I'd say that escalated quickly, but...
So, I officially broke up with True Blood last night. And I can't say it hasn't been coming for a while. The first 3 seasons were pretty solid, and then season 4 started to go a little pear-shaped. (Isn't that right around the time that Anna and Stephen got married? I'm not saying that's the reason, but...) Anyway, the last two seasons have just been a huge clusterfuck of a train wreck.
There were sparks of brilliance in both, and I'm not saying there weren't.
Take, for example, the character of Warlow. And just stop now, because I liked the character, but they fucked it so hard that he might as well not even have existed. Anyway. They spent a HUGE chunk of last season building up his arc, getting viewers invested in it, and then cast Rob Kazinsky. Which, hey, +infinity on that casting choice, because yes. So. Good buildup, good casting choice, and then...wow, way to drop the freaking ball. I think all of his scenes added together might equal 1-1/2 episodes. Out of 12. And mind you, I'm being generous there. And most of those scenes were spent tied to a gravestone on the fairy plane.
Um.
Wow. WOW. Seriously, TB, WTF?
Anyway! All that buildup and that's what we got. And then last night...20 minutes of amazing character development for him (and yes, I still liked him even though I knew it was coming sooner or later, and my god, Rob pulled that off amazingly well) and...
Well, I won't say, because I don't want to spoil anyone who a) hasn't seen it yet and b) hasn't already been spoiled, but we'll just say that's when I filed the divorce papers.
They had an amazing shot at a) a great character with a truly interesting story arc, b) a chance to redeem Sookie for every single bullshit decision she's made since S3 (and there have been a LOT, let's face it, the girl's been letting her vajayjay think for her and it's not worked out at all well), and c) a hell of a set-up for S7.
But nope. Not TB. Because the writers are on some serious f'n crack and every single one of them should be fired, because there are some really great writers out there that would sell their soul for a shot to work on an HBO series, but we get the same hacks. Whatever.
Worst abuse of deus ex machina ever.
Fast forward.
We get to the mid-way point of the episode and just no. Nope. Not even going there. And what pisses me off even more than what they did there (if you watched it, you know exactly what they did, but again, not spoiling it), is how HBO built it up over the last week. Really? You tease us with the fact that we MIGHT get a view of the 'gracious plenty' (if you've read the books, you know) -- because let's face it, that's ALL the female viewers of the show want, right? -- and that's how you deliver it? Again, WOW. Way to completely misread pretty much your entire fanbase. Not to mention seriously insulting our intellect.
Honestly, I could have went my entire life without seeing it if you had just shown a little intelligence in the last 60 minutes of S6. That's when I begged the judge to fast-track the divorce.
And the second half of the show? Yeah, all of that *points up* happened in the first 30 minutes, so there was even more bullshit to sit through. Anyway, second half?
Sweet baby Jesus, do NOT get me started. WTF did I watch?? I mean, the whole episode was like a poorly written fan fic of the show, but the last 30 minutes? That shit would be considered horrendous by fanfic.net standards, so that tells you something. Divorce finalized.
I spent the entire season wondering who these characters were because I didn't recognize any of them (except maybe Jason, who had some good scenes and some pretty good development in spots) and worse, I didn't care about any of them. Except Warlow. Because I still believed that they'd do something with him beyond what they did.
I just... *hands* Is this Alan Ball getting his revenge for every single time someone's called him a closet fanboy (he is, don't let him lie to you), an idiot, a hack, or someone who doesn't give a shit about his fans? Because they're all true. Is this somehow Charlaine Harris getting her revenge for the serious backlash she got on the last book where she character assassinated everyone and completely destroyed the last 7-8 books of buildup? If so, well played, Ms. Harris. I said when I found out how the book ended that I would never buy another thing you wrote. And now, I will never watch another ep of True Blood. Pretty sure I'm not the only one.
And I can tell you right now that the only things that would make me watch again are a) a public apology to the fans for the shit we've been fed the last 3 seasons and b) if the entire S6 finale was a dream. But I've seen that show. And JR Ewing doesn't live in Bon Temps.
There were sparks of brilliance in both, and I'm not saying there weren't.
Take, for example, the character of Warlow. And just stop now, because I liked the character, but they fucked it so hard that he might as well not even have existed. Anyway. They spent a HUGE chunk of last season building up his arc, getting viewers invested in it, and then cast Rob Kazinsky. Which, hey, +infinity on that casting choice, because yes. So. Good buildup, good casting choice, and then...wow, way to drop the freaking ball. I think all of his scenes added together might equal 1-1/2 episodes. Out of 12. And mind you, I'm being generous there. And most of those scenes were spent tied to a gravestone on the fairy plane.
Um.
Wow. WOW. Seriously, TB, WTF?
Anyway! All that buildup and that's what we got. And then last night...20 minutes of amazing character development for him (and yes, I still liked him even though I knew it was coming sooner or later, and my god, Rob pulled that off amazingly well) and...
Well, I won't say, because I don't want to spoil anyone who a) hasn't seen it yet and b) hasn't already been spoiled, but we'll just say that's when I filed the divorce papers.
They had an amazing shot at a) a great character with a truly interesting story arc, b) a chance to redeem Sookie for every single bullshit decision she's made since S3 (and there have been a LOT, let's face it, the girl's been letting her vajayjay think for her and it's not worked out at all well), and c) a hell of a set-up for S7.
But nope. Not TB. Because the writers are on some serious f'n crack and every single one of them should be fired, because there are some really great writers out there that would sell their soul for a shot to work on an HBO series, but we get the same hacks. Whatever.
Worst abuse of deus ex machina ever.
Fast forward.
We get to the mid-way point of the episode and just no. Nope. Not even going there. And what pisses me off even more than what they did there (if you watched it, you know exactly what they did, but again, not spoiling it), is how HBO built it up over the last week. Really? You tease us with the fact that we MIGHT get a view of the 'gracious plenty' (if you've read the books, you know) -- because let's face it, that's ALL the female viewers of the show want, right? -- and that's how you deliver it? Again, WOW. Way to completely misread pretty much your entire fanbase. Not to mention seriously insulting our intellect.
Honestly, I could have went my entire life without seeing it if you had just shown a little intelligence in the last 60 minutes of S6. That's when I begged the judge to fast-track the divorce.
And the second half of the show? Yeah, all of that *points up* happened in the first 30 minutes, so there was even more bullshit to sit through. Anyway, second half?
Sweet baby Jesus, do NOT get me started. WTF did I watch?? I mean, the whole episode was like a poorly written fan fic of the show, but the last 30 minutes? That shit would be considered horrendous by fanfic.net standards, so that tells you something. Divorce finalized.
I spent the entire season wondering who these characters were because I didn't recognize any of them (except maybe Jason, who had some good scenes and some pretty good development in spots) and worse, I didn't care about any of them. Except Warlow. Because I still believed that they'd do something with him beyond what they did.
I just... *hands* Is this Alan Ball getting his revenge for every single time someone's called him a closet fanboy (he is, don't let him lie to you), an idiot, a hack, or someone who doesn't give a shit about his fans? Because they're all true. Is this somehow Charlaine Harris getting her revenge for the serious backlash she got on the last book where she character assassinated everyone and completely destroyed the last 7-8 books of buildup? If so, well played, Ms. Harris. I said when I found out how the book ended that I would never buy another thing you wrote. And now, I will never watch another ep of True Blood. Pretty sure I'm not the only one.
And I can tell you right now that the only things that would make me watch again are a) a public apology to the fans for the shit we've been fed the last 3 seasons and b) if the entire S6 finale was a dream. But I've seen that show. And JR Ewing doesn't live in Bon Temps.