More "True Blood" premiere pix

What is going on with Alex Skarsgard's suit? Did his tailor get him a size too small or something?

I watched the first season and now am watching the second season. In my humble opinion, it is the biggest piece of crap I have ever seen. The storyline is very shallow, full of obscenity for obscenity's sake, and full of gratuitous sex that is nearly pornographic. Frankly, if I were Carrie, I'd be ashamed to be on the show. But, if she is after fame and fortune, she found it. After all, the public loves smut.

Now, I am not against sex in the movies, nor am I against cussing, as I have a sailor's mouth myself. But this show does it for the sake of doing it. If it would label itself for what it was, I would have more respect for it: pure and unadulterated pornography.

how do you really feel Edith lol.
I think the books are just as graphic. I have a friend from college that read them and thinks they are great vampire smut novels. I have S1 on Netflix and saw last night's episode of S2. Hubby of course liked the graphic nature, lol. I'm ok with it I guess. We'll see how the story pans out for me after watching S1.

Well, in a time of entertainment where you can get people worked up about Octomom and Jon and Kate and other people whose only contribution to society is that they did something weird or stupid. (OK, not condemning the use of fertility drugs, but really if you do that you have to ask yourself some serious questions and if you don't, I think society should if society is going to be asked to pay the bill.) So in that context, I guess "True Blood" looks like quality entertainment.

I don't like "True Blood" either. The vampire saga has so much more to contribute than blood and lust, but apparently we're not going to go there with this story. It's on HBO so that's the first clue that we're leaving the "safe TV" niche. But even "Lost" has raised comments from people I know for its violence. So we're just living in some sad times, in terms of culture and art.

I would like to think if I were an actor or writer that I might turn down any work for such a show, but if someone offered me a tidy sum of money (in the upper tens or hundreds of thousands per ep) I might be willing to hold my nose and get over it. Good thing there's no danger that I would ever be put in such a position.

And I have just been given my cat's OK to post this, FWIW. She's sitting on the back of the sofa looking over my shoulder. She seemed to be pleased when I looked back.

I guess it depends on people's personal experiences, whether they like or don't mind graphic shows. For me, it's not entertaining, and, reading how most of society likes that type of stuff, I feel like an outcast.



Aww. Hello, to your cat!

My brother and sister-in-law were particularly appalled at the beating scenes. The Henry Gale torture scene really bothered them. And I have to say the first time I was floored that something that violent got on TV. Mind you, I don't watch a lot of TV, so I'm bit out of there regarding what goes on.