Sunday, June 13, 2010

Vampires & Werewolfs & Rednecks...oh my!!!

Being a big fan of the Vampire genre when True Blood first came out I was really looking forward to it. While not familiar with the books the whole concept of it taking place down south sounded pretty cool. Early on I liked it. It was clearly for adults...way too much "teen-vamp" crap out there. While I liked season one...the ratio of Vamps & Blood to Red-necks & soft core porn was a little off kilter. If I want porn...I'll watch porn...hypothetically of course. If I want Vampires...I want vamps. Season 2 really changed things up & I absolutely loved it. The Eric character is great & love the dynamic between him & Sookie. The Maynard & the whole Female Pan gone bad dark & violent was great as well as the whole Church of the Golden Sun cult story. While that story is over with the death of Mary-Ann by Sam(the shape-changer) literally ripping out her heart...the repercussions of that story will be clearly felt throughout season 3.

Season 3 kicks off with Bill getting kidnapped by SPOILER ALERT...Werewolves! Now I just love the whole Vampire - Werewolf controversy. Yes ladies...your boyfriends, husbands, friends, brothers, etc...argue over which would they rather be...a Lord of Darkness...or a Raging Beast within...add it to the list of intellectually stimulating arguments/conversations that we have...such as who could beat up who amongst each other, whose team/player is better, which hot movie/TV/Model/Singer they think is hottest, which comic book must be made into a movie...best new video game, best pizza, beer...etc...

I happen to side with those who choose the Lycanthrope. While I dig vamps & their powers there are 3 major reasons I have to go Werewolf...

  • Love the sun way too much...Born to Tan...pale is just not my thang...
  • My nature...definitely a raging beast trapped within by nature...
  • Suck or Eat...I prefer eating...

I like the fact that they are using real wolves as the werewolves & I'm really looking to see how they are incorporated into the story...a few key things set up for this season...

  • What was Eric up to sending "who" to get Bill before the Werewolves got him?
  • What is "Operation Werewolf"???
  • What's up with the 50% True Blood discount...has the recession hit the Vampire community as well...
  • Will the smoking hot Estonian stripper that can go at it for 6+hours have a role going forward? Will Pam get some???
  • Will Sookie's bro Jason ever get hard again or spend the rest of the season limp watching two girls go at it?!? Hmmmm...that might work...
  • What was up with the colored racism comments early on...will that play out further? I kinda thought that Vamps represented "minorities" & prejudice against them...?
  • How will Andy handle his new found street-cred after taking credit for killing Tara's lover Eggs...(that Jason killed which has lead to his new found limpness)...?
  • How far off the rails will Tara go???
  • What the hell was up with Sam's gay dream?!?
  • Will Hoyt and his smoking hot redheaded vampiress get back together...& did she turn her victim?!?
  • Will the music be as good as last seasons?!?
  • Will we get more words of wisdom to live by such as "Conscience off...Dick on"!

Looks like this season is going to be a good one...so stay tuned Dear Reader...same Bat-Wolf channel...same Bat-Wolf time...

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