True Blood 5x04 "We'll Meet Again"
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Who says TV is a waste? I now know what to do if my car's accelerator ever gets stuck doing 75 down the road.
My interest in this series is fading quickly. Every week, I all-but force myself to be excited about new TB, but who am I fooling? Only myself. The cast is too huge, there are too many go-nowhere storylines, and we're in this holding pattern of nothingness.
Must be nice to be in the cast of this series. At most, you'll only be filming for two days per episode, but paid like you're there every day. There needs to be a reckoning. They've got to pull a Wysteria Lane and have a third of the cast killed, making room for the rest, and decreasing the number of storylines to something manageable. Maybe Russell can be that, come in and drain the lot of them. But I don't see it happening.
The only bright spot this series has right now is Pam, and E's just orphaned her.
Blah.
Must be nice to be in the cast of this series. At most, you'll only be filming for two days per episode, but paid like you're there every day. There needs to be a reckoning. They've got to pull a Wysteria Lane and have a third of the cast killed, making room for the rest, and decreasing the number of storylines to something manageable. Maybe Russell can be that, come in and drain the lot of them. But I don't see it happening.
The only bright spot this series has right now is Pam, and E's just orphaned her.
Blah.
There does seem to be a lack of focus. I'm not really sure what the main storyline is right now if there eve is one. I guess Mad Men guy and whatever?
It's just not a good show, it never was. The first season was okay, it went downhill after that. The Vampire Diaries is much better, not without flaws (especially in season 3) but always entertaining.
They really have to get rid of useless characters (i.e. most of them), from the current main cast I'd only keep Sookie and Jason as protagonists, Lafayette, Hoyt and Arlene as human co-workers/friends and a few vampires: Pam, Eric ... okay, that's it, maybe Steve Newlin as a recurring vampire because I actually think he's funny in small doses.
The authority should stay in supporting roles because that's the only interesting story right now.
Get rid of all other supernatural elements, no shifters, werewolves and werewhatevers, witches, ghosts etc., make it just about humans and vampires in Lousiana and stop making everyone fall in love with Sookie. I thought Sookie got the fairy powers and Jason got the "unbelievably hot and everyone wants him" fairy stuff, let her grumble while both women and men line up to be with Jason.
Have they established the bit about Jason's attraction? At least everyone falling in love with Sookie is consistent with that.
Is Disney going to sue?
That was totally a lampoon of Herbie.
OH?
Jason's fairy blood makes him sexy?
That makes sense.
Because he's thick as pigshit and that's usually a turn off.
That was totally a lampoon of Herbie.
OH?
Jason's fairy blood makes him sexy?
That makes sense.
Because he's thick as pigshit and that's usually a turn off.
Enjoyed Pam/Tara. C.
Alcide/Sookie desperately needed nudity. The setup for the Who Killed the Stackhouses? was interesting, but it's hard to imagine that Sookie would condescend to talk to Jason, much less hang with him while they investigated. Lafayette is strictly from desperation now. Terry might have make a good subplot in a serious war drama.
Alcide/Sookie desperately needed nudity. The setup for the Who Killed the Stackhouses? was interesting, but it's hard to imagine that Sookie would condescend to talk to Jason, much less hang with him while they investigated. Lafayette is strictly from desperation now. Terry might have make a good subplot in a serious war drama.
Oh, for heaven's sake - ANOTHER plotline emerges - Fairies again.
Dear Writers, get rid of at least 2 of the 5, or is it 6, plotlines each season. Pare it down to 3, pare down the cast and figure it the fuck out. You know, I know RDM's BSG gets a lot of flack around here, but you know, it had a cast about the same size after awhile, and, say what you will about the direction the show took, you have to admit they knew how to balance the plotlines out well. These writers are firing buckshot, not bullets.
I like this show; I really do, but it also annoys me for that reason.
Dear Writers, get rid of at least 2 of the 5, or is it 6, plotlines each season. Pare it down to 3, pare down the cast and figure it the fuck out. You know, I know RDM's BSG gets a lot of flack around here, but you know, it had a cast about the same size after awhile, and, say what you will about the direction the show took, you have to admit they knew how to balance the plotlines out well. These writers are firing buckshot, not bullets.
I like this show; I really do, but it also annoys me for that reason.
I like it fine. It's supposed to be bad, like a weekly B-Movie with continuing characters.
At least that's how I look at it....
At least that's how I look at it....
Yeah, thats exactly what it is. I like it more than last season, the Authority storyline is great, I like that the story slowly becomes more global in scope. But the plotlines about vampire politics always where my favourites. Some of the others I could do without... ahem...fairies... hillbilly-weres...
Here's what I'm seeing at some point in no particular...a confronation between Demon Lafayette vs. Fairy powered Sookie. Salome - really, I don't trust this vampire - I'm thinking she really is Lilith. Mainstreaming turns out to be just a mild way of farming humans on the DL - you know, instead of the direct approach - think the recipe book from Twilight Zone scenario. There's also a running theme this season: Parents and children and heredity, so I expect every vampire and its child, if any, will parallel Pam and Eric's trajectory in some way - either figuratively or literally. The others i really don't care about at all.
And that's the problem - what a freaking mess - to many plots are going on at once.
And that's the problem - what a freaking mess - to many plots are going on at once.
I've been enjoying this season quite a bit. This is the best I think True Blood has been since Season 1 and the first half of Season 2. I like the whole mainstreaming v. Sanguinista thing and I like that they are keeping Bill/Eric away from Sookie for a while. The character development for Pam is welcome and long overdue. It could lead to some new places for both her and Tara. I liked how the show portrayed the maker-made bond on the show, and last night's episode had some tender moments between Eric and Pam and Bill and Jessica. I also like the Alcide-Sookie hook up. It's been a long time coming and they are finally doing something with Alcide.
Sure, but that's not a reason for it to be written so poorly.
I actually like Arlene, she is an interesting character and one of the few humans left on the show, she (like Hoyt) is important in my opinion and they should be appear more! Not necessarily in their own storylines but in the other characters', without those two and Andy and Terry the entire cast consists of magical fairywitchwerevampireshifterdemonghosts.
That's true, the show needs to keep the humans it has left to ground it. Oh, when i think back to early season one when basically the only supernaturals were Sookie and a few Vamps. But as you said I don't think they need their own plotline, just have them interact more with the main characters, now it seems everyone is doing their own thing with only marginal interaction at best.