TV commercials are a part of our everyday lives as TV viewers. Even though Tivo and DVR have allowed us to "skip through" the commercials, the advertising companies a still trying to peak our interests by coming up with creative commercials. To me, great commercials are an art form and are under appreciated by a society that is always trying to speed through things. Think about it... how many times did you see a great commercial that made you laugh hysterically or want to go out and purchase the advertised product??? And how many times has the best part of the Super Bowl been the commercials during a blow out game??? Whether you want to admit it or not, commercials are cool as shit... and here are some of my favorites.
This week we got HBO's commercial for the holiday... they want you to buy True Blood Season 1 on BluRay & DVD, and this guy will tell you exactly why you should buy it. He puts together a puppet show/creepy ass narrative for his girlfriend featuring Sookie, Eric, and Bill Compton. Lets just say the store bought episodes might be a tad bit better. Hope you enjoy!!!
Just like the precision kills that Eric, Bill and the rest of the vamps on True Blood are so fond of making, we were treated to an awards show style "In Memoriam" clip to commemorate all the lovely folks who have met their demise on the show. From Bon Temps to Mississippi and back again, they hit on anyone who has met "The True Death" on the show. Yup, you got humans, vamps, wolves, manaeds, and all sorts of people catching a bad decision in this one. If you missed this on Sunday, here it is for your viewing pleasure. And if you seen it, watch it again... this shit is great!!!!
What did you guys think??? Tell us in the comment section below.
I am of the school of thought that despite the fact that our society is completely desensitized, TrueBlood seems to find new and exciting ways to shock its audience with its sexual antics and over the top situations. Head twisting vamp sex? Check. Werewolf gang rape of willing female werewolf while high on V? Check. Random Bon Temps adults participating in a Roman style fuck- orgy while worshiping an ostrich egg on Sookies front lawn? Check. Tons of uncomfortable gay vamp sex, and come to think of it, uncomfortable regular gay sex between characters who are not supposed to be gay? Check. Down home girl Sookie banging Bill like she is a regular hooch at Lil Wayne's backstage orgies? Check. The sex plays a key role in this show.
With that being said, I am shocked how Alan Ball continues to find ways to make us say "Huh??? Did that just happen???" every week. The cast must be banging each other out... no way they can look this comfortable doing the sick shit they are doing if they weren't intimate with each other. Anyway, now we get Eric, Sookie, and Bill post vamp orgy on the cover of Rolling Stone, naked and bloody.
Holy shit, this show must be fun to work on!!! Anywho, the Rolling Stone cover hits soon and True Blood season 3 is wrapping up in the next few weeks. Keep checking back for Kate Jones and her weekly True Blood recap True Bloody Love. Please leave a comment on what you think the freakiest thing you ever saw happen on True Blood was.
If you happened to go to the movies this past weekend and were one of the perhaps 50 people who DID NOT see Inception... well, chances are you probably saw The Sorcerer's Apprentice. The Disney flick that is inspired by Fantasia, stars Nic Cage and Jay Burcel as The Sorcerer & his respected apprentice. While I did not catch the movie yet (what... chances are neither did you. The movie made like $78 bucks so far!!!) I am looking forward to seeing the lovely Teresa Palmer as the lone piece of tailfeather in the whole 150 million dollar production. The former flame of Russell Brand, she was once in contract to play Thalia al Ghul (Batman's Babies Mama) in the Justice League movie featuring Adam Brody and Anton Yelchin that fell through back in 2007. You may have seen her in small roles in the films 2:37 or Wolf Creek. Or you may have caught her in December Boys with Daniel (Harry Potter) Radcliffe, or more recently in Bedtime Stories opposite Adam Sandler. Or maybe it was in The Grudge 2... But the film you probably most want to go back into the archives and watch would probably have to be Restraint... it stars a pre-True Blood Steven (Bill Compton) Moyer and features a full on nudie scene with our girl Teresa (catch the clip after the jump... your welcome fellas!!!) I am sure that even though The Sorcerer's Apprentice may be a bust, you will be seeing a lot more of our lovely Ms. Palmer. Check for her in The Young Americans & I Am Four, two movies coming down the pipe in the next few months. And check out The Sorcerer's Apprentice... Nic Cage needs the money!!! Enjoy the pics... tell me what you think in the comment section below.
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***Editors Note: We saved this one for a while because of the off week for True Blood due to the 4th of July. We thought this would freshen you back up for Sunday's, all new, 4th episode of Season 4. Enjoy!!!
I’m sorry, fellow Blood lovers! I have been a very, very bad blogger. Unfortunately, my attention and detail to this episode was not as… attentive and detailed, I guess. But I did watch it, and I do know what was good and what was bad about it. This time I start with the least eventful things.
Arlene and Terry- The baby is most likely serial killer Rene’s, but Arlene didn’t tell Terry that!
Sam finally leaves his annoying family but they follow him to Bon Temps. This guy owns his own bar and some property, and it looks like his sleazy birth family want to take advantage of that.
Jason and Hoyt- Jason, after tackling a drug dealer in 'Hotshots', decides that he way want to become a cop. He is nervous about taking the test though, and has a dream where we glimpse a little bit of booty… you know the usual, “I’m nervous about something, so I am going to dream about me doing that something, only I am going to wind up naked while it is happening,” dream. Anyway, he wakes up from the dream to Hoyt screaming because he just found a dead, headless body in one of the ditches he was digging. We can only assume that that headless body belongs to…..
