Fresh Blood On Max : True Blood
Just a couple of months ago, my friend in Canada was telling me about this new vampire show that I might like (I’m a fan of fangs and supernatural beings). You have no idea how excited I was when Daryl showed me the invite to HBO Asia’s blogger event for the new drama series, True Blood.
Being my first time to a “Blogger” event, I didn’t know what to expect but I have to say I really really enjoyed myself that night. I liked the idea of this small cozy gathering where people just hang out and chill while Karen from HBO talked about the show and the brand new Cinemax, “Max”. We then got to this really long trailer (which can probably pulled off as a summary of the entire season, haha) before the fun begins.
After learning more about the show, a bartender demonstrated how to mix the drink we were actually served that night “Tru Blood“. Being an alcoholic, the cocktail was yummylicious and3 bloggers were later asked to take the stage and gamely took up the challenge to whip up the same drink.
Enough about the event, let’s move on to the show ! Why should you watch True Blood ?
Here’s 7 (and probably there are more) reasons :
1) It is created by Alan Ball – the guy who created Six Feet Under.
2) It is based on the popular Sookie Stackhouse novels, move aside Harry Potter and Twillight.
3) There’s Anna Paquin (newly crowned Golden Globe winner) and hot Stephen Moyer in it, quite mismatching but we can always drool over them as individuals.
4) Sounds like Twilight ? Hell no ! It’s far more sexy, flamboyant, entertaining and engaging. (I’ll say Twillight is for teenagers while True Blood is for the mature audience) Just look at how creative their marketing is (sadly, this is not found in Singapore).
5) Did i say SEXAY ? Girls will want to date someone with fangs from now on, and guys…don’t feel too upset over the adult scenes. lol
6) Yes, the adult scenes with the vampires were…interesting i must say. lol
7) And thanks to the generous people at Max/HBO, You can stand a chance to win HP Mini 1000 notebooks and HP iPAQ Pocket PCs when u visit the game site !
I’m really looking forward to finish the season once exams are over (yes, I’m actually having exams next week! Yikes!). Anyways, earlier that night we were also asked to take pictures of ourselves mimicking the True Blood poster (hur hur)! It was a refreshing twist to what I initially had in mind of what a Blogger event might be – sitting down in a room with boring press kits and information shoving down your throat. Nothing like that ! Thanks to the awesome HBO team for the wonderful night ! =)
P.S: True Blood premieres in Asia today (April 9) on Max, Starhub Cable Ch 59 ! ( Encore broadcast on Saturdays 1pm and Sunday 11pm!)
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Thanks for coming! And thanks to Daryl for bringing you for our event! Didn’t realise this was your first blogger event. So now I know why he was so protective over you the entire evening.
Glad you had fun. We enjoyed ourselves very much too! Hope to see you soon!
@Karen Thanks for having me ! I’m glad I went for the event too, really had a good time ! =)
Haha, was he ? But you guys are so friendly, nothing much to “protect” me over !
Hope to see you again !