tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4625171860671748699.post2675678154651368790..comments2024-01-30T18:06:40.312-08:00Comments on Up late talking games & writing? You're...: Late to the Party: HBO's True BloodBrad Gallawayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09452185302281177580noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4625171860671748699.post-68235482531722215172009-06-20T00:05:02.738-07:002009-06-20T00:05:02.738-07:00Matt> I'm certainly not going to argue with...Matt> I'm certainly not going to argue with Clara, but I guess it depends on what you want out of the show. ^_^<br /><br />For me, what I liked best about the books was the relationship between the two main characters (Sookie and Bill) and how this relationship felt very natural and true-to-life despite the fact that Bill is a vampire and there are all sorts of goings-on in the town. The balance between the fantastic and the mundane was extremely well-done, IMO. <br /><br />As I stated in the original post, it seems as though True Blood is more of an ensemble show which probably goes a long way towards explaining why Clara (and many others) feel that it's more fully-realized than the books… but then again, I never read the books looking for a fully-realized vampire/human world, it was always about the characters themselves.<br /><br />I don't want to completely shoot my mouth off since I've only seen two episodes (the next disc in the series should be getting here tomorrow, courtesy of Netflix) but like I said, I was fairly put off by the casting which makes the characters already partially unlikable to me, and that the entire focus of the book series doesn't seem to have translated to the small screen the way I would have done it myself.<br /><br />Either way, I've heard that the show gets a lot better in later episodes and I am certainly open to seeing what it's got to offer despite my initial misgivings. Fingers crossed.<br /><br /><br />Nightdreamer> I totally understand. I never buy books that feature the TV cast. It makes the book seem kind of cheap, doesn't it? <br /><br />Anyway, I think you would be in fine shape buying just the first book. Although certain plot lines carry over into the sequels, the first book is fairly complete in and of itself and you won't be missing much by stopping after reading it. <br /><br />Like I said, only the first two or three were really that good… it starts going downhill in a big way after that. I almost sort of wish I hadn't read the later books. = (Brad Gallawayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09452185302281177580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4625171860671748699.post-70345117469393129252009-06-18T08:30:30.668-07:002009-06-18T08:30:30.668-07:00Just passed by the local bookstore a while ago and...Just passed by the local bookstore a while ago and saw a copy of the book, only to be bummed that the cover art is the picture of the TV show, which, while a minor problem, is enough for me to not buy it. -_-. Anyway, do I have to read all the books to have a proper closure for all conflicts of the first book?nightdreamerhttp://nightdreamer.i.phnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4625171860671748699.post-92228722148421229482009-06-18T07:10:25.681-07:002009-06-18T07:10:25.681-07:00That's interesting. Clara has been bugging me ...That's interesting. Clara has been bugging me to watch True Blood for a while now. She read the book before watching the show and insists the show is superior to the book in every way. She told me she finds the show to be complex and fleshed out in ways the book is not.<br /><br />I have no opinion on it myself, since I haven't read the book or watched the show. But I'm sort of intrigued as to how two intelligent people I know could view the same thing so differently.Matthew "Sajon" Weisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08379770938858222511noreply@blogger.com