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Those of you I buy comics for, they're in the post. I hope you enjoy them more than I did.

I expect everyone knows by now that Dollhouse has been cancelled. I suppose I knew it was on the cards but I'm sad about it all the same. It was just so nice to have something Jossian I really enjoyed for the first time since AtS ended. Oh well. At least we'll get all 13 episodes so that's something.

Not a lot left on telly really, though I'm still watching True Blood. Spoilers for last night's ep (season 1, ep 6 I think) behind cut. And please nobody spoiler me for anything later.

And on the subject of spoilers, there are now 3 shows I'm trying to avoid spoilers for, True Blood, Mad Men and Dollhouse, and from January there'll be Caprica as well. And there was me thinking that now I'd finally got to the end of BSG I wouldn't be madly trying to dodge spoilers all the time. Oh well, at least that won't happen with Being Human.

Last night's ep of True Blood was the one with Sookie's grandmother's funeral. I'm still finding this show drags at times, plus do you think we were supposed to laugh at Sookie's decision to dress up in a floaty white negligee thingy before running off across the graveyard to her ~~shagfest~~ romantic tryst with Bill? I may have been quietly hysterical at that point, a situation not helped by the fact that there were adverts for Twilight: New Moon in almost all the ad breaks. However, I doubt we were supposed to take it without a big dose of irony. Or am I wrong?

Maybe I am. Read an article in the Guardian during the week singing the show's praises, in which the writer said that the creator of True Blood (whose name I can't remember, I'm afraid), has never seen BtVS, which I can well believe, and conceived of his show as a great romance. If that's the case, I really can't see the show following what I've been told is the pattern of the books and letting the Bill/Sookie relationship lapse while Sookie pairs up with Eric/Sam or whatever. That is, unless Bill is going to get his own show. :)

Tara and Lafayette are still my favourite characters. Best scenes in this ep, Tara facing down Jason after he slapped Sookie and Tara chasing all the ~~gawkers~~ commiseraters away.

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"Last night's ep of True Blood was the one with Sookie's grandmother's funeral. I'm still finding this show drags at times, plus do you think we were supposed to laugh at Sookie's decision to dress up in a floaty white negligee thingy before running off across the graveyard to her shagfest romantic tryst with Bill?"

Very Bangel wasn't it. And no, I think you were meant to take it all seriously.

And yes, I find my attention wandering when I watch it.

Very Bangel wasn't it

Oh boy, yes! Except that at least when Buffy did it with Angel she didn't put on the Symbolic Dress of Virginity first.

You really think we're meant to take it seriously? Eh dear!

I'm sad about Dollhouse too. I really liked it, but at least it came so not surprisingly that Joss already plans to wrap everything up. Maybe next time around he'll go with another network.

I just finished the new mad man season and it is AMAZING. I loved it especially the finale. Can't wait to read how you like it.

About Sookie/Bill, so far they stuck with the book. And I think both are doing a good job of showing how blind first love can be. Sookie is pretty trusting an she actually knows very little about Bill.

Hello. Nice to see you back. I hope you had a good holiday?

I also hope Joss will wrap things up well and that Fox will let him. I thought that part was a done thing too (that they'd allow all 13 eps to be filmed, I mean), but maybe it isn't?

Sookie is pretty trusting an she actually knows very little about Bill.

This is quite true, of course. Anyway, I shall keep watching. True Blood is a lot better than most things on TV.

Thank you. Israel was amazing. I think I never saw so many cool stuff in such a short time span. At one point or another I have to post a few fotos, espesially of all the pretty fish and the coral reefs.

The 13 eps are a done deal and Joss expected the end so they are going to wrap everything up.

I agree on true blood. It's got a lot of weak spots but it's better than most stuff + it picks up in S2. If shows like Vampire diaries can keep viewers True blood certainly should.

I haven't (of course) seen any of Vampire Diaries and doubt I ever will. It doesn't look like the sort of thing I'd enjoy at all.

I'll look forward to seeing your photos.

do you think we were supposed to laugh at Sookie's decision to dress up in a floaty white negligee thingy before running off across the graveyard to her shagfest romantic tryst with Bill?

I interpreted the floaty white number as less a romantic gesture, or laughable, than 'I am desperately unhappy and want to have sex to make it feel better and this is what is supposed to turn vampires on so it will give me a good chance'. And it worked.

