Purchase Diary 2014 – May / June

Friends: The Complete Series (1994 – 2004)


May 2nd – €53.20 (CA$84.99) @ Amazon.ca (paid partially via gift certificate)

Collection no. 12686 – 12705

But I’m a bit disappointed. It’s really my fault because I didn’t check this beforehand (I just didn’t expect it): It’s only the broadcast version. As someone who knows the key episodes in their extended version basically by heart, it’s like an audio CD with a few scratches and the music suddenly jumps in the middle of the track.

I bet they pull a Lucas and in a few months / years there will be a Blu-ray Extended Edition…

Cottage Country (2013)


May 3rd – €7.99 @ Drogerie Müller

Collection no. 1114

You Again (2010)


May 3rd – €7.99 @ Drogerie Müller

Collection no. 1115

Pretty Woman (1990)


May 3rd – €7.99 @ Drogerie Müller

Collection no. 1116

The Proposal (2009)


May 3rd – €7.99 @ Drogerie Müller

Collection no. 1117

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The Pilot Marathon Part 8

Deutsche Version | Part 7 | Part 9

True Blood

What’s the show about?
Based upon the “Sookie Stackhouse” book series by Charlaine Harris. Sookie is a waitress in Bon Temps, Louisiana and she can read minds. She’s fallen in love with a Vampire who has been around since the Civil War. The Vampires have come out of the coffin since the Japanese have invented artificial blood and Vampires need no longer feed off of Humans. The new stuff is called Tru:Blood.

“Strange Love”
Sookie Stackhouse is totally excited when her first Vampire walks into the bar where she works. And the best part of it: She can’t read his mind. The thoughts of all the people around her are constantly raining upon her but he is totally quiet. But she’s not the only one who has identified him as Vampire. So have the Rattrays and they pin him down and try to drain him dry for his “V” – Vampire blood, an aphrodisiac for Humans.

My Opinion
A bit lengthy at times but otherwise very interesting and sometimes disturbing. The show is very open about a lot of topics and also very (very, very!) visual. And except for having Vampires living openly amongst Humans the show also shows other mystical abilities like Sookie’s mind-reading and someone else’s shape-shifting. The interesting part about this show is the fact that Vampires aren’t a secret and how both sides try to deal with that fact (Vampire rights, racism, …).

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