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Oct. 16th, 2008 10:53 am
The TV is going to suck my blood.
So, yesterday, while paying off a late cable bill, I got talked into upgrading my cable service again. Faster internet and lots and lots of channels. My monthly bill? Went up by 50¢. Yeah.
SO.
We have on-demand already, but with our lack of knowing wtf happened to our real cable box remote, we have to play with the box to get it working. So, I went ahead and watched (free! woot!) the pilot episode of True Blood.
I had to tell myself within the first five minutes that the show was HBO and notSkinemaxCinemax. And while Ryan Kwanten isn't bad to look at (especially buck naked like he first shows up in the show), he also isn't great to look at (especially buck naked like he first shows up in the show). It's, uh, interesting to say the least.
Once the softcore porn scenes were over (and the ones that happened later, too), the show was pretty good. There are some issues in the pilot, obviously, but it looks pretty good so far. I'll be watching more over the weekend to get caught up and have added it to a seson pass on my TiVo.
I can see where some complaints on the show have come from. The responses are generally positive by critics, but it has some crazy yo-yoing going on in reviews. Some say it's brilliant, some say it sucks (and not in that Vampire slurpie kinda way), and some say it's somewhere in the middle. Most seem to lean towards good reviews with small nitpicks.
SO.
We have on-demand already, but with our lack of knowing wtf happened to our real cable box remote, we have to play with the box to get it working. So, I went ahead and watched (free! woot!) the pilot episode of True Blood.
I had to tell myself within the first five minutes that the show was HBO and not
Once the softcore porn scenes were over (and the ones that happened later, too), the show was pretty good. There are some issues in the pilot, obviously, but it looks pretty good so far. I'll be watching more over the weekend to get caught up and have added it to a seson pass on my TiVo.
I can see where some complaints on the show have come from. The responses are generally positive by critics, but it has some crazy yo-yoing going on in reviews. Some say it's brilliant, some say it sucks (and not in that Vampire slurpie kinda way), and some say it's somewhere in the middle. Most seem to lean towards good reviews with small nitpicks.
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