I have spent the last two episodes wondering at how quickly Jason got back to having sex considering his dick got peeled raw and had a giant needle stuck through it a couple of nights previously. Maybe it's supposedly a side effect of the V?

And thankyou for making me watch the episode I missed - you were quite right cos it was one of the best of the season so far.

I interpreted the floaty white number as less a romantic gesture, or laughable, than 'I am desperately unhappy and want to have sex to make it feel better and this is what is supposed to turn vampires on so it will give me a good chance'. And it worked.

I'm sure you're right, though I think it also worked on the ironic commentary on daft old vampire movies level too.

I think it must be the V that's made Jason recover so quickly. Either that or he's also some kind of supernatural creature and we just don't know what it is yes. I feel sort of sorry for him, even though he hit Sookie. He's such an idiot.

Glad you enjoyed the ep. And - presumably - the one from last night.

Yes, Jason is loathsome but I do find myself feeling rather sorry for him. Pretty much everyone is loathsome but one can't help feeling sorry for them. Except for possibly Lassie, who is too nice to feel sorry for and therefore I am even more suspicious of him than we are probably supposed to be.

Do you think the white nightie was supposed to be ironic then?

And was it just me or did Bill seem to have an even larger pole up his backside than usual? I really am beginning to find him too cliche and stupid for words. I think it was the blood tears that killed any slight inkling of interest in this verse's vampire mythos - my Buffyverse training is too strong, I was taught early to poor scorn on blood tears and just can't stand them now even beyond the Buffyverse. So now I'm just watching for the humans, which is unusual for me cos normally they're the last people I care about.

Yes, I cringed at the blood tears too. :shudder:

Do you think the white nightie was supposed to be ironic then?

Maybe ironic isn't quite the right word, but it was a definite tribute to old vampire movies, in which Dracula would come in to bite the heroine and she'd be asleep wearing a filmy white nightie.

Except for possibly Lassie, who is too nice to feel sorry for and therefore I am even more suspicious of him than we are probably supposed to be.

He does seem too good to be true, doesn't he? I admit, I disliked him from the first for that very reason. However, I could still be persuaded otherwise. And I agree that as of this episodes, the human characters are far more interesting than the vampires, consisting as they do just of Bill, who is horribly dull. Mind you, most of the human characters are larger than life caricatures, but that's part of the fun of them.

I didn't know about Dollhouse and, well, I'm really pissed of.

I don't like everything in the show, but there were some very interesting things. And it's not a spoiler to say that I was absolutely impressed by the latest episode of the second season. Too bad it's on Fox, I guess -and too bad that shows rarely have the time to settle now.

I haven't been able to watch True Blood past the first episode which I found very... un-interesting. Maybe I should give it another try?

I'm sorry to be the bearer of bad news. I really thought I was the last to find out.

I loved season 1 (much to my own surprise, in fact) and am looking forward to seeing season 2 a lot. Sad that's all there'll be but I hope it will at least go out in style.

As for True Blood - not sure what to say really. I found parts of ep 1 dragged, but as it's gone on I've enjoyed it more. Maybe you could give it another look? After all, if it still does nothing for you, you haven't lost anything, have you?

And it does have a great title sequence.

Dollhouse got canceled? Nooooooo!!

(Yes, I just learned this from you.)

I'm pretty sure the filmy nightdress was supposed to be ironic, ala bad old vampire movies. I mean, I giggled at it.

Dollhouse got canceled? Nooooooo!!

Sadly. I thought I was the last one to find out. So sorry to be a bearer of bad news.

I'm pretty sure the filmy nightdress was supposed to be ironic, ala bad old vampire movies. I mean, I giggled at it.

Yes, me too, though as

dwyld says above, there was obviously a serious side to it too. Maybe this show does have a few layers after all?

Mostly, though, I just spend my time squeeing at the awesomeness of Tara and Lafayette.

I'm about halfway through the second series of True Blood and I've come to the conclusion that, overall, I don't like the Sookie/Bill thing, but I adore everything that happens around them.

Tara and Lafayette are still my favourite characters.

Me too!!

I'm about halfway through the second series of True Blood and I've come to the conclusion that, overall, I don't like the Sookie/Bill thing, but I adore everything that happens around them.

A lot of people seem to feel that way. At the moment, I don't mind Bill and Sookie too much, but I don't find them terribly interesting either. I quite like Sookie as a character, though.

