It started so innocently as these things often do. A friend asks a friend if they've seen this show and seriously you have to watch it and so on and so forth...
In truth I had heard about the show and had watched the first ep and really hadn't been overly impressed by it. But seeing as my mates were still talking about and have exceptionally good taste, then I gave it one more shot and watched ep 2.
Vampires you say? Living amongst humans due to the Japanese developing synthetic blood so that vampires are no longer a threat to the human race? There's a telepathic waitress? Lots of sex, blood, violence and nudity?
Oh dear. I love this show. I really, really love this show. Praise be to the people who invented streaming so you can watch TV programmes in the UK that haven't been shown here yet.
If you don't watch the show and want an overview then head here to the True Blood Wiki page. But be warned there are synopses of the first 2 seasons so if you want to give True Blood a watch then avoid reading this due to major spoilerage!
Being off work gave me the opportunity to go forth and watch the first 2 seasons within 2 weeks. Yes, it's THAT good.
I knew this show was based on a series of books so I hummed and ha-ed a bit about getting them. There are 9 in the series thus far. Next time I was in the bookshop I noticed they were having a 3 for 2 sale on the books, written by Charlaine Harris. Well, I couldn't just walk by and leave them there could I?
If I'm being honest, I needed a fix. The 3rd season hasn't even started shooting yet and won't be showing until sometime around June 2010. I was getting antsy.
I took my books and thought I'd read the first chapter or two. Two days later I'd finished all 3 books..... and bought the next three..... and finished them by the end of the week.... and then bought the next 2...
It was then that I made the seriously fatal mistake.
I lent them to Karina. Who then bought book number 9 because she found a good deal on amazon (this book is still in hardback) and sent it to my house so I could read it first. (Karina, I salute you. *wub*)
Why a fatal mistake? Because then there were two of us feeding each others addictions and talking constantly about the characters and plot. At time of writing, Tweaky is currently on page 83 of the first book.
What makes it worse is that the books are pretty much completely different from the show. You would think that that would suck. Oh no. The characters are the same just in altered situations. You would have to read and watch the show to appreciate what I mean about that but trust me when I say it's genius. Because even though I have read book 3 I pretty much have no clue what's going to happen in the third series.
What I do know is that Karina and I are in serious need of help. We are in the grip of a new disease called 'Eric Northman'. See example below.
Guuuhhhhhhh....
We know we should be in some kind of rehab but honestly, neither of us want to go. It's too much fun to speculate about what's going to happen in Book 10 and Series 3. So we'll just have to wait it out until Book 10 comes out in May next year.
Until then it's re-reading the books and re-watching series 1 which has just started in the UK on Channel 4.
And mourning the fact that Bubba the vamp is not in the TV series.
*sigh*
1 comment:
Why have I never heard of 'True Blood'? I'm obviously missing something. Like your X-Factor post. I was in tears with Cheryl - felt a bit silly though...
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