True Blood day at work

Today at work we where playing the first season of True Blood on the TV and most off the people I worked with never seen it yet so for them it was all new. Let's just say that by the end of the work day everyone who had not seen it enjoyed it. But for those how have not seen it or read the books this is for you.

This is the most entertained I've been watching a TV show in a long time, especially being a fan of vampire shows and movies. Buffy is one of my favourite shows of all time, and while I can't say this is better, it's certainly refreshing considering while this is the right time to be a vampire fan, you get your fair share of trash (cough-Twilight-cough).

Give me vampires with edge. Angelus in the second season of Buffy, for instance. Totally awesome. True Blood's vamps have every bit of edge you could possibly want. Some people have complained about the goriness of this show, and while it is over the top, I take that as a good thing rather than a bad thing. The old adage of if you don't like it, don't watch it rings true here. Might be not exactly your cup of tea, but no one's making you watch. For me, you can't have a show with humans, vamps, werewolves, shapeshifters and other supernatural beings trying to co-exist without a bit of gore happening.

I also love shows where characters are not perfect. Like Buffy each character in TB has flaws, gives in to their passions and primal instincts, screws up, causes havok, barks up the wrong tree, goes off on tangents, hurts ones they love, kills ones they hate, makes terrible choices, leaves, comes back, can be funny, tragic, scary... and so on and so on, normally all in the same episode. Makes for one hell of an entertaining show. Each episode has at least a few different story arcs happening, and each ends in a cliffhanger, it's almost impossible to wait and see what's going to happen next.

So if you are a fan of Vampire's or cute blonde telepath's give the show a try and you will have a 90% shot of liking it.