'True Blood' Takeaways: Godric (the vampire) as Angel, Salvation through Love

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The most depraved show on television, HBO's vampire/fairy/shapeshifter-filled 'True Blood,' finished its latest season with a plethora of rather Christian-themed images and ideas about salvation, if presented in a somewhat blasphemous fashion.
The first: Salvation through love. Godric, who is also Eric's vampire-maker (sire), and who joyfully went to his death after a long, long life (Godric encountered it as a huge relief), appears at the beginning of this season's finale in angelic fashion. Eric is on the point of death, roasting in the sunlight (literally), and Godric appears to him in a vision, glowing, surrounded by a circle of light, preaching that death brings eternal peace and forgiveness of all sins, and that beyond death is complete love. Even more, Godric tries to convey that revenge is not the answer and that hatred will only bring unhappiness. Forgiveness and love are the only means to redemption.

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True Blood Crossword Puzzle : Ep 3.11 "Fresh Blood"

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S3 E12 Finale " Evil is going on" recap- Who Can You Trust? The final episode of the season uncovered betrayal and redemption as well as some exciting new revelations.

Ep. 36: Evil Is Going On - Recap

Event Cockburn, Australia : Calling all True Blood & Sookie Stackhouse fans

Charlaine Harris, the author of the popular Sookie Stackhouse books (on which the, also popular, True Blood TV series is based), will be appearing at Collins Bookshop in Cockburn Gateway Shopping City (Collins is two shops down from Success Library) on Thursday 30 September 12.30-1.30pm. Charlaine will be signing copies of her books. This is Charlaine's only free appearance in WA.

The True Blood is based on the Southern Vampire Mysteries series (aka Sookie Stackhouse novels) written by Charlaine Harris. There are 11 books in this series of vampire books:
The library has season 1 and season 2 of True Blood on DVD.
http://cockburnlibraries.blogspot.com/2010/09/calling-all-true-blood-sookie.html 

Is ‘Being Human’ better than ‘True Blood’?

Is it better ? No,  in my humble opinion -but I really liked season 1 and have not yet seen season 2.

I just finished watching the season 2 finale of “Being Human” on BBC America. It was miles better than the season 3 finale of “True Blood.”
“Being Human” hasn’t gotten off track (yet) with heaps of new characters and subplots. It still focuses mostly on the three supes: Vampire Mitchell (the smoldering Aidan Turner, who could rival any hottie on “True Blood”), ghost Annie (the beautiful and perfect Lenora Crichlow, whom I loved in “Collision” on PBS) and werewolf George (adorably nerdy Russell Tovey and his ears, which deserve separate billing).

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Halloween: Win True Blood Costumes from HBO Shop

The HBO Shop has a Straight-from-the-Set Sweepstakes with a chance to win a one of a kind costume from one of the characters. Choices range from Maryann’s wedding dress, Lorena’s death dress to Sookie's white trench coat.
You may enter for more than one costume but you are only eligible to win one of them. For complete details, go to the HBO Shop.

Vampire books like Twilight may be affecting teens' minds

In some unfamiliar ways, vampire books like 'Twilight' may be altering the teenage mind, scientists have revealed.
"We don't know exactly how literature affects the brain, but we know that it does," Live Science quoted Maria Nikolajeva of Cambridge University as saying.
"Some new findings have identified spots in the brain that respond to literature and art," she said.
Previously, scientists, authors and educators met in Cambridge for a conference organised by Nikolajeva to discuss how young-adult books and movies affect teenagers' minds.
"For young people, everything is so strange, and you cannot really say why you react to things - it's a difficult period to be a human being," said Nikolajeva.

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True Blood Bill Compton Pumpkin Stencil

Not sure why you'd buy this when Andy's are free but... HERE

Level of Difficulty: 3/5 Intermediate
Vampire lover of Sookie Stackhouse will guard your home as he guards Sookie.

Price: $4.95
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True Blood Music Video of the Day: Dirty Little Secret

Dirty Little Secret - Sookie and Eric

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True Blood Becoming A Movie?

WHAT!!!??
 
With another season of frequently naked vampire lust finished, True Blood is more popular than ever. It’s the most successful show in the history of HBO, so of course they want to find ways to make even more money off it. One of HBO’s top priorities may be turning True Blood into a movie.

Whats Playing says there’s talk around the network of transitioning the series into the world of feature films, maybe after another season or two of television

. Details are sparse but their sources say they hope to get True Blood: The movieup and running “sooner rather than later” and that series creator Alan Ball may be determined to direct it himself.

