I've always loved vampire stories. I can still recall the first one I watched, "Interview With A Vampire" starring Brad Pitt, Kirsten Dunst, Antonio Banderas, Christian Slater and Tom Cruise - that was back in elementary school days. Mysterious. Dark. Twisted. It just makes every exchange of lines worth digging into. It may not be as action-packed as your sci-fi movies, but it has more depth instead. It's beyond six feet under. Another adjective would be sexy - think Aaliyah in "Queen of the Damned". Well, I have another word on the list, "quirky" - that's "True Blood" for you.
True Blood is based on a series of novels by Charlaine Harris - "The Southern Vampire Mysteries". It is shown on HBO in the US since 2008. The show has an impressive list of awards and nominations, Emmy's, Grammy's and Golden Globe Awards to name a few (they are even on Ewwy's - something worth googling about). They are running three seasons now, with audience multiplying after each one.
So where does all the quirkiness come from? First, vampires wanted to be accepted by the humans as part of the community. They go to national television and plead for acceptance, but under that, there are ones who sell drugs and even their own blood at high prices - their blood makes keener senses and also a good aphrodisiac for humans. As read from Wikipedia, there is even an allegory to LGBT rights - slogans such as "God Hates Fangs" (sounds like "God Hates Fags") and "Coming out of the coffin" (sort of "coming out of the closet"), though producers deny association.
In the show, synthetic blood is sold in stores - bottled similar to liquor on convenience stores. It is what was advertised in and out of the show. In the show, its the vamp's food, but outside that, its carbonated drink to draw more audience to show. Talk about clever marketing! Check out the foto, or try to do some google.
Well, vampire stories most of the time, if not always, come with a love story. But this one is a bit different. Its between a vamp and a weirdo, not your ordinary damsel in distress. Sookie Stackhouse, played by Anna Paquin, can read thoughts of human and when suddenly a vampire walks in Merlotte's, bar where she works, she found herself drawn to him. No matter how hard she try, she can't read Bill Compton's (Stephen Moyer) thoughts. She just is trying so hard to not to read everyone's thoughts and in Bill's company, she felt at ease for the first time.
Last thing, I just love is how these people sound, I love their accent. Everything happens in Louisiana and Mississipi, the sort of "probinsya" in the US. Everyone sounds country, and coolest are the black country people. It just is nostalgic, I remember the John and Jane Doe's I talked to when I was working in a call center. My callers where from those states with the quirky english speaking. Sometimes I would just pause and think, "Is this still English?" My fave from the show is Tara Thornton, played by Rutina Wesley. She's got attitude and on top of that, she has the coolest accent!
I sure am gonna download everything, and if you also want to dig this, your best friend would be EZTV.
Information read from Wikipedia (link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_Blood).