Tuesday, June 25, 2013

AYO Technology

The government, unlike 50 and J.T., aren't tired of using technology, as humans bit back this week on True Blood and showing their bite is as bad as their bark, courtesy of some new advanced weapons.

Indeed, the fragile peace between night and day walkers continued to dissolve on "The Sun," as we heard tales of torture by both parties. Man's capacity for cruelty has been well documented, but the blood bath in the ball pit at Chuck E. Cheese did well to remind us all vampires are not as civil as Bill, Eric, Jessica, etc.
 photo tumblr_mlmq0zqWoA1rgfjoko1_5001_zps61b68b90.gif

People such as Governor Burrell had been planning for a time like this, but the Authority and those who blew up the True Blood factories made it a reality. In the grand scheme of things, losing Fangtasia ranks pretty low on the list of potential grievances, but Pam has every right to be as upset as she has been. Quite frankly, I'm shocked she and Nora have not squared off yet.

Probably my favorite quote of the episode:
Bon Temps may lack certain modern accoutrements, but when it comes to supernaturals, it is chock full. It was great to see Full House and Friday Night Lights alum Jurnee Smollett make her series debut, but I'm suspicious of her and her alleged cause.
She and her friends seemed a little too TMZ and less Civil Rights-oriented as they snapped pictures of Sam and Alcide fighting.

Speaking of Alcide, why did he have to go and spoil what looked like an amazing sleepover party with Lafayette and Emma? The scene of them playing dress up earlier in the episode was one of my favorites.

Given how slow time moves on the show, I'm pretty sure Alcide was still hopped up on the V he took to win the fight for pack master.  Hopefully he will come to his senses when it wears off... but he and that loud mouthed Danielle needed to check themselves. I can't wait to see Laffa give that were-bitch what's coming to her.
If things get too dark this season, all the writers need do is insert an Andy Bellefleur scene in his new father role to add some surefire levity to things.
 photo andy-kids_zps0bb57c53.gif photo andy-kids2_zpsfc67db91.gif
Morella was nowhere to be found, but we did meet Ben, another fae. Sookie is no doubt going to fall for this fresh new face, but something about him had my Spider Sense a tingling. I wish Sookie had stuck to her guns and just kept walking when she saw him laying there in the bushes, but I did love how at first she was like, "nope, not today." 
 photo sookie-nope_zpse4a6d72d.gif photo sookie-nope2_zps065e5359.gif photo sookie-nope3_zpse642920d.gif photo sookie-nope4_zpsc58dbe01.gif
It's funny when we are reminded that along with everything going on in her life, Sookie still has shifts to work at Merlotte's.

I wasn’t buying that whole “I blasted him” story, when she asked how he got away from the vampire who attacked him. It had me doing the ole People's Eyebrow... could he be working for Warlow?
 photo peopleseyebrow_zpsf17b9c21.gif

Ben is definitely bad news, so Sookie will most assuredly hook up with him.

Perhaps the weirdest moment of the episode came during the fairy family reunion. Anyone else notice Grandpa Niall dumping salt into his mouth like it was ground up viagras?

Even with the help of her fairy grandfather and trigger-happy Jason, it sounds like they are going to need some help to take down the Rob Zombie look-alike, who broke on through to the other side on that bridge.
While Sookie was busy harnessing her light, Eric took it upon himself to try to infiltrate the governor's mansion. I loved everything about the scene where Eric posed as the Fish and Wildlife representative with the glasses, combed down hair and timid voice.
One of my favorite moments of the episode was the point where Eric's voice changed as he referenced what a "tough f-cking bird" the whooping crane is.
 photo eric-bird_zps3221c037.gif photo eric-bird2_zps6615795c.gif
Burrell got him pretty good when he pretended to be glamoured - but Eric got his swagger back when he peaced out on the guards and flew away. It will be interesting to see what Eric's plans for Willa Burrell are.
Arlene delivered a couple of the episode's best quotes, but I hope her speech to Patrick's wife was convincing enough to put that story line to bed. I'm a little worried this arc and the whole civil rights angle with Sam could take away valuable screen time from others.
Jason should have every opportunity to deliver lines like the one where he compared his grandfather to "Bubba" Fett and to flash his hilarious looks like when he found out he wasn't a fairy prince.
Jessica had every right to be worried about Bill and to try and wake him up when he went into that catatonic state. I'm torn on this one though, as to whether or not I would want to wake up from a dream where I'm walking around with an entourage of naked albeit blood covered B's.

Warlow is most certainly the tyrant Lilith spoke to Bill about, but who will be the two who become one Nora read about in the Vampire Bible? When light and dark collide their salvation will be at hand. Maybe Bill and Sookie need to reunite somehow. I'm sure Bill will figure it out, preferably in time to save everyone before his vision of them all burning under the sun comes true.
Enough of me chewing the fat.
 photo jason-spaghetti_zps6c7dcfbc.gif
Get in here and let me know what you thought!

2 comments:

  1. A new year wouldn’t be a new year w/o starting with a “IT FEEEEELS SO GOOD TO BE BAAACK!”....Always such a treat to read these and I have to admit, and I know that it has only been two episodes but w/o these posts this show is really starting to lose me…..at times its borderline getting hard to watch…..(although even when the eps are good, this is usually my favorite parts too so not really sure what that is saying)…with that said, if you take out the fact that it is a clear that a war is coming there is some REAL stupid ish going on w/ TB this season which had continued on from last….


    I can say that I LOVE the idea of ths whole war/who will be the pivotal weapons for both the humans and the Vamps, looking as tho Bill will be the lead nuke for the vamps vs the governer for the humans…..ps- WHY does he want to start manufacturing trubllood again considering he wants to goo to war anyhow?....is it JUST the revenue or is it more?

    Btw—Junree Smollett??...she has been in SO much stuff over the years, and I’ll be honest with u, I feel like she was MUCH cuter as a kid then she is an an adult no?.....very strange looking b, although I do look forward to seeing her tiny jublies (there I said it, and it WILL happen)…..and my boy laffa is really starting to shine as the casts best character…..a solid all around G—nand not that I WANT to delve back into this but, what happened to his powers?....

    As for the time progression on the show Jell there is NO DOUBT that Alcide is still all hopped up on mountain dew and HOW LUCKY IS THIS GUY?....has two Wear B’s ready to fight to the death for this guy, twisting eachotehr all over the place willy nilly, guy has come a long way from chasing stupid sookie stackhouses worn down bean around bon temps like a wounded pup….well played indeed.

    Ok so sookie and Ben---who gives a sht…im serious. That is all (although I do LOVE the people eyebrow reference…IFFF YOU SMELLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

    Back to what is undoubtably the best part of the episode, the confrontation between the good governer and my man E—WHAT AN EXCHANGE!! A battle that will undoubtably rear its head throughout the season and THAT is something that I really look forward to, and of course E handles it at the end like a boss (ps had he NOT just flown away there I was gonna lose it) going after the good governers little girl…im praying that he turns her sht out in more ways then one and uses the ultimate bargaining chip……as far as this war is concerned is it me or is this battle shaping up exactly LIKE Xmen?....with Bill and his new, uncertain powers making him the phoenix?? It’s there…think about it. But either way, it will be VERY interesting see where the players end up as far as the key weapons for either side and who comes out on top!.....again tks for making a medicore start worthing watching Jell jell, a real treat

    ReplyDelete
  2. "guy has come a long way from chasing stupid sookie stackhouses worn down bean around bon temps like a wounded pup….well played indeed."

    Amen and I like your idea about X-Men like battle between Humans and Supers. Well played.

    ReplyDelete