Comments on: True Blood http://www.afburns.com/2008/09/08/171/ Alexander Burns's writing sketchbook Sat, 28 Aug 2010 15:33:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Alexander Burns http://www.afburns.com/2008/09/08/171/comment-page-1/#comment-157 Alexander Burns Tue, 09 Sep 2008 14:18:24 +0000 http://afburns.wordpress.com/?p=171#comment-157 I definitely shouldn't have watched the special, I think it put me halfway to disliking the show before it even started. We were just killing time waiting for the episode to start. I'm not familiar with Alan Ball and never saw Six Feet Under. I see he wrote American Beauty, which I liked (though it is basically just a pretentious version of Fight Club. :) ) I definitely shouldn’t have watched the special, I think it put me halfway to disliking the show before it even started. We were just killing time waiting for the episode to start.

I’m not familiar with Alan Ball and never saw Six Feet Under. I see he wrote American Beauty, which I liked (though it is basically just a pretentious version of Fight Club. :) )

]]> By: kcball http://www.afburns.com/2008/09/08/171/comment-page-1/#comment-158 kcball Tue, 09 Sep 2008 00:41:29 +0000 http://afburns.wordpress.com/?p=171#comment-158 I didn't see the show; didn't watch it by choice, for the reason Erin mentioned. I tried to get interest in Six Feet Under, another show from Alan Ball (no relation). I gave it up after six or eight episodes, because I found it to be pretentious. Interviews of Ball that I saw, afterward, only confirmed that to me. I didn’t see the show; didn’t watch it by choice, for the reason Erin mentioned. I tried to get interest in Six Feet Under, another show from Alan Ball (no relation). I gave it up after six or eight episodes, because I found it to be pretentious. Interviews of Ball that I saw, afterward, only confirmed that to me.

]]> By: Erin http://www.afburns.com/2008/09/08/171/comment-page-1/#comment-159 Erin Mon, 08 Sep 2008 19:53:15 +0000 http://afburns.wordpress.com/?p=171#comment-159 Well, I would assume that the vampires won't all be monsters. Some will just be average blokes looking for a home, such as Bill. If they were unilaterally evil (like the non-souled BtVS vamps -- Angel, of course, had more shades of gray), it would be a less interesting universe. There are other fictional universes that deal with the vampire civil rights/vampires being outted idea. "Dances with Werewolves" by Carole Nelson Douglas has that premise, and Laurel K. Hamilton's Anita Blake series portrayed it interestingly in the first few books (before it devolved into an excuse for erotica). Perhaps I'm lucky that I didn't watch the specials, LOL! Ball does seem the type to take himself too seriously. I read some interview quotes from him that turned me off to the series a bit, but decided to check it out anyway and liked it. Well, I would assume that the vampires won’t all be monsters. Some will just be average blokes looking for a home, such as Bill. If they were unilaterally evil (like the non-souled BtVS vamps — Angel, of course, had more shades of gray), it would be a less interesting universe.

There are other fictional universes that deal with the vampire civil rights/vampires being outted idea. “Dances with Werewolves” by Carole Nelson Douglas has that premise, and Laurel K. Hamilton’s Anita Blake series portrayed it interestingly in the first few books (before it devolved into an excuse for erotica).

Perhaps I’m lucky that I didn’t watch the specials, LOL! Ball does seem the type to take himself too seriously. I read some interview quotes from him that turned me off to the series a bit, but decided to check it out anyway and liked it.

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