TV Review: HBO's 'True Blood'
HOLLYWOOD - Three years after Alan Ball laid his HBO show Six Feet Under to rest, he has returned to the same network with True Blood (premiering Sept. 7 at 9/8c), a drama series about vampires. So he’s gone from the dead to the undead--at least the guy’s lightening up with age!
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True Blood, adapted from Charlaine Harris’ beloved Southern Vampire Mysteries book series, is initially talkier than bloodthirsty viewers might be hoping for; indeed, this is more of a vampire soap opera than a 30 Days of Night-esque scream-inducer. But those who stick with it--and it’s hard not to be hooked on intrigue alone after the pilot episode--will be bloody satiated.
The series is set in small-town Louisiana, where vampires and humans coexist but aren't exactly the best of friends. After all, it’s only been two years since vampires “came out of the coffin” following the Japanese-invented TruBlood, a synthetic blood that allows vamps to resist human blood. But yeah, most Louisianans remain a tad racist, so to speak, towards their relatively new cohabitants.
However, Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin), a waitress/mind reader, is not most people. She has no problem with vampires and is, in fact, drawn to them because theirs are the only minds she can’t read--which is a relief for her.
There’s one vampire in particular that has caught her eye: Bill (Stephen Moyer), a hunky bloodsucker who visits her restaurant and sticks out like, well, a vampire.
Bill is equally fascinated by Sookie and her benevolence toward his kind, but warns her in no uncertain terms that becoming close could be hazardous to her health. Vampires, you see, are still not the most trustworthy bunch.
She ignores Bill’s warnings and those from her friend (Rutina Wesley), boss (Sam Trammell) and brother (Ryan Kwanten). So begins the true bloodline of True Blood.
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