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Season 3 DVD/Blu-Ray comes out May 31, 2011 in the US

The list of DVD extras for True Blood Season 3 is out thanks to play.com.

For the DVD:

For Blu-Ray:

Thank you to KaysGetaway for the news!

Sam as Pit Bull

True Blood Season 3, episode 7, “Hitting the Ground” has been nominated for The Humane Society’s Genesis Award! Up for Best Dramatic Series, the episode calls attention to the cruelty of dog fighting.

“Media attention to animal protection issues has come a long way since the Genesis Awards was launched twenty-five years ago,” Beverly Kaskey, senior director of the Hollywood office of the HSUS and executive producer of awards, said. “The fact that True Blood, a show about vampires, can illustrate the cruelty of dog fighting is a sure sign that a consciousness about animal concerns is permeating popular entertainment and culture like never before.”

Every year, The Genesis Awards pays tribute to the major news and entertainment media for producing outstanding works that raise public awareness of animal issues. The 25th Genesis Awards will be held Saturday, March 19, 2011, at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles, CA.

DRAMATIC SERIES

• LAW & ORDER: CRIMINAL INTENT, “Inhumane Society” – USA Network
• LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT, “Beef” – NBC
• TRUE BLOOD, “Hitting the Ground” – HBO

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Skarsgardnews.com is auctioning off Alexander Skarsgard’s script from episode 307, “Hitting the Floor”. The auction is to benefit Amnesty International. The starting bid was $500 and is rising, it is currently at $770.00.

The 53-page script is autographed by Alex and includes his notes and scribbles. Any writing, stains, marks, scribbling, bends, etc. were done by Alex, including the corner of the pages being folded down with all Alex’s scenes. Included below are photos of the script. (I love Alexander Woo’s description as well!)

There are no refunds. This is for serious bidders only. The ending date of this autcion is October 10, 2010.

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Sam Merlotte as pit bull

As I knew the Mickens family was involved in dog fighting, I approached True Blood season 3, episode 7 with trepidation. How would this be shown? While I’m used to seeing blood on the show, I didn’t think I could handle doggie blood and pain.  While they didn’t show any actual (albeit simulated) fighting, we did hear that horrible shot and see that ugly pile of bodies. But, once again, HBO brings another issue to the forefront.

Change.org outlined 10 ways that HBO’s True Blood got it right when portraying the heinous crime of dog fighting.

In theory, when a popular show decides to address an issue, it can help raise awareness. Or, it can end up diminishing — or even glorifying — the issue, and this is one show that’s not exactly known for taking the high road with violence. But here are 10 ways that True Blood got it right this time:

1. You meet the pit bull several episodes before fighting was brought up; he was just another dog who ended up being a victim of people he trusted. Marshall Allman, the actor who plays Tommy, said of his canine actor counterpart, “He’s totally sweet and like the nicest dog I’ve ever met.”
2. The dog fighters weren’t glorified characters a la Michael Vick, nor were they given any street cred for what they were doing. Sam and Tommy’s dad is an abusive alcoholic and all the other guys in the scene were just random small town men there to gamble and watch dogs fight. No one was famous or particularly charismatic.
3. The fights weren’t portrayed as lucrative. A lot of money can change hands at dog fights and focusing on the cash can add a kind of Poker World Tour attractiveness to the abuse.
4. It wasn’t about animal violence. HBO could’ve gone for the cheap thrill of animals attacking each other or the adrenaline at the scene. But they skipped most of that and focused on the human relationships and animals as victims.
5. The fight was hard  to find and well-guarded — a good reminder that just because there aren’t many high profile cases hitting the news, it doesn’t mean fights aren’t happening.
6. There are a lot of ways to portray dog fighting on TV, but apparently facing off two pit bulls isn’t one of them. Allman said, “They weren’t allowed to have two pit bulls in the ring at the same time because of animal protection laws.” So, the presence of other breeds in the scene may not have been motivated by the producers’ desire to take the heat off pit bulls, but for the viewers, the end result was the same: This wasn’t about demonizing pit bulls.

Read the rest of the reasons here.

I know y’all were hoping to find CitizenErased, the Queen of Snark, returned for this week’s recap. She’s still off enjoying her winter holiday (crazy New Zealanders, having winter in the middle of the summer), so you’re stuck with me again. My apologies, fan(g)s, especially since I’m shaking my head incredulously when I think about Sunday’s episode. Are the writers taking Lafayette’s advice for pain-free living and washing down vicodins with big glasses of wine? It’s the only reasonable explanation I can come up with as to what happened. The show is in fact crazy, but it’s not a fun-crazy, as it has been in the past. It’s ridiculous. It’s absurd. It’s devolved into an eye-rolling, cringe-worthy, gratuitous goo and naked people smut-fest. If you feel differently, please feel free to try and convince me otherwise: I’m all ears. And I was totally remiss in forgetting this last week, but I have to credit my peeps for helping me clarify my thoughts and pick up on things I missed. Thank you Hajnalka, fulvia/nipsu, Fooled, and Twitche.

"William, I love you."

This week was another goo-fest. Is that what inspired the title, all the blood (among other things) hitting the ground? Lorena turned into a fountain (I’ll get to her final death in a moment), with Sookie tossing stringy bits into the air. There was the Magister’s gooey head splatting to the floor and erupting. There was Coot’s (slightly less) gooey head. (Alcide should’ve killed Debbie when he had the chance. Seriously, I’ve never seen what he saw in her, and we know we’ve not seen the end of that messed up little girl. Can they make her more trashy? I don’t see how, but I’m sure they’re going to try. I think I’d care more about Alcide if I knew something about him other than his unreasonable devotion to that bitch.) There was Tommy getting chewed on in the ring. There was Sookie getting chewed on in the truck. There was the were Alcide gushed with his truck. They must buy/make fake blood by the tanker truckload. The concept of “more isn’t always better, sometimes it’s just more” comes to mind.

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This version of “Inside the Episode” features writer Brian Buckner and director John Dahl, who mentions they poured five gallons of blood on Steve for Lorena’s death. Messy.

This recap from HBO starts out with my favorite death scene, to date, on True Blood.