Yeah, she didn't have much room to maneuver. It's likely she would be hit no matter what she did.
True Blood 4x02 - "You Smell Like Dinner" (Spoilers)
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What if she turned into a bat and flew away?
Checkmate
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And, again, you're missing the point.
If they had pulled their triggers first, she'd be toast. She wouldn't be able to move faster than those bullets. The amount of time it takes to travel from the gun to a target that's all but in point-blank range is absolutely minimal. She would have had to move first to have any hope of "winning" the confrontation.
It's not the Matrix. They don't have bullet time vision and can't dodge bullets. They can move out of the way before you pull the trigger, but once that trigger is pulled they're just as a screwed as anyone else.
Sophie-Anne didn't move. And even if she did, Bill could probably have caught her and held her long enough for them to at least subdue her (or both of them most likely) and then kill her at their leisure.
Or in other words: Vampires are fast. Bullets are much faster. Breaking-the-sound-barrier faster, versus not-even-ruffling-the-curtains fast.
Watched this episode last night. I thought it was decent, but I'm just not feeling this show as much as I had been. I still can't shake the bad taste that Season 3 left in my mouth.
There was nothing particularly wrong with last night's episode. It moved the story forward from the premiere. We did get to see some nice backstory for Bill; Jessica looked great and I'm glad she took Pam's advice; it was good Tara came back to see Sookie (though I still don't get why she lied like that to her new girlfriend; that lie was a bit extreme), and we get to see that the witches this season are already more of a threat than the werewolves were last season. I also thought the shifters and skinwalkers (and that gorgeous teacher) angle was interesting and it was good to see Sam back to being the 'nice' Sam from Seasons 1 & 2. Even though I don't care for the meth/V-head inbreds/were-cats storyline with Jason, it appears he's about to go in a totally new direction and they need to do something with his character.
But there's something missing with this show now. I think its lost its ability to shock and titillate for me.
There was nothing particularly wrong with last night's episode. It moved the story forward from the premiere. We did get to see some nice backstory for Bill; Jessica looked great and I'm glad she took Pam's advice; it was good Tara came back to see Sookie (though I still don't get why she lied like that to her new girlfriend; that lie was a bit extreme), and we get to see that the witches this season are already more of a threat than the werewolves were last season. I also thought the shifters and skinwalkers (and that gorgeous teacher) angle was interesting and it was good to see Sam back to being the 'nice' Sam from Seasons 1 & 2. Even though I don't care for the meth/V-head inbreds/were-cats storyline with Jason, it appears he's about to go in a totally new direction and they need to do something with his character.
But there's something missing with this show now. I think its lost its ability to shock and titillate for me.
Actually in my posts I've made mention a number of times that I didn't believe the human snipers would react fast enough if Sophie-Anne moved first. What I questioned was why the scene was written the way it was and Sophie-Anne never tried to get away. I think it would have made more sense to me if they simply just came into the room and fired immediately when she's like "WTF?". I'm not questioning the physics of being able to escape after a bullet was already fired.
I said what are the chances of hitting a heart-sized object *already* moving several hundred mph in a random direction prior to the trigger being pulled. OmahaStar addressed that in terms of the execution of the scene saying maybe Sophie-Anne just decided to 'give-up'. Which is definitely possible and given that she didn't try to even move and instead made a quip and just stood there probably what happened.
Did you learn nothing from Futurama?
The killsquad do not shot were Sophie Anne Is, because she wouldn't be there by the time their bullets miss her, they aim for where she will be... You don't remember the episode?
There was an alien invasion and Fry was playing Space Invaders and then they had to reinact the final episodes of Ally McBeal.
so the squad would work in sectors.
One to flush her from her standing position so she just can't stand still and the others targetting probable positions she might be "at" by the time the bullets arrive on a position some number of meters away from her position she is standing at when they pull their triggers.
How the frell do you think Captain Boomerang stands up the Flash week after week?
