For this years Switch Fringe festival, a 16 day community arts and music festival in Ipswich running through June and July, The Decibel Kid has designed an amazing Zelda / Pokemon style map of the town and venues. It could only be better if it was playable, and was of my town! The map is available online, and is also included in the print literature for the festival. Pretty sure The Decibel Kid could make good money selling large prints of UK towns done in this style – I would buy at least one!
Here at Geek Pride we love My Little Pony, so what could be better than GEEKY My Little Ponies? Nothing, I’m sure you’ll agree.
Here are a selection of my favourite Geeky Little Ponies from across the internet. If anyone wants to buy me a Star Wars My Little Pony they market at around £100 a piece on Etsy. I promise I’ll love you forever.
Disclaimer: I didn’t make any of these, all credit goes to the original creators. Sadly I couldn’t find out who the creators were, so if anyone can point me in the right direction please let me know.
What if I told you that there was a series of books who have sold millions of copies that you’ve likely never heard of?
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What if I said this series spanned more than twenty books in the space of seven years, covering hundreds and hundreds of characters, all intertwined in a single, relatively-cohesive storyline?
What if I told you that this series has regularly broken into the New York Times Bestseller List since 2010?
What if I said that at least eight different writers had contributed, providing a strange and wonderful tapestry of a tale?
Presumably, you’d say ‘sign me up’ or ‘why have I never heard about this series?’ At least I hope you would, as this article is about my love for one of my favourite series of books: the Horus Heresy series.
I expect that, for some people, this will immediately start some alarm bells ringing, and that’s because this series is attached to a very popular and criticised Intellectual Property: Games Workshop’s Warhammer 40k tabletop game. I expect this reaction as books and so on tied to an IP are looked down upon, are assumed to either be lazy ports or to receive their success only from people who already massively bought-in to the franchise it’s tied to.
Games Workshop, however, are a little different than Wizards of the Coast or Bungie in that they set up their own Publishing company to handle the books tied to their very popular games: the Black Library. Mainly focussing on either Warhammer 40k or Warhammer Fantasy, GW saw that people who enjoyed their games mainly did so because of the rich worlds they were set in and, thus, saw another product they could promote to their clientele: books based on their games. For years, they produced series and individual titles, aiming at the ‘armies’ most commonly purchased, and making a decent amount of money.
Then, in 2005, they hit upon the idea of bridging not only a large gap in the narrative of their Warhammer 40k Universe, but to embark on an ambitious set of books which would cover an entire galaxy that fought itself, the hubris of a tremendous human society that spiralled into a civil war from which they have not recovered 10,000 years later. It was an enormous and brutal task but those running the Black Library knew that not only people who the game would be interested but lapsed fans and even people who’ve only played, say, the very successful Dawn of War series of video games.
Across six months, three books in an opening trilogy arrived, showing the downfall of Horus and the Empire of Man when the Emperor – being of tremendous psychic ability and intellectual brilliance who united the population of Earth and created the Space Marines, genetically-bred super soldiers – retreats from a conquest of expansion and reclamation for reasons he cannot share. Horus is named the Warmaster in the Emperor’s stead, and, without the Emperor’s guiding hand, falls to the influencing power of a realm he did not know exists. This makes him turn on his ‘father’ and Earth, leading a war across thousands and thousands of world.
From there, another eighteen books have been released in the last six and a half years. They naturally vary in consistency with so many different writers but, overall, the trend has been rising. Risks have been taken throughout, with Prospero Burns a particularly fascinating meditation on the role of a storyteller and bard when dealing with savage beings of astonishing power like the Space Marines. Some of the books are collections of short stories, expanding upon the galaxy the war takes place in without dwelling on it.
The books have broken into the New York Times Bestseller List since 2010. Fear to Tread by James Swallow, released September last year, was in the chart for weeks. They have been fascinating and generally well-executed… but are still looked over and ignored.
Part of this, to be fair, is the Black Library’s weird reluctance to release the books as eBooks anywhere but their own website. The eBook prices they charge are as high as the physical books, reducing much of the point of buying an electronic book and effectively reducing their market for ereaders, which make up a large proportion of the book market now. But I feel a lot of the reason many of you won’t have heard of the Horus Heresy series is simple snobbery at the connection to Games Workshop and a successful Intellectual Property.
