Comments | the_grynne: Truer words were never said.

the_grynne

Truer words were never said.

Sep 30, 2009 12:00

PopMatters' wrap-up of True Blood season two. I agree with most of what Chris Conaton says, especially the part about Tara (who I love on principle, but who was really hard done by this season) and Eggs.

( S2 spoilers! )

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the_grynne September 30 2009, 07:48:19 UTC

Eric so rarely loses his head, it was kind of unnerving to see how reckless and unprepared he was when he was trying to "rescue" Godric.

kismeteve September 30 2009, 04:11:38 UTC

Alan Ball really should read that and take notes.

the_grynne September 30 2009, 07:52:08 UTC

I don't know what the writers were thinking, taking the smartest person in Bon Temps (Tara), and making her fall in love with someone only slighter smarter, and a whole lot less interesting, than Jason Stackhouse.

kismeteve September 30 2009, 16:17:41 UTC

making her fall in love with someone only slighter smarter, and a whole lot less interesting, than Jason Stackhouse.

Well considering her previous thing for Jason, her feelings for Eggs are not entirely out of character, but it was still very disappointing.

the_grynne September 30 2009, 16:20:39 UTC

I prefer Jason, who she's known all her life, and whose awesome-meter was pretty high this season, over Eggs any day.

missnyah September 30 2009, 11:26:54 UTC

Just rewatched season 1 with a friend- we kept remarking on just how smart Tara is but I think se passes the crown to Lafayette in season 2, though his smarts are more intuitive.

I definitely agree about Eric. He is the man with the plan. And also the only character on the show who seems to be perfectly ok with what he is... except maybe Sophie Anne.

the_grynne September 30 2009, 12:26:14 UTC

I think se passes the crown to Lafayette in season 2, though his smarts are more intuitive.

Here's to hoping that the show remembers that next season, when he gets entangled up in Eric and Sophie-Anne's plans. His survival instincts should hold him in good stead.

Opinion on Sophie-Anne is divided, but I love the character, and I liked the way that ERW played her: completely throwing everyone for a loop, and refusing to let anyone get a step ahead of her. She's become one of the characters I'm most curious about. She's such an intrinsically unstable character...yet she's so much in control.

alexandral September 30 2009, 12:33:01 UTC

I have just finished watching the season 2 (Eric! Godric!) so now I can enjoy all your lovely fiction!

but was captured almost immediately despite being able to read the minds of everyone she was up against.

I thought this was a very odd moment. Why couldn't she read their mind? My personal opinion is that Alan Ball (or whoever does the writing for the TV series) is not so good at creating coherent storylines. The books themselves are not the most intelligent reading, but I never had so many "What?" moments whist reading. The TV show - almost every added storyline is silly and some of the characters that made sense to me in the books seems to have become silly too. Especially Sookie. She is much more intelligent and much more of her own person in the books. And now with Tara's intelligence getting lost between seasons 1 and 2 - yes, we only have Eric.

the_grynne September 30 2009, 13:14:13 UTC

Godric and Eric SAVED season two for me. They anchored all the silliness in a way that Bill/Sookie never could.

caraway_ October 1 2009, 03:10:29 UTC

Thanks for the link.

The comment in the article about pacing is spot on. I'm rewatching on Showcase now, and episode 3 just goes back and forth between edge of seat and what I think is supposed to be slow menacing build up but which turns out to be a snooozefest.

In the A plot, Sookie gets attacked by the Maenad, and gets rushed to Fangtasia where the delicious Dr. Ludwig (bring her back!) is introduced. Then she finds Lafayette (still don't know whether Eric was playing the long game with Ginger) and does a deal with Eric. Love Bill, Lafayette, Eric and Pam in all those scenes.

In the B plot, Jessica and Hoyt: awwww. Love them.

In the C plot, Jason and Sarah's pudding: hahaha. Love Jason, Steve, and Sarah.

And in what I thought of as the D plot until it took over the bloody last 3 episodes, Tara is attracted to Eggs but vaguely worried about Maryann. Again. For about 6 minutes of my life I will never get back again.

the_grynne October 1 2009, 09:43:32 UTC

I've gotten used to fast-forwarding through most of the Maryann scenes on first watch - usually I go back and view them on rewatch (b/c Michelle Forbes = <3), but in the middle of a Monday (which is when I get hold of new episodes), that storyline adds nothing to my viewing experience.