The killsquad do not shot were Sophie Anne Is, because she wouldn't be there by the time their bullets miss her, they aim for where she will be... You don't remember the episode?
There was an alien invasion and Fry was playing Space Invaders and then they had to reinact the final episodes of Ally McBeal.
so the squad would work in sectors.
One to flush her from her standing position so she just can't stand still and the others targetting probable positions she might be "at" by the time the bullets arrive on a position some number of meters away from her position she is standing at when they pull their triggers.
How the frell do you think Captain Boomerang stands up the Flash week after week?
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Never mind. Carry on.
Maybe she just realized that "the jig is up" and would end it quickly rather than risk some prolonged torture or whatnot. She realized that Bill is backed by some powerful vampires and decided to end it right there.
Or maybe the writers just needed some halfway made up, unrealistic excuse why a younger vampire could defeat an older one in single combat
How did it happen in the books?
Ahhhh, found *other means* to watch since I'm too poor for HBO. I don't think Tommy will kill Sam. True Blood needs some bromance. 
I'll go against the grain on that. Come on. Tommy's cute. I don't want him to end up bad. Sam needs a brother.
The Eric mind wipe storyline may work for me. Piques my interest. I'm liking the new, happier Tara and the idea that Hoyt and Jessica aren't magically living happily ever after. She's too young and has had little guidance from Bill.
Bill. I liked the backstory. Was that Stephen Moyer's real accent in the London bar? I thought he sounded more posh in real life. Nan Flanagan setting her sights on him for mainstreaming publicity back in the day makes sense and makes Bill seem useful for a change. Sadly, the one storyline that still seems superfluous is Jason. Ryan Kwanten is too talented for that werepanther drivel. If they wanted to make Jason responsible, just make him responsible. He grew up when he thought Sookie was dead. No werepanthers involved. Hell, keep the Andy Bellefleur V addiction and keep it simple like that.
From episode 1, enjoyed that the fairies were malevolent and ghoulish looking in reality. I liked Sookie seeing her grandfather. All in all, a promising start to the season.
I'll go against the grain on that. Come on. Tommy's cute. I don't want him to end up bad. Sam needs a brother. The Eric mind wipe storyline may work for me. Piques my interest. I'm liking the new, happier Tara and the idea that Hoyt and Jessica aren't magically living happily ever after. She's too young and has had little guidance from Bill.
Bill. I liked the backstory. Was that Stephen Moyer's real accent in the London bar? I thought he sounded more posh in real life. Nan Flanagan setting her sights on him for mainstreaming publicity back in the day makes sense and makes Bill seem useful for a change. Sadly, the one storyline that still seems superfluous is Jason. Ryan Kwanten is too talented for that werepanther drivel. If they wanted to make Jason responsible, just make him responsible. He grew up when he thought Sookie was dead. No werepanthers involved. Hell, keep the Andy Bellefleur V addiction and keep it simple like that.
From episode 1, enjoyed that the fairies were malevolent and ghoulish looking in reality. I liked Sookie seeing her grandfather. All in all, a promising start to the season.
This never happened in the books.
Maybe she just realized that "the jig is up" and would end it quickly rather than risk some prolonged torture or whatnot. She realized that Bill is backed by some powerful vampires and decided to end it right there.
Or maybe the writers just needed some halfway made up, unrealistic excuse why a younger vampire could defeat an older one in single combat
How did it happen in the books?
After the third book Bill becomes a minor character that pops up few times per book, saves Sookie from some trouble and goes on his business. Sophie-Ann gets killed in 8th or 9th book, when rival vampires from Nevada (I think) take over her kingdom. And in the books she looks like pre-teenage girl because she was turned when she was like 10 or something.
And again, that's because Alan Ball turned the werepanther community into drug-dealers, while in the books they were just a closed community of weird but honest and hard-working people. That change was unnecessary and it just doesn't work. It turns Jason's story into pure boring nonsense.