True Blood

I've been watching this HBO mini series True Blood and I must say, as vampire flicks go, it's really quite good.

Really, really good actually. The idea is that vampires are real, and because a synthetic form of blood they can live on has been recently invented they've "come out of the coffin" so to speak. They insisted on and have received the same rights as humans, but there still is a fair bit of discrimination against them. The twist is that they are far from complete agreement among themselves whether or not coming out of the coffin was a good idea in the first place, and besides many vampire still view humans as, well, sub-vampire. So the "discrimination" goes two ways.

From their side, people are appalled at having to treat vampires within the law, and they point out that vampires have been killing people for centuries. The vampires point out that people have been killing people for centuries too, but this doesn't mean people don't have rights.

Anyway, what really makes the series is the opening theme. It's has be one of the best pieces of cinematography I've ever seen.

Oh, by the way, the title of the series "True Blood", comes from the trademarked name of the synthetic blood drink. It's available in grocery stores and corner stores everywhere.