Sookie Stackhouse and Serena van der Woodsen
***Contains some discussion on events that happen in Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris. I am trying my hardest not to spoil anything but I just wanted to warn people. I’m going to be discussing a couple scenes in contrast to the show.***
As requested by KonstantinMiller, here is some more thoughts on tv shows verses books.
I came across this on YouTube and thought it was quite fitting. I loved that Stephen Moyer has read quite a few of them. It seems weird to me that the other two stopped. More so that there reason’s for stopping was that they wanted to take their characters in their own direction. Those two characters were not present in the least in Dead Until Dark.
In Season Two, Tara is staying fairly close to her character in Living Dead in Dallas. In the book she is Sookie’s friend from high school that is dating a guy named Eggs. Yeah, that matches perfectly. Towards the end of the book we see them in a situation similar to the party scene that was in S2 E3 of True Blood. Tara’s reaction to the party seemed to be similar in the two. Like she was there on her own accord but it was making her uneasy. The writers of True Blood are doing a good job of filling in Tara’s story for us.
As for the Maryann character from the show, she is deviating a long way from the novel. In the book we only see her as what she really is which they haven’t competely covered that yet. If you have seen interviews or read any, they have been openly discussing that though. In the books Sookie and Bill leave to Dallas and something obviously happens between Sam and Callisto. Maryann’s name is Callisto in the book. I don’t know why they changed it. I liked Callisto better since the tattoo on my rib is actually the Callisto constellation from my favorite Greek myth. I named my cat at my parents’ house that too. Anyways, in the tv series they are obviously going to have Bill and Sookie leave soon. Following with the rest of the tv show, the writers are finding themselves trying to write stories about what is happening in Bon Temps completely on their own. It is going to be very different from the book but I think as long as they keep the characters in tack in isn’t going to bother me too much. Plus I love Sam don’t mind seeing more of him.
Another book series that is now on tv that I realized I have read is Gossip Girl. I think I’ve read about five or six of the books. I do intend to someday finish them. They are extremely fast to read. Perfect for a break after a lengthy or dense book. Like True Blood, the show Gossip Girl is staying fairly close to the books. The characters are there and some of the story lines are but we are seeing lots of differences too.
Some characters are completely different. Eric van der Woodsen for example is the older brother that has a thing with Blair in the books but a younger gay brother on tv. Aaron Rose appears in the books as Blair’s stepbrother who has a crush on her. On the show he is a random dude that Serena dates. I actually didn’t watch most the second season so I don’t know if they did more with him or not. The parents play a lot more into the television show as well. I really like the story the tv producers came up with Rufus and Lily. Personally I wouldn’t mind if they show mostly focused on them.
The spin off doesn’t sound all that appealing to me though. Maybe I’m just getting old and teen drama’s aren’t as much my thing. Although I did absolutely love Priveledged. I think it got canceled already though. Very sad. The main character was attempting to be an author. It is another show based on a book. How to Survive the Filthy Rich by Zoey Dean. Maybe I will try to find it next time I’m at the book store. It would be interesting to compare how a book series converts to a tv series verses a single book being made into a tv series. I do have Sex and the City by Candace Bushnell but haven’t read it yet. Ah the list of books I want to read in the near future. I really do have stacks and stacks of them. Just call me Alaska Young.
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