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Remember when they used to have giant force fields and shifter flies going up a vampire's nose and exploding? Now they have a rat slipping through grating at the back entrance and Sookie busting through some boards. 
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I agree this season is dumb, but the reason why Eric and Pam let the Yakuza boss them around is they stand to become billionaires from the Hep-V treament/cure. Not to mention as the vampire partners they are pretty much the de-facto leaders of any infected vampires. Edit: I think the flashback showing how Eric and Pam had it made until they got busted and ended up in Louisiana was a poorly written attempt at giving them a reason to go along with the get rich and powerful Yakuza scheme.
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Aug 21, 2014 04:11
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D-Pad posted:I agree this season is dumb, but the reason why Eric and Pam let the Yakuza boss them around is they stand to become billionaires from the Hep-V treament/cure. Not to mention as the vampire partners they are pretty much the de-facto leaders of any infected vampires. They're fuckin' Vampires with super strength and speed. And one of them can fly. I can think of hundreds of easier and quicker ways to make money with that other than a ridiculous Big Phrama racketeering scam.
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Aug 21, 2014 04:24
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There should be more vampire bank robbers.
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Aug 21, 2014 04:29
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Esroc posted:They're fuckin' Vampires with super strength and speed. And one of them can fly. I can think of hundreds of easier and quicker ways to make money with that other than a ridiculous Big Phrama racketeering scam. Is there anyone that can benefit more from the concept of compound interest than vampires?
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Aug 21, 2014 04:47
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Mr. Funny Pants posted:Is there anyone that can benefit more from the concept of compound interest than vampires? The real reason the Fed has kept interest rates at near zero since the "financial crisis"
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Aug 21, 2014 04:56
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D-Pad posted:I agree this season is dumb, but the reason why Eric and Pam let the Yakuza boss them around is they stand to become billionaires from the Hep-V treament/cure.
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Aug 21, 2014 06:50
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Eric and Ginger = worth the horrible season. "..are you okay?"
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Aug 21, 2014 10:56
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I'm convinced that the only way to enjoy the last episode will be to hit "mute" and do the whole thing MST3K-style. Soundtrack: Yakkety Sax.
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Aug 21, 2014 11:44
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D-Pad posted:I agree this season is dumb, but the reason why Eric and Pam let the Yakuza boss them around is they stand to become billionaires from the Hep-V treament/cure. Not to mention as the vampire partners they are pretty much the de-facto leaders of any infected vampires. That's all fine up until Pam is a hair away from being staked and Eric has to give up Sookie. There is absolutely no reason why he wouldn't do his super-speed-murder thing in that situation.
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Aug 21, 2014 11:55
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smg77 posted:That sounds horrible but still better than the "Sookie's magic fairy vagina turns Bill back into a human" that people were speculating about earlier. Or maybe they're going to do both just for a peak horrible ending. Turn Sookie into a vampire, Bill turns human immediately after and then Sookie either dies from her Hep V/turns back to human later because FAE BLOOD or just gets the cure. It's just circuitous and completely nonsensical enough to be true.
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Aug 21, 2014 23:45
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I stopped watching this show after Jason and Eric's sex dream and hooboy from reading this thread that was a good decision.
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Aug 22, 2014 00:21
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Junkenstein posted:That's all fine up until Pam is a hair away from being staked and Eric has to give up Sookie. There is absolutely no reason why he wouldn't do his super-speed-murder thing in that situation. Or doesn't say poo poo until they drop the stake, then he catches it with his super speed and then kills all of them in a matter of seconds.
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Aug 22, 2014 00:24
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They have the resources of the Japanese government! Eric and Pam can't escape.
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Aug 22, 2014 00:37
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A lot of fools underestimating Awesome Asian Cowboy ITT 
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Aug 22, 2014 01:28
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Junkenstein posted:That's all fine up until Pam is a hair away from being staked and Eric has to give up Sookie. There is absolutely no reason why he wouldn't do his super-speed-murder thing in that situation. On the other hand, they already kind of did this once with Eric's flashback, where he was also unable to kill a few yakuza (possibly some of the same ones?). Yeah they had the French lady hostage, but you know any other season he would have murdered his way around her somehow.
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Aug 22, 2014 01:35
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My friend told me this show peaked when Russell told the humans of America he'd eat all of us after eating our children, then followed it up by sending the report over to Tiffany, the weather reporter. I can't say I disagree. 7 years, and that's the only good moment of this show I can actually specifically remember.
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Aug 23, 2014 02:03
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he's right...I feel they never topped that moment
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Aug 23, 2014 02:36
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Chris James 2 posted:My friend told me this show peaked when Russell told the humans of America he'd eat all of us after eating our children, then followed it up by sending the report over to Tiffany, the weather reporter. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSyR7oeJ2e4&t=15s
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Aug 23, 2014 03:10
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This is a drat near iconic HBO moment right here. Denis O'Hare is one of the most criminally undervalued actors of our generation. He and Carrie Preston (Arlene) were the best talent on True Blood IMHO.
