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LynneSin

(95,337 posts) Fri Oct 5, 2012, 08:36 AM Oct 2012

True Blood fans - guess who is coming to TB next season...

http://www.thewrap.com/tv/article/rutger-hauer-sinks-his-teeth-true-blood-season-6-59326

Rutger Hauer Sinks His Teeth Into 'True Blood' for Season 6

utger Hauer has just landed himself a bloody good role.

The "Blade Runner" star has signed on as a regular on the upcoming sixth season of HBO's vampire hit "True Blood," a spokeswoman for the network told TheWrap.

Hauer, whose TV work includes appearances on "Smallville" and "Alias," will play a character named Macklyn, a shady character with a longstanding connection to Sookie Stackhouse and her brother, Jason.

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True Blood fans - guess who is coming to TB next season... (Original Post) LynneSin Oct 2012 OP

He will always be "Navarre" to me. :^) GreenPartyVoter Oct 2012 #1

Not Hobo With a Shotgun? HarveyDarkey Oct 2012 #2

Nope. :^) GreenPartyVoter Oct 2012 #4

I L'd my A O OriginalGeek Oct 2012 #11

I will always think of him as Roy Batty LynneSin Oct 2012 #5

+1 joshcryer Oct 2012 #16

They can do serious damage with Rutger. Baitball Blogger Oct 2012 #3

I think in vampire lore OriginalGeek Oct 2012 #12

I see you've given this a lot of thought. Baitball Blogger Oct 2012 #13

lol OriginalGeek Oct 2012 #17

I read Dracula long after I had see the vampire genre develop in movies. Baitball Blogger Oct 2012 #18

Let me tell you, I thought the original "The Hitcher" was a great movie. RiffRandell Oct 2012 #6

I remember reading once kiva Oct 2012 #7

maybe he's the vamp that killed their parents. warrior1 Oct 2012 #8

That would make sense the way the last season played out. bamacrat Oct 2012 #10

I was gonna guess Killer Garden Gnomes. They have everything else. OffWithTheirHeads Oct 2012 #9

No more Marnie. Warren DeMontague Oct 2012 #14

TB is so far over the top that if Captain America or Batman showed up i wouldn't be surprised. OffWithTheirHeads Oct 2012 #19

I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. joshcryer Oct 2012 #15

GreenPartyVoter

(72,381 posts)

1. He will always be "Navarre" to me. :^)

Reply to LynneSin (Original post)

Fri Oct 5, 2012, 08:54 AM

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HarveyDarkey

(9,077 posts)

2. Not Hobo With a Shotgun?

Reply to GreenPartyVoter (Reply #1)

Fri Oct 5, 2012, 09:06 AM

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GreenPartyVoter

(72,381 posts)

4. Nope. :^)

Reply to HarveyDarkey (Reply #2)

Fri Oct 5, 2012, 09:16 AM

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OriginalGeek

(12,132 posts)

11. I L'd my A O

Reply to HarveyDarkey (Reply #2)

Fri Oct 5, 2012, 05:13 PM

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though that whole thing.

One of the best blind netflix picks ever.

LynneSin

(95,337 posts)

5. I will always think of him as Roy Batty

Reply to GreenPartyVoter (Reply #1)

Fri Oct 5, 2012, 09:35 AM

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joshcryer

(62,276 posts)

16. +1

Reply to LynneSin (Reply #5)

Fri Oct 5, 2012, 09:02 PM

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Baitball Blogger

(46,758 posts)

3. They can do serious damage with Rutger.

Reply to LynneSin (Original post)

Fri Oct 5, 2012, 09:12 AM

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Though I don't understand where an "old" vampire fits in, when everyone seems to get rejuvenated once they turn.

OriginalGeek

(12,132 posts)

12. I think in vampire lore

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Reply #3)

Fri Oct 5, 2012, 05:21 PM

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it's pretty much accepted that you freeze at whatever age you were turned. Anne Rice goes into it a lot more deeply - to the point that if a vamp cuts his hair all off one night, when he wakes up the next night it's all grown back to the exact same length. If a child is turned, they physically stay a child in appearance. And it annoys the poop out of some of them - be a thousand years old but too short to ride the e-ticket rides.

Which is why I never bothered to become a vampire. If I can't get my bald spots all filled back in, what's the point?

I think, depending on which vampire universe you're in, a good healthy feeding will temporarily give one some beauty perks but you eventually revert back to what you were when you got turned. Of course, vampires can always glamour people into thinking they see a younger, studlier/prettier vamp...

Baitball Blogger

(46,758 posts)

13. I see you've given this a lot of thought.

Reply to OriginalGeek (Reply #12)

Fri Oct 5, 2012, 08:50 PM

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Should we be worried?

OriginalGeek

(12,132 posts)

17. lol

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Reply #13)

Fri Oct 5, 2012, 09:06 PM

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Dracula was one of the first "grown up" books I remember reading and I have been a horror fan ever since. Vamps especially.

Which is funny considering how queasy I get at the sight of real blood...

Baitball Blogger

(46,758 posts)

18. I read Dracula long after I had see the vampire genre develop in movies.

Reply to OriginalGeek (Reply #17)

Fri Oct 5, 2012, 09:21 PM

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Could not believe how much more superior the book was over the imitations. I don't think we even came close until Anne Rice wrote the Diary.

RiffRandell

(5,909 posts)

6. Let me tell you, I thought the original "The Hitcher" was a great movie.

Reply to LynneSin (Original post)

Fri Oct 5, 2012, 01:01 PM

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Looking forward to seeing him on TB.

kiva

(4,373 posts)

7. I remember reading once

Reply to LynneSin (Original post)

Fri Oct 5, 2012, 01:01 PM

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that Anne Rice had Hauer in mind when she created Lestat. At that time he would have been a perfect vamp.

warrior1

(12,325 posts)

8. maybe he's the vamp that killed their parents.

Reply to LynneSin (Original post)

Fri Oct 5, 2012, 01:35 PM

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bamacrat

(3,867 posts)

10. That would make sense the way the last season played out.

Reply to warrior1 (Reply #8)

Fri Oct 5, 2012, 04:50 PM

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I wonder if Warlow is powerful enough to take on Bill in his new form.

OffWithTheirHeads

(10,337 posts)

9. I was gonna guess Killer Garden Gnomes. They have everything else.

Reply to LynneSin (Original post)

Fri Oct 5, 2012, 02:38 PM

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Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)

14. No more Marnie.

Reply to OffWithTheirHeads (Reply #9)

Fri Oct 5, 2012, 08:53 PM

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For the love of God, no more Marnie.

But yeah, it's always funny when one character on the show has some crazy story and another character supposedly 'doesn't believe them'. It's like, really? You don't believe this incredulous shit, but you do believe all the rest of it?

OffWithTheirHeads

(10,337 posts)

19. TB is so far over the top that if Captain America or Batman showed up i wouldn't be surprised.

Reply to Warren DeMontague (Reply #14)

Sat Oct 6, 2012, 07:14 AM

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joshcryer

(62,276 posts)

15. I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.

Reply to LynneSin (Original post)

Fri Oct 5, 2012, 09:01 PM

Oct 2012

Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be lost in time... like tears in rain... Time to die.

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