I'm very picky about vampire series as well. The Twilight Saga was god-awful in so many ways, and since I fell out of love with the Anita Blake series, I've yet to find a vampire series to own my heart. There was an adaptation of Tanya Huff's Blood books on Lifetime called Blood Ties, which I actually liked better than the books they were based off of, but the series was episodic and eventually lost my interest.
Stephen Moyer--who, btw, is British!--is doing a really good job of bringing Bill to life, so to speak. To me, Bill was a little bland in the books, but there is a whole group of readers who still love Bill long time in spite of some things that go down later in the series. I actually like Bill mostly for that raw rage we see when the human facade slips and we see a god-honest vampire who is actually frightening and doesn't sparkle. XD
Yep, I saw the fourth episode. ^^ I didn't much like Eric's presence until later in the series, and now he's probably my favorite. (I really don't get emotionally involved with the series, so that's not actually saying much...) I went into the books knowing that Sookie would eventually develop the Mary Sue-ish quality of having a whole parade of suitors chomping at the bit to date her/sleep with her, so was able to brace for it. So far, Sookie hasn't changed as drastically as Anita did, which is good because I couldn't stand the direction the AB series took.
(Yes, Sookie does break it off with Bill, but with excellent reason. And then the man-jumping commences (although not to as many men as I'm sure some people make it seem), but unlike what happened with the AB series, Sookie doesn't end up having a man harem. She moves on from each man and doesn't gradually accumulate multiple lovers like Anita did.)
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
timeasmymeasure
no subject
Date: 2008-10-04 05:25 am (UTC)Stephen Moyer--who, btw, is British!--is doing a really good job of bringing Bill to life, so to speak. To me, Bill was a little bland in the books, but there is a whole group of readers who still love Bill long time in spite of some things that go down later in the series. I actually like Bill mostly for that raw rage we see when the human facade slips and we see a god-honest vampire who is actually frightening and doesn't sparkle. XD
Yep, I saw the fourth episode. ^^ I didn't much like Eric's presence until later in the series, and now he's probably my favorite. (I really don't get emotionally involved with the series, so that's not actually saying much...) I went into the books knowing that Sookie would eventually develop the Mary Sue-ish quality of having a whole parade of suitors chomping at the bit to date her/sleep with her, so was able to brace for it. So far, Sookie hasn't changed as drastically as Anita did, which is good because I couldn't stand the direction the AB series took.
(Yes, Sookie does break it off with Bill, but with excellent reason. And then the man-jumping commences (although not to as many men as I'm sure some people make it seem), but unlike what happened with the AB series, Sookie doesn't end up having a man harem. She moves on from each man and doesn't gradually accumulate multiple lovers like Anita did.)