LAist: Adventures in Bon Temps

Schimonie

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:21:59 -0800

Yes, the accents are totally more Alabama and Mississippi to my ears, but I'm honestly only familiar with Baton Rouge, New Orleans and Lafayette accents. I could never claim to know what a small town anywhere else sounds like, and I did think myself that maybe it could be on the border. She gets away with it by making it a fictional town. I agree about Bill 100%. He's kinda hot. I never heard of "Near Dark". I'll check it out, thanks!

LA MapNerd

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:51:39 -0800

As a native of Louisiana, an old fan of The Lost Boys, Buffy the movie (not the series), and yes, Twilight, this one had my name all over it.I notice you didn't mention Kathryn Bigelow's Near Dark. If by some chance you actually haven't seen it, you should run out and rent a copy right now. It's clearly the spiritual progenitor of True Blood.

Elise Thompson

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:44:36 -0800

Even though the setting is La, there is almost something Alabama-like about it Maybe it's a border town? Other than the accents and swamp-ish often blurry backgrounds, it almost seems like generic Southern town. As a former La girl, what do you think? The casting for Bill is amazing, he sometimes looks 25 and sometimes looks like a John Doe 40-something. Maybe it's lit like that to give him a timelessness. I'll watch another episode, but I'm still on the border. the cliffhangers are somehow annoying instead of intriguing.

Biffles

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:28:40 -0800

The show is OK, Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer are great as Sookie and Bill, but what up with the sassy African American friend? Is that character a racist stereotype, or what? The books are oh, so much better!

Johnny

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:15:13 -0800

This is my new addiction. Cool twist on the whole vampire mystic.