Y'all know I love love LOVE vampire stories and movies right? You didn't? Well I do. Interview with a Vampire is one of my all time favorite movies. ( the other all time fave is Staying Alive with John Travolta) From the Blade trilogy to Lost Boys to Once Bitten with an unknown Jim Carrey to Underworld to Vamp with Grace Jones , of course Bram Stoker's Dracula, even Vampire in Brooklyn plus so much more...I really don't know if its because of the yearning I had to be mysterious, desired, seductive, and magically inclined or what. From the time my Garfield costume became too small, and before mommy became saved, it was all about a set of fangs for the Halloween season. Since Interview With a Vampire there's been some homoeroticism attached to vampires and maybe because of my sexuality I found some relation to being somewhat of an outcast , living in the "dark" so to speak. There's most times something sexually charged add stylish as well. Please don't think I'm loony and want to run around chasing people trying to bite them...lol...its not that deep.
Anyhow, this is all because I am so excited about True Blood, HBO's new series. ( the show is about four episodes in, I'm a little late on the post...Y'all gonna be ok?) The show is created by fantastic Alan Ball who created Six Feet Under and wrote Academy Award for Best Picture, American Beauty. It stars Academy Award winning Anna Paquin as a telepathic waitress and hosts very entertaining characters including a masc/fem gay cook/drug dealer. It takes place in a small town in Louisiana in a world where vampires have " come out of the coffin" and mix in with humans seeking the same rights as everyone else. Sound familiar? The show is among my must watched which includes guilty pleasures Entourage, Gossip Girl , and Lipstick Jungle. Y'all should watch it. Sundays on HBO at 9pm.
Here's a scene from the first episode:
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Sounds interesting...maybe this is something I'm going to need to check out?
Man, I'm glad you ain't sleepin' on this one!
My boyfriend and I have been watching it since the first episode (our Sunday night ritual) and definitely loving it (vamp fans here too!)
Oh and Lafayette is TOO MUCH! I loved when he pulled off his earrings off and got up in those dudes face ... I was like, "oh s***! it's on now Jill Scott style!"
Glad ur feelin' it!
I have a thing for vampires as well, I've always wanted to be one. They're sexy, stylish, powerful and timeless. To bad I don't get HBO. I'll be trying to catch it elsewhere maybe!
JB
True blood started out kind of blah for me but it has really improved as it progressed.
Vampire things give me the heebees! I have Underworld, but I think it will the end of my vampire collection...
Can't really watch this regularly. I really paid attention and can respect the show for presenting the Vampires as a minority and subjecting them to the same prejudices and objections that Americans have had about gays and racial minorities.
The underlying theme is beautiful
though I stop by and read and love what you write I just couldn't hold this to myself.. and I had to tell you I LOVED the first season.. and I am going to read the series before season 2 starts in Jan.
I also hope that you went to see Twilight, if you haven't then OMG, you're missing out. I read the whole series in 1 week and have been hooked ever since..
Btw, Interview w/ the Vampire is mY FAVORITE BOOK and MOVIE!!
I heart Ann Rice for that book!
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