HBO Sucks

Jun 23, 2008

By Ken.

Via i09, I see that HBO has a new drama series in production: True Blood, about a world in which vampires are real and reveal themselves to society. It appears questionable, but given HBO’s track record with drama series, I’m willing to give it a look.

The writers shrewdly realize that this sort of thing would generate vampire wannabees — or the Poseferatu, as I would call them. I suspect that the Poseferatu would outnumber real vampires by about 20 to 1. I mean there’s no hint of real vampires now and we’ve already got scads of orally fixated goths schlepping about holding Anne Rice readings. Imagine what would happen if they got wind that the real thing is lurking about. At the very least, there would be an exponential increase in shitty poetry.

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6 Comments

Mike • Jun 23, 2008 @12:39 pm

It was created by the same guy that did Six Feet Under, but the delay in release suggests to me that something isn’t right. I’ve found the HBO dramas to be very hit or miss. I guess we’ll see.
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PLW • Jun 23, 2008 @1:05 pm

“The writers shrewdly realize that this sort of thing would generate vampire wannabees — or the Poseferatu, as I would call them. I suspect that the Poseferatu would outnumber real vampires by about 20 to 1.”

Buffy had an episode about these guys too.
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Chris • Jun 23, 2008 @1:36 pm

Oh, awesome! This is based on the Sookie Stackhouse books. They’re not good, exactly, but they’re way, way better than you would expect books about “southern waitress dates vampires and solves mysteries would be”. Bad Demographic recommended/loaned them to us and Ann and I have gone through the first five or six already. It’s definitely filmable stuff and is most definitely non-pretentious.
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Grandy • Jun 23, 2008 @4:22 pm

Anna Paquin doesn’t hurt, that’s for sure.
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RobF • Jun 24, 2008 @9:59 am

Poseferatu = Hall of Fame.
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vargas • Sep 20, 2008 @11:10 pm

Poseferatu = Hall of Fame

I must agree! By the way, the show really needs a transfusion, ’cause it’s not that good. I hope it gets better.
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