Sneak Peek - True Blood Panel Part III

Sneak Peek
A Taste of Season Two

Patricia Morris Buckley — Associate Staff Writer
pmb@thetwocentscorp.com


One of the thrills of the True Blood panel at the Paley Center April 13 had to be seeing a sneak peek of Season 2’s first episode (Thanks to E!online for the link!).

The scene is set in Bill’s car traveling down a dark Southern road. It looks as if a few weeks have passed since the S1 ender, because Sookie still has a bit of a black eye, but she has a slightly different hairstyle (curly).

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Part I of our True Blood Panel coverage: Cracking the Coffin
Part II of our True Blood Panel coverage: Vampires and the People who Love Them

[photo: Kevin Parry/The Paley Center for Media]

Vampires and the People who Love Them - True Blood Panel Part II

Vampires and the People who Love Them
Alan Ball Vamps

Patricia Morris Buckley — Associate Staff Writer
pmb@thetwocentscorp.com

At the Paley Center panel for HBO’s True Blood, show producer Alan Ball bit into topics such as creating the show, why it is different in some ways from the books and what he’s planning in S2.

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Part I of our True Blood Panel coverage: Cracking the Coffin
Part III of our True Blood Panel coverage: Sneak Peek

[photo: Kevin Parry/The Paley Center for Media]

Cracking the Coffin - True Blood Panel Part I

Cracking the Coffin
True Blood Panel Opens Up at the Paley Center in LA

Patricia Morris Buckley — Associate Staff Writer
pmb@thetwocentscorp.com


You’d expect that a gathering to True Blood fans would bring out folks in cloaks and fangs. Nothing could be further from the truth. At the Paley Center panel for HBO’s True Blood, the most creative anyone got were a group of women in T-shirts that read “Bill’s Babe.”

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Part II of our True Blood Panel coverage: Vampires and the People who Love Them
Part III of our True Blood Panel coverage: Sneak Peek

[photo: Kevin Parry/The Paley Center for Media]

66th Annual Golden Globes Nominations Announced

It's award season folks. The Golden Globes announced their nominations for movies and television programs this morning.

Following are the nominations for the television categories (this is a TV site after all).

BEST TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
a. DEXTER (SHOWTIME)
Showtime/John Goldwyn Productions/The Colleton Company/Clyde Phillips Productions
b. HOUSE (FOX)
Universal Media Studios in association with Heel and Toe Films, Shore Z Productions and Bad Hat Harry Productions
c. IN TREATMENT (HBO)
Sheleg, Closest to the Hole Productions in association with HBO Entertainment
d. MAD MEN (AMC)
Lionsgate Television
e. TRUE BLOOD (HBO)
Your Face Goes Here Productions in association with HBO Entertainment

BEST TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
a. 30 ROCK (NBC)
Universal Media Studios in association with Broadway Video and Little
Stranger Inc.
b. CALIFORNICATION (SHOWTIME)
Showtime Presents in association with Aggressive Mediocrity, And Then...
c. ENTOURAGE (HBO)
Leverage and Closest to the Hole Productions in association with HBO Entertainment
d. THE OFFICE (NBC)
Deedle Dee Productions, Reveille LLC, Universal Media Studios
e. WEEDS (SHOWTIME)
Lionsgate Television

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True Blood - Recap & Review - "You’ll Be The Death of Me"

True Blood
You’ll Be The Death of Me

Original Air Date: Nov 23, 2008

Andi - TwoCents Reviewer
andi@thetwocentscorp.com

The season finale opens up on Jason Stackhouse in the big house (yes, yes, that was my lame attempt at a pun, feel free to throw tomatoes) and he’s busy allotting out his belongings to... Rene! Jason! Don’t do that. You can’t trust him to make sure people get the right stuff, he’s a murderer remember?! Oops, spoiler. I think you all knew that though. Sookie shows up and makes a big deal about her Dick Tracy work and effectively alerts Rene to how close she is to finding the murderer. Smart. But Jason’s having none of her assurances and continues to insist that he killed those women.

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[photo: HBO.com]

True Blood - Recap & Review - To Love Is To Bury

True Blood
To Love is To Bury

Original Air Date: Nov 16, 2008

Andi - TwoCents Reviewer
Andi@thetwocentscorp.com

It was an interesting week in Bon Temps, Louisiana. There’s a road trip and a confession. Lots of people take dirt naps and Bill gets parenting advice from Eric. Good times.

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[photo: HBO]

True Blood - Recap & Review - I Don't Wanna Know

True Blood
“I Don’t Wanna Know”

Original Air Date: Nov 9, 2008

Andi - TwoCents Reviewer
andi@thetwocentscorp.com

Welcome to THUNDERDOME! Break a deal, spin the wheel! Someone over at HBO has been watching much too much Mad Max (I’m looking at you Mr. Ball) because whoever built the location for the tribunal had a case of Max Envy. Just sayin’. But we’re not actually there yet. So let’s take it from the top.

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[photo: HBO]

True Blood - Recap & Review - Plaisir d'Amour

True Blood
“Plaisir d’Amour”

Original Air Date: Nov 2, 2008

Andi - TwoCents Reviewer
andi@thetwocentscorp.com

Disclaimer: I’m breaking my number one rule here (no book info) so I can gripe about some things. But rest assured, I won’t spoil you for things to come.

True to form, the episode opens where we last saw Sookie. Long Shadow is attacking her and Pam and Eric watch. Bill, however, can’t let Sookie get killed, so he stakes Long Shadow. Okay, this is point of contention one. In the book, Eric stakes Long Shadow and it’s an important moment in character development. One good side of this scene though, is that we get our first taste of the Eric and Pam banter and the dry humor of Eric’s. These things I did like and was happy to see carry through the episode.