Whilst Games Workshop did have a well-known and established franchise to connect the Horus Heresy series to, it also didn’t have to take the risk it did with one of the most seismic events in their Warhammer 40k universe: they could easily have continued to sell books based on current events, such as the popular Ciaphas Cain novels. And the books could have fallen flat on their face, making their concept look somewhat silly. But they have flourished, made mistakes, taken risks and done very well.
I know this is a little bit of a love letter to the series, that I’m geeking out about them, but what more do you expect on Geek (dash) Pride dot Co dot UK? #PodcastJoke I have really enjoyed the series so far and keep going back for 3-4 book splurges every year: I’m only up to book 15 because I can’t afford to just splash out on a dozen books. If you like Space Opera, odd Science Fantasy (because that’s what the series really is) or action novels then I’d recommend this series to you. If not, I’d still urge you to not only give the books a try but to not dismiss them because of their franchise tie in.
Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters, the follow up to the hugely successful Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Quirk Classics writer Seth Grahame-Smith, was released just a few months after, and soon followed in its footsteps by becoming a New York Times best seller. The idea for this series of books came about when Quirk Books editor Jason Rekulak fell in love with the book title for Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, after comparing a list of classic books with modern concepts of what is popular. It was only natural after the success of one to move onto another.
As a lover both of sci-fi and Jane Austen, these books appealled to me from the offset and luckily I was not to be disappointed. Winters seamlessly moves between Austen’s original prose and the mythical world of Pestilant Isle and Sub-Marine Station Beta where life is a constant battle against sea creatures affected by ‘The Alteration’ who are at war with humanity and not only seek to destroy it, but are genetically malformed to be more terrifying than ever.
What is notable about this book is that the author manages to maintain all the delightful snobbery we have come to expect from a Jane Austen novel; “But her powers had received no aid from education: She was illiterate of even the most basic knowledge of fish species, navigation, and grades of net meshing; and her deficiency of all mental improvement, her want of information in the most common particulars, could not be concealed from Miss Dashwood.” shows a striking example of this bizarre melding of two worlds fitted together so cleverly by such an eloquent wordsmith.
Despite the very obvious differences between the original and the new, we still follow the stories of the Dashwood sisters, and one is still swept along by the nuances of each character, their flaws, their passions, and their miseries. You will find yourself rooted to the spot, unable to stop reading until you have “just finished one more paragraph!” a typical trait of a good book the whole world over. It made me laugh at times, and I was left wanting more at every turn.
If I had to find fault, the writing style does fall flat – or rather, diverts into a more modern way of thinking when there are long passages of additional text, and the author seems to forget at times to put a space behind his punctuation marks, but I should rather blame the editor for not proof reading the book as carefully as it deserved than raise a black mark against the author’s name for that small slight. In addition, I don’t ever recall Jane Austen mentioning the knowledge of a “Shish Kebab” in her writing (yes, I quibble over Shish Kebab but have no issue with tentacled gentleman rising from the deep, I’m fickle like that) nevertheless, this clever, witty story was if anything improved by the presence of murderous swordfish and ravaging octopi, and I was held enraptured throughout.
If you remember 90’s television, you remember Touched By An Angel. It felt like actors would go on that show in a half-assed attempt to make up for getting on an embarrassing tabloid cover. Well, FX’s Justified feels similar, in that it feels as if actors go on there to make up for being in something shitty. I can science, so I have evidence to back this up.
If you’ve read my initial Boba Fett speculation piece, you know that I love this show (like, weird man-crush on Timothy Olyphant love), in spite of the fact that I’ve only seen the latest season of it. Here I will present four actors who were vital to this season, and why I think they came on the show to make up for crappy projects.
Exhibit A
Raylan’s kind of a main character (there’s a lot of them, but he’s the big one), and I think this comparison is the best example I could use.
While Timothy Olyphant’s filmography looks like the sidewalk (occasional goodies, but mostly shit), Hitman was a bigger disappointment than Live Free or Die Hard. Hitman was a movie we all wanted to be good, and tried to be good, but it still sucked. It was fun, but it shows why some video games work as video games. However, Justified allows you to feel good about him being on your TV screen.
In “Justified”, he plays Raylan Givens. I wanna say he wears a white hat because he’s the good guy (he is a Deputy US Marshall, after all), but the fact is that he’s too much of a dick to be a good guy. He’s an Appalachian Cowboy, and he knows it. He has no problem blasting criminals left and right, he’s one of the funniest characters on the show, and we love the fact that he’s an ass.
