I’ve been seeing strange advertisements in Manhattan the past few weeks. First, two weeks ago, some mugshot looking pictures about vampires being people, too. Then, on the NY side of the entrance to the Lincoln Tunnel, there’s this giant billboard, which I tried to take a picture of for the past three days. That’s the best of the lot.
I figured the ads were advance promo for the Twilight movie, but no. HBO has a new series called “TrueBlood,” premiering next month, the tagline of which reads, “Thou shalt not crave thy neighbor.”
And what’s it based on? The novels of Charlaine Harris, also known as the Sookie Stackhouse series. PLUS it’s being developed by Alan Ball, who created Six Feet Under, which means I’m reading the web page and saying, “Damn!” a lot. Plus, the site for TruBeverage is a hoot – “Please enter the date you were turned?” With a year option that includes, I, II, III, IV, etc? HA!
I knew there was a Stackhouse series in the works, but these ads plus the site are just freaking brilliant. I mean, the romance market is already hypersaturated with vampires, to say nothing of the “Twilight” movie and the recent book release. To have ads spread all over NYC alluding to the relative humanity of vampires makes me, who is solidly vampired-out, very, verrrry curious.
Damn you HBO! I’m going to have to subscribe again! GAAAAH!
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ARGH!! That totally pisses me off! Two and a half years ago when we moved to our most recent house, I had just heard about this series, so we got HBO so I could watch it. And it never appeared. An now, just this weekend we have moved out of said house and canceled our movie packages, because my husband is going to grad school and we need to save money. An now the show starts next month!!! ARGH! Man, and I don’t know anyone else who has HBO that I can mooch off of. *headdesk*
Oh and my security phrase? Finally65. Thanks random word generator, that’s very funny.
when i first saw these ads i totally had a “THEY’RE AMONG US!!!” moment…then i saw the hbo link in the corner and i was like “damn i’ve been reading too many vampire books”
*sob* Can’t afford HBO this year. Must wait for it to come out on dvd. *sob* I’ve been waiting for this series for YEARS…. (and my friend keeps sending me you-tube versions of the ads. Bitch.)