True Blood In The News - Various Articles Around The Internet
September/14/08 01:28 Filed in: Off-Site
True Blood coverage by the media has been flying fast and furious around last weeks premiere of the series. Here are some link that may be of interest to fans.
HBO gets an infusion of Oh-positive 'Blood' - Robert Bianco, USA Today
“Sexy, witty and unabashedly peculiar, True Blood is a blood-drenched Southern Gothic romantic parable set in a world where vampires are out and about and campaigning for equal rights. Part mystery, part fantasy, part comedy, and all wildly imaginative exaggeration, Blood proves that there's still vibrant life — or death — left in the "star-crossed lovers" paradigm. You just have to know where to stake your romantic claim.”
http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/reviews/2008-09-04-true-blood_N.htm
'True Blood': Undead On Arrival - Tom Shales, Washington Post
“To become a fan of "True Blood," viewers will have to call upon or develop a considerable case of sang-froid in the most literal sense. I felt my knees weaken a few times -- and heck, I made it through "Hostel" with little trouble. But then "True Blood" is not a horror film and is more likely to be after a knowing laugh than a cheap shudder. Paquin keeps her character teetering on a very provocative edge, so that even a simple line like "I'll get you some ketchup" seems wickedly witty in context.”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2008/09/05/ST2008090504346.html
Vampires In Pop Culture: True Blood Debunks Myths And Legends - Anika Harris, The Frisky
“Vampires are making another resurgence in pop culture. HBO’s True Blood premiered on Sunday and Twilight the movie will be in theaters November 21. Also, the Southern vampire novels by Charlaine Harris, which True Blood is based on, remain extremely popular. Unlike other vampire entertainment, True Blood is debunking some of the vampire myths and legends, in order to make its world believable. And along the way, it may create some new ones.”
http://www.thefrisky.com/post/246-vampires-in-pop-culture-true-blood-debunks-myths-and-legends/
Give HBO SOme Credit - Joshua Alston, Newsweek
“The credits for the new HBO series "True Blood" (from Alan Ball of "Six Feet Under" ) are the perfect amuse-bouche. The show is about vampires assimilating into rural Louisiana, and the credits are a flip book of Deep South postcards: images of hungry gators and modest homes, neon crosses and dirt roads. In the final shot, a woman is dunked for a river baptism and appears to emerge in hysterics. Either she's in rapture, or just a hairbreadth from drowning. This is the world of "True Blood," where quaint, romantic notions of the South are recast with dread.”
http://www.newsweek.com/id/158744
HBO gets an infusion of Oh-positive 'Blood' - Robert Bianco, USA Today
“Sexy, witty and unabashedly peculiar, True Blood is a blood-drenched Southern Gothic romantic parable set in a world where vampires are out and about and campaigning for equal rights. Part mystery, part fantasy, part comedy, and all wildly imaginative exaggeration, Blood proves that there's still vibrant life — or death — left in the "star-crossed lovers" paradigm. You just have to know where to stake your romantic claim.”
http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/reviews/2008-09-04-true-blood_N.htm
'True Blood': Undead On Arrival - Tom Shales, Washington Post
“To become a fan of "True Blood," viewers will have to call upon or develop a considerable case of sang-froid in the most literal sense. I felt my knees weaken a few times -- and heck, I made it through "Hostel" with little trouble. But then "True Blood" is not a horror film and is more likely to be after a knowing laugh than a cheap shudder. Paquin keeps her character teetering on a very provocative edge, so that even a simple line like "I'll get you some ketchup" seems wickedly witty in context.”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2008/09/05/ST2008090504346.html
Vampires In Pop Culture: True Blood Debunks Myths And Legends - Anika Harris, The Frisky
“Vampires are making another resurgence in pop culture. HBO’s True Blood premiered on Sunday and Twilight the movie will be in theaters November 21. Also, the Southern vampire novels by Charlaine Harris, which True Blood is based on, remain extremely popular. Unlike other vampire entertainment, True Blood is debunking some of the vampire myths and legends, in order to make its world believable. And along the way, it may create some new ones.”
http://www.thefrisky.com/post/246-vampires-in-pop-culture-true-blood-debunks-myths-and-legends/
Give HBO SOme Credit - Joshua Alston, Newsweek
“The credits for the new HBO series "True Blood" (from Alan Ball of "Six Feet Under" ) are the perfect amuse-bouche. The show is about vampires assimilating into rural Louisiana, and the credits are a flip book of Deep South postcards: images of hungry gators and modest homes, neon crosses and dirt roads. In the final shot, a woman is dunked for a river baptism and appears to emerge in hysterics. Either she's in rapture, or just a hairbreadth from drowning. This is the world of "True Blood," where quaint, romantic notions of the South are recast with dread.”
http://www.newsweek.com/id/158744
