company did bad things with True Blood. Too many storylines make the show seem scattered and unfocused. Original characters are silly at best, and practically unwatchable at worst. Likeable characters become whiny, obnoxious and frustrating to watch. We add to that the addition, or manipulation, of characters that, to put it bluntly, are just plain awful. What we’re looking at with True Blood is not the fact that changes were made, but that there is little rhyme or reason to the changes. In the world of book to television adaptation, it’s understood that some changes must be made to the plot lines in order to meet budgetary restrictions or to whittle a story down to fit into a forty five to sixty minute time slot. I would argue that there is more to it than that. There are some fans who insist that the series went south purely due to creator Alan Ball’s insistence on straying farther and farther from the plots of Charlaine Harris’s Southern Vampire novels. Over the course of the it’s five season run, True Blood has gone from a show we couldn’t wait to watch, to the show we love to hate. How could something so good go so terribly wrong? What used to be a campy, entertaining look into the lives and loves of the residents of Bon Temps has turned into a groan fest of epic proportions.
Leave your comments and hate-mail below in the comments. It also contains some controversial opinions about the much-beloved vampire franchise. Cue pathetic Stackhouse shaking his ass to McGovern’s infamous dance-club fave.WARNING: This article contains spoilers for Season 1 – Season 5 of True Blood. “Ooh lover, you’re gonna make me clutch my pearls,” says LaFayette. Jason Stackhouse proves he’ll do anything for V (vampire blood), including dancing half-naked for LaFayette’s webcam site. To celebrate the end of our, ahem, V-juice withdrawal, here’s a list of 12 musical moments that made us pulsate with fear and joy. Calamar, along with creator Alan Ball and composer Nathan Barr, color their Southern gothic drama with trip-hop, country rock and blues-a nice change from the typical industrial punk/rock/techno we typically think modern celluloid vamps love.įinally, the much-anticipated fourth season premieres tonight.
Even the HBO show’s theme is regarded as one of the best opening credits ever made-not bad, considering music supervisor Gary Calamar found Jace Everett’s “Bad Things” on iTunes. The Dirty South of True Blood, a sweaty world of carnage and lust in which humans and vampires coexist, is notably colored by its smart and gritty soundtrack.