Exhibit B
I’ll be honest- I’ve never seen Eurotrip. Tim Gutterson, however, is the newest reason I now want to. All I really know about it is that it’s exactly what it sounds like, Kumar said it sucked, Dawn from Buffy’s in it, and this.
Yes, that was Matt Damon, and yes, the man flying in at the end is Jacob Pitts.
Jacob hasn’t been in much, but I love his character on “Justified”. Deputy Marshall Tim Gutterson is a retired sniper in the US Army Rangers with PTSD, and he’s more or less the Tonto to Raylan’s Lone Ranger. Pretty much the same problems as Raylan, but to a lesser extent.
Exhibit C
I’m probably gonna piss some people off with this one, but I don’t really care. I actually debated whether or not I should, as a fanboy.
Jim Beaver’s known for many things, most notably his fan-favorite character Bobby Singer (named after director Robert Singer) on the long running CW series “Supernatural”. I put it in here because, as much as I love it, the last couple of seasons have been one long disappointment. You can blame Eric Kripke for leaving, you can blame McG for not helping the writers, you can blame the fangirls for keeping it going when it should have died with Season 5, it really doesn’t matter. I started watching for the “Monster of the Week” factor, not the emo crap that’s engulfed the show or the NON FUCKING STOP angels and demons bullshit. More importantly, have you seen Season 8?! THERE’S HARDLY ANY STORY ARC. It’s running on pure fumes, has been for a while.
*exhale* Now that you know how I feel about my beloved Supernatural, let’s move onto Sheriff Shelby Parlow. When we first meet him, he’s in the pocket of drug kingpin Boyd Crowder (as well as his cousin Johnny and other cousin/girlfriend Eva.- remember, this is Kentucky) As the season develops, we get to know him more and just how complicated he is. Besides, look at him!
Just to prove a point.
If you don’t recognize the picture on the left, consider yourself lucky. That, right there, is the character of Burt Hummel from “Glee”. He mostly exists for us to get a look at the parents of gay teens in America, as his son Kurt’s kind of a main character.
Mike O’Malley was also a protagonist on the sitcom “Yes, Dear”, but let’s talk about why “Glee” gets way more attention than it ever deserved. The idea is to do an entire show around a small town’s musical theatre club, with every fucking episode turning into one mini-musical, and all the teeniebopper garbage that comes with it. For one, the assumption that small town schools even HAVE a musical theatre club, let alone enough funding to do the elaborate shows that cap every episode (which never have any attendants) is simply insulting. As a former high school drama nerd, I can tell you right now that any representation of an ACTUAL small town high school shouldn’t have any funding at all, let alone enough to fund the art department for fuck all. Personally, I can’t help but feel betrayed when the writers ignore the fact that across America, arts departments are vanishing due to major budget cuts, but that’s a topic for another day. Secondly, the fact that the athletic department head has a rivalry with the musical club head is hysterical, as it implies that a successful athletic head has the humility to pay attention to anyone in the arts section. Thirdly, they try to set it in a small town, but the amenities that this school has simply don’t exist in any small town high school I’ve ever heard of. Urban schools, definitely, but not a small town school. That’s not even touching the controversy surrounding their covers that engulf the comments on half of the YouTube videos they steal from.
To play devil’s advocate, they try to act as a medium for social commentary (as a good TV show should), using high school as an allegory for America at large. Unfortunately, they do this while mixing in half-decent song and dance numbers while giving minimal credit to the artist in question. The covers themselves aren’t bad, as I actually enjoyed the disabled kid’s acoustic cover of Billy Idol’s “Dancing With Myself” (in spite of the fact that it rips off Nouvelle Vague) and the gay couple’s a cappella cover of Katy Perry’s “Teenage Dream”. Sadly, the randomly bursting into song and dance removes any seriousness that could’ve been given to the show. Then again, just look at the comments on any YouTube video for Jonathan Coultan’s cover of “Baby Got Back” or Nouvelle Vague’s cover of “Dancing With Myself” and enjoy, or simply watch the Rocky Horror episode (in which Dr. Frank N. Furter is not a fit caucasian male, but an obese black woman, substituting the speedo for a miniskirt. I like the message, but was it necessary to do that to the beloved Frank?)
In general, I can hardly tolerate the show. I much prefer the asshole he plays on “Justified”. Yes, the show has more assholes than a swinger’s club, but this is the only villain on the list. Nicky Augustine is a mob boss out of Detroit, running the Dixie Mafia on the hunt for a fugitive that’s been eluding both criminals and police alike for more than 30 years by convincing everyone that he died shortly after robbing the National Bank of Panama.
