Irksome

[jazzy_dave]

Just one irksome point i want to make about True Blood - just to much damn religion. Jesus freak and such like. Goddammit!

Comments

[al-zorra.livejournal.com]

Welcome to Louisiana baby -- and red USA.

[kaishin108.livejournal.com]

Why do they have to go and do that, sighhh.

[swordznsorcery.livejournal.com]

True to the region though, isn't it. I quite like the way that it plays into the story. The way that Tara struggles with her Bible-quoting mother, who's such a screw-up, despite thinking that she's better than everyone. The way that Lafayette rails against it all. I think it's good for local colour and scene-setting. Such a wildly different culture to the TV norm.

[markmc03.livejournal.com]

But, to their credit, they don't play the religious card in any evangelical way. They portray the fundamentalists as the crackpots they typically are. I take it you aren't deep into the series as yet? Lots happens to those ultra religious characters ... stuff one would not expect (but really, would expect) them to be capable of. All very twisted (in True Blood fashion).

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

The whole series was a metaphor for how religion fucks people up!

[thespian15.livejournal.com]

That's the trouble I had when I started to watch the second season. All that cult crap. I stopped watching and haven't gotten back to it yet. :p
Hugs, Jon

[maxauburn.livejournal.com]

I had trouble with the religious aspect of the show and quit watching early on, myself.

[al-zorra.livejournal.com]

My problem with True Blood is that it was too frackin' ugly and stupid. I quit watching somewhere in the midst of season 4, finished watching it via dvd, then looked at a few of season 5 and quit forever. By all accounts it got only more stupid.

[bleodswean.livejournal.com]

Mmmmmm....I think this aspect of the show put quite a few people off, even though most will point to the fairies and Season 5, but it is ACTUALLY the religion that ties the entire show together, beginning to end and through the middle. It's important and vital to Bill's arc. The religion = vampirism = sexuality = individuality = the meaning of life.

[1-rhiannon-1.livejournal.com]

True Blood is set in Louisiana, home of all sorts of religion. Gotta roll with it.

[a-phoenixdragon.livejournal.com]

Oi...