True Blood - Bill & Sookie (Scenes from S1E2)
I wasn't aware of them until I started watching the show but HBO promoted their new series "True Blood" throughout the summer with a series of videos. There are eight HBO-produced "Blood Copy Reports" videos on YouTube. There's content overlap in some of the videos--they tend to recap a lot. It won't take much time to get a feel for what the Alan Ball-created show was going for in the promos. I'm probably spoiled by the inimitable "Six Feet Under"--also an Alan Ball creation--but the "Blood Copy Reports" are not quite as good as any thing Six Feet Under did in it's promotions. Still, they are worth having a look as a character or two in the YouTube shorts appears on the actual HBO-produced show. I'm not sure if the eight HBO-promo/backstory videos are considered canon relative to the series or if they are just supplemental. The series is based on the Charlaine Harris southern vampire mysteries. Creator Ball has stated that the first season, comprised of 12 episodes, will follow the series faithfully but he will not commit to the same if the series has a second season.
EDIT 07.02.09/In the year since I wrote this and the practice has burgeoned,
viral marketing has become quite commonplace. True Blood did utilize this technique of advertising for the June 2009 debut of Season 2 but moreso online and less at bus stops.
Synopsis:
E02 TRUE BLOOD 02: THE FIRST TASTE :Bill returns Sookie's favor by rescuing her from the Rattrays' revenge, healing the wounded waitress with his own blood and leaving her, temporarily, with heightened senses. After being invited into Gran's house for a "get-to-know-you" gathering with Jason and her family, Bill joins Sookie for a nocturnal sojourn. They end up at Bill's dilapidated antebellum estate, where Bill fights off his primal vampire urges for the acquiescent Sookie. Later, Sookie's desires get the better of her as she returns to Bill's--and is greeted by a gaggle of his bloodthirsty vampire friends.
Thanks to crimsonbouquet for both Bill and Sookie vids!
This is the scene where the Rattray's are beating up on Sookie and Bill comes to the rescue. The scenes are from both episodes 1&2. Contains some inappropriate language.
Of all the violence on True Blood this for me is the more cringe-inducing. Even though I know the final outcome it's still very hard to watch Sookie being beaten to within an inch of her life. It's not for the easily appalled. Frankly, I did not even notice the language. :p
"Vampires were people too" - The Vampire American League reminds you to vote "Yes" on the "Vampires Rights Amendment" on the ballot.
TRUE BLOOD 03: MINE
Foiled in their attempt to "glamour" Sookie, vampires Malcolm, Liam and Diane make a hasty retreat after Bill lays claim to the waitress. At Merlotte's, Sam seeks a short-term remedy to his long-term loneliness, while Tara seeks respite from her mother's alcohol-fueled rage. Spurned by Dawn for lack of performance, Jason turns to Lafayette, Merlotte's short-order cook, for help with his problem.
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