"Okay grandma, it's this show about this crazy town in Louisiana..."
HBO has a new commercial for True Blood DVDs just in time for the holidays. Seasons 1, 2, and 3 are currently available on DVD, Blu-Ray and on Digital Download. Enjoy!
FREE Exclusive “Trubies vs. Newbies” DVD with purchase of True Blood: The Complete Third Season DVD
This is essential to S4 why?
XFinity asked Alan Ball which episodes are worth going back and checking out before season 4 begins. He gave them a list of nine and the reasons why the episodes are integral. He said, “It’s tough because so much has happened before, and I also have this season and parts of next season in my head too”
So without further ado, here are Alan Ball’s most essential True Blood episodes for us to watch in preparation for S4:
Season 1, Episode 2
“This is the first time Sookie (Anna Paquin) drank Bill’s (Stephen Moyer) blood, and the first time they kissed.”
Season 1, Episode 5
“This has the Civil War flashback and told how Bill was made. Also, it’s where Gran was found dead.”
Season 2, Episode 4
“In this episode, Maryann (Michelle Forbes) threw Tara a (Rutina Wesley) birthday party and you finally got a sense of what she was up to.” Read More »
Aw BillyBob, you were our first... vampire
Don’t have enough time to catch up on all three seasons of True Blood? Check out this video summary which will only take 5 minutes.
HBO via DreadCentral
HBO Zone is airing all 36 episodes of True Blood starting tomorrow morning (Saturday, June 18th) at 10:00 a.m. (EST). You can watch the entire series back-to-back for 36 hours straight. (The last episode will end on 9:00 p.m. Sunday night.) They will air each episode in order, starting with the pilot episode.
Come on, you know you want to.
Over at HBO’s Inside True Blood blog, Gianna Sobol explains a bit about a meeting that happens before production starts on an episode of True Blood. She writes about the meeting:
THE MEETING: The Tone Meeting
WHERE IT TAKES PLACE: Alan’s office
WHO ATTENDS: Alan Ball, Executive Producer Gregg Fienberg, the writer of each episode, the first Assistant Director, and the cinematographerWHAT IT’S ABOUT (according to writer/producer Alexander Woo): The tone meeting is the first opportunity for the director to sit with Alan, Gregg, and the writer and talk about the episode scene by scene. For new directors to our show, it’s an especially valuable time to clarify any issues about story, style, or tone. If it’s Michael Lehmann, it’s his first chance during the episode to make puns before a captive audience.
Michael Lehmann, a punny guy?
Interesting eh? But as I was reading this, one line struck out at me… yeah, you’re right, it’s the one about director Michael Lehmann and the puns. The dude must be famous for these and I was wondering if any appeared in the True Blood episodes that he directed. Below are the episodes directed by Mr. Lehmann. Does anyone remember if there were any puns* that made it into the episodes?
*Wait, what exactly is a pun? From Webster: “The humorous use of a word, or of words which are formed or sounded alike but have different meanings, in such a way as to play on two or more of the possible applications; a play on words.”
So, we were watching the AMC series, The Walking Dead these past weeks and recognized a friendly face… at least friendly to True Blood fans. It was Andrew Rothenberg, who portrayed our beloved Malcolm, the leader of the Monroe vamps, in True Blood season one!
In TWD, Andrew plays (or should I say played) Jim, one of the surviving humans that gets bit in a zombie attack. At his bequest, Jim is left in the wilderness just outside of Atlanta by Rick, Shane and the rest, presumably to morph into a walker in the days to come.
For those of you who miss Malcolm as much as we do, read his obit, found here, or watch Andrew as Jim in TWD below – enjoy!
Andrew Rothenberg as Malcolm on True Blood
Andrew Rothenberg as doomed Jim
In an effort to help the Darnell family, Stephen Moyer and Anna Paquin are auctioning off a number of items on eBay. Numerous True Blood sites and fan sites of both Anna and Stephen will be working together to promote the auction to raise the most money possible for the Darnell family. Please stay tuned to the Nest or your personal favorite True Blood site for your opportunity to own one (or more) of these items.
If you simply want to donate, you may do so on the family’s FaceBook page. or right here, below the post. You can read about their sad story here.
Autographed Season 1 DVD
Autographed Season 2 DVD
Autographed Season 3 Promotional Poster of Bill Compton
Autographed Season 3 Promotional Poster of Sookie Stackhouse
Cast Member Only Tru:Blood Backpack
ANNA PAQUIN & STEPHEN MOYER ITEMS ON EBAY:
Autographed True Blood Season 1 DVD
Autographed True Blood Season 2 DVD
Autographed Season 3 Promotional Poster of Bill Compton
Autographed Season 3 Promotional Poster of Sookie Stackhouse
Cast Member Only Tru:Blood Backpack
The auctions end on Oct 19, 2010 @ 16:31 PDT
We would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for supporting the Darnell Family.