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I was thinking about this True Blood episode and comparing it to The Body, and I actually prefer the TB episode as a show about a death. I think it was more realistic and less self-conscious.
Okay, crucify me now!

Heh! Not me. While I don't agree that the True Blood ep was necessarily more realistic, it was definitely a lot less self-conscious. To me, The Body has "Look at meee! I don't just write silly stories about vampires. I write grown-up things too!" written all over it.

And yeah, Sam's a dog. Bill obviously knows it. I wonder when everyone else will find out?

Ball says greatly different things depending on what season he's speaking in, and what fan opinion has to say. It looks to me like he may have changed his opinion about that great love thing, because while he may never have seen BtVS, Charlaine Harris is certainly a huge fan (and my impression is that she was not a Duck).

Honestly, I think the white gown was more a testament to Sookie *finally* losing her virginity than it was about her epic roll in the mud with Bill.

Is it a spoiler to say that the show picks up? It does. I'm a *HUGE* Charlaine Harris fan but I was still disappoiinted by the first half of Season 1.

Dollhouse makes me weepy, but at least he'll get a chance to wrap up all the open story lines and I *HOPE* Joss's next series is on either USA or TNT because they know how to treat their genre shows and I'm betting they'd give their programming directors for the ratings that Joss rakes in.

Tara and Lafayette are still my favourite characters.

Have you met Eric and Pam yet?

It looks to me like he may have changed his opinion about that great love thing, because while he may never have seen BtVS, Charlaine Harris is certainly a huge fan (and my impression is that she was not a Duck).

That's good to know. Forever love stories just get on my nerves (which could well be a legacy of the Shipper Wars).

I'm sure you're right about the white nightie, or that was its symbolic function anyway.

I'm not disappointed as such. I'm quite entertained really, it's just that so far the supernatural elements of the show are the least entertaining. I don't hate Bill but he is on the dull side, unfortunately. Eric has been in one episode, and no I haven't met Pam as yet. Looking forward to seeing more.

I second your hopes re: Joss and am also glad he had advance warning of the cancellation. However, I don't know how likely it is that he'll get another show. Here's hoping, but he has two failures under his belt now which doesn't look good on his resume. Hopefully, he'll think of something great and someone will give him a chance. Meantime, with Dollhouse, I'll just mourn what could have been.

Eric has been in one episode, and no I haven't met Pam as yet

Just dropping in to say that yes you have. She was the blonde vamp at the door/beside Eric. They both get awesome :D In general, some more awesome vampire stuff to look forward to, but I shall not spoil you *zips lips*

I found that parts of s1 dragged on as well, but it had enough interesting bits to keep me watching, and there was no way I was passing up on another HBO/Alan Ball show. Season 2 improved greatly imo ♥

Hi. Sorry to have been so slow responding, and thanks for telling me who Pam is. Since I wrote this post, I've fallen in love with True Blood and that's just season 1. Very pleased that I still have a whole season to watch.

Tara and Lafayette are just so very very awesome, I agree. :-) In Sweden we have seen up to the last episode off Season One now. :-)

One of the cable channels here (FX, I think) has already shown all of season 1. It's just people with no cable, like me, who are reduced to waiting for it to show up on terrestrial.

I'm enjoying it anyway. It beats most of what's on at the moment.

Yeah, I heard about Dollhouse yesterday--not really surprised, but I am sad that Joss's career will suffer for it. He said something before about this being the last stop... I think from now on, he'll stick to webisodes like Dr. Horrible and a few guest directed shows like Glee. We probably won't see another show from him for a very long time, if ever. D:

We probably won't see another show from him for a very long time, if ever. D:

I have a feeling you're right. Two failures, plus the Wonder Woman fiasco, doesn't look good on his resume, does it?

Ah well. At least we'll always have BtVS/AtS.

I was saddened to hear about Dollhouse, but not at all surprised. It wasn't a comfortable show with its cynical and disturbing depiction of society and the exploitation of women, and I can't imagine mainstream audiences really knew what to do with it. Frankly, I was surprised when it was renewed for a second season at all. Even though I figured its days were numbered, I did enjoy its thoughtfulness, and I shall miss it.

It wasn't a comfortable show with its cynical and disturbing depiction of society and the exploitation of women, and I can't imagine mainstream audiences really knew what to do with it.

No, not at all. I think it was a brave show, whose message wasn't all very well presented, so it ended up being neither fish nor fowl in some ways. I shall miss it too.

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