The Medium is Not Enough TV blog: Microfeed for "Preview: True Blood" http://www.the-medium-is-not-enough.com/2008/06/preview_true_blood.php Comments for the entry "Preview: True Blood" en-us Movable Type v4.32-en http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:21:37 +00:00 Comment from Jane Henry You haven't got a sub genre for weird vampire novels about frankly suspect dark emotional thoughts concerning your dead daughter. However, I'm going to ignore that and say WOOHOO!!! I really hoped they'd go for a series of Being Human, the pilot of which was fab. I hope they're not going to change the cast though, I thought they were all great, and definitely want to see more of Adrian Lester's sinister head of vampires character.

]]> 4163@http://www.the-medium-is-not-enough.com/#c24199 Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:21:37 +00:00 Comment from MediumRob Technically, Anne Rice stuff is of the "woo hoo! Wouldn't it be great to see two guys get it on?" female sub-genre, which I overlooked. Naughty me.

As for Being Human, I agree - I was surprised when Phoo Action got the immediate thumbs up for a series and Being Human took weeks for a confirmation. It's just a question of getting all the cast together in the same darkened rooms, now, from what I hear from the Media Guardian.

And if they can't, don't be surprised if the £10m being cut from BBC3's budget happens to take a bite out of Being Human.

]]> 4163@http://www.the-medium-is-not-enough.com/#c24200 Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:34:14 +00:00 Comment from stu-n I'd much rather it took a bite out of Phoo Action, due to its being (a) more expensive than Being Human, and (b) rubbish.

]]> 4163@http://www.the-medium-is-not-enough.com/#c24201 Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:40:03 +00:00 Comment from MediumRob Me, too, although Phoo Action had its moments if you were familiar with Bruce Lee movies.

]]> 4163@http://www.the-medium-is-not-enough.com/#c24202 Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:17:13 +00:00 Comment from Jane Henry Rob you are quite right vis a vis Anne Rice, but I did think that five year old child in the book was a tad distasteful - she was marginally better as a slightly older Kirsten Dunst in the film, but a bloke writing that would have had all sorts of things levelled at him.

I missed Phoo Action, but was rather hoping Mrs InBetweeny would get a series, as that too was rather brilliant.

]]> 4163@http://www.the-medium-is-not-enough.com/#c24203 Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:26:33 +00:00 Comment from MediumRob Yes, it was all a bit icky, wasn't it, even with young Dunst.

I missed Mrs InBetweeny. I taped it, but never got round to watching it so I wiped it.

]]> 4163@http://www.the-medium-is-not-enough.com/#c24204 Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:19:34 +00:00 Comment from Jane Henry Mrs Inbetweeny - extremely close to the knuckle, ***(insert your expletive it was that kind of programme) hilarious, and also incredibly touching. There was a scene involving a get your own back on the bully (now head teacher) at school and a quick shag in aforementioned headteacher's office which turned out all wrong for him that brought tears to the eyes. You were laughing and you thought you shouldn't. Not really. Amelia Bullmore was brilliant, even more so as I was watching her in Ashes to Ashes at the same time. I loved it. Can't imagine why they haven't recommissioned.

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