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Post by Lola m on Sept 14, 2010 19:33:57 GMT -5
Lots of fun lines and crazy-ass humor in the season finale. Go Sookie! With the “I’m here to save you, now shut up.” Burned and flaking Russell? Funny as hell! Hoyt’s “intervention”? HA! Throw your life away on a red-headed dead girl. “And several people that obviously got dental problems.” HA! Jason is growing up, maybe? Right in front of us! “I’m basically vampire crack.” HA! “If you two have finished eye-fucking each other, can we go?” “You’re a witch who’s a nurse, who’s a dude. Holy shit. I guess I lucked out then, huh.” “Madder even than you are now. And you are as mad as a fuckin’ hatter.” ;D Awwwww! Jessica and Hoyt. Now, of course it will all go to hell. “I want my phone back.” ;D ;D ;D
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Post by Karen on Sept 18, 2010 16:55:15 GMT -5
Lots of fun lines and crazy-ass humor in the season finale. Go Sookie! With the “I’m here to save you, now shut up.” Burned and flaking Russell? Funny as hell!Hoyt’s “intervention”? HA! Throw your life away on a red-headed dead girl. “And several people that obviously got dental problems.” HA! Jason is growing up, maybe? Right in front of us! “I’m basically vampire crack.” HA! “If you two have finished eye-fucking each other, can we go?” “You’re a witch who’s a nurse, who’s a dude. Holy shit. I guess I lucked out then, huh.” “Madder even than you are now. And you are as mad as a fuckin’ hatter.” ;D Awwwww! Jessica and Hoyt. Now, of course it will all go to hell. “I want my phone back.” ;D ;D ;D Crispy fried Russell was a hoot! Also Sookie's reaction to Russell's overuse of the ef word - "Watch your dirty mouth. Now shut the fuck up!" (or something like that) The matrix-style fighting between the Queen and Bill? LOl! That's gonna leave a mark! For a finale, this one was hilarious. Fade to fairy lights out ending was very cool!
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Post by S'ewing S'cubie on Nov 10, 2010 7:42:57 GMT -5
Russell losing a fang. Russell getting a (only one!) fangerection at the thought of Sookie's blood. Russell overcooked and still mouthing off.
Russell.
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Post by S'ewing S'cubie on Jun 29, 2011 16:24:03 GMT -5
Random rambling randomess:
Sookie in Fairyland. Pretty fairies--only not so much. The opening was the perfect illustration of why it's dangerous to mess with the fae.
Jason the cop I can sorta fathom. Jason with the ugly beard, not so much.
Eric's taking orders from Bill now? How long is THAT going to last?
Well, now we have a whole new meaning to the term Tara-sexual.
Nelsan Ellis is the one man who can really look GOOD in fake eyelashes.
Arlene's baby pulls the heads off Barbie dolls. Pretty much like any baby I've ever seen. Arlene's baby bursts a blood vessel in his mommy's eye. Well, maybe not.
Them thar were-panthers sure has a funny way of showin' their gratitude to Mr. Jason for takin' care of 'em since their UncleDaddy Calvin was murdered by his nephewson Felton who then took off with his sisterfiancee Crystal an' a shitload of V.
Eric owns Sookie's house. Okay. Eric owns Sookie. NOT okay. WAY not okay. Jeez, the guy's 1,000 years old. You'd think he could come up with a better way to court a lady.
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Post by S'ewing S'cubie on Jul 13, 2011 6:35:18 GMT -5
Okay the third episode rocked on a bunch of levels--and one sour note.
First the sour: The plot has Jason as Felton's prisoner in Hot Shot. The Hot Shot residents are were-panthers and so badly inbred they're going extinct. The plan is to turn Jason into a panther, breed all the Hot Shot women to him and restore the bloodline.
Okay, on how many levels is this wrong, wrong, wrong? If they can create new panthers just by biting, why not look for volunteers? Just as there are dozens (hundreds?) of humans lining up to be vampire food, so there would be plenty of humans willing to become weres. Why just Jason? Why not a bunch of healthy young men and women?
Next--and this is the point that disturbs me the most--this is the second time AB has played nonconsentual sex for laughs. Jason being gang-raped by every female in Hot Shot ISN'T FUNNY!
Last year it was Tara being assaulted and kidnapped by Franklin Mott which was held up to us as amusing. Franklin Mott, ably played by James Frain, was charming, sweet, deadly and utterly psychotic. Tara spent a couple of episodes tied to a bed in a position identical to the one Jason finds himself in this time around. I conceded that AB redeemed himself by showing Tara's dealing with the trauma afterward in several healthy-pointing ways and by Franklin meeting a messy end by way of Jason's wooden bullets. Because of this I was willing to forgive it.
But doing it again isn't funny. I'm not amused by a sick, wounded, feverish Jason, bound to a bed for four days and fed Viagra so the women can all get pregnant. Worse, in the "Inside True Blood" episode AB smugly tells us that Jason had it coming because of his objectification of women. At no point in the series does Jason come across as a user. He is, at worst, a normal guy on the make and at best a nice guy who tries to do the right thing but whose limited intelligence makes it difficlut. (SIDE NOTE: Jason's objectification of women had nothing on the women's objectification of Jason!) Using this scene to tell a story may not be healthy, but it is in keeping with True Blood's established traditions of sick humor. However, indicating that the abuse portrayed in this disturbing scene is somehow justified is appalling.