Jessica’s trucker! And we assume right. Fresh on the aftermath of having crazy, dirty sex with Tara, Franklin Mott shows up at the Compton house to give Jessica a gift- the trucker’s head! Now she owes him and he wants to know all about Bill and the Sookster.
Tara- after having the aforementioned sexcapade with creepy-as-hell Franklin, Tara is still sad about Eggs. Seriously, hooker, it’s been 3-5 days since your boyfriend was killed. You really needed to have 'feel better' sex before his body was in the ground? Anyway, Sookie wound up paying for a funeral for Eggs, and the two girls hug it out while mourning his death. Tara then goes to Merlotte’s and talks to Jason, who obviously still feels guilty about killing the guy… blah, blah, blah… get over it… The last we see of Tara, she is being glamoured by Franklin who wants to get in to Sookie’s house. Looks like Little Miss Jessica spilled the beans on something!
*Random side note: I am starting to think that maybe Eric hired Franklin to do some digging, since he clearly wants Bill out of the way. I have no idea though where they are going with this guy. It is totally different from the book.
OKAY- Now the continuation of the real story!
Sookie- Sookie shoots at the wolf that is in her house, but Eric takes the bullet, so that they can question wolfy. Once Eric starts bleeding, the wolf goes coo coo for Count Chocula (I made a funny cereal reference..hahah… no? Well, I tried.) and tries to get a taste of Eric’s yummy, Viking blood. Eric still is able to overpower the guy. Sookie looks in to the guys thoughts and hears something about Jackson, Mississippi. As soon as Sookie acknowledges that she heard something. Eric took a bite out of the wolf’s neck and killed that baddy mighty quick. You would think they would send someone a little stronger after a telepath who is completely protected by all things supernatural. Anyway, Eric and Sookie then bury the wolf in the cemetery and Eric acknowledges that he won’t be able to go to Jackson with Sookie to help her, saying it would be suicide for him. He wishes her luck.
Her luck appears while she is cleaning her house in the beautiful form of Alcide Hevereux. Alcide is a werewolf that was sent to Sookie by Eric for her protection. It turns out he owes Eric after Eric had helped Alcide’s dad out with some gambling debt. Alcide knows all about the werewolves in Jackson. They are a dangerous group and Alcide doesn’t care for them much, specifically because his longtime girlfriend recently left him for their leader.
*Random side: I cannot wait to meet Alcide’s girlfriend, the notorious Debbie Pelt. If you read the books, you know that this bitch is evil. I compare her to Professor Umbridge from the Harry Potter series. She isn’t the worst bad guy around, but you might just hate her more.
Sookie and Alcide go off to Jackson and a were bar called 'Lou Pines' where a werewolf tries to rape the hell out of a lunchy looking Sookie. Alcide saves the day and then finds out that Debbie is engaged to Coot. That’s right! The badass werewolf with the most ridiculous name for the female anatomy ever! Cooter! I laugh just thinking about this. Personally, I don’t know if I would be able to date a man named Cooter, even if he looked like Eric. I would just laugh a lot… Cooter, I say. How do they think of these things?
Sadly Eric was not in a lot of this episode after burying the werewolf in Sookie’s cemetery. We only got to see him giving Lafayette a beautiful new Bentley with the promises of Lafayette being a very rich man if he continues to sell Eric (and Sophie-Anne’s) V. I think I would do anything he asked, but that’s just me. (So here is a random Eric in bed shot for all my ladies!!!)
Now back to the King of Mississippi’s palace. Unfortunately, Lorena survives being burnt alive, but we all knew that would be the case. Russell tells Bill that Lorena wants Sookie dead and, if Bill doesn’t switch his allegiance, Russell will make that happen.
Bill then dreams of the last time he saw his wife, Caroline. She was in their home, mourning their son Thomas. When Bill cries over the death of his son, Caroline sees the blood. Lorena storms in and makes Bill glamour his wife to forget that he was there. She says that the only way to show a human you care about them is to stay away from them. Bill declares his loyalty to Russell so that he stops the werewolf hunt for Sookie. Lorena still wants to kill her, but Russell has the final say on this matter.
Now arguably the most disturbing sex scene ever is about to happen.
Bill, obviously hating on Lorena for making him a vampire in the first place, taking away Caroline and now Sookie from him, tells Lorena she got what she wanted from him again and she kisses him. Rather then push her off him, he pushes her to the bed and screws her brains out. He then twists her head and breaks her neck so that he isn’t looking at her face, and screams.
So did the Lorena and Bill sex surprise you? It was pretty intense. I mean I’ve heard of “hate sex” and “angry sex” but this kind of takes the cake, huh?
Well, I am going to do my very best to have episode 4’s recap up by mid-next-week. Episode’s 5 and 6 may have to wait because I will be taking my vacation to the West coast. Yes, I will finally being seeing the stars in Los Angeles, the beautiful desert skies in Palm Springs and experiencing the perfect weather in San Diego. Also, I will be attending a few days of the 2010 International Comic-Con. You know that I can’t wait for that! Do you think Alexander Skarsgard will be there? I sure hope so!!! Please leave your comments below!!!
