Last night, in over 50 different movie theaters across the country, fans of True Blood, the hit HBO Southern vampire drama, got a little taste of the upcoming third season of the show. My friend Makeda and I had the opportunity to go to the Sugar Land, TX AMC theaters at 11pm. We had the red carpet experience, with a photographer snapping shots of every fan coming in, with a special True Blood backdrop. Once inside the theater, there were clips from both seasons, short interviews with the cast about new characters and a whole lot of fun. We watched the Season 2 Finale via satellite (there were some technical issues but they were fixed at the end, thankfully). After the finale was over, we tuned into a live chat with the director of the show Alan Ball and all of the castmates..except for Nelsan Ellis (who plays Lafayette, the feisty cook from Merlotte's Bar and Grille) because he was ill. We were shown a never before seen trailer with new bits of information for ravenous "Truebies". You can watch the live Q&A on True Blood's Facebook page.
After that, once we stepped outside the theater doors, at 1:30am, we were greeted by the theater staff with lots of free goodies. A True Blood themed drawstring bag, a promotional poster of Season 3, a choice between the soundtrack to season 2 or a Sookie Stackhouse novel by Charlaine Harris, and finally to top it off, a bottle of True Blood for the road. I'm saving that for the June 13th premiere of True Blood at 9/8c. Even inside the bags, were mini promotional postcards of teasers for season 3. So overall, it was a very good night, and it was my first time winning VIP tickets for an event. The sweepstakes on Facebook gave away 50 free VIP tickets per city and winning them helped start June off the right way.
Hopefully, this little TV sidenote got some of you interested in this exciting young series.
I did get a chance over the weekend to see Robin Hood, starring Russell Crowe and Cate Blanchett and I'll be reviewing that tomorrow. Right now I'm so tired from this extremely long day. I need to catch up on my rest. Thank goodness it's Thursday tomorrow.
So for now, so long and sweet dreams.
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