Anybody else goons watch this tonight?
Wife and I watched it. We thought it was excellent.
It was rad. I'm hooked. Surprised there wasn't anticipation about it here.
Bunch of cheap bastards without HBO?
I got free cable with HBO for 7 years right after college. paying for it after that is koo koo for Cocoa Puffs.
but I do own Sopranos, The Wire, Deadwood, Band Of Brothers, Six Feet Under box sets plus seasons 1-3 of Boardwalk Empire
I pay too much for tv. I don't watch it much but dammit when I want to I want to watch what I want.
If I didn't get such a good deal the last two years I wouldn't pay for HBO either. Verizon Fios offers a package of all the pay channels they have (Starz, Encore, Showtime, The Movie Channel, Epix, HBO, and Cinemax) for 20 bucks a month.
that's unheard of around here. Comcast cocksuckers got us by the balls
This was excellent. I like both Harrelson and McConaughey a lot, and while Harrelson is definitely the weaker actor, he's still the perfect foil to McConaughey's character.
Really looking forward to the rest of this season and I'm really fucking glad they're making this an anthology series which should prevent it (or at least the first season(s))from suffering the same fate as many other shows have in the past.
I disagree that Woody is a weaker actor however I do agree that this is gonna be a fantastic show.
I would say that Woody's character is the easier one to play.
I thought it was very well done.
I think I may go watch it again.
Woody Harrelson is a pretty one-dimensional actor by any and all standards. McConaughey on the other hand isn't. He's proved that over these past couple years.
Not that that's a bad thing mind you - there are lots of good actors out there who portray pretty much the same character over and over again. Bruce Willis, Al Pacino, etc etc
I thought McConaughey got just a touch overindulgent in the middle but it was generally very well done and he redeemed himself with that very last line. I certainly want to know what is going to happen next.
Jennifer Egan (novelist) exec producer - I guess this on Wednesday night.
Quote from: boltthrow on January 15, 2014, 08:11:23 AM
I thought McConaughey got just a touch overindulgent in the middle but it was generally very well done and he redeemed himself with that very last line. I certainly want to know what is going to happen next.
I did like when he got all philosophical that Woody would tell him to shut the fuck up.
I also liked that McConaughey was such a fiend that he was drinking a bottle of cough syrup. I did that once in college. Only once - that was enough.
Watched and liked it, thanks for the heads up. I needed a new series to check out.
Quote from: ez on January 15, 2014, 03:57:54 AM
Woody Harrelson is a pretty one-dimensional actor by any and all standards. McConaughey on the other hand isn't. He's proved that over these past couple years.
Not that that's a bad thing mind you - there are lots of good actors out there who portray pretty much the same character over and over again. Bruce Willis, Al Pacino, etc etc
you've seen Out Of The Furnace. juxtapose that role with his role in Cheers and it's pretty tough to call him one dimensional
Woody Harrelson is a treasure.
He's a really great actor but he's kind of a jock. I can tell my wife thinks he and Mr McConaughy are hot so we probably are going to be watching this show.
Quote from: MadJohnShaft on January 15, 2014, 08:35:03 PM
Woody Harrelson is a treasure.
He's a really great actor but he's kind of a jock. I can tell my wife thinks he and Mr McConaughy are hot so we probably are going to be watching this show.
And he brings that jock/tough guy personality to pretty much every single character he plays. I'm sure there are exceptions to that rule, but in the case of True Detective (as far as we've seen till now) he's back in his usual character again.
When they were talking at that abandoned strip mall I realized that was the shopping center by my Mee Maw's (RIP) neighborhood. I used to play videogames at the A&P that was there.
Funny how their location scouts picked a spot in Ms. when it's supposed to be La. when I'm sure they could have found and equally rundown area in Ms.
Quote from: RAGER on January 16, 2014, 01:59:52 PM
Funny how their location scouts picked a spot in Ms. when it's supposed to be La. when I'm sure they could have found and equally rundown area in Ms.
No. My grandmother lived in Metairie, a suburb of New Orleans.
That was fucking great, seems to fulfill all my expectations. Incredible how McConaughey bounced back from stuff like Sahara and Fools Gold over the last few years. He just gets better and better.
This show is fucking great. McConaughey is mesmerizing in every scene he's in. Tonights episode also featured this beauty getting full naked and it was goddamn glorious.
(http://www1.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Alexandra%2BDaddario%2BPremiere%2BWarner%2BBros%2BHall%2BTDZtbz-nrwel.jpg)
^I agree with everything above.
You know what I like least about this show?
The opening credit sequence. It's too slick for the tone of the show.
Quote from: boltthrow on January 21, 2014, 07:59:37 AM
You know what I like least about this show?
The opening credit sequence? It's too slick for the tone of the show.
I agree. It doesn't quite match the tone and the feel of the show.
I wonder if they will even bother to nominate anybody else besides McConaughey as Best Actor for the Emmys and Golden Globes. Not that I really care about awards but that is a role of a lifetime for him.
My girl and I like this series a whole lot. She really gets the creeps from it.
