True Blood, airs on HBO September 7th Options

[berrypop90]

I heard about this show in Nylon magazine so I checked it out online. Apart from those horrible southern accents, it looks pretty neat, it may be worth watching.

Anyone else interested?

[superstitious]

I bought the series (DVD) on sort of whim, after watching one episode (similar thing happened with Veronica Mars). I love this show. I even ordered HBO for the summer so that I can see new episodes.

There isn't much that Alan Ball is attached to that I don't like (although I think that American Beauty is pretty overrated).

I like that it isn't typical vampire fare. The southern setting is perfect - a fantastic mix of comfort and absolute creepiness. Lots of nudity, sex and drug use, which I wasn't prepared for but doesn't seem to be superfluous, as it's fitting for the series. The characters are diverse and the acting is very good, in my opinion. I'm definitely not a big fan of Anna Paquin, so it's saying much for me to state that opinion.

I'm looking forward to season two (although there is a favorite character of mine who more than likely will not be returning). I LOVE Eric and supposedly there will be much more of him this season.

Oddly, I prefer the series over the book (I've only read part of the first book).

@Janette (and I know the post is older), but the only similarity to Twilight I see is that both mythos have heavy vampire involvement. Sookie's telepathy was written long before Bella's "talent" was revealed (they both have "mental" type abilities). Harris isn't nearly the prude that Meyer is and although both books are pretty elementary to read, Harris is definitely more entertaining and her mythos translates well for an HBO series (it seems that HBO is even more lenient that the typical rated R fare).

Oh, pretty season 2 trailer: