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True Blood has always been at its best for me when it goes full blooded, no holds barred, campy insane. On that basis that episode was a classic. In any other show, Rutger Hauer turning up would be an episode cliffhanger, but True Blood has other ideas! Brilliant.
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Burning_Monk posted:What the gently caress actually happened in that episode? As far as I can tell it was pretty much just moving the people around to set up stuff later. Like nothing really happened... people talking, and nothing. Complete filler. This whole season after the first few episodes have been rife with bullshit filler scenes because they gotta check in on all the various side characters, and meanwhile the trite-rear end main plot is rapidly sinking down to were-panther levels of awful. It's fairly obvious that Stephen Moyer has a lot of influence on the production, what with the whole fairy (vagina vampirism cure) tale ending between him and his dahlin wife they're gunning for. Everything involving Jason is still gold though. He's just moments away from loving yet another one of Hoyt's girlfriends.
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Aug 5, 2014 02:19
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Krowley posted:This whole season after the first few episodes have been rife with bullshit filler scenes because they gotta check in on all the various side characters, and meanwhile the trite-rear end main plot is rapidly sinking down to were-panther levels of awful. This time Hoyt will react with no friendship to stand between them and kill Jason. Time is a flat circle.
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Aug 5, 2014 02:44
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rawillkill posted:Any episode with Rutger Hauer is a success I must admit Eh, normally I'd agree but he didn't really do anything interesting and he left as quickly as he appeared. There's just not much going on and there's no ramp or excitement to these final episodes of the show.
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Aug 5, 2014 02:45
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The main plot this season is dumb. Everyone seems to agree with that, so I don't see why everyone is upset when it doesn't get much attention. I'd much rather see
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Aug 5, 2014 02:48
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Mister Kingdom posted:Tara will dig a hole in the ground and she'll find a door that says "The Lady of Shadows". Maybe True Blood will go whole hog, they will find a door in the ground, open it up and step through to the first scene of the series, except Lafayette and Taras mom will be the two walking into the little store.
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Aug 5, 2014 03:40
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Mister Kingdom posted:Tara will dig a hole in the ground and she'll find a door that says "The Lady of Shadows". Please tell me this makes Vampire Bill a honky muhfuh. Either that or she cuts Sookie's head off with dinnerware. Ah Stephen King, for when you need to be taught what truly bad dialogue is, Thankee Sai commala.
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Aug 5, 2014 04:38
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I have not posted in here before, but I have been here lurking from the start and have suffered on to the end. Can anyone please tell me where the fairy grandfather bloke showed up from? I will admit to being somewhat  when I watch this show, but the last I remember he was condemned to some sort of General Zod phantom zone? Did I miss the part where he made it back?
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Aug 5, 2014 10:17
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It seemed like at the end of last season he finally recovered enough when he could pop out of the wall and help kill Warlow. It makes sense that he was fine after that and just had no reason to be hanging around, given that Fairy Dimension doesn't have vampires in it and he was only risking hanging around Bon Temps because Warlow was around.
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Aug 5, 2014 10:36
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counterfeitsaint posted:Fairy grandfather showed up, and the tiny little doctor who gives no fucks drove up in a big hummer blasting metal. That was enough to make me consider this episode a success. I liked the conversation where Rutger Hauer is calling the doctor a gnome or whatever. It felt very antiquated and not-PC or whatever until that NOPE! actual gnome! twist.
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Aug 5, 2014 12:30
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According to the wiki she's a Goblin/Human Hybrid! 
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Aug 5, 2014 13:13
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I'm pretty sure she is just a strong womyn dwarf of dubious origin
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Aug 5, 2014 15:46
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Illuen posted:Please tell me this makes Vampire Bill a honky muhfuh. Either that or she cuts Sookie's head off with dinnerware. They're digging a tunnel that leads...Under the dome!!!
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Aug 5, 2014 16:13
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I don't remember that tiny doctor in previous seasons but that poo poo was loving hilariuos. Best character.
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Aug 6, 2014 03:01
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Macaluso posted:I don't remember that tiny doctor in previous seasons but that poo poo was loving hilariuos. Best character. She treated Sookie when she got clawed up by the maenad so I guess that was back in season 2. I can't remember if she has shown up since then.
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Aug 6, 2014 05:04
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I seem to recall us seeing her again but I don't remember when. The only thing that really bothered me about that scene was a few seasons ago everyone firmly believed fairies had gone extinct thousands of years ago, but now she's just like Fay huh? What line? Gramps said she was a dwarf. She sure as gently caress isn't human if she has "no natural predators".
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Aug 6, 2014 05:38
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Fru Fru posted:She treated Sookie when she got clawed up by the maenad so I guess that was back in season 2. I can't remember if she has shown up since then. She showed up when Pam started rotting thanks to the witch season (which was absolutely terrible).
