TrueBlood opinion clarification

I had commented in my previous post regardling
TrueBlood the new HBO Series based on Charlaine
Harris's "sookie stackhouse" Southern Vampire Series.

I was about to expand my thoughts in comments
to respond to marvelous Semaj when it turned
so long it's post size. yes. i know i'm lame.
and YES i know that we are talking about just
a TV show.


I know i seem contradictory on Layfayette but what
i meant was - They don't use the books much in the
TV show. The really have re-written entire characters,
plots, sub-plots, even many world concepts just to
adapt it to TV. At first I wanted to lash out at the
series and get mad because they have taken such liberties
with my beloved characters, however I found myself able
to seperate the TV series and the Books and now I
can truly enjoy each in their place. It has taken some
effort and it is worth it.

I love Layfayette as they re-wrote him. Not his situation
okay. I just mean he always had flavor but in the books he
was snuffed out quick and used as a pivotal turning point
to seemingly show how fragile humans are plus in the book
he was killed by other humans in a most despicable way.
I think the book wanted to Show the depravity of Humans
and show Humans as being capable of ALOT of evil just like
the Vampires and lycanthropes etc etc. We all have good & evil.
In the TV series they just had that few lines of convo
between Sookie and Bill about having good and darkness in
everyone etc etc and left it at that.

Back to Layfayette - I like him. I don't like that he's
being put through so much CRAP but... he's not dead :)
I really really really really want Layfayette to be
a vampire. ALOT. I know it may not happen but...
a girl can dream right?

Transformers: The Fallen

Last nite was a spur of the moment Date Nite and
we went to see the new Transformers movie.


I liked it. It's 2hrs30mins of non stop action,
but when you go to Transformers you are going for
the FX and robot fights etc. not for pesky humans.
I'd say that there were perhaps 50% less humans
in this movie than the first one and I'm fine
with it. The storyline is literally spot on for a
80's cartoon ideals meshed with Modern day capabilities.
I Thought it was cute. To describe what i mean
i have a spoiler.... Then i pickup where i left off :)

*SPOILER*

example is when Lennox is totally backed up by his
superior because his actions are "beyond reproach"
and this team is true blue through and through with
no questions asked... ehehehe soo cute...
but the meshed with modern is that they have a new
deceptacon who looks like a female hott girl.. ewww.

* END SPOILER *

Alot of Critics are being harsh on the acting,
namely from Megan Fox. Well kiddo's - she's
Barely in it so it's not like she has much
acting to do.
This story did have some potential it missed out
on of course, but i feel that it was the Transitional
2nd movie that is needed for a longer "Big Picture Plot"
which of course is the feud between Optimus and Megatron.
Great Robots with groundwork layed for future...
some info and a splash of backstory...new faces and old
made for a great and fast 2hours & 30mins.

Friend of mine said the following,
"I mean, what I really want is a finely crafted story
where I care deeply for the peeps and also enjoy the
phenomenal Robot action, which is well integrated into the
aforementioned brilliant story."

No big right? hehehehe

Premium Channel Shows...

I have HBO and now Showtime (i don't pay for Showtime -
it's free for awhile due to customer loyalty etc).

I've been flipping through them to find good stuff
to watch and i can't seem to find a damn thing on
any Showtime channel but MAN i'm addicted to HBO.
Right now i'm watching True Blood and Hung.
I had HBO last season for True Blood.
It's based off of some of my favorite VAMP novels
by Charlaine Harris.

The 1st season - well. It started hella strong and
veered off badly towards the end. I have really
truly rid myself of ANY delusions that the TV show
and the Book are alike in anyway.
Basically some people got together - bought the
rights to use the same ideals, world concept,
and basic character names from the Author aforementioned
and then proceeded to re-write EVERYthing And it's
lil' scruffy Dog named Sam Merlotte.

This 2nd Season is pretty good. They threw in
more of the book plot for flavor i guess and it's
got me hooked with a few provisos.
I'm really having issues with the Marianne character
but it could be another case of Book vs TV.
Marianne was a threat but wasn't supposed to just
take over the whole minor plot.
You know the formulae right?
Like Buffy... There is the 1 to 3 little bads in the
season and 1 BIG BADDY or 1 UBERbad that threads
it's way throughout the season for the grand
culmination of Huzzah at the end.
The difference is - There is no real end with the
seasons here because this world is more on-going.
Still. I'm having issue with Jason going to
the Churchy campers - Marianne stealing too much
screentime - and Effin Layfayette is NOT dead yet.
and Dammit i still don't like Anna Paquin as Sookie.
I also HATE that the book focus (aka Sookie) ISNOT
the focus of the show. The TV show seems to pan
ALL the effin characters with the overlaying focus
of vamps but they still don't get all the screen
time - just the subject of Vamps.
WTF?
Okok Ok - OK.
Things i like : I like Jessica because we get to
see a typical innocent be turned and issues they
have from scratch. I think that is very important
to understand the stuggles of Vamp vs world.
In the Novels there really isn't any New Vamp
or New Lycanthrope issues... All the Supers
are just set and Dammit i like a progression
so i can Measure just how Super one guy is
compared to the next. So yes. Jessica addition
is brilliant from a writer's POV.
I also like Layfayette not dead. He's a more
rich and diverse character now.

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HUNG - I Tivo'd it because the premise looked
funny. Watched it and it's ok. i know alot of
pilots are painful to watch compared to the
season due to the obvious layout of the story
needed. Unfortunately HBO had already laid out
the story sooo much in previews and Teasers
that some parts were hard to get through.
Lucky for me i have Tivo as mentioned and I
can fast forward thru crap.
So there really isn't much humor yet in this
show HUNG. It's more like a story about this
one real world guy who is literally Hung.
He's got the worst turn of luck on the planet
which many can identify with and so he finds
a wierd quirky way of trying to dig himself
out of his pit of despair.
It was still lacking alot for me but it's
kinda hard to pinpoint where and why yet.
I'll keep watching though because something
in me wants to see where it's going but
i don't know how long that can last.