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True Blood: The Complete Second Season (HBO Series)
RRP: $59.99Our Price: $24.90 (subject to change)Editorial
Product Description
When we last checked in with Sookie Stackhouse, the mystery surrounding a Bon Temps serial killer had finally been solved, to the town’sinfinite relief. Sookie is thrilled that her vampire soulmate, Bill Compton, has escaped with his life (or is it death?) after coming to her daylight defense. On other fronts, Sookie’s pal Tara Thornton sets downnew roots with an affluent benefactor, Maryann Forrester; Sam Merlotte resolves to get in shape-shift shape after a forest foray; roguish brother Jason finds new purpose with an anti-vampire sect; and detectiveAndy Bellefleur licks his wounds after being proven wrong about Jason’s guilt. But just as things are settling down, some deadly new twists threaten to ratchet up the saga of Sookie Stackhouse to bloody new heights!DVD Features:
Audio Commentary
Featurette
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True Blood's second season, with episodes involving a new cast of monsters invading Louisiana swamp town Bon Temps, is notably gorier and more camp than the first season. While thematically the central focus in these 12 exciting episodes still revolves around faith and loyalty, these questions are complicated by displays of pagan ritual and obsession. Though the vampire/human relationship dilemma continues, spearheaded by lovers Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin) and vampire Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer), there is less emphasis on addiction to V, or vampire blood, and more time dedicated to outsiders whose supernatural talents make some episodes feel like superhero battles. Episode 1, "Nothing but the Blood," sets the gory example with a brutal opening scene in which the local shaman has been eviscerated. While gruesome murders continue throughout the season, we become familiar with a new femme fatale, Maryann Forrester (Michelle Forbes), who hosts bacchanalia, such as the one in episode 4 ("Shake and Fingerpop") that gives Bon Temps a collective hangover. Also developing in this season are relationships between Sookie and Bill's vampire colleagues Eric (Alexander Skarsgård), Eric's master Godric, and a vampire queen who plays Yahtzee throughout episode 11 ("Frenzy"). The ever-increasing vampire interest in Sookie leads to her questioning her own supernatural psychic identity, especially in the final episode ("Beyond Here Lies Nothin'"), a semi-ridiculous, over-the-top segment that is more humorous than scary. Also corny but funny are the episodes featuring Fellowship of the Sun zealots Steve and Sarah Newlin (Michael McMillian and Anna Camp), and Jason Stackhouse's evangelical dedication to them (with Ryan Kwanten as Stackhouse). Perhaps the best episodes are those dedicated to the endangered plights of Sam Merlotte (Sam Trammell), Lafayette (Nelsan Ellis), and Tara (Rutina Wesley). New characters, like Tara's lover, Eggs (Mehcad Brooks), and the young, tempestuous vampire Jessica Hamby (Deborah Ann Woll), also add greatly to an already fabulous cast. Though the extras in this DVD set, "The Vampire Report (Special Edition)" and "Fellowship of the Sun: Reflections of Light," offer lighthearted, pseudo-documentary fun, they feel quaint next to the many wonderful episodes of this horror serial. --Trinie Dalton Stills from True Blood: The Complete Second Season (click for larger image)
first for everythingReview date: 2010-07-28 Rating: 10 out of 10Product came in great condition, however, I was disappointed that it took longer to ship than was stated. Oh well, I guess there's a first time for everything right?
ReviewsFan of True Blood SeriesReview date: 2010-07-27 Rating: 10 out of 10This DVD set is even better than watching the series. Package arrived very quickly and the price was the best one around.Strong start, weaker finishReview date: 2010-07-27 Rating: 8 out of 10The difference between this season and season 1 is that whereas season 1 starts off silly and gets intriguing toward the end, season 2 starts off intriguing and gets silly toward the end. Granted there's silliness throughout, but the first half of the season was almost gripping - it rides its gimmick out a bit long though towards the end. There is so much corny dialogue - that'll have you sicker than when they're cutting out someones heart and feeding it to Tera and her boyfriend. Again, this show certainly suffers from stupidity (of the Harlequin romance novel variety). But it does have its moments as well. In a nutshell, season 2 reaches 5 star intensity somewhere in the first half but denegrades to about 3 stars as it drags through the last half and ends its last episode with a good ol' fashioned dollop of mediocrity and the typical bologne dialogue ridiculous scene action that you've come to expect with this show. Oh well, between the lame and the truly exciting, 4 stars is about the average I guess, though it ended pretty weakly in my book. All I can say is "Come on Sookie, give us a break."True Blood is the best HBO rendition of a vampire flick!Review date: 2010-07-26 Rating: 10 out of 10This show is awesome. I like the fact that there is other creatures other than vampires. Each character is so different from each other they never get boring. This is a must see. You won't be disappointed.VERY GOOD BUT NOT GREATReview date: 2010-07-26 Rating: 8 out of 10The 2nd season continues and doesn't suffer the sophomoric slump typical of many TV series primarily because of the focus and later resolution of the Mary Ann character. There's some further digging into the mortal lives of some of the vampires and Eric seems to have a desire to take Sookie away from Bill. It's about a notch down from season one and like the previous season the 10-12 episodes leave me feeling I've only watched half a season. MY GRADE: B plus; WHEN WATCHED: June and July of 2010.
Product Details/SpecificationsActor(s):
Sam Trammell
Stephen Moyer
Anna Paquin
Rutina Wesley
Ryan Kwanten
Creators:
Alan Ball (Writer)
Director(s):
Recording label: HBO Home Video Manufacturer: HBO Home VideoEAN: 0883929089888Binding: DVDFormat: AC-3, Box set, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC, Release date: 2010-05-25Universal product code (UPC): 883929089888Number of discs: 5Aspect ratio: 1.78:1Audience rating: NR (Not Rated)Region code: 1Running time: 720 minutesLanguage: English (Unknown)
Language: English (Subtitled)
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Language: Portuguese (Subtitled)
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Language: English (Original Language)
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Brand: HBO HOME VIDEO
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