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

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Rating: - what twilight wants to be when it grows up!

first of all, this is a very silly series. but it also manages to be completely addictive too. it's basically twilight for grown ups, not much originality, but it is a lot of fun and be warned, strictly for adults only. there are twists and turns throughout, and performances are excellent. anna paquin is a revelation, in fact it's hard to believe that this is the same girl from the piano, which by the way is an excellent film and well worth a watch. based on the sookie stackhouse books by charlene harris, i was more inclined to read these then i was the twilight saga. have only read the first book, but it's good enough to want me to read the rest and it's the same with the tv show. absolutely terrific entertainment providing you don't take any of it seriously.

Rating: - Very Satisfied

The first season of TrueBlood came in really good condition and it arrived in good time.

Rating: - True Blood Season1

First class series - including Season 2. Although in some instances quite different from the books, generally the overall plots are followed. Can't wait for Season 3 to be filmed and broadcast.

Rating: - Tru Blood Season 1

It is always daunting to approach an adaptation of a piece of work that you have enjoyed. Fortunately Alan Ball's version of the Sookie Stackhouse novels, whilst not completely faithful to the original, retains much of the charm and humour of Charlaine Harris. The adaptation is darker in tone and more political with the vampires acting as a metaphor for groups against whom prejudice has been practised. The characters may not all be exactly the way one might have imagined but the acting is of a very high quality and the series has great atmosphere.

Rating: - Blood and Spice

"True Blood" has vampires on the menu, southern-fried and Cajun-spiced.

The sticky Louisiana backwater setting feels authentic, and this is helped enormously by an intoxicating mix of blues, country and rock 'n' roll on the soundtrack - Jace Everett's "Bad Things", to cite just one example, might well be one of the best theme songs in TV history.

The horror scenes are a little gorier than you'd expect, and the sex scenes are a lot more graphic and frequent than you'd expect. Almost all of the main characters are well-written, with colourful personalities and plenty of depth. Anna Paquin's Sookie has more sass and backbone than most female leads, and Ryan Kwanten and Nelsan Ellis both have great supporting roles as Sookie's dangerously impulsive brother Jason, and the outrageous cook/rent boy/drug dealer Lafayette.

The show's main premise is an attempted co-existence between vampires and humans, and the parallels it draws with America's history of racial integration. The material is ripe for asking all sorts of compelling moral questions - unfortunately, the writers seem to steadily lose faith in it as the season progresses. Too many key characters are bumped off for cheap shocks, and too many supernatural subplots (psychic powers, demonic possession, shapeshifting) are thrown in as though vampires aren't enough to hold our attention. This splattergun approach eventually robs the story arc of much of its momentum, but the strength of the early episodes - and the enduring appeal of the surviving characters - leaves you enough intrigue to ponder the potential of Season 2.

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