Oddly, I haven't heard quite as much chatter about True Blood recently, and that being the case, I wanted to throw out some previews for the next episode. I suppose it might have been drowned out with Comic-Con talk, and the deluge of info about the remaining summer films coming, but I'm used to people going on almost endlessly about the show. With the wild beginning to the season, and all the … [Read more...]
True Blood may be over for the time being, but it's a show that can hardly pass up on Halloween's arrival. You can now enter to win some of the costumes from the show, and if that wouldn't make the perfect Halloween outfit, I don't know what would. HBO is giving “Truebies” the chance to win one-of-a-kind costumes straight from the True Blood set when they enter the sweepstakes at the HBO … [Read more...]
You may have been around when I talked up the True Blood marketing/branding campaign recently, and now I'm finally making good on my promise to give away some T-shirts from the show. I have five shirts available, plus a special bonus True Blood comic. Leave a comment below, and you will be entered to win one of the shirts. You can give me your preference in the comment, but I can't … [Read more...]
There is little about True Blood that isn't surprising, especially once we get past the show's phenomenal success, but something that has struck me is the seemingly never-ending supply of products the show is spinning out in the hopes of enticing fans to help promote it. From the ability to actually buy Tru Blood, to T-Shirts, jewelry, and coffee mugs, to Apps and iPhone cases, the show is … [Read more...]
Another week, and a lot of great stuff going on to continue my quest to not really cover everything, so let's just go. Pretty big news this week is the story of the producers of Terminator Salvation filing for bankruptcy. After a variety of lawsuits and other mayhem circulating the internet, the bankruptcy move has a lot of people scratching their heads. LA Times story on Terminator … [Read more...]
Ok, another week, and the first very serious effort into putting together the ScreenIt? mash. This should normally be every Wednesday, but I was working some different angles of things and experimenting this week. What we're working here is a weekly compilation of just about anything, taking advantage of the fact that I just can't talk about everything, but I can still give you something to … [Read more...]
There's so much going on suddenly that I had to break down and throw them a few of them together into some link love. I started individual posts for three of these things, and finally had to bite the bullet. I can't talk about everything, so check out some other people talking about some of it. Plus, the Tron video is below. First, True Blood has apparently gotten the go ahead for a third … [Read more...]
It's no surprise that I'm a pretty big fan of True Blood, even if I consider myself a fan in rather an odd sense. Early on I was a huge supporter, but as episodes rolled out I moved over into some camp that could not properly be called "avid watchers." It's rather cool and hip, but it's also really odd, and while I definitely want to see what it's going to do, I'm not quite … [Read more...]
About a month ago, I told Nikki Finke (the harpy) to shut the hell up about HBO's True Blood, and their quick expansion of the show for another season. Since then the show has done quite well, and I'm here to defend it again... although, I don't quite love it actually. There are a lot of reasons I stand behind the show despite my own reaction, and now there's one more... maybe nine... maybe … [Read more...]
HBO’s True Blood has been given the go ahead on a second season after only airing two episodes (well, it’s aired three now). This is, perhaps, a fairly interesting development, but in today’s world shows are cancelled after less than five episodes with great regularity. It’s not all that surprising that something might be given the green light after only two. Plus, it’s not that … [Read more...]
HBO is proving its commitment to raising the bar of quality television shows once again with its new series True Blood. Now, that’s not because this show is all that good. It’s not really. We aren’t looking at the next Sopranos here, and not just because it isn’t likely to become the next water cooler “must know.” It is, however, a show with pushing NC-17 sex scenes, … [Read more...]
