10 Reasons True Blood Won't Suck - Sci Fi Wire
August/29/08 23:50 Filed in: Off-Site
Mike Szymanski of Sci Fi Wire has posted a fun list of 10 reasons why True Blood won’t suck:
“1. Oscar clout. Creator Ball has a golden statuette for writing American Beauty, not to mention intimate familiarity with the dead from his previous award-winning HBO undertaking, the brilliant Six Feet Under. Paquin, similarly, has her own Academy Award (won at age 11 for her role in 1993's The Piano) and brings the same snarky attitude she developed for X-Men's Rogue. This time, however, she's tanned, blond--and does have more fun.
2. Keeping it dark. Ball admitted that he's never read an Anne Rice book, but he isn't messing with vampire mythology to the point that his vampires will break some of the standard rules. There's no wandering out in daylight, and a lot of the show takes place at night. When asked about CBS' failed vampire show Moonlight, Ball said, "I think it's pretty lame when you let your vampire go out in the day just because you don't want to shoot at night. I personally have never seen Buffy the Vampire Slayer or Angel. I'm not really a big vampire fan. This was really my first." He does redeem himself by saying that Kathryn Bigelow's 1987 film Near Dark is one of the best vampire films ever made.
3. Missing mythology. Ball dispenses with some vampire mythology--crucifixes kill, mirrors don't reflect--by arguing that vampires themselves have generated them to fit in better among humans. Vampires created some of the more common myths, the argument goes, to prove that they're not walking dead. That's not to say Ball avoids mythology altogether: He invents some of his own, like the fact that vampire blood can heal humans or that they can be disabled with silver. Just don't tell anyone. “
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“1. Oscar clout. Creator Ball has a golden statuette for writing American Beauty, not to mention intimate familiarity with the dead from his previous award-winning HBO undertaking, the brilliant Six Feet Under. Paquin, similarly, has her own Academy Award (won at age 11 for her role in 1993's The Piano) and brings the same snarky attitude she developed for X-Men's Rogue. This time, however, she's tanned, blond--and does have more fun.
2. Keeping it dark. Ball admitted that he's never read an Anne Rice book, but he isn't messing with vampire mythology to the point that his vampires will break some of the standard rules. There's no wandering out in daylight, and a lot of the show takes place at night. When asked about CBS' failed vampire show Moonlight, Ball said, "I think it's pretty lame when you let your vampire go out in the day just because you don't want to shoot at night. I personally have never seen Buffy the Vampire Slayer or Angel. I'm not really a big vampire fan. This was really my first." He does redeem himself by saying that Kathryn Bigelow's 1987 film Near Dark is one of the best vampire films ever made.
3. Missing mythology. Ball dispenses with some vampire mythology--crucifixes kill, mirrors don't reflect--by arguing that vampires themselves have generated them to fit in better among humans. Vampires created some of the more common myths, the argument goes, to prove that they're not walking dead. That's not to say Ball avoids mythology altogether: He invents some of his own, like the fact that vampire blood can heal humans or that they can be disabled with silver. Just don't tell anyone. “
For the complete list, read the Full Article:
http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?id=59050
