The Syndicate

bea wrote:yea - this last season was the disappoint.

Every single thing they did felt inorganic. Of all of it I think I was most cranky about the Jess/Hoyt/Jason and new girl thing. Every beat of that false to the story that came before it and done only because it was the series end and to play on my emotions. Bah true blood writers. Bah.

S~V~S wrote:

HERE BE SPOILERS ARR!!!

This whole season was silly~ it was kinda like Dark Shadows (the show, not the movie). Just so mundane, yet Gothic. I liked all of the supernatural "frills" from the early seasons, like Godric, and all the ancient stuff. Making the center of all this mystery and supernatural awesomeness Bon Temps, then having all of those ludicrous hep v critters was anticlimactic.

I hated that Taras mother got to be vindicated for all the awfulness she perpetrated while on the V, and I don;t even want to go into the Alcide story arc. Can't do it. The last scene (before the Real Blood Epilogue) the picnic table scene, was awful. To be true to the credits, everyone should have died. LOL, harsh, but that is my opinion.

And WTF?? No werepanther cameos in the final show?

bea wrote:

S~V~S wrote:I was pretty vampired-out as well, read all the Anne Rices (like Bea, thought they were kinda silly, but still hard to put down for some weird inexplicable reason), did major Buffy time, never read or saw a Twilight, but I did (and still do) love Being Human, I plan on starting the British series soon (I have only seen the USA one), I have been told if I like the US one, i will love the original, and that is one of my favorite shows of all time.

True Blood turned into a bad train wreck IMO, and as such it really is hard to look away from it. The end of last season and the things that are happening in this current season (note to self and anyone else listening; must talk to MP about getting spoiler tags) are silly beyond belief, lol. Just ludicrous. Can't wait to see it tonight It's like a bad Gothic trailertrash soap opera with blood and sex.

I can endure anything so long as they don't bring the werepanthers back

Yup. That's why I keep tuning in too. I just can't look away at this point. Besides diggz and I don't watch enough comedy.

@ mongoose - you're right - it was the weretiger that never showed up. Either way - I was reading the books and all like "I'm going to be very sad if there isn't a weresquirel in here somewhere...."

I've watched like 5 or so episodes of the British Being Human and it's actually pretty cool. Never saw the American version. I'm still not happy with syfy re: Alphas. We just keep getting sidetracked by all the other shows we watch. (like I'm sooooo behind in person of interest - we've only seen like 3 episodes of bates hotel - there's just SO MANY SHOWS!!)

Hedgeowl wrote:When vampire mania hit through Twilight etc., my feeling was more, 'Wait didn't we just do this? Does no one remember Buffy?" Granted I was a big Buffy fan back in the day. Apparently I had no idea how crazy it would get. You cant pick up a book without a vampire, werewolf, angel, demon, dragan, whatever theme at this point. Makes it hard to find books that are actually worth reading. I like a good fantasy novel, but wow there's a lot of new bad ones.

Lafayette is a much needed character for humor on the show. Someone was telling me he was supposed to be kiled at the end of season 1? 2?, but he was too popular with the fans, so they brought him back.

Hedgeowl wrote:

Mongoose wrote:Also: An honest to goodness YA book that has the same gothic themes as True Blood but has a much more cogent storyline is The Raven Boys. I thought it was going to be Twilighty or like that Beautiful Creatures tripe, but it was damn good. I could not believe how good it was!

Now I want to read this book. Since it's part of a planned quartet, I may wait because I hate having to wait for the next book. Twilight drove me nuts. Such bad editting and writing. Why? Also ebooks in general are just horribly edited.

Ok, True Blood. Haven't watched all of the last season. I am definitely more a fan of Eric at this point, but have a soft spot for Alcide naturally. It just keeps getting crazier and crazier and I don't understand Bill's motives at all now. Not sure if I will go back to watching, but a planned series ending always helps. Sam and Tara are some of my favorite characters for sure. I am always rooting for Sam it seems. The tongue-in-cheeck aspects of the show are great, but Having no idea where the series will end up is part of why I am not watching anymore.

S~V~S wrote:I thought the earlier seasons were more "srs" in that they had better plotlines. The shark-jumping since the werepanthers has been pretty over the top, but it's a guilty pleasure, I still watch it. I heard they got renewed into another season, although this was supposed to be the last year.

Although my "favorites" have moved around, I still like Eric better than Bill, and I have learned to love and appreciate Pam, which really surprises me since I really used to actively dislike her.

I have only read the first book, just out of curiosity really since I was such a fan of the show (my dog is named Sookie, lol) and it was a tad teenagerish for me, so i did not read a second. Should I?