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Aug 23, 2014 03:46
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It would have been cool for this show to end with Russell winning. It would have been unique in TV land for the bad guys to win in the end. And it would have been awesome to watch
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Aug 23, 2014 04:00
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The Duggler posted:It would have been cool for this show to end with Russell winning. It would have been unique in TV land for the bad guys to win in the end. There was a show in the 80s whose first season ended with the main character dying after failing to defuse a bomb. When they amazingly got a second season they ended up turning making it a prequel.
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Aug 23, 2014 04:16
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Party Plane Jones posted:There was a show in the 80s whose first season ended with the main character dying after failing to defuse a bomb. When they amazingly got a second season they ended up turning making it a prequel. That was Sledge Hammer! and it was awesome. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGoU7urNTbI Trust me, I know what I'm doing.
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Aug 23, 2014 04:17
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Since this is the last season, im wondering if you guys have any recomendations for shows that have the same feel like the early seasons of true blood.
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Aug 23, 2014 05:41
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PaulDirac posted:Since this is the last season, im wondering if you guys have any recomendations for shows that have the same feel like the early seasons of true blood. Six Feet Under. Not a vampire in sight but it's very similar in feel to TB (in fact, it's also written by Alan Ball) except that it never loses its awesomeness. Also Lost Girl & Being Human, which are both Syfy shows and incredibly urban-fantasy-ish.
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Aug 23, 2014 16:17
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Banshee aka what Alan Ball did after leaving True Blood. Batshit insanity, nudity, violence, violence, nude violence and violence.
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Aug 23, 2014 16:20
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Captain Mog posted:Six Feet Under. Not a vampire in sight but it's very similar in feel to TB (in fact, it's also written by Alan Ball) except that it never loses its awesomeness.
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Aug 23, 2014 16:38
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rejutka posted:Banshee aka what Alan Ball did after leaving True Blood. Batshit insanity, nudity, violence, violence, nude violence and violence. I'm not seeing his name anywhere near the credits on iMDb unless I'm missing something. Banshee does look like it could be pretty good though.
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Aug 23, 2014 17:27
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Banshee is amazing. Just let yourself go and embrace the crazy. And Job may be one of my favorite characters of all time.
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Aug 23, 2014 17:34
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King Vidiot posted:I'm not seeing his name anywhere near the credits on iMDb unless I'm missing something. Banshee does look like it could be pretty good though. Production credits. He's listed as executive producer. (I've never seen Banshee, so don't take this as an endorsement)
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Aug 23, 2014 17:36
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Wasn't Carnivāle supernatural?
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Marley Wants More posted:Wasn't Carnivāle supernatural? Yeah, and it's great for the most part. Just prepare to be angry when you get into it and it ends abruptly because it was cancelled at the end of the second season.
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Aug 23, 2014 20:06
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Tiggum posted:Six Feet Under is very different to True Blood. It's much slower and more low-key and the characters are far more believable. Lost Girl is kind of like a less good version of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. It's not terrible, but it's never as crazy as True Blood and although there is an overarching plot to each season, each episode is more self-contained. Also, even though there's no nudity it feels a lot more pandering than True Blood does. I haven't seen the American Being Human, but the original (BBC) version is more like the later True Blood, very melodramatic and taking itself too seriously. It is different in tone- TB is far more frivolous- but the setting and character development are similar enough that you can tell it was written by the same person. I've told a few people who like TB to watch SFU and all of them loved it. Sexuality and death are big themes as they were with True Blood. The fact that the latter is campy and silly doesn't mean they're night-and-day shows. Also, Lost Girl is about a bisexual succubus so I kind of expect it to be "pandering" in the same way that I'd expect an HBO show about horny vampires to have lots of vampire sex. The US Being Human is two billion times better than the British one, despite what most people say to the contrary. I suspect the people angry about the US version were hardcore fans of the British version where the characters are emo and mopey and unlikable.
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You don't do it justice with just that. The whole scene when he enters and his monologue on camera are what make it amazing. The end is to top it all off.
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Aug 24, 2014 02:22
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Tiggum posted:I haven't seen the American Being Human, but the original (BBC) version is more like the later True Blood, very melodramatic and taking itself too seriously. I thought it was a pretty well done show and it does have a touch of the dark comedy with the whole "supernatural beings trying to be normal" thing. There's just a few  inducing moments of melodrama, which just reminds me of season 1 TB with all its super overly dramatic Sookie-Bill moments.
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Aug 24, 2014 04:07
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Also I have to post this because: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7t54G38Fdg
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Aug 24, 2014 04:52
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Sober posted:Also I have to post this because: That show looks like absolute garbage
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Aug 24, 2014 05:24
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The Duggler posted:That show looks like absolute garbage
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Aug 24, 2014 06:59
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The Duggler posted:That show looks like absolute garbage Having watched that whole show and loving it, I can see that reaction. It's the same reaction I had when I saw the Chevy Chase scene from "Chuck". They're just two shows that are written entirely for the audience already watching them that it's hard to get anyone else to see the good in snippets of later seasons.
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The Duggler posted:That show looks like absolute garbage It REALLY isn't
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