no, i always imagined Mance Rayder being a little younger, and a little more rascally/scoundrel-ish (minor spoiler! especially since Jon initially misidentifies him in the books and he turns out to be a lot less imposing than expected)

ooh that would be great! i'd like more Russell back story in general actually (other than what we get through Eric's fairly biased filter)

his name is Kibwe, and he's played by Peter Mensah (who is pretty cool). for future reference. personally I want the red haired middle aged vamp lady to go, she's annoying.

seconded on Hellboy! sad to see him not on this list.

hopefully they're just having Bill play the long con- I mean he's established as a sly dude early on, so my guess is he's playing the vampire authority. This would explain why he's working so hard to keep eric alive (someone with whom he previously had a fairly antagonistic relationship). Also when Russell started…

in his little speech, Russell says that he's over 3000. It's possible that Godric was also that old, but they don't really ever delve into (yet).

oh that would make me so happy too!! (or a showrunner? is that too much to hope for?)

you forgot Mark Wahlburg as...I really want the Flash to be in this movie, but he wouldn't make a very good flash so Aquaman.

well sure, because it was probably remarkably well fed. I mean your average farm pig won't attack someone (but a wild pig will for sure), but if you feed it a dead body (or seemingly dead body) it will eat it up.

or rather 1/4 fae or possibly less (since it *last* manifested in her grandfather). I dunno, I see where you get the idea that eric is special somehow, but I don't see them making him part fae too- that would be too much even for True Blood (though I haven't read the books so maybe not).

that's fair. the new sheriff's appearance just seemed really weird to me.

I mean, he's such a good actor and they gave him absolutely nothing to do. I was fairly disappointed in his character, honestly. He wore golf pants like a champ though :)

actually pigs are kind of dangerous and will eat people (have you seen Deadwood? The bits where they feed corpses/sleeping people to the pigs is true). Pigs, goats and cats go feral fastest- b/c they're not truly domesticated. Pigs will mess you up.

what evidence do we have of eric's "abilities" other than that of a fairly competent warrior (who is shown to be having normal amounts of sex with a maid) before he was turned? He was also a prince, which generally attracts lots of females (especially in fantasy settings). I've always heard Jason's super-sexy powers…

well so far anyway, the rule about thresholds (vampires needing to be invited in), only applies to homes owned by living people. That's why Franklin can enter Bill's home (s3) and interrogate Jessica without an invitation and why Sookie is no longer able to uninvite vampires from her home (because Eric owns it).…

everytime Andy said anything "Pig", I cracked up. (from season 2 and his "C'mere Piiiiiig! Piiig!). but yes

also the guy was naked, it isn't like they were going to fuzz out his genitalia. They didn't zoom in on it, it was just there (the same way a pig or goat's testicles will be there if you ever attend a pig/goat roast). I also don't see why everyone is getting there knickers in a twist about it (it's not like on game of…

yeah that guy was terrible. also con: whoever designed the new sheriff's wardrobe. so campy/cliche.

i thought eric's abilities were explained by how old he is and by how different people exhibit different skills when they're turned (the ability to fly, strength, etc). Also why would fairies be so afraid of vampires/being turned if they retained their special fairy powers? seems like a stretch (though considering how…

I will always think of him as Sean from Scrubs. Arlene definitely saved that plot line because it was stupid and otherwise useless, though at least the Ifrit didn't leave another unnecessary body lying about. It did serve in a small way to bring Lala back into the thick of things, since he is *easily* the best part…