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Just thought the most popular and anticipated character from the books played by the smokin' hot Alex Skarsgård should have his own thread too. ![]:)](http://boards.hbo.com/images/emoticons/devil.gif) PART II.... -- ~~I wanna do real bad things with you~~
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Re: Eric Northman played by Alexander Skarsgard...
Sep 14, 2009 4:56 PM
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> Beel and Sucky make me nauseous. I would take bad ass
> Eric any day of the week over them, hands down. At
> least he's interesting. Beel and Sucky are like
> vanilla pudding.
Eric is my red velvet cupcake . . . yummy!
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Re: Eric Northman played by Alexander Skarsgard...
Sep 14, 2009 4:50 PM
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> > > > The comical irony at the end of this
> is
> > that
> > > despite
> > > > weak story lines, little air time and
> the
> > > writers
> > > > intention to fool the fans or stray
> from
> > the
> > > books,
> > > > somehow AS has managed to
> successfully
> > bring
> > > book
> > > > Eric to life. Absolutely.
> > >
> > > Yes he has. A lesser actor wouldn't have
> been
> > able to
> > > create this much of an uproar for the
> character.
> > If
> > > it wasn't for AS none of us would care,
> we'd
> > just be
> > > like "Ehhh... typical bad guy"
> >
> > And that is what ab and his writers were not
> > expecting. They were not expecting the audence
> would
> > get AS portrayal of eric.
> >
> > Look how much romance he has spooned feed us of
> > sookie and bill thats where ab and his writers
> > expected us to go not go after the eric
> character.
>
>
> Beel and Sucky make me nauseous. I would take bad ass
> Eric any day of the week over them, hands down. At
> least he's interesting. Beel and Sucky are like
> vanilla pudding.
Dont say pudding!!! Sookie will eat it all!!! LOL! I wrote this on another thread...but what is the deal with her obsession with desserts!?LOL
She never shares and woofs them down! If ate ate like that I'd be......um, nevermind...I am
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Sep 14, 2009 4:47 PM
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Eric is my favorite character other than Sookie. And I think Alexander made the character come to life this season. All the press was talking about Eric.
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Sep 14, 2009 4:39 PM
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> > > The comical irony at the end of this is
> that
> > despite
> > > weak story lines, little air time and the
> > writers
> > > intention to fool the fans or stray from
> the
> > books,
> > > somehow AS has managed to successfully
> bring
> > book
> > > Eric to life. Absolutely.
> >
> > Yes he has. A lesser actor wouldn't have been
> able to
> > create this much of an uproar for the character.
> If
> > it wasn't for AS none of us would care, we'd
> just be
> > like "Ehhh... typical bad guy"
>
> And that is what ab and his writers were not
> expecting. They were not expecting the audence would
> get AS portrayal of eric.
>
> Look how much romance he has spooned feed us of
> sookie and bill thats where ab and his writers
> expected us to go not go after the eric character.
Beel and Sucky make me nauseous. I would take bad ass Eric any day of the week over them, hands down. At least he's interesting. Beel and Sucky are like vanilla pudding.
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Re: Eric Northman played by Alexander Skarsgard...
Sep 14, 2009 4:36 PM
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> > The comical irony at the end of this is that
> despite
> > weak story lines, little air time and the
> writers
> > intention to fool the fans or stray from the
> books,
> > somehow AS has managed to successfully bring
> book
> > Eric to life. Absolutely.
>
> Yes he has. A lesser actor wouldn't have been able to
> create this much of an uproar for the character. If
> it wasn't for AS none of us would care, we'd just be
> like "Ehhh... typical bad guy"
And that is what ab and his writers were not expecting. They were not expecting the audence would get AS portrayal of eric.
Look how much romance he has spooned feed us of sookie and bill thats where ab and his writers expected us to go not go after the eric character.
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Re: Eric Northman played by Alexander Skarsgard...
Sep 14, 2009 4:29 PM
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> Ei...
>
> According to Ab..she is 400 yo in the show...
>
> In the book she is 1100...
I don't know why I thought it was the other way around . . . thanks . . . 400 makes more sense to me and I like the fact that Eric is the oldest one we now know . . . adds something . . .
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Sep 14, 2009 4:28 PM
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> You used "awkward" 6 times! YAHTZEE!!! LOL
I knew there had to be a prize in there somewhere . .
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> No, I get your point. I usually like to watch an
> episode a few times to decide how I really feel...I
> just really didn't like watching that scene...it was
> uncomfortable for me to see Eric not the one in
> control.
Glad I could tell you how to decide how to feel!  
I agree with you . . . and it was different than the respect and submission he offered Godric - she is certifiable and he is being careful . . . IMO . .
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Sep 14, 2009 4:26 PM
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> I swear that AB is such dick that he takes our
> lusting to see Eric/AS naked as he only thing we like
> about him or the only appeal he has, when this is not
> the case. I mean yes I want to see him naked(we got
> Sam, Sookie, Bill, Ryan and even Mike Spencer but no
> Eric) but it's more than that. AS as Eric is just
> plain great. CH's character creation of Eric is as
> lovely as he is complex, and I do believe he is good.
> AB's portrayal of Eric is the only injustice and even
> then AS has the talent to try to blossom.
>
> Water your god damn flowers, Alan. There is more than
> one rose in a bush, you devil man.
I know everyone thinks AB has a huge man crush on SM/Bill, but my rationale has always been that AB has a crush on AS and does not want to share him or his body with the masses . . . .
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Sep 14, 2009 4:23 PM
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> > Speaking of which, are you surprised at how
> > passionate the Sookie/Eric fans are?