I apologize for the ranting about the projects the individuals were on beforehand, and I’m sorry if it felt like I was advertising the show itself, but the fact is that it feels as if they come on the show in an attempt to make up for the crappy projects they were in beforehand. I hope you enjoyed, stay classy.
Okay guys I need you to sit down, because I have to tell you something that may completely revolutionise the film industry as we know it.
After watching Man of Steel (GP reviews here) I was treated to a post credits exclusive trailer for the reboot of the massively popular, long running series, The Lone Ranger. What this trailer showed however, is going to change the way you think about the movie business. So strap up, get on board, and try not to throw up.
A little known indie film company called Disney (pronounced Diz-nee) are heading up this genius idea, they are responsible for a few animated films and a pirate movie; don’t feel silly if you’ve never heard of them. What’s really interesting is their casting choice.
the company even has a mascot, Michael Mouse.
Again, don’t feel silly if you haven’t heard these names. I’m somewhat of an aficionado of independent cinema. Anyway first interesting casting choice is 21 jump street star Jonathon Depp. His take on Native Indian partner Tonto is a quirky, facepainted man with dreadlocks. A departure from any of the gravelly and realistic protagonists we have seen in the last 10 years, and worlds apart from anything we have seen from the Disney team.
This took an hour to find, be grateful, lol.
Next up we have newcomer Helena Bonham Carter playing the role of Red. Having only seen her in one role before, it will be interesting to see how she takes the strong feminine place that the trailer suggests her, and utterly fascinating to see how she and Depp interact with each other in this novel partnership. Those of you may be aware that she appeared in a few Tim Burton films.
Why Burton? Why not Cavill? imagine the babies!
Lastly (and I saved this for last) playing the role of The Lone Ranger Himself is the legendary Armie Hammer, star of blockbuster hits The Etiquette Ninjas and Blackout. This really was a no-brainer: a casting as monumental as this will allow fans to come for the stars, and stay for the unique and quirky performances.
I have somehow managed to find the exclusive, brand new trailer that I was treated to today (thanks, internet!) So go view it here and prepare yourself to go and support this underdog company and reboot the entire independent film industry, you owe it to yourselves, and future generations.
The latest candy craze appears to be here from Japan, ‘Heart Moko Moko Toilet Candy‘. Everybody at one time or another must have wished they could suck up their bubbling candy from out of a toilet bowl through a straw. Well thanks to Moko Moko Mokoletto you can do this in one of four different colours (white, pink, green or blue).
First you assemble the toilet, almost like a toy from kinder surprise before pouring in a ‘special flavour powder’ into the water tank of the plastic contraption. Once this is complete you pour water over it and watch it foam up out of the toilet bowl. It comes in two different flavours, the first being Cola, the second being a Japanese soft drink called Ramune.
If your still intrigued by this bizarre candy idea, you could buy them from Jbox for $4.50. If however your like me then you may stick to a pack of fruit gums. I have no idea what the Japanese fascination with all things toilet are, just a few months ago I found the penalty saving toilet made by the two Japanese companies TOTO and toto. I’m not sure what the fascination with the toilet is in Japan but it does make for some interesting inventions.
If you’re on here, then there’s a possibility that you love action movies. If you live in the Western Hemisphere, then there’s also a chance that you love Mexico. If you like when those two collide, then you followed “Machete” just as closely as I did. If not, here’s the rundown of events.
Tejano director Robert Rodriguez has been best buds with whitebread director Quentin Tarantino for over a decade, so when they both realized that they shared a love for trashy old action movies, they decided to do an homage to that. This became the “Grindhouse Double Feature”, a 4 hour extravaganza of them throwing back to the days of the grindhouse theaters and the drive-in theaters. If you’ve seen it, then you remember that you could make a case for the somewhat more memorable part- the trailer reel.
Trailer reels are a part of cinema tradition that continues today, in the age of high definition home entertainment. What made Grindhouse stand apart was that out of all the trailers they made, from Thanksgiving to Werewolf Women of the S.S., only two of these trailers were popular enough to be made into real movies- the disappointing “Hobo with a Shotgun”, and “Machete”. Here’s the trailer in question.
Danny Trejo, Cheech Marin, Michelle Rodriguez, Jessica Alba, Robert DeNiro, even Steven Seagal and Lindsey Lohan acted in this movie! Rodriguez winds up putting all the trailer moments in, and spinning a social commentary on the broken immigration system and border vigilantism throughout the American Southwest, while the film focuses in Rodriguez’ home state of Texas.
