| True Blood: The Complete First Season (HBO Series) |  | Actors: Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, Sam Trammell, Rutina Wesley, Ryan Kwanten
Studio: HBO Home Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  736 reviews
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Format: Box set, Color, Dolby, DVD, Widescreen, Subtitled, Closed-captioned, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), Portuguese (Subtitled)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Number Of Discs: 5
Running Time: 720 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5.7 x 1.6
MPN: 1000045477
UPC: 883929048830
EAN: 0883929048830
ASIN: B001FB4W0W
Theatrical Release Date: 2009
Release Date: May 19, 2009
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 Neck biting/gripping Vampire series March 9, 2010
Jerry L. Nelson (Dallas, TX, USA)
One of the best vampire series I've ever seen, but it is not for the timid. The sex scenes and language would make many blush. It could be called a porno if you only wanted to watch the sex scenes, so don't let your children watch this one. If you like vampires, that can take a bite out of your previous concepts of vampires this is the series for you.
 5 stars if I hadn't already seen the second season March 9, 2010
M. Burley
This season is really good - it establishes a cool story in a very interesting setting. It's got a loosely underlying plot theme that eventually plays out with a somewhat shocking twist. However, there are some boring episodes that prevent this season from being truly great. It does a good job setting up the vastly superior second season, though. The video quality is fantastic for a standard dvd and there are some decent extras. If you are on the fence about starting to watch this series, then pick this season up when it is cheap. You will enjoy it and it will allow you to follow the plot and know the characters as you start the second season. Viewer beware, however, as this show is not for the faint of heart. Violence, nudity, profanity - it really pushes the limit as far as what previous television has shown in these departments.
TRUE BLOOD IS THE BEST SERIES I HAVE SEEN SO FAR EVEN BETTER THAN TWILIGHT March 8, 2010
Platinum Check Card (SAN DIEGO,CA)
I FALL INLOVE WITH THIS SHOW AND HOPE MORE PEOPLE WATCH IT.... I CANT WAIT INTILL THE THRID SEASON COMES OUT. I WATCH THE FIRST SEASON IN THREE DAYS AND THE SECOND SEASON ONLY TAKE ME ONE DAY TO WATCH. THIS IS LIKE A GROWN UP TWILIGHT. BUT IT IS VAMPIRES LOVE STORIES WITH A COUNTRY TWIST AND BIT OF MYSTERY AND LOTS OF SURPISE IN STORE. ALSO JUST HOT SEXY FUN AND THRILLING SHOW. I HAVE WATCH THE WHOLE FIRST SEASON 4 TIMES ALREADY. I DONT REGREAT BUYING THIS SHOW ON DVD TO PULL OUT ANY TIME AND I CANT WAIT TO BUY SECOND SEASON EVEN SO I SEEN IT ON HBO ALREADY. IAM STARTING TO WANT TO READ THE BOOKS TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENS NEXT. IT ALWAYS HAS SHOCKING START AND ENDING TO THIS SHOW WHERE YOU ARE JUST DRAWN TO WATCH THE NEXT EPOSIDE.
tru blood 1st season March 7, 2010
Thomas Laplante (Mountains of Va.)
The first season was excellent. I am not a movie buff or show expert by any means but i truly enjoyed the entire first season. My wife read all the books and said that the movie had differneces,but it was still exciting and new. Most enjoyable season, and looking forward to season two and three.
 Mills and Boon story...with added vampires March 6, 2010
Anthony Hand (Dublin, Ireland)
Contains spoilers
From what I've heard from fans, the Sookie Stackhouse stories have not traveled well to the screen. Having not read any of Charlaine Harris' novels myself, I can't say. But, given what the first season of 'True Blood' has to offer, I am loath to doubt the veracity of such comments.
In short, what we have here is a bog standard "which man will the girl choose" type of story, intermingled with some OTT Hollywood Sex(tm) and some superfluous vampires and other assorted mythical creatures, all set in some Southern backwater (complete with truly terrible accents). The basic premise of the vampire as "minority" coming "out of the coffin" is a pretty good one, but it not is elaborated on enough here. There was so much more that could have been done with that idea. But it gets somewhat abandoned, in favor of yet another shot of naked flesh or another sex scene. All of which becomes really tiresome after a while. Don't get me wrong, sex has its place in movies and TV. But, like gore, when it's done just for the sake of it (as it is here) it can become boring and obvious (as it is here). In addition, the obsession with sex and the vampire has lost its umph years ago. Vampires are dead, they can't have sex. It's unbelievably juvenile and renders the vampires "impotent" in their fear factor. Put it like this, I doubt anyone would want to get it on with one of the vampires in '30 Days of Night', which is a far superior take on the subject. In that movie, they are scary and something you really don't want to be around. In 'True Blood', they have no scare at all.
Also, there's way too much time wasted on characters that really should be incidental, like Jason (sookie's dim witted brother), who is a truly wretched character. I know he's been turned into the prime suspect of a murder case, but the lack of evidence in that is laughable and certainly doesn't warrant the amount of time he's present onscreen. Likewise, for Tara. The standard issue "angry black person". What a tired cliché. although, at least her character has some progress throughout the series. Her alcoholic mother, too, is another un-necessary road trip that I could have done without.
Lafayette, on the other hand, works very well. But, I am given to understand that in the books, he is nothing like the character portrayed in the series.
The heart of the show...the vampires...are, unfortunately, such a miserable lot. They are the modern day "feeling sorry for themselves" neo-goth versions. In other words, extremely irritating. But there are some good moments with them. When people aren't trying to screw them, they are allowed to have their shot onscreen and it can be done well, as in the tribunal held for vampire Bill (ha ha, still laugh at that) at the end of the series. Or, when the scene shifts to "Fangtasia", the bar where the vampires hang out. In "Fangtasia", we meet Eric, who is a sheriff of sorts for the region and is destined to have some altercation with Bill, after the interesting scene where the vampires use Sookie's telepathy for their own ends. Regrettably, the vampires have few opportunities to be menacing, which ultimately makes their inclusion in the story somewhat pointless.
It's not all bad though. I have to say that I was actually interested in where the story went, even if it was nothing more than a love story wrapped up in unusual clothes. There are enough hooks to keep the viewer coming back and enough "interest" to justify that extra hour's watching, when you really should be going to bed! However, I doubt I will be watching Season 2. Which, after all is the "true" test of a series.
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