Tuesday, June 20, 2017

IF YOU LIKED TRUE BLOOD, STAY TUNED!








Charlaine Harris has a new series, MIDNIGHT TEXAS, and it's beginning July 24.  

I have read the three books of the series she has written so far: Midnight Crossing, Day Shift and Night Shift; and if this new series is as well produced as True Blood it will be a grabber.  

The main difference between the books and the trailer is the script writers seemed to have modified the cast.
  
In the book the population of Midnight is approximately twelve: an ancient vampire, a witch, a pawn shop owner, a psychic, a couple of weretigers, two gay angels, a mob hit woman and some people you are not sure of.  Almost everyone in Midnight is middle aged.

But who wants to look at a bunch of middle aged people?  In the trailer it looks like everyone is young and hot, and they changed the two gay angels to one angle hunk – probably straight (why?)

Oh well, that what you get when you read the books before seeing the movie.  




Anyway, I will be watching and I invite you to watch with me.  
the Ol’Buzzard








Note: on YOUTUBE it looks like the series was possibly released sometime in 2016 – unless that was an advanced trailer; but it is airing here in Maine on NBC on 24 July.  




8 comments:

  1. I've read the books. Not surprising the show runners would make changes. Stuff that works on the page doesn't always make sense on the screen. True Blood the HBO series deviated quite a bit from the Sookie Stackhouse books.

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  2. They love to attract attention to their product. Get young actors for the young viewers, drop the gay angles because of the christian right, put in a hunky angel to attract the women, etc, etc, etc. Anything else? Yes, I read all three books and yes, I'm going to be highly disappointed at yet another good story messed with by Hollywood. *sigh*

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  3. BTW have you ever seen Cardinal? I believe it was out on Canada TV around Jan or Feb of this year. I never read the books but I heard the series is great.

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    1. Haven't seen it - will look it up
      O'B

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    2. Havent seen Cardinal: looks like something I should be watching - Can't find it on NETFLIX and only a teaser on YOUTUBE. Will keep watch....
      O'B

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    3. i watched all of cardinal..loooooved it..
      will have to check out the books..but reading american gods now.

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  4. Speaking of the supernatural and weird series set in Texas, do you watch "Preacher"? The second season just started on AMC.

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    1. I watched the first season. Thanks for the heads up - I knew it was coming on soon. Was able to tape season 2 episodes one and two this Sunday.
      thanks again
      O'B

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