> > BALL: Yes. I try not to get involved in that
> because
> > it just sort of ? it?s too confusing. I don?t
> want it
> > to influence what the show is. Personally, I?m
> like,
> > yes, Eric?s hot, but beyond that he?s dangerous,
> and
> > I don?t know if he?d love anybody besides
> himself.
> > What?s the appeal there? The bad boy? The
> > danger?
>
> Reading this, and the entire interview for that
> matter, made me despise Alan Ball even more today
> than I did last night. He clearly doesn't get it. I
> have absolutely NO faith that he is going to make any
> of this right. I am seriously considering giving up
> on the series at this point. Alan Ball sucks at
> life.
>
> Why doesn't he just proclaim his love for St. Bill in
> the interview? We all know he loves him, he should
> just come out of the Bill closet already... he's a
> Bill-o-phobe. Idiot.
>
> I am clearly still not over the monstrosity that was
> the finale last night.... I am giving myself a
> headache!
Seriously...he doesn't know if Eric could love anybody but himself??
I'm sorry, but the award worthy I Will Rise Up, answered that question. Even last night's hesitant protest of not loving humans was forced, he cares for Sookie..he probably is feeling something he's never felt for a human in his life...and oh yeah,she's not even all human anyway, so...
but c'mon AB, that's ridiculous and short sighted to say! Eric is CLEARLY capable of love..UGH, makes me SICK! There's SO MUCH GROWTH for Eric to still have in season 3...this is making me lose a little faith about it now though, since AB seems lost on what has already been revealed about Eric in epis 8 and 9. Cripes, makes me carazy man!
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Re: Eric Northman played by Alexander Skarsgard...
Sep 14, 2009 4:23 PM
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Ei...
According to Ab..she is 400 yo in the show...
In the book she is 1100...
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Re: Eric Northman played by Alexander Skarsgard...
Sep 14, 2009 4:22 PM
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I swear that AB is such dick that he takes our lusting to see Eric/AS naked as he only thing we like about him or the only appeal he has, when this is not the case. I mean yes I want to see him naked(we got Sam, Sookie, Bill, Ryan and even Mike Spencer but no Eric) but it's more than that. AS as Eric is just plain great. CH's character creation of Eric is as lovely as he is complex, and I do believe he is good. AB's portrayal of Eric is the only injustice and even then AS has the talent to try to blossom.
Water your god damn flowers, Alan. There is more than one rose in a bush, you devil man.
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Re: Eric Northman played by Alexander Skarsgard...
Sep 14, 2009 4:22 PM
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> > Really? I honestly thought the Eric/Queen scene
> was
> > awkward on both parts, maybe it was the way it
> was
> > meant to be played...or maybe i had too many
> coors
> > lights and need to re-watch
>
>
> I think it was meant to be awkward. Now, Sophie in
> the books is 400 years old, but I heard that her
> backstory on the show is 1100. Not sure what we are
> supposed to be working with.
>
> If she is 400 - it would make sense that Eric is
> awkward because she is younger but holds more
> authority. That would be enough to make her awkward
> since she knows she must look ridiculous to him and
> physically, he has more power.
>
> If she is 1100 - it would make sense that Eric is
> awkward because she has both the power and authority
> over him and that must be unsettling . . .
> especially now that Godric is gone. But I don't know
> why she would be awkward in this situation.
>
> However, in both cases, I think AS acted the part, I
> think she just is . . . awkward.
You used "awkward" 6 times! YAHTZEE!!! LOL
No, I get your point. I usually like to watch an episode a few times to decide how I really feel...I just really didn't like watching that scene...it was uncomfortable for me to see Eric not the one in control.
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Sep 14, 2009 4:19 PM
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> Yes he has. A lesser actor wouldn't have been able to
> create this much of an uproar for the character. If
> it wasn't for AS none of us would care, we'd just be
> like "Ehhh... typical bad guy"
I agree . . . we wouldn't care . . . AS has really pulled it off and out . . . regardless of what the writer's intentions were . . .
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Edited by Eiei20 at 09/14/2009 1:19 PM PDT
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Sep 14, 2009 4:17 PM
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> This is not my point at all. AB has not made Eric
> bad - I mean Eric is bad . . . we know that, and
> that is something we like about him. The issue is
> that he is not JUST bad and there are many sides to
> him.
Very well said. I agree completely. Eric is bad, but he's also generous and giving (i.e. when he had Sookie's driveway paved, bought her the replacement jacket in Book 4, sent her flowers while she wa sin the hospital in Book 1), and we dont' get ANY of that. All we get is BAD Eric.
> The comical irony at the end of this is that despite
> weak story lines, little air time and the writers
> intention to fool the fans or stray from the books,
> somehow AS has managed to successfully bring book
> Eric to life. Absolutely.
Yes he has. A lesser actor wouldn't have been able to create this much of an uproar for the character. If it wasn't for AS none of us would care, we'd just be like "Ehhh... typical bad guy"
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Sep 14, 2009 4:16 PM
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> Really? I honestly thought the Eric/Queen scene was
> awkward on both parts, maybe it was the way it was
> meant to be played...or maybe i had too many coors
> lights and need to re-watch
I think it was meant to be awkward. Now, Sophie in the books is 400 years old, but I heard that her backstory on the show is 1100. Not sure what we are supposed to be working with.
If she is 400 - it would make sense that Eric is awkward because she is younger but holds more authority. That would be enough to make her awkward since she knows she must look ridiculous to him and physically, he has more power.
If she is 1100 - it would make sense that Eric is awkward because she has both the power and authority over him and that must be unsettling . . . especially now that Godric is gone. But I don't know why she would be awkward in this situation.
However, in both cases, I think AS acted the part, I think she just is . . . awkward.
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