Okay, now for the fun stuff:
I will NEVER tire of the exchanges between Tara and Lafayette. Those two have the damndest ways of lovingly insulting each other and when you feed in the terminal cuteness of Jesus' feelings for Laffy you're going to need insulin. However, no matter how sweet they are, I'm always amazed by the steel in Tara's spine when it comes to protecting her cousin. She might be fearful for herself, but when it comes to Lafayette's safety she'll face down one Pam or a hundred with flint in her eye and wood in her gun.
My feelings about Bill are mixed. My feelings about Bill and Jessica are summed up by, "Awwwwwww!" He loves her. She's gotten through to him. He's a Daddy. He's also full of good advice about telling the truth for his straying progeny. Woudln't he be well advised to take some of it for himself? Are we giving this advice because we've learned a hard lesson, Bill, or are we making hypocritical noises and ignoring falsehoods and misleadings that are still going on. My vote's on the latter. Great job to Stephen Moyer who plays both the man and the monster with equal skill.
Tommy, what the heck are we going to do with you? I'm no lover of Maxine, but she's cared for you when you were hurt and done the best she can with her limited mental resources. Now you want to cheat her out of her house? Glad to see the old Sam back and trying to set his brother straight.
But really, Maxine is still the MonsterMom we've come to know and actively dislike and I still don't want Tommy to cheat her out of her house.
Nearly all the real fun in this episode belongs to Eric and, by extension, Sookie. Sookie, who has good reason to fear for her life around him is charmed--even when she's struggling not to be. Amnesia Eric is as sweet as his real self is sarcastic, as innocent as his real self is sophisticated and as bewildered as his real self is confident. He's an overgrown little boy with no impulse control and few social skills--and all the power of a thousand year old vampire. He's an adorable time bomb waiting to go off. Anna Paquin and Alexander Skarsgard must have had the times of their lives with this stuff.
"This is MY house?" "Yes" "You live in my house?" "Yes" "Are you mine?" "No." "Do you belong to another vampire?" "No!" "Do you want to be mine?" "NO!"
And the best--
"You just killed my fairy godmother!" "...sorry...?"
Take your hand out of that cookie jar Eric and go to your room.
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Post by spacecat1974 on Jul 13, 2011 19:44:10 GMT -5
Yeah, the whole thing with Jason getting gang-raped really was an unneeded departure from the books. Really, really.
I am totally with you on Tommy. I hate Hoyt's mom but no one deserves to be cheated out of their home like that.
And I like that they kept that plot with Eric losing his sense of self/memory. Wonder if they will keep the whole arc?
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Post by S'ewing S'cubie on Jul 14, 2011 6:20:19 GMT -5
Hi Spacecat! Glad you're here. I thought I was all by myself again. By all means drop in on the main board too.
No, Hoyt's mother is the ultimate MonsterMom.
In the books Jason isn't kidnapped until after he helps Sookie get Amnesia Eric (AE) settled. Also, I don't remember AE getting so predatory toward Sookie. As I recall, he became the Viking he used to be when he was human and took Jason to task for not taking care of Sookie.
I'd really like to do an analysis of the parallel perils of Jason and Tara. Think I'll let the season mature a bit before I try. Speaking of which, Tara hasn't yet told Sookie about her new living arrangements. This echoes Willow's relationship with yet another Tara back in a series nobody here has forgotten. This too might warrant some analyzing. I shall mull this over for a bit. Certainly it's providing grist for my mull.
To conclude (for now) I wish AB stuck closer to the spirit if not the letter of the books. Some of his stuff is really, really sick. Since this is currently my favorite show, I wonder what that says about me.
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Post by spacecat1974 on Jul 19, 2011 22:15:34 GMT -5
The main board goes a little too quick for me to keep up. I tried. lol!
I think I preferred the way they had it in the books where Jason got involved with Crystal but it wasn't as melodramatic. Then again... If they kept closer to the books we wouldn't have Lafayette. I LOVE Lafayette! And I totally see where your going with the parallels to the other show and I can totally see Tara getting killed off.
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Post by S'ewing S'cubie on Aug 5, 2011 7:28:59 GMT -5
The way Tara's going she's going to end up Pamfood. Just sayin'.
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Post by spacecat1974 on Aug 5, 2011 22:50:35 GMT -5
The way Tara's going I'm ready to just strap her down and serve her up on a platter for Pam.
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Post by S'ewing S'cubie on Aug 10, 2011 10:42:50 GMT -5
The way Tara's going I'm ready to just strap her down and serve her up on a platter for Pam.
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Post by S'ewing S'cubie on Aug 10, 2011 10:46:36 GMT -5
All the Eric/Sookie lovesex in the last two episodes? Really beautiful visually but somehow not very erotic. Don't know why. Eric/Sookie cuddling after, very sweet.
Think I'm almost ready for the return of snarky, 1,000 year old, experienced Eric.
How will Sookie handle that, do you suppose?
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Post by spacecat1974 on Aug 13, 2011 2:48:16 GMT -5
Hopefully she handles it the same way she did in the books. By pretending the sex never happened and lying to Eric about it.
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Post by spacecat1974 on Aug 15, 2011 2:59:40 GMT -5
I really don't think there could ever be too much Lafayette.
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Post by S'ewing S'cubie on Jul 8, 2012 10:14:09 GMT -5
Is anybody watching this season? Has anybody seen drunk-on-her-ass Sookie or fanged Tara? Whatcha think?
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