tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339191.post6552192622794881633..comments2024-03-25T17:38:55.490-07:00Comments on Dar Kush: "True Blood" and Resident EvilSteven Barneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13630529492355131777noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339191.post-48173955270440085002009-08-13T06:51:38.059-07:002009-08-13T06:51:38.059-07:00I love your posts. HBO was really bad, so i cancel...I love your posts. HBO was really bad, so i canceled and choose NetFlix, have not looked back since.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01841799555505902216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339191.post-1875551642686905382009-06-24T02:49:59.340-07:002009-06-24T02:49:59.340-07:00Don't really have much to add. Wanted to say I...Don't really have much to add. Wanted to say I really appreciate your point of view and willingness to express it in such a public way. I also agree. One thing I found interesting was this comment:<br /><br />"So...if video games, movies, television, politics, economics, death statistics, or anything is to your, or your tribe's advantage...the average person will simply remain asleep and dream that this is the way it's supposed to be. And if you try to even suggest that maybe this isn't natural, that it is a social construct and not truth, they will criticize or even kill you for waking them up from their comfortable nap."<br /><br />I think this statement pretty much sums up why the two Matrix sequels are considered so bad or sub-par to the first one.Ashe Hunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13080539043480727059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339191.post-24898281685613796822009-06-23T14:42:21.651-07:002009-06-23T14:42:21.651-07:00My D-I-L is into that sort of stuff (did you know ...My D-I-L is into that sort of stuff (did you know that there is an entire genre' called "Paranormal Romance"?), my wife inheirits the books, and I've read a couple of the True Blood series books - verdict: much less sappy than most "romance"-of-any-sort books - and I don't remember any of these characters or characterizations. Sounds like pure "Hollywood" (as in "let's make...") to me. Gave up HBO years ago. Try Netflix.budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339191.post-234720768600749942009-06-23T10:43:53.077-07:002009-06-23T10:43:53.077-07:00Steve, I cancelled HBO in 2006. Unless you need to...Steve, I cancelled HBO in 2006. Unless you need to watch it because you are trying to sell them scripts, your reasons seem more than sufficient to do so.Pagan Topologisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01611788563582362688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339191.post-26793235322681427762009-06-23T10:39:03.135-07:002009-06-23T10:39:03.135-07:00I'm kind of sorry I kicked of the Resident Evi...I'm kind of sorry I kicked of the Resident Evil debate, but thanks again for the response.<br /><br />As an engineer, I have little input into the content of the games I work on, so I'm hardly "driving our culture," but I'll send you my thoughts on the subject anyway. (As an employee in the industry, I'm restricted as to what I can comment on publicly.)Hughnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339191.post-84445230682887098852009-06-23T10:09:23.438-07:002009-06-23T10:09:23.438-07:00I know Harlan very well, for almost forty years. ...I know Harlan very well, for almost forty years. I love him dearly--he is beyond eccentric, and one of the most brilliant men I've ever known.<br />#<br />I could care less that the white guy in the basement got killed. If he was the only white guy on the show, that might make a difference. But there are tons of others. The trick is that whites are shown full-spectrum human beings, and 100% of the black males are criminals and social outcasts. The black women screw white guys. Fuck this show. I'm a hair's breadth from canceling HBO.Steven Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13630529492355131777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339191.post-89132198233213965792009-06-22T20:26:37.965-07:002009-06-22T20:26:37.965-07:00My girlfriend loves the show. She loves it becaus...My girlfriend loves the show. She loves it because it's just her kind of porn. I tolerate it because there's a better than average chance I'll get lucky afterwards. Otherwise, meh. The books aren't any great shakes, either. Read three pages in the local B&N to know it wasn't for me.<br /><br />As far as Lafayette, the white guy that was chained up in the basement with him got drained and dismembered the week before.<br /><br />I have an off topic comment, though. I just bought "Dreams With Sharp Teeth" and have watched it more than once. In the credits, Harlan Ellison lists Steven as one of the people he wishes to thank (top of the list, even.) The man is a real character and I was curious how well you know him.Lobohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17756383714348759007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339191.post-46602709731528992142009-06-22T15:36:02.584-07:002009-06-22T15:36:02.584-07:00When the series True Blood first came on, last yea...When the series True Blood first came on, last year, I tuned in. Aside from the fact that no two characters in the little Louisiana town have either a) a Louisiana accent or b) anywhere close to the same southern voices -- they are Gone With the Wind generic -- it's not up to any of Ball's previous work.<br /><br />It's all pretty much smoke and mirrors and (or maybe not mirrors, them being vampires and all) and as deep as a postage stamp.<br /><br />Seems to be an excuse to show nice-looking naked people and vampires doing a lot of humping and the usual vampire-biting and moving-really-fast EFX.<br /><br />The lone black guy until late in the season was gay, and a drug-using prostitute, albeit he was one of the two more interesting characters to watch because he didn't take any shit from anybody until the vamps got him. <br /><br />The lone black woman sleeps with the white guy -- the were-dog pub owner -- a few episodes in, and is thoroughly messed up. <br /><br />The lead is of the Chuck Norris school of acting, and her emotional range seems to run from A to A-minus in this role. <br /><br />There's no there there. Not even enough to make it a guilty pleasure for me. <br /><br />Sure helped book sales, though. All eight of Charlaine Harris's novel featuring Sookie Stackhouse were on the bestseller list at once by the end of last season -- seven paperbacks and the newest hardback.Steve Perryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12079658447270792228noreply@blogger.com