Discussion: My personal rant to Alan Ball

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JozetteRiggs	My personal Rant to Alan Ball Sep 14 2009, 8:47 PM EDT \| Post edited: Sep 16 2009, 10:44 PM EDT I wish you would stick to the book content. Small changes can hurt the overall plot. Post reply 1 out of 3 found this valuable. Do you find this valuable? Do you? Keyword tags: None
angeleyednj	1. RE: My personal rant to Alan Ball Sep 16 2009, 1:56 PM EDT Your opinion is your opinion. I am a huge fan of the books but I am also huge fan of the Show. I feel they are the same in skeleton but different. The books are extremely enjoyable and I am glad that there are a handful that will still come out. I will still read them. However, The twist on the show is simply to make you wanting to come back. If AB wanted to make a movie of the books he could have made a "movie" depicting the books from front to back. But this is a series and I believe what he said is that he was going to take for the most part what Ms. Harris had in mind and change it up. I enjoy the change and find it refreshing. Why do you complain? Just don't watch the show. There are plenty of True Blood fans that are fans simply without having read the book. Than there are the fans (like myself) that enjoy both. I love the fact that I have to use my imagination to wonder what is going to happen and see the story unfold episode after episode. Than there are the fans that are die hard book fans and think the series should depict the book line by line. What fun is that? As a producer he had a right to choose what and how he wanted to re-inact the series. If you choose to stay and watch great. We'll enjoy great discussion and / or debates. However, if you choose to be close minded and not watch the show. there are plenty more fans that will keep the show going. Post reply 1 out of 1 found this valuable. Do you find this valuable? Do you?
ByteMeBillNowww	2. RE: My personal rant to Alan Ball Sep 16 2009, 9:12 PM EDT Look I have read the first 7 books, YES it is TOTALLY different than the show. But Bill RULES!! Obviously you are attracted to Eric and the books favor Eric and Sookie. But, Charlaine Harris dropped the ball in her books, by making Bill's role and ; importance so minimal. Like the other Fan said, if you don't like Bill or the story, don't watch it. I hated the whole Maryanne thing, thought it was dragged on too long and Jason joining the Sun was a stretch. I always Hated Vampire Movies, til Bill showed me the Blood...LOL Post reply Do you find this valuable?
JozetteRiggs	3. RE: My personal rant to Alan Ball Sep 16 2009, 10:50 PM EDT "Your opinion is your opinion. I am a huge fan of the books but I am also huge fan of the Show. I feel they are the same in skeleton but different. The books are extremely enjoyable and I am glad that there are a handful that will still come out. I will still read them. However, The twist on the show is simply to make you wanting to come back. If AB wanted to make a movie of the books he could have made a "movie" depicting the books from front to back. But this is a series and I believe what he said is that he was going to take for the most part what Ms. Harris had in mind and change it up. I enjoy the change and find it refreshing. Why do you complain? Just don't watch the show. There are plenty of True Blood fans that are fans simply without having read the book. Than there are the fans (like myself) that enjoy both. I love the fact that I have to use my imagination to wonder what is going to happen and see the story unfold episode after episode. Than there are the fans that are die hard book fans and think the series should depict the book line by line. What fun is that? As a producer he had a right to choose what and how he wanted to re-inact the series. If you choose to stay and watch great. We'll enjoy great discussion and / or debates. However, if you choose to be close minded and not watch the show. there are plenty more fans that will keep the show going. " Thanks for your thoughts. The show does stand alone from the books. I simply an such a book fan that I would like to have had HBO tribute the books. Just as another book to "movie" Lord of the Rings held true to the books and was a huge success. As for being closed minded... I may be. I do feel that I wanted my voice heard. After much thought, I removed the majority of my "rant" in favor of a brief statement. Post reply 1 out of 1 found this valuable. Do you find this valuable? Do you?
angeleyednj	4. RE: My personal rant to Alan Ball Sep 17 2009, 7:07 AM EDT No hard feelings. I can understand. Believe me that I can understand because like any book that I have read the movie never held a candle to it. ie: Nights in Rodanthe, Message in a bottle, The Notebook, Marley and Me, My sister's keeper.. . .Those are just a few that i feel just as strongly as you. Books are so much more descriptive and have so much more vested in them that I think it's hard to capture the true essence of it on film. Charlaine Harris painted such a wonderful and imaginative story for us and I think Alan is just using her characters to create his version of how the story should have gone. I hope you have a great day. Enjoy reading & watching TB Post reply 1 out of 1 found this valuable. Do you find this valuable? Do you?
Sassylashes	5. RE: My personal rant to Alan Ball Sep 18 2009, 3:56 AM EDT Angel,You hit it right on the head!!,thank-you for taking the word's right out of my head.Are ya another Sookie??Anyway,great response,appreciate it. Post reply Do you find this valuable?
Sassylashes	6. RE: My personal rant to Alan Ball Sep 18 2009, 4:00 AM EDT Like I said earlier,it has alway's seemed like the book's were better,But Thank-You Alan Ball to bring it to such a great t.v. channel such as HBO!!! Post reply Do you find this valuable?
angeleyednj	7. RE: My personal rant to Alan Ball Sep 18 2009, 6:20 AM EDT Your too kind. Thank you. Maybe I am part fairy. Post reply Do you find this valuable?