Forbes reports that creator, Alan Ball, will no longer be the Head Writer of the show, True Blood.
Sookie and her pals from HBO’s True Blood are losing their creator. Alan Ball will step down from being headwriter of the show about sexy vampires mixing it up in New Orleans. Explanations include exhaustion, and maybe that the show seemed like it had tired blood last season. Ball will still be with the show, but a new regime will guide the fates of the characters into their new season. This could also very well be a money issue, as series tend to get more and more expensive as they drag on.
To be completely honest, there are a few of us here at Gores Truly that aren’t particularly sad over the news. The last season of True Blood wasn’t exactly stellar. Okay, maybe some of us were screaming at the TV in frustration over some of the characters and the direction the story was going. Eric turning into a whiny baby amnesiac? NOT COOL.
Hopefully with the loss of Alan Ball, there will be fresh blood that will turn things around in True Blood and bring it back to the series that we love.
actually eric being a whiney amneisiac was part of the books. still I wont miss ball
I’m gonna have to disagree with you there. He was definitely an amnesiac, but I think the only difference between Eric at full capacity and Eric without his memory was his lack of politics and his confusion… which would be completely believable in the situation. He didn’t have the political influence, which dictated a lot of his machinations. In essence the book’s Amnesiac Eric was Eric in the purest sense of the term. Without inhibitors and care. Possibly the point?
The show’s amnesiac Eric was freakishly childlike and weak. He lacked depth, character, and soul. A gray void where Sookie molded Eric into what she wanted because there literally was nothing else there. Also he wore sweats. Ew.
That being said. OMG I PRAY that the departure of Ball brings back the good ole bloody days with less kiddie pool shallow theatrics.
Bye Bye, Ball! Don’t let the Fangtasia door hit you in the ass on the way out!
*boot to ass*
The last couple of seasons have really not lived up to the potential of the 1st season. True Blood became (imo) Ball’s personal wish-fulfillment exercise, instead of sticking to it’s light(ish), sudsy roots. Hope it’s not too late to pull the show out of the crapper!