True Blood
True Blood: The Complete First Season (HBO Series)
From HBO Home Video
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #156 in DVD
- Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
- Format: NTSC
- Original language: English
- Running time: 60 minutes
Customer Reviews
Blood and Sex! 
ENTOURAGE, FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS, GENERATION KILL, and now...TRUE BLOOD: HBO has created another winner! What's the show about? Blood and Sex!
Those of you who have read the other reviews here may have noticed that poor reviews typically come from viewers who had first read (and loved) the series of books written by Charlaine Harris. I have also read the books (after I saw the series), and I can tell you...the HBO series is much MUCH better.
The first season of the HBO series is based upon the first Harris book, but the show has diverged quite a bit from that book, and rightfully so, in my opinion. The producers made an astute decision to veer away from the saccharine prose of the novels towards a darker, edgier vision. Let's hope they stay the course! I'd hate to see them return to the lightweight "Romance Novel" flavor of the books.
Arguably the best opening credits of any TV show, ever (MADMEN comes in a close second). Great cast, great characterizations: more fully developed (and thus much more interesting) than those in the novels, and a great Anna Paquin as Sookie Stackhouse. One of the best shows of 2008 -- check it out!
we're new fans to the show...
We recently accidentally caught the show on HBO Series On Demand and just could NOT stop watching. All the episodes were one right after the other and we were glued to the television. We just could NOT wait to see what happens next. I actually only got to see the first 4 or 5 episodes because like I said it was accidental in the first place and we didn't know it was only until the 22 of December it was on Demand. SO, we cannot wait to see the full 1st season in it's entirety!! Yeah Sookie and Vampire Bill!! Although True Blood is really great....Moonlight will always be the best Vampire Love story ever told. I miss you Mick and Beth Forever in my heart!!
True Blood is awesome... and so are the books!
True blood will not disappoint! I started watching the show but hadn't read any of the Sookie books. Then, when the show ended I was so distraught of having to wait all the way until Summer 2009 (geez!) to find out what happens next that I ordered the books and read them all in a week. Granted the books and show are not identical they are each equally great. I could see how book lovers would be slightly disappointed since it does veer off in its own interesting way but overall this show is addictive and will keep you wanting more. The casting and acting is top notch and of course so is Alan Ball. So glad that HBO will continue to Season 2 and hope they don't leave us high and dry like they did in Carnivàle and Rome.
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