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Aug 6, 2014 06:25
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Party Plane Jones posted:She showed up when Pam started rotting thanks to the witch season (which was absolutely terrible). I had completely forgot that entire season happened
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Aug 6, 2014 13:03
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The Duggler posted:I had completely forgot that entire season happened Yeah I completely forgot about the whole rotting thing. All I remember is the burning doorknobs.
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Aug 6, 2014 16:03
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I remember something about a rocket launcher standoff outside the new age shop / coven.
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Aug 6, 2014 16:11
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Krowley posted:I remember something about a rocket launcher standoff outside the new age shop / coven.  Definitely the "jumping the shark" moment for me.
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Aug 6, 2014 16:22
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gently caress that phrase when it comes to True Blood. That scene was as awesome as the rest and totally in line for the show.
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Aug 6, 2014 16:28
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I didn't mind the rocket launcher standoff, it was the rest of the poo poo season that killed it for me
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Aug 6, 2014 16:35
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I... didn't think it was that bad? Fiona Shaw really made that season IMHO. Definitely not the best but it isn't the worst either. That honor goes to 6.
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Aug 6, 2014 16:48
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Captain Mog posted:I... didn't think it was that bad? Fiona Shaw really made that season IMHO. Definitely not the best but it isn't the worst either. That honor goes to 6. I dunno, I'm holding out for season 7 being the weakest once all is said and done. It's been pretty dire so far and it doesn't look like they're gonna be able to reel it in before the finale. All season are kinda bad in their own special way though, but usually there's some strong redeemable elements along with the awful garbage.
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Aug 6, 2014 17:06
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Krowley posted:I remember something about a rocket launcher standoff outside the new age shop / coven. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkWeuXQiEq4 loving Sookie.
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Aug 6, 2014 17:15
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Krowley posted:I remember something about a rocket launcher standoff outside the new age shop / coven. My favorite moment of entire True Blood.
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Aug 6, 2014 17:42
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The only bad thing about that season is the witches didn't win.
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Aug 6, 2014 18:05
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Irish Joe posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkWeuXQiEq4 Yep, that's probably why I remember it.
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Aug 6, 2014 18:32
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Captain Mog posted:I... didn't think it was that bad? Fiona Shaw really made that season IMHO. Definitely not the best but it isn't the worst either. That honor goes to 6. Aunt Petunia finally got her revenge for not getting her Hogwarts letter many years ago. In all seriousness, I forgot about that entire plot arc. I guess I'm not alone in that.
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Aug 6, 2014 19:04
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Mister Kingdom posted:How weird is it to have to fake gently caress your own wife on TV? You can ask Michael C Hall how weird it is to fake gently caress your ex-wife who plays your sister on TV.
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Aug 6, 2014 19:20
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Cojawfee posted:You can ask Michael C Hall how weird it is to fake gently caress your ex-wife who plays your sister on TV. For what its worth, when I was your age, I used to gently caress my brother, too. Alot. 
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Aug 6, 2014 19:28
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Karki posted:
This is True Blood. The shark jumped over this show.
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Aug 6, 2014 22:58
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That gif is probably the worst I've ever seen, I think it's actually like 6 frames
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Aug 7, 2014 01:11
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The Duggler posted:That gif is probably the worst I've ever seen, I think it's actually like 6 frames Welcome to the age of tumblr gifs.
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I'll say, I think it's weird to see so many anti-Jessica and Pro-...whatsherface. Jason's vampire chick. She's so annoying I can't even remember her name. She just suddenly showed up last season kind of out of nowhere and then was just in the main cast. And she KEEPS BEING THERE. I want her to go away or be killed or something. Her having a weird sex mansion was funny though Dead Snoopy posted:This is True Blood. The shark jumped over this show. Seriously, I can't imagine how someone can say "such and such moment is where this show jumped the shark" for True Blood. True Blood has always been ridiculous and silly and never taken itself THAT seriously, and it's campy as gently caress, and the writers know it. True Blood has never been anything it isn't. I didn't really like the Maenad as a villain, and the witch season was just "okay" to me, not awful, but every season has always felt like True Blood.
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Aug 7, 2014 02:55
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In most shows, the over-the-top ridiculous bits would be where you go "OK, this show just got dumb." but in True Blood those are the bits you're watching it for. The bits where something ridiculous isn't happening are basically just filler.
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Aug 7, 2014 03:45
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Is it me or did this season they decide that vamps can be awake during the day and just look a little tired but aren't keeling over with blood dripping from every orifice?
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Aug 7, 2014 03:55
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Burning_Monk posted:Is it me or did this season they decide that vamps can be awake during the day and just look a little tired but aren't keeling over with blood dripping from every orifice? That was happening last season too.
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Burning_Monk posted:Is it me or did this season they decide that vamps can be awake during the day and just look a little tired but aren't keeling over with blood dripping from every orifice? Vampire abilities in this show adapt to whatever the writers need it to do to serve the plot. Just like how the blood has vastly different effects in different scenarios
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