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True Blood Season 1 (HBO) [DVD] [2008] starring: Anna Paquin, Chris Bauer, Stephen Moyer

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Publisher: Warner Home Video
Release date: 26th October, 2009
Media: DVD
Number of items: 5

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Editorial Review

Alan Ball’s True Blood series works well for television, as it has enough sensationalism to tantalise and enough story girth to make the viewer care about the characters. That one can finally invest emotion into monsters, including an undead Civil War victim, a transformer who can shapeshift into various animals, and a female mind reader, speaks volumes about America’s willingness to accept fantasy. Of course, television has always produced good fantasy shows (I Dream of Jeannie), but True Blood’s Southern Goth brand of fun horror is more macabre and more perverse, not to mention gorier, than most shows of its kind to date. Adapted from Charlaine Harris’ Sookie Stackhouse novels, True Blood thrills because of its equal blend in each episode of erotica, humour, tragedy, mystery, and fantasy.

Set in a rural, swampy Louisiana parish, the show centers around Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin) and her clan, sweet grandmother Adele (Lois Smith) and air-headed brother Jason (Ryan Kwanten). Illicit love is spawned early on, when Sookie saves vampire Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer) from having his blood stolen in the parking lot of Merlotte’s diner, owned by Sam Merlotte (Sam Trammell) who completes what will form a complex love triangle. As tensions between Sookie’s suitors loosen or tighten, many side plots, such as her African American best friend Tara’s (Rutina Wesley) struggle with an alcoholic, Bible-thumping mother and her brother’s dangerous crush on drug-addicted hippie Amy Burley (Lizzy Caplan), keep one wondering who will succeed in this podunk place. The main tension throughout, however, is a race war waged between vampires and humans. As murders of “fang bangers” occur (human girls who let vampires bite them) and dumb policeman Andy Bellefleur (Chris Bauer) fails to find clues, one sees the metaphorical implications of vampirism and feels deeper resonance with what can be a downright trashy show. Gossip galore, especially about what kinds of babies interbreeding will produce, is rampant. One of the funniest characters is Tara’s flamboyant cousin, Lafayette (Nelsan Ellis), who deals drugs, works as a fry cook, and services the local white politicians, while making sure he’s always up in everyone’s business.

What makes True Blood smarter than pure soap opera is the parallels it draws between its monster mash and actual, familiar social problems. Sookie and her friends watch the news where Evangelicals bash vampires and prohibit mixed marriage and everyone is addicted to V, a.k.a vampire blood, that effects like psychedelic heroin. Even its gore reflects a mix of serious and silly, as vampires explode into red, sticky goop. Though it may not be attempting to qualify for the best vampire footage ever shot, True Blood is as addictive as that substance the town’s youth obsesses over, which is a metaphor in itself. --Trinie Dalton

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Rating: - TRUE BLOOD (Season 1)

No sense in saying too much about this series other than the cast are superb, the setting atmospheric and you are going to want to be a vampire ( or at least to be bitten by one, namely Vampire Bill).

There's blood, violence and sex so be prepared- but none of it gratuitous. The dialogue is pacey and witty but at the same time quite touching and real.

What are you waiting for.....order your boxed set now.

Rating: - True Blood

Product sent in great time. Love this series so very pleased with it thank you

Rating: - Fantastic - on so many levels

I to was unsure about TruBlood I had to watch the first couple of episodes at least twice and then got hooked by the interesting storyline and characters - effects are well done. Watched it all within a week.

It is funny, sad, emotive, action packed, earthy, passionate, and refreshing. I love it and can't wait for the next season.

Rating: - WOW

This series is brilliant - I didn't watch it on Sky so wasn't sure what to expect. The first few episodes seem to contain a lot of sex and was beginning to wonder if that was all there was going to be but then the stories began to unfold. I couldn't stop watching got totally hooked and couldn't believe the twist at the end. Roll on series 2!

Rating: - sookie stackhouse

Fangtastic can't wait for series 2
Excellent service highly reccommended could not have asked for better service

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