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True Blood - Recap & Review - Fourth Man in the Fire

True Blood
“The Fourth Man in the Fire”

Original Air Date: Oct 26, 2008

Andi - TwoCents Reviewer
andi@thetwocentscorp.com

First things first, Bill is not dead, which wasn’t really all that much of a cliffhanger anyway because we all know Moyer is contracted into season two, but whatever. Aside from Bill being… um…un-dead, tonight’s episode goes to great lengths to teach us that when we complain that the sex is too dirty, they take one step further and go… dun, dun, dun…literal! But we’ll get to that later.

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[photo: HBO]

True Blood - Recap & Review - Burning House of Love

True Blood
“Burning House of Love”

Original Air Date: Oct 19, 2008

Andi - TwoCents Reviewer
andi@thetwocentscorp.com

Tonight’s episode is pretty much about give and take. It’s about being vulnerable and open to the unknown. All of the characters do something new and different and sometimes that works out for them. Oh, and Eric was back this week, though far too briefly, and he didn’t bring better sex like I had hoped, but he did bring electronics!

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[photo: HBO.com]

True Blood - Recap & Review - Cold Ground

True Blood
“Cold Ground”

Original Air Date: Oct. 12, 2008

Andi - TwoCents Reviewer
andi@thetwocentscorp.com

Well, Gran’s dead and Sookie’s coping in that numb, shocked way that you do when you don’t quite know what to do. But Bill’s there and so is Sam and so is that awkward tension that seems to follow the two of them. And this episode is all about death and sex and family and what to do when you’re crazy and/or possessed by demons. But we’re not really going to delve into that because I’d need twenty pages and I haven’t got them. Sorry.

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True Blood - Recap & Review - Sparks Fly Out

True Blood
“Sparks Fly Out”

Original Air Date: Oct 5, 2008

Andi - TwoCents Reviewer
andi@thetwocentscorp.com

Hi, and welcome to the Alan Ball Tolerance and Acceptance Power Hour. Today we will be discussing why it is wrong to: a) be a redneck, b) not understand metaphors, and c) pick on Lafayette. All are possibly punishable by death from one of our handsome and mysterious murder suspects. Also, we will be showing you the power of metaphor through our patented “Beat it Into You” technique.

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True Blood - Recap & Review - Escape From the Dragon House

True Blood
“Escape From the Dragon House”

Original Air Date: Sept 28, 2008

AndiM - TwoCents Reviewer
andi@thetwocentscorp.com

Tonight’s episode is all about Eric, Eric and Eric. Oh, and Jason’s got an erection to end all erections (oh, irony, how I love thee). But getting back to Eric…. Our Viking sexpot does not disappoint. I squeed, I flailed, and to quote my friend Jordan, I squailed. Now you all know my dirty, little secret; I am a fangirl. And I’m not ashamed.

I now return you to your regularly scheduled programming.

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True Blood - Recap & Review - Mine

True Blood
“Mine”

Original Air Date: Sept 21, 2008

Andi - TwoCents Reviewer
andi@thetwocentscorp.com

It is important to remember when watching tonight’s episode that HBO loves sex and laughs. Also, if you’ve read the series, it is important to remember that the TV show will be different from the books – please do not form a mob and there will be no need for pitchforks and torches. Despite the cries of book-fan outrage, this episode was one of my favorites so far.

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More True Blood for HBO

HBO has renewed the new drama series TRUE BLOOD for a second season, it was announced today by Michael Lombardo, president, Programming Group and West Coast Operations. Created by Alan Ball, the series will begin production of new episodes early next year in Los Angeles, with debut set for summer 2009.

"We are absolutely thrilled that the critics and our viewers have embraced TRUE BLOOD," noted Lombardo. "Alan Ball has done it again - made an addictive series that is unlike any other."

"I am thrilled to be able to continue to work with such a talented group of writers, cast and crew to explore the characters and world created by Charlaine Harris in her novels," Ball said. "It really is a joy to go to work every day and I couldn't be happier to be back home at HBO."

The Sept. 7 debut episode is proving to be a hit with HBO audiences, attracting more than four million viewers to date, while the debut of the second episode on Sept. 14 posted an unprecedented 24% gain in viewers over the first week's debut.

True Blood - Recap & Review - First Taste

True Blood
"First Taste"

Original Air Date: September 14, 2008

Andi M - TwoCents Reviewer
andi@thetwocentscorp.com

Please see the words flashback and exposition in your handy dictionary prior to reading this recap. You will need to know them, as this week’s episode is heavy on both. Oh, and while you’re looking in there, you might want to look up stupid and see if there’s a picture of Jason Stackhouse next to it. There will be a test.

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[photo: hbo.com]

True Blood - Recap & Review - "Strange Love"

True Blood
“Strange Love”

Original Air Date – Sept 7, 2008

Andi M - TwoCents Reviewer
andi@thetwocentscorp.com

Oh my stars, where to start? We’ve got a lot to cover, so let’s start with a list, because I’m fun like that!

The Good:
1. Casting. I like all of them, even the ones I’m not supposed to.
2. The music. What do you guys think? Awesome? I loved it.
3. The way they handle Sookie’s telepathy. Unlike the fangs, this is not cheesy at all.

The Bad:
1. Fangs – The concept is cool (they spring forward like a rattlesnake’s do), but they look cheesy.
2. Vampire Sex. Okay, obviously Sookie is going to knock boots with a vampire at some point and I’m concerned about the precedent that the vampire sex in this episode is setting. I guess we’ll just have wait and to see.

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