Suzy and I were rather bored one night and took a look at HBO’s "True Blood" which really didn’t have that much appeal to us… we thought. Forbes take was interesting is here, HBO Craves True Blood.

But the suspense and masterful building of sexual tension that vampire stories always seem to include really made it a compelling albeit not too mentally demanding experience. And HBO has included two short accompanying shorts that talk about vampires in their origination and current pseudo vampire communities.

I was not able to suspend disbelief, but then I rarely find a movie or series that does that for me. (The Sixth Sense is an example of a movie that totally sucked, yes a pun, me in.) I did however enjoy the play between the soon to be, I expect beautiful victim and the main character who is way too handsome if you ask me.

Here’s the full description of the show, "In the not-too-distant future, vampires have come out of the coffin. Thanks to the invention of mass-produced synthetic blood, vampires no longer need humans for their fix and can walk freely, if not yet comfortably, among their living counterparts – though they can still come out only at night.

Meanwhile, in the backwoods Louisiana town of Bon Temps, Sookie Stackhouse works as a waitress at the down-home bar Merlotte’s. Though outwardly normal, she has unusual qualities of her own: Sookie can read minds, which complicates her world in endless ways. But Sookie’s life becomes a lot more interesting when Merlotte’s gets its first vampire patron – the 173-year-old Bill Compton – and the two outsiders are immediately drawn to each other.

Mixing romance, suspense, mystery and humor, the new HBO series TRUE BLOOD kicks off its 12-episode first season SUNDAY, SEPT. 7 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT). Starring Anna Paquin (the “X-Men” films; Academy Award®-winner for “The Piano”) as Sookie and Stephen Moyer (“The Starter Wife,” “88 Minutes”) as Bill, the series is created and executive produced by Alan Ball (creator of the Emmy®-winning HBO series “Six Feet Under”), who also wrote the first three episodes and directs two episodes of the show, which is based on the popular Sookie Stackhouse novels of Charlaine Harris."

Care to join me in the latest incarnation of "Dark Shadows"? It should probably be noted that there is graphical content in here certainly not suitable for children and maybe some adults.  :o)