Everything Wrong-- and Right-- with 2008's True Blood
With the recent announcement of Roberto Acguirre Sacasa's True Blood reboot , I was inspired to revisit one of my favorite TV series-- the original, 2008 True Blood . As a lover of the beautiful American South and all things paranormal romance, True Blood was right down my alley. While I was too young to watch it when it was first airing, I watched it all on streaming services a few years later and instantly fell in love. A show centered around vampiric love triangles and all set in Louisiana? How could I not love it. So, when they announced in December of 2020, they were rebooting the show, I was ecstatic. Then I saw who the show runner was, and I got less excited. And then I read some of the books and became even less excited. Not because the books weren't great (because they were), but because I started to see and remember some glaring issues from the show. However, since that December 2020 announcement it's been difficult to find any more recent updates on the show...