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True Blood: The Complete First Season (HBO Series) 
Actors : Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, Sam Trammell, Rutina Wesley, Ryan Kwanten
Studio : HBO Home Video
by HBO Home Video
Release Date : 2009-05-19
Publisher : HBO Home Video
Availability : Usually ships in 1-2 business days
EAN : 0883929048830
UPC : 883929048830
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 814 reviews)
List Price : $59.99
Our Price : $23.71
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True Blood: The Complete First Season (HBO Series)
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TRUE BLOOD chronicles the backwoods Louisiana town of Bon Temps... where vampires have emerged from the coffin, and no longer need humans for their fix. Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin, Golden Globe(R)-winner for "True Blood", Academy Award®-winner for “The Piano”) works as a waitress at the rural bar Merlotte's. Though outwardly a typical young woman, she keeps a dangerous secret: she has the ability to hear the thoughts of others. Her situation is further complicated when the bar gets its first vampire patron - 173-year old Bill Compton (Steven Moyer, "Quills") - and the two outsiders are immediately drawn to each other. Delivering the best of what audiences have come to expect from Creator and Executive Producer Alan Ball (writer of Oscar®-winning Best Picture “American Beauty”, creator of the Emmy® Award-winning HBO® series “Six Feet Under”), TRUE BLOOD is a dark and sexy tale that boldly delves into the heart - and the neck - of the Deep South. DVD Features:
Audio Commentary
Documentary
Other
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Alan Ball’s True Blood series works well for television, as it has enough sensationalism to tantalize and enough story girth to make the viewer care about the characters. That one can finally invest emotion into monsters, including an undead Civil War victim, a transformer who can shapeshift into various animals, and a female mind reader, speaks volumes about America’s willingness to accept fantasy. Of course, television has always produced good fantasy shows (I Dream of Jeannie), but True Blood’s Southern Goth brand of fun horror is more macabre and more perverse, not to mention gorier, than most shows of its kind to date. Adapted from Charlaine Harris’ Sookie Stackhouse novels, True Blood thrills because of its equal blend in each episode of erotica, humor, tragedy, mystery, and fantasy. Set in a rural, swampy Louisiana parrish, the show centers around Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin) and her clan, sweet grandmother Adele (Lois Smith) and air-headed brother Jason (Ryan Kwanten). Illicit love is spawned early on, when Sookie saves vampire Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer) from having his blood stolen in the parking lot of Merlotte’s diner, owned by Sam Merlotte (Sam Trammell) who completes what will form a complex love triangle. As tensions between Sookie’s suitors loosen or tighten, many side plots, such as her African American best friend Tara’s (Rutina Wesley) struggle with an alcoholic, Bible-thumping mother and her brother’s dangerous crush on drug addicted hippie, Amy Burley (Lizzy Caplan), keep one wondering who will succeed in this podunk place. The main tension throughout, however, is a race war waged between vampires and humans. As murders of “fang bangers” occur (human girls who let vampires bite them) and dumb policeman Andy Bellefleur (Chris Bauer) fails to find clues, one sees the metaphorical implications of vampirism and feels deeper resonance with what can be a downright trashy show. Gossip galore, especially about what kinds of babies interbreeding will produce, is rampant. One of the funniest characters is Tara’s flamboyant cousin, Lafayette (Nelsan Ellis), who deals drugs, works as a fry cook, and services the local white politicians, while making sure he’s always up in everyone’s business. What makes True Blood smarter than pure soap opera is the parallels it draws between its monster mash and actual, familiar societal problems. Sookie and her friends watch the news, where Evangelicals bash vampires and prohibit mixed marriage, and everyone is addicted to V, a.k.a vampire blood, that effects like psychedelic heroin. Even its gore reflects a mix of serious and silly, as vampires explode into red, sticky goop. Though it may not be attempting to qualify for the best vampire footage ever shot, True Blood is as addictive as that substance the town’s youth obsesses over, which is a metaphor in itself. --Trinie Dalton
Stills from True Blood (Click for larger image)
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Good series about vampires mysteries. |
Amazin Blu ray, that tell us the history of vamparies in another way, like them living around us. And make we think about it.
I would like more titles of HBO series that have more subtitlles in Portuguese, i'm a Brazilian, and here in Brazil we like very mutch the HBO series.
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Love, love, love it! the DVDs were in perfect condition! Needless to say I'm now hooked on True Blood! |
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Great Series |
I got hooked on True Blood after the first few episodes of the first season. I don't watch a lot of TV, so for a show to grab me like that takes something extra. True Blood is exciting, sexy and entertaining as hell. HBO clearly used the production budget wisely- the show looks great and the effects don't look cheesy at all. I was very happy to get the DVD's, since this is a show where there is so much going on that you will definitely want to watch seasons over again. There's quite a bit of nudity, so if you're not a fan of that then avoid the show, but other than that I'd reccomend it to pretty much anyone.
I've read the books, and this is one of the few cases where the show is better. The books are focused completely on the protagonist, who becomes very unlikable towards the end of the series. True Blood, on the other hand, tells the story of several different characters, and Anna Paquin did a great job portraying Sookie- she's innocent and friendly without coming across as a total airhead.
One last comment on the Disc+ On Demand promotional thing that Buyadvd is doing right now: I'm a fan. As soon as I purchased the DVD, I was able to start watching episodes online from Buyadvd.com. The picture quality was great and it's convenient that I have about three months to watch the episodes. I wouldn't buy the DVD's just because of this, but it was certainly a nice little extra. |
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Never Boring |
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The series is full of twists and turns, but be warned it's pretty violent and graphic. |
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I e-mailed vendor to tell them the product was not in New condition as advertised, they replied one time with what else was wrong beside not being factory wrapped. I told them the discs were in pink CD holders like you would buy at office max, did not hear back from them after that. hopefully discs are viewable. |
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