Bloody True

I have recently been turned on to the HBO series True Blood.  My initial feelings for the series was that it was an obvious rip off the budding Twilight vampire craze thats hitting America.  I grew up watching the Buffy The Vampire Slayer series so I've been exposed to this tough girls in a dangerous world story line for almost as long as I can remember.  Frankly I was kind of annoyed by HBO for even thinking that going with the flow was a good idea.  HBO has been known for its original productions but this seemed a little lacking of its famous spark. 

When the series was first advertised they added that it was from the creators who gave us Six Feet Under, which I really enjoyed.  So, reluctantly I gave it a shot.  I watched the first three episodes and was quite frankly surprised.  The first episode has more twists, turns, and plot points, then that silly Twilight movie.  The content was also very mature.  Sex, drugs, and violence fill each of the the hour long episodes.  The characters were instantly likable.  The childish innocence of the main character, Sookie Stackhouse, is very believable.  Her name is also fun to say in a souther accent, and she can read minds.  Bill, the boy-toy vampire is actually played by a british actor, and his accent and body language is more than believable as a souther gentlemen.  The other characters are fun and also believable.  One character that I have enjoyed in particular is Lafayette, a gay black drug-dealing prostitute who hates inbreed hicks.  His interactions with the local trailer trash give a perfect bite of humor in some of the darker episodes.  

I completed all of season one and caught myself itching for more.  After what seems like almost a year, season 2 has arrived.  The first two episodes were simply phenomenal and I hope the winning streak continues.  You can rent first season of True Blood on DVD and second season is now airing Sunday nights at 9:00 on HBO.  If you like vampires, sex, drugs, and black male prostitutes check out True Blood.  

P.S.  Stephanie Meyer released her Twilight series 2 years after Charlaine Harris released the first 2 books of her Sookie Stackhouse series.  Take your Twilight series and F*** off you Mormon bitch!

I give True Blood 4.5 naked Anna Paquins out of 5.