They cant follow the book too closely, then its just like a journal, they has to be some surprises for the book followers.

Some surprises, fine. Not wild-ass making characters and plots up.

Wild-ass making characters and plots up is not, in itself, a bad thing. What is, or is not, is how you do it, and why. I cite: Ayn Rand's screen play of Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead.

That was the one where he forgot to put bathrooms in the building, right?

hee hee hee....good one, SD

Thanks, I realize I'm reaching way back on that one.

I just got into this show:) It hasn't hit Brit TV yet...God Bless BitTorrent!

One of the brilliant things about watching via torrent: I have the entire first series on my harddrive. So...I watched the first ep....and the ending meant I just had to check out ep 2....which led to ep 3...I've been watching for four nights and am about to watch the final two eps tonight.

Love it. Just love it. I especially like the opening sequence. God that;s so classy and weird and compelling.

Apart from Being Human (brit comedy/drama) I was really not into the whople vamp thing. Sick to death of hearing about Twilight. Sick of the whole teen-vamp-romance genre. Then I saw this. Bloody good show. Love it so much I have decided to check out the books.

Very glad to hear the TV diverges from the books, cause that means the books won't be predictable.

I only gave this show a go because it's from the makers of SFU. I wasn't disappointed. It's just as beautifully made and as quirky. Not one bad performance in it.

I also love that Southern drawl. Sometimes I have to rewind and listen to the odd line again, because I couldn't make it out. But I don't mind that.

[girly moment]The way Compton says 'Sookie' sends a shiver down my spine [/girly moment].

Yes, and then after dynamiting the building to cover his mistake, proceeds to deliver the best line of BS ever as an excuse.

excellent

I've been listening to the audiobook of the first Southern Vamp mystery (Dead until Dark). I'm only at the second chapter but am absolutely loving it, but I realise now that Tara and LaFayette were additions to the character list. Personally, I think they're great. They add a lot to the story for me.

I think when a TV maker uses a book as a basis for a show it almost always needs rejigging somewhat. A little like Dexter. It just wouldn't have worked on TV had they not made changes. TV has different requirements and different conventions and part of that is to do with the range of characters portrayed. In the books so much is to do with the internal world o fthe central character. On TV they don;t have that luxury so depth needs adding through other means.

Besides: it was never intended just to be a retelling of the story in a different format. The original books are just the stepping off point; the inspiration and the basic frame on which the programme maker can hang his own vision.

Probably makes a difference which you come to first. Having arrived at the books via the tv show, I find that I miss some of those additional charactors at times. But I think both can be enjoyed on their own merit as separate but connected entities.

I haven't watched Dexter yet... I'm going to have to Tivo it I guess... people keep mentioning it to me.

It's completely marvellous. One of my favourite shows ever.

Oh.my.god....Put episode 11 online alfuckingready!!!!!

Dexter is great, Im just getting into Six Feet Under, with the Dexter dude in it.

Nate is HOT

*nods* the suspense is fucking killing me

Interesting bit of trivia... the Nate actor originally wanted to play the role of the gay brother character. He thought it was really strange that the producers wanted him to play the Nate role, and didn't think he was right for it at all. Which is hysterical, because of course he's perfect for it.