True Blood
I watched the premier of the new HBO series True Blood tonight. The series had an intriguing hook, and it left me wanting more, like the first chapter of a good book. Of course, the series is based on a book series — the Southern Vampire Mysteries by Charlaine Harris — so maybe that’s why.
Interesting premise… a girl with some sort of psychic powers (telepathy and possibly TK), a vampire whose mind she can’t read, a feisty best friend, a brother associated with strange circumstances, a dead “fang banger,” and a couple of crazies out to siphon vampire blood. Take all that, throw in some Louisiana accents, and you’ve got the beginning of what looks to be an interesting story. I’ll definitely be tuning in next week.
Part of me wants to read the books so I can find out what happens without waiting a week for the resolution of each episode’s cliffhanger!
Anyway, it goes to show the importance of the opening hook.
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Good to know. I thought it looked lame from the one ad for it I saw, and ignored it after that. But now I’ll check it out.
It also shows, beside the importance of the opening hook, is what can happen with a writer’s book. You want to buy it, and it was thought to be marketable enough to produce a series of it… Makes me want to go write.
Thanks!
Sounds intriguing . . .
[...] Filed under: Uncategorized — Alexander Burns @ 1:31 pm So HBO’s new vampire series, True Blood premiered last night. You can read friend Erin’s reaction here. [...]
Kevin — the one time I saw something I wrote acted out, it was so cool! And that was just one scene written for a workshop class. Must be cool to be Charlaine Harris right now!
Steph — Alex apparently had a totally different reaction than I did. Check out the link to his pingback here.
[...] So HBO’s new vampire series, True Blood, premiered last night. You can read friend Erin’s reaction here. [...]