True Blood Season 2, Episode 4: Shake & Fingerpop (Let’s Discuss)
This contains big time spoilers. If you haven’t watched the episode, I am advising you turn back now.**
God will make sure evil gets punished. –
Oh, yeah then explain Europe to me. – Jason Stackhouse.
Uh, what? Stupid Hot was in rare, rare form last night. He just spouted all kinds of dumb all over the place. True Blood’s comeback episode was called, Shake and Fingerpop, and it was definitely an appropriate title. Jason’s bunkmates decided to play a practical joke on him, and let’s just say he went a bit over the top with his reaction. He’s like quoting anti-vamp scriptures now. What is that? Not good, Jason. Meanwhile, Bill also overacts to Jessica and Hoyt’s little make-out session. Good for her. I got say I really like Jessica, I thought she was going to get on my nerves when they first introduced her last season, but she is truly fun to watch.
Speaking of on my nerves, what is the deal with Daphne? I would really like her with Sam if I knew what her true motives are. Tara finally told Maryann that she was moving in with Sookie. Maryann took the news better than I thought she was going to, I really expected her to do that shaking thing she does and bewitch Tara into staying, but she didn’t. We also find out the late Miss Jeanette of bus has the same cravings on her back as Daphne and Sookie. What’s up with that? She was poisoned just like Sookie and I assume Daphne.
Sookie tells Tara about Lafayette’s like situation, making her go to her house and not getting the warmest reception. In fact, he was downright cold. Can that boy turn a phrase or what? Who’s writing his lines? Is he adlibbing them, or does Alan Ball staff have that much flavor, either way I want to speak like Lafayette. Did you hear me hooka’s?
Damn, hooka, shit. – Lafayette Anyhoo, some smaller funnies happened, no one believes drunk Andy when she tells the sheriff Dearborn he has seen Maryann’s pig in a dollhouse nonetheless. Sookie once again had me wanting to slap her, her little selfish conversation with Sam. I mean really girl, move on. Damn, hooka, shit.
And about hooka’s, Sarah, Sarah, Sarah. She wants some of Stupid Hot really bad. I’m getting some really bad vibes from the couple in general. I want Stupid Hot to run, and run fast. I mean Soldiers of the Sun, sound bad. The name is ominous for sure. Sookie, Bill and Jessica take off for Dallas. I’m starting to find their little lovefest boring, but I think it’s just me. Lafayette is visited by the hot Viking himself, Eric. For a reason that we know is completely sketchy he offers to allow Lafayette to feed from him to make him all better. And all better it does indeed. Lafayette had a serious burst of energy.
Maryann somehow knows it’s Tara’s birthday and of course she has arranged a hedonistic celebration. This time we got a hot love scene from Tara and Eggs. Hot! I was hoping we would find out what Maryann wants, but no dice. Upon Sookie’s arrival in Dallas, Ball changed the story completely almost, Sookie was almost abducted, but in this version Jessica added much needed comedy relief with Jessica. In Dallas Bill meets with Eric and Jessica orders a hot-tail (a cute boy to feed off) from room service. And just like the book, Sookie meets another telepath.
Overall the episode was really good, I would give the episode an 8/10 if I were rating it. Thoughts, groans, moans?
I will leave you guys with these questions for next week’s episode:
Anyone else think Pastor Newlin actually killed his family and framed the vampires?
How does Daphne know Sam’s little secret?
Did Eric literally fly to Dallas? And what does he really want with Lafayette?
Anyone else thinks Maryann should open a party planning business?
What are the Soldiers of the Sun planning?
What in the yellow country mess was Sookie wearing when she got off that plane?
Brad Fuller Speaks Again – Nightmare Remake Finished
This not addressed to the haters according to Fuller’s twits, I mean Tweats. Whatever, read it or not. This movie is probably as dreadful as that Friday was. The leaked script was horrendous. So, hate on haters, I say.
It’s a wrap, the new Elm Street is in the can!
3:34am, July 12, 2009
It’s over – at least shooting is. I feel like I just ran a marathon. Though I will never know the actual feeling of finishing a marathon – I reckon this is what it feels like. Week after week of night shoots, distant locations and extreme weather, all taking its toll on all of us. Many of my other marathoners share the same 1000 yard stare I’ve got going. All of us simply spent.
But all that effort, time and pain was for a great cause. We did it all for Freddy. To realize our dream of bringing him back… the way we remember him. Scary, mean and nasty. Now I know it will be hotly debated here, but I can tell you I am proud of what we did. Proud that Jackie Earle Haley was uncompromising in his desire to create a Freddy that is uniquely his own creation. Proud of Andrew Clement for his desire to create a look that will shock and scare you. You will surely recognize Freddy, but he is distinctively different, more real, and more burned. Jackie and Clement spent four hours a day painstaking applying all the make-up, appliances, texture before coming to shoot. And when we were all done at the end of the day they had to stay for at least another hour to take it off. For those of you keeping score at home that is 5 hours a day, on top of 12 hour shooting days. Those among you who are so closed-minded that you can’t fathom anyone else playing the role, you are idiots. So much time and effort put into bringing Freddy back and you dismiss him before you’ve seen his efforts, it’s just stupidity. See what we’ve done and then pass judgment; but there isn’t a person out there who can tell me Jackie isn’t a terrifying, inspired, awesome Freddy. I am grateful to Bloody Disgusting for its early support of that idea and can confidently tell you that choice was simply inspired.
Sam Bayer suffered for this movie. He pushed himself so hard that I worried that he couldn’t maintain his pace, yet he did. No one had more sleepless nights than Sam – replaying the day’s events over and over in his head, questioning how to make it scarier, better. We would often have breakfast together before shooting and he was never content. If he was concerned that he could improve on a scare, he and our first ad, Myron, would figure out our schedule so we could shoot the scene until Sam felt it was as good as it could be. Sam has very high standards and he was unrelenting. He brought all his experience to those nightmares and they are outstanding – if you aren’t familiar with his work, check him out on YouTube, he is a great visual artist.
Making movies is like riding a unicycle down a steep hill. And when I read this back it seems like this movie was a dream shoot. Not true – we had all sorts of challenges on every level, but what was great about making this film was that we all had the same goal in mind. It really felt like a team effort to get to the finish line. And for me personally, when the end did come I didn’t want it to.
I know the blog has been quiet lately, but after I’ve rested a bit I will start posting more.
A couple other things. Pay attention to Comic Con, we will have a couple of surprises for you there. If everything goes as planned we will reveal something special there.
Also, I am twittering and posted a few behind-the-scenes photos, so keep checking here and Twitter for updates.
One, two…
Just as I predicted – Meh, for the whole show! Harper’s Island Wraps
This show wasn’t that great, and it ended just like I predicted early on, the twist not so much. They were working way to hard to make Jimmy look guilty. I’m telling you a better twist would have been if Abby was crazy and doing the killing, but they went with the obvious. Anyway, Henry was Wakefield’s son, Abby’s brother and the killer. Big fat whatever.
