True Blood! Rolling Stone Cover Raises Eyebrows

by Colby Hall | 11:16 am, August 21st, 2010

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Need more evidence that HBO’s serial vampire drama True Blood has entered the zeitgeist? I submit the following: naked and blood-soaked stars of the hit show on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine. E!’s Ryan Seacrest reports on the “controversy” perfectly designed to drum up even more buzz and eyeballs for the True Blood, Rolling Stone and perhaps even Mediaite.

Alexander Skarsgard, Anna Paquin, Rolling Stone, Ryan Seacrest, Stephen Moyer, True Blood

Azarkhan

Great cover-the three of them are fucking hot. But the show has too many silly plotlines and moments to be great.
NORBIT

It’s either the Shock & Awe to increase readership ploy!

-or-

An inside look at an msnbc staff meeting after the FOX ratings come out!!!
Puter Boi

I suspect more than eyebrows were raised….
felixw

Here’as another dying media outlet trying to stay relevant by being tasteless and ridiculous. Sort of like the Newsweek cover of Sarah Palin in jogging clothes. That kind of stuff led to Newsweek being sold for a dollar (no, not an issue of Newsweek, but the whole company going for a buck). Rolling Stone will eventually end up on the same junk heap, and this kind of vile stuff will just speed up the process.
Big Eddie

All right , you mugs . Big Eddie don’t get it . Was there a knife fight at a nudist colony ?
Hugo Daun

Rolling Stone is still going strong, in spite of the crybabies who prefer Readers Digest and Redbook.
Oooooh! Naked people! Grow the fuck up, ya bunch of pussies!
Hugo Daun

Azarkhan said:
…the show has too many silly plotlines and moments to be great.

It’s called CAMP, dummy.
Stop taking the show so seriously and you may just enjoy its intentional goofiness.
Azarkhan

“It’s called CAMP, dummy.” Hugo Daun

Ohhhhh, So it’s like a drag show but with vampires. That’s way to smart for me. Enjoy!
Hugo Daun

Azarkhan said:
That’s way to smart for me

Definitely TOO smart for you.
Stick TO Nickelodeon, dummy.
Azarkhan

Gosh, Hugo. You really are bright. You know the difference between TO and TOO.

PS: It was a typo-you can untwist your panties.
Raygun

felixw said:
Rolling Stone will eventually end up on the same junk heap, and this kind of vile stuff will just speed up the process.

lol, you could not be wronger. The politically correct knights like you won’t buy it, but 10 bucks say more people pick up this issue of Rolling Stone than the past 50 issues. That’s a thoroughly badass cover.
felixw

Raygun said:
lol, you could not be wronger. The politically correct knights like you won’t buy it, but 10 bucks say more people pick up this issue of Rolling Stone than the past 50 issues. That’s a thoroughly badass cover.

You think so, Raygun? Then maybe they should puke on the next cover and sell even more copies.
greg454

The magazine cover is better than the show. All these “vampires” do is talk, seriously, if I wanted to watch real life I would turn off the TV.
shootfromthehip

‘I suspect more than eyebrows were raised….”

Comment of the year Puter Boi!

Well done.
Pablo

Raygun said:
lol, you could not be wronger. The politically correct knights like you won’t buy it, but 10 bucks say more people pick up this issue of Rolling Stone than the past 50 issues. That’s a thoroughly badass cover.

I think you’re right. That is an outstanding cover, and it will do good business for both RS and True Blood. So what do they do for the next 50 issues, other than fail like the previous issues?
Pablo

Azarkhan said:
Great cover-the three of them are fucking hot. But the show has too many silly plotlines and moments to be great.

Yeah, it is a soap opera. A very bloody soap opera, which is still kinda fun. But if you want to take Alan Ball seriously, watch Six Feet Under. That was great. True Blood is great fun.
Raygun

felixw said:
You think so, Raygun? Then maybe they should puke on the next cover and sell even more copies.

Sex sells, vomit doesn’t.