Anna Paquin was on Fresh Air yesterday.
Angel: I appreciate you guys looking out for Connor all summer. It's just—he's confused. He needs time. That's all. Fred: Right. Time, and some corporal punishment with a large heavy mallet. Not that I'm bitter.
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sumi - Jun 11, 2009 7:58:01 am PDT #2273 of 7329
Art Crawl!!!
Glamcookie - Jun 11, 2009 12:36:40 pm PDT #2274 of 7329
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
We watched the first 2 eps of True Blood and really disliked it. However, I keep hearing all this great stuff about it and wonder if we should have continued. Does it change much after the first 2 eps or is it more of the same?
erikaj - Jun 11, 2009 12:42:26 pm PDT #2275 of 7329
Always Anti-fascist!
The middle part gets more dramatic, but if you didn't like the initial vibe, I don't know if you're going to change your mind. I like it, but I'm bored with Naked!Jason by midpoint, I gotta say. Love seeing William Sanderson and Chris Bauer again...they rock.
sumi - Jun 11, 2009 12:48:13 pm PDT #2276 of 7329
Art Crawl!!!
I really liked it. . . . I pre-ordered the dvds as soon as that was possible just on the basis of the first episode. When they came in - I watched the entire season w/i 24 hours and ordered HBO.
Zenkitty - Jun 11, 2009 12:52:36 pm PDT #2277 of 7329
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I really like TrueBlood now, but I didn't like it immediately - the first couple episodes irked me. A friend talked me into watching it again, and it got better. It's definitely its own thing.
Vortex - Jun 11, 2009 1:38:19 pm PDT #2278 of 7329
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
And you just have to resign yourself to Jason's idiocy.
Zenkitty - Jun 11, 2009 1:43:32 pm PDT #2279 of 7329
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Yes, he is an intractable idiot. You'd feel sorry for the guy, except, well, he's an idiot.
le nubian - Jun 11, 2009 2:00:31 pm PDT #2280 of 7329
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
yeah, when there was less Jason, the show improved.
It might have taken me until ep 5 where I decided - this isn't so bad. I initially did not take well to the show. Ep 4 is difficult to watch - the stupidity is raw.
kat perez - Jun 11, 2009 2:51:26 pm PDT #2281 of 7329
"We have trust issues." Mylar
I couldn't take Jason or Tara at first and was basically just holding on for Gran and Lafayette. However, the Tara character got a lot better as the season progressed and Jason, well, once he stopped being nekkid practically every minute of every scene he was in, he got a little bit more tolerable.
I actually think the main characters on the show (Sookie/Bill/Sam/Jason) are infinitely less interesting than the supporting characters. In addition to Gran and Lafayette, the Bellefleurs rock. Arlene is great and I would watch an entire spin off of the Hoyt Fortenberry Show. And I thought the other vampire characters, Eric and Pam and Eddie, were great. I mean Eddie's story alone made the back half of the series watchable. And Stephen Root, man. Awesome.
Glamcookie - Jun 11, 2009 3:04:56 pm PDT #2282 of 7329
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Thanks for your input. We may try it again as there is something going on in S2 that we are interested in...