Feckless Piker(FP): How did you like that new show we watched over at Peanut Butter Piker's place last night?
Oddvark Contremundo(OC): You mean the one about the vampires?
FP: That's the one.
OC: It was kinda gory and very complicated.
FP: The gore is nothing compared to the Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Saw movies.
OC: That's true. I love those Saw movies.
FP: I know you do. True Blood is a little more subtle and the story is a lot more complex. I thought the sex and seduction angle was a little too strong for my tastes, but then again, it could be argued that the vampire mythology is all about sex and seduction. Consequently, it would be hard to overstate that aspect of the story line.
OC: Yeah, that Anna Paquin sure has grown up hasn't she. I remember when she played the little girl in The Piano and Holly Hunter had the sexy role.
FP: Oh yeah, I never saw Holly Hunter again without thinking of that role. Until then she had been known for playing little perky sparkplug types. In The Piano, she proved that she could fog up my glasses with the best of them.
OC: Can't say the same about Anna Paquin. I still think of her as a little girl.
FP: Yeah, I have the same problem with Christia Ricci. Many of these child actresses probably experience difficulties making the transition into adult roles because of the association their audiences have with their earlier work. I'm not sure that Melissa Gilbert ever successfully transcended her role on Little House on the Prairie.
OC: If I understand the plot, the vampires in True Blood are known to the general population because of the invention of a synthetic blood that is capable of nourishing them.
FP: That is part of it. Also, humans can use vampire blood for healing properties as well as to get high. So there is a lot of blood swapping going on in this show. It's kind of a creepy cavalcade of consanguinity.
OC: Hey, you just used alliteration. You might say that True Blood turns the Louisiana bayou into a voluptuous vision of verdant and vivacious vamps.
FP: Stop that! What was your favorite part of the episode we watched?
OC: I liked the drunken orgie at the Minotaur's house. Lots of booze, busty babes, and bodacious barbecue.
FP: I told you to stop that! I liked when the shape shifter changed into a collie and went running to the swimming hole with the other collie.
OC: You have always been a dog lover. Put a dog into any scene and you just love the movie.
FP: You've got a point there. However, in this case, I think the show stands on its own merits. It writing is very imaginative, the acting is pretty good, there is some humor ("My wife doesn't just whip out her pudding for anybody."), the production values are good (it is HBO after all) and it held my interest for almost a solid hour.
OC: That is high praise indeed. The only other thing that I know holds your interest for a solid hour is that damn tape you have have of Heather Locklear riding a Harley in a Bikini.
FP: Now that's good cinamatography!
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