Rodriguez tackled this for a number of reasons. He’s spent his career giving a voice to Hispanic-Americans, and this allowed him to do that within the parameters normally assigned to Blaxploitation films, creating what some call “Mexploitation”.
At the end of the movie, he announces that there would be two more following it- “Machete Kills”, and “Machete Kills Again”. Since then, he’s been hard at work on “Machete Kills”, and I’ve been following it even closer.
The first announcement was the casting of the American President, given to actor who chose to take some time away from “winning”. Following that was the casting of Lady Gaga, Mel Gibson, Sofia Vergara, Cuba Gooding Jr., Vanessa Hudgens, the list goes on until we hit Alexa Vega. This got my interest.
One of the supporting actors in “Machete” was Daryl Sabara, famous for his role as Juni in the “Spy Kids” trilogy that Rodriguez directed, so it wasn’t too surprising to see Alexa coming in this time. What surprised me was the accompanying image from her Maxim shoot.
The big sister on Spy Kids, all grown up. And more than kinda hot.
Here’s what we know: Federale-turned-day-laborer-turned-assassin Machete Cortez (Danny Trejo) is contracted by the President of the United States (Charlie Sheen, listed as Carlos Esteves) to hunt down an arms dealer (Mel Gibson) that’s planning to launch a weapon into space. To aid him is ICE agent Sartana (Jessica Alba) and Network Leader Luz (Michelle Rodriguez), alongside fellow assassins Madame Desdemona (Sofia Vergara), Cereza (Vanessa Hudgens), Killjoy (Alexa Vega), El Cameleon (Cuba Gooding Jr.) and La Chameleon (Lady Gaga), it’s not known which ones are out to help our hero and which are out to kill him. Antonio Banderas fits in here somewhere, but it’s uncertain where and how.
Given that the sequel’s title on imdb has been altered to “Machete Kills Again…. In Space”, I can imagine where this is going. However, what perplexes me is why Charlie Sheen is listed with his real name.
If you’ve ever seen them alongside one another, you can’t deny the uncanny resemblance between Martin Sheen and Charlie.
Taken from Charlie’s current comedy project, “Anger Management”.
If you recognize that last name, it’s probably from Charlie’s brother Emilio. You wouldn’t think it, but these two are just as uncanny in the resemblance.
Admittedly an old picture, here’s the two most famous Esteves brothers.
Martin Sheen was born as Martino Esteves. He got the acting bug as a kid, but during the 1960’s there wasn’t much work in the US for Hispanic actors. As a career move, he started using the stage name “Martin Sheen”, adopting his mother’s maiden name. He was an up-and-coming actor into the mid-70’s, with his biggest role being the cult classic Vietnam epic “Apocalypse Now!”. All four of his children grew up to be actors, but Carlos and Emilio were the most successful. Emilio chose to use his real name in an attempt to distance his career from his father’s, more or less striking it out on his own. This led to his stint with the “Brat Pack”, “Young Guns” and “The Mighty Ducks”. Carlos said “fuck that!”, and adopted the stage name of Charlie Sheen.
Even more to rely on daddy’s success, his first big role was landed by one of his father’s connections. You may not remember it, but he was the snot-nosed kid brother on “Red Dawn”, a film written and directed by John Milius (an associate of Martin’s, as John also wrote “Apocalypse Now!”). After that was “Platoon”, following in his father’s footsteps in another anti-war Vietnam film shot in the Philippines. This led to a string of military movies, even a collaboration with his brother in the first “Young Guns”. His career took a 90 degree turn with “Hot Shots”, resulting in him spending the rest of his career in comedy. The drugs, pornstars, and string of divorces came much later.
Really, the fact that he was cast for “Machete” surprised me, but even more surprising was him choosing to use his real name. My best guess is that either he wants to change, and is showing this by using his real name, or the fact is that this is a movie centered around hispanic actors. What says “Viva Mexico!” better than a Mexican in the White House?!
Maybe I’m distracted. Maybe I’ve had a few too many tacos in my life. Maybe I’ve got some weird hard-on for homage directors. The fact is, I’m stoked for “Machete Kills”. I think you should be too, but I know that I’ll happily wait in the theater to see it.
Actor James Gandolfini, best known for his role as Tony Soprano in the in the hit HBO series has died.