Ball’s feature film directing experience is limited, but he’s had plenty of practice at making television look cinematic. The show, visually at least, flat out looks like something that’s meant to be up on the big screen. It’ll work as long as HBO’s willing to let fly with a hard-R rating. True Blood trades in the ridiculous, whether it’s over the top violence or out of control freaky sex, and if they’re taking the show to theaters the MPAA’s probably not going to be their friend.

Coming up with a properly cinematic story should be no problem and True Blood doesn’t shy away from action and wild special effects, just imagine what they could do with a movie-sized budget. The story of Sookie Stackhouse and vampire Bill could work on the big screen at least as well as it works on television, assuming you think it works at all.

Nathan Barr – True Blood Season Two Score CD

Pre -Order now!

The score to the HBO original series “True Blood: Season Two” which is scheduled to be released on September 21, 2010.

Description: Elektra Records and HBO have joined forces once again for ‘True Blood: Music From The HBO Original Series Volume 2.’ The album follows last year’s Grammy Award nominated ‘True Blood:Music From The HBO Original Series,’ which featured tracks from the acclaimed HBO drama’s first season, including the sultry theme song, ‘Bad Things’ performed by Jace Everett. Volume 2 follows suit with an all-star track list including Bob Dylan, Beck, Lucinda Williams with Elvis Costello and more.

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Track List:
01. Vampire Love
02. Unpacking Gran
03. Ride And Slash
04. Proposal, The
05. Sookie Dreams
06. House Party
07. Eric’s Grief/The Bleeds
08. Eric The Viking
09. Hoyt And Jessica
10. Sam Visits
11. Pray With Me
12. Family’s Gone
13. Goodbye Godric

'True Blood' weekends: That's all, folks! LA Times

Honestly, I expected the "True Blood" finale to be a lot more controversial around these parts. Usually when I dislike (or even like) an episode, a healthy number of you disagree. But outside of a few people who thought the finale was good fun, it sure seemed like everybody who commented or got in touch with me could agree on one broad point about the finale: It was pretty bad. If it wasn't pulling lots of lame cliffhangers on us and muddying up the storyline, it was just plain boring. For once, we're all (mostly) on the same page, and that just makes me feel great about humanity. 
Unfortunately, since we were all on the same page, there's less to write about this week. (Which gives me more time to finish up this piece on the awesome "Boardwalk Empire" pilot.) But let's see some of your comments anyway.
Tess liked this season. She's still looking forward to next season. But the finale? That disappointed her:

"This whole season I thought was fabulous, and it did feel like it was building towards something, but then we got here and nothing happened. I did feel like I was enjoying it while I was watching it, but once I got to the end it was like, I have no idea what just filled those 55 minutes. Every time something built up -- Eric in the ground with an assassin sent for Pam, for instance, or Alcide showing up -- it was over 5 minutes later (not that I wasn't glad to see Eric alive. Or Alcide still looking good. Or Godric, for that matter)."

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Two new Cop/Vampire TV shows in the works from MTV and NBC

First up is MTV, they just gave the greenlight to Death Valley, a horror comedy about cops fighting monsters. Seriously. This show is said to be a faux-documentary that follows the Undead Task Force, which battles zombies, vampires and werewolves that have overrun the San Fernando Valley. So, it’s like COPS, but instead of cops dealing with drunken hookers, it’ll feature cops dealing with vampires and other supernatural baddies. Death Valley already has a few cast members lined up – Caity Lotz (Mad Men) and Tania Raymonde (Lost).
According to senior VP production Tony DiBari, “Death Valley is the perfect combination of horror and comedy, two genres we know our audience responds to. That blend, combined with a fast pace and gritty ‘follow doc’ visual style, will take viewers on a wild ride where they are never sure what’s around the next corner.”
Yeah, I admit it, I can’t wait to miss Death Valley.
Second up is NBC, who purchased Austin Winsberg’s spec script Zombies vs. Vampires. The potential series would follow two cops living in a world where zombies are part of society and commit devious zombie crimes. Where do the vampires fit in? Well, one of the cops is secretly a vampire.

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The Vampire Diaries - S2ep2 Bad Moon Rising Preview

True Blood Music Video of the Day:LimpBizkit Behind Blue Eyes

LimpBizkit Behind Blue Eyes

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True Blood Music Episode 3.12 – Evil Is Going On

“Evil Is Going On” by Jace Everett & CC Adcock


“Somebody’s Knockin’” by Rapture 7 ( this is old rugged cross but it will give you and idea of what they sound like go here to hear the song on their site )



“Blood Like Lemonade” by Morcheeba




“Late Night Horizon” by The Ramblin’ Souls


“Bye Bye Little Angel” by Elton Anderson

True Blood Music Video of the Day: Theme from Inception

Theme from Inception

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