Thursday 2 July 2009

God Hates Fangs



I am currently using the wonders of the internet to keep up with the American Joneses and watch True Blood series 2 the day after it is show in the US, and after watching the first series in one big chunk (more or less) the weekly schedule is actually a plus as I find myself waiting for the next episode to appear online - it's a must-watch show folks.


The Louisiana town of Bon Temps is a simple, steamy little place where people knock boots together and shots back on a daily basis, and everyone goes around their mundane daily business is the high heat without much to report, until vampires "come out of the coffin". Those clever Japanese have invented True Blood, a synthetic blood drink (a B+ for me and a Type O- for my brother), which in turn allows vampires to emerge from the shadows they have inhabited in a series of press releases stating their willingness to socialise and integrate with the human population - if there is a blood substitute out there, there is no longer any need to feed on humans, so peaceful coexistance is the way forward. However, like the difference between a cigarette and a nicotine patch or heroin and methadone, sometimes the correct way isn't the favourite and while it might tick all the nutritional boxes, for some getting your only sustenance from a bottle pales in comparison to chowing down on some virginal beauties in a blood orgy of gothic pain.





I won't go into loads of detail and no spoilers of course, suffice to say it gets interesting right from the start, and it is a very interesting version of the vampire story given that the tone of the series is a weird hybrid of comedy, drama and violence. It isn't going to challenge your mind grapes in any way, just full marks for entertainment, also some sweet eye-candy in the form of Anne Pacquin of Rogue fame, looking sexy and gets her precious rack out) and numerous steely faced vampire men-folk, definately a program for adults and bigger boys (women who shag vampires are called "Fang Bangers", if you don't want to see a restrained big-titted slut be power-drilled by a skinhead vampire, then don't watch this and don't visit your Mum tonight).

It stars on Channel 4 in a few months I think, so get on it when it turns up for some enjoyable vampire loving.

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