James Gandolfini – 18/09/1961 – 19/06/2013
Deadline report that Gandolfini died in Italy of a sudden heart attack.
Chris Albrecht, the man responsible for giving the go-ahead to make the critically acclaimed mob series spoke with Deadline about the news: “Absolutely stunned. I got the word from Lorraine Bracco and just got off with Brad Grey who had just heard from David Chase. We had all become a family. This is a tremendous loss.”
I never got into The Sopranos myself, but I will forever remember Gandolfini from his excellent work in one of my favourite movies of all time, True Romance. More recently, the actor had worked on such projects as The Incredible Burt Wonderstone and the excellent Zero Dark Thirty.
Blood, ubervamps, faerie babies and a lot of boob action as the new season of HBO’s True Blood kicks off in the US.
We kick off season six with a rather lengthy recap of recent events, followed be a reprise of Bill rising as an ubervamp. It’s only a couple of minutes before someone notable is killed off, with Luna’s oh-so-tragic demise kicking off the death toll. Then we have Bill, uh, flying? Well, that was interesting.
As usual with True Blood, the opening episode is a little disjointed, reminding us of the many many plot lines left open at the end of season five. Sam now has charge of little wolf girl Emma after Luna’s death, Alcide is now pack master, Andy has faerie babies and there’s a new face of evil in the form of Governor Burrell who is enforcing a vampire curfew and closing all vamp run businesses.
He’s also looking to make some dollar from the vamps, as we see him making a deal with the TruBlood company to start up production again.
Then we have our main group; Sookie, Eric, Jason, Nora, Pam and Tara are all on the run from Bill the ubervamp. Jason has gone all bloodthirsty on his search for Warlow, Pam and Tara’s romance is quickly fading and Nora wants to use ‘the faerie’ to end Bill, knowing that Sookie is Eric’s one weakness. In the opening episode, Eric’s attitude is reminiscent of his memory-loss phase in season four and he reminds us of his feelings for Sookie. However, wanting her life back, Sookie seems to have said goodbye to Eric for now, most likely to make room for yet another suitor in the form of a new faerie character on his way. Poor Eric.
So, what do we make of Bill as some sort of vampire demi-god? Well, he’s a lot more sane than anticipated once he’s got rid of the naked and covered in blood look. He seems to have inherited some new powers too, but I’m a little disappointed that they didn’t stick to the psycho Bill for a while. However, I don’t think all is as it seems. Bill appears to be far too ‘normal’ and it’s a little creepy. The scenes with Jess suggest that something else might be going on, as he tucks her into bed for the night, with her believing all is fabulous.
Correct! Whilst we don’t get a great deal of Bill in the episode, perhaps due to the fact that Stephen Moyer directed it, not allowing for much screen-time, right at the end we’re offered a glimpse of what is to come. Three blood drenched naked vamps, different figures than that of Lilith we’ve seen previously, call out to Bill before, er, entering him? Maybe this will make way for crazy ubervamp Bill once more. We can only hope.
In other news. Alcide looks set to go a little power-mad, with the wolf ladies throwing themselves at him and Andy is trying to get used to fathering his new litter of faerie babies. All four of which seem to be growing up rather quickly… Finally, ‘who the fuck is Warlow’? Eric’s question finally sparks something off when Jason meets him, but we’re offered little explanation for the time being.
I’m going to be brutally honest. After looking forward to the new season since last August’s dramatic finale, I was extremely disappointed in the opening episode. Since season six only has 10 episodes rather than the usual 12 to allow Anna Paquin’s maternity leave, I was expecting each instalment to pack more of a punch. Let’s hope that this is just a slow burner and is setting up for bigger and better things.
With the seventh episode titled ‘The Funeral’, there are plenty of rumours of one of the key characters being killed off mid-season. Most people are reckoning on Eric or Bill meeting their demise, but I think that characters like Jason or Jess could also be in line for the chop. However, if Eric or Bill are to be at the receiving end, my money’s on Eric. Whilst Bill seems the obvious option, I think that Eric’s losing it. He’s hopelessly in love with Sookie who can’t except the man (or monster) that he used to be. He’s back on the dark and brooding path and I can see him making a sacrifice later in the series.
Well, that’s all for now on the True Blood front this week. Make sure you come back next week to check out an episode two recap and more rumours of things to come. Now I’ll leave you with the winning quote of the episode. Enjoy Truebies!
Quote of the Week goes to Pam:
‘I hate the beach. Fish piss and sand in your cooch.’
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