I agree about the title sequence, the images at least, I like the song though. McConaughey's been doing some serious acting lately and he excels in it, especially in this role.
edit: 13th Floor Elevators in the ending sequence was really cool.
First episode ends with the Black Angels, second with 13th Floor Elevators plus John Lee Hooker and Steve Earle thrown in as well - some nice choices.
Great episode. Like Breaking Bad great. This is gonna be a big one. I didn't peg Marty for a cheater but I'm glad cuz she is a little hottie.
Who wouldn't cheat with a chick that hot?
I thought that scene in the station in the first episode made it fairly obvious that he was cheating on his wife. Couldn't tell if it was with the same fine lass as in this week's episode though.
Yes same girl. Pretty obvious in that first ep.
I some how missed that.
Me too.
Thought he was the family man moral high ground type.
He sure thinks he is. That justification about how it helps the marriage was more him trying to convince himself of that than convince Cohle.
I think Cohle is the more moral when when it comes to marriage. He noticed Hart's impropriety in the first episode - thus the altercation in the locker room in the second episode.
Hart wants to be the morally superior man to Cohle, but knows that he actually isn't.
I just caught up on this and I think it's great.
I'm not sure if Cohle is morally superior, considering his violent past. I think it's perhaps more that he accepts the lack of moral certitude in his life better than Hart. Cohle is a great character, very nuanced, unusual and fascinating. I can't wait to see where this show goes. The plot is really drawing me in, while at the same time clearly taking a back seat to the dynamics of the characters, which is unusual for this type of show.
And yeah, that chick is absolutely mind-blowingly hot.
I said in terms of Hart's relationship with his wife. The confrontation in the locker room was all about Cohle giving Hart shit for cheating on his wife. It's obvious that Cohle has a lot more respect for women than Hart does.
Because of the bloody Superbowl I will have to wait for two weeks for episode 4...well, thanks a lot. Fucking sports.
Quote from: jmucke on January 23, 2014, 11:23:36 AM
Because of the bloody Superbowl I will have to wait for two weeks for episode 4...well, thanks a lot. Fucking sports.
Why?
In the previews it looked like there might be some comforting of wifey by Cohle.
I am on episode 1.5? What is with all the smoking already.
Is there a 3 already aired?
Quote from: MadJohnShaft on January 23, 2014, 08:15:22 PM
I am on episode 1.5? What is with all the smoking already.
Is there a 3 already aired?
No shit. I'm always craving a smoke after watching this show. No one smokes quite like him. It's like his version of oxygen.
That sex scene reminds me of what I get every night.
Ep 1 and 2 done - #3 is Sunday.
Quote from: MadJohnShaft on January 24, 2014, 04:24:17 PM
That sex scene reminds me of what I get every night.
Ep 1 and 2 done - #3 is Sunday.
You handcuffing a guy to the roll out couch and having your way with him?
/no surprise there
^^ Hey nice to see you posting mister.
Man, that's how you end an episode! Seeing that dude walking down the road in tighty whiteys and wearing some kind of gas mask was creepy as shit.
I'm looking forward to the next episode more than I'm looking forward to the Super Bowl. Two weeks is gonna be tough.
You forgot the machete. Great end scene indeed.
Holy shit, that was intense.
Now did I understand it correctly that the dude, the boyfriend of that very first victim Rust found in the files, was a cell mate of the husband (that piece of shit they interviewed in the first ep) of Dora Lang? The mumbling & southern accent didn't help.
Thats what I understood too. What I didn't get was how they find out his whereabouts. Thought he jumped bail or something and was missing.
They've got a list of friends and relatives and they put out an APB on him. I don't think they know his exact whereabouts yet.
Yep, you are correct. Did some recap-reading: They went back to the prison to interview the boyfriend about his cellmate, not to the methlab or whatever it is in that last scene.
I have a snow day tomorrow, plan on watching all three again in a mini-marathon.
Fucking fiending for episode 4, goddammit!!!!!!!!!! >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:(
Me too
Same here and I probably won't find time to watch it before Tuesday or Wednesday.
I hope/think shits will hit the fan.
Only 8 episodes so it's half over :'(
I can follow any of these shows I think I need to put aside the Internet I believe we are back in business on Sunday. Sunday is too crowded
The last ten minutes.
This show is going to sweep the awards next year.
That show took a big turn into an action movie. Very intense!
Quote from: MadJohnShaft on February 07, 2014, 07:24:30 PM
Sunday is too crowded
True. Last night for me was True Detective, Shameless, House Of Lies, Episodes, Walking Dead, and downloaded the Brit Top Gear. I get it all in on one night and have nothing to watch the rest of the week.
A bit of Melvins in there as well. Really expected a twist but this show appears to be going the linear route.
Anyone catch sleep's holy mountain and some Melvins tune on last night episodes? Not to mention Primus and Lucinda Williams.
I saw the ep but didn't hear Sleep or Melvins. Need to check it oot again then.
Drinking, drugs & weapons sure seem like a good idea to them.
So fucking good. The best thing on tv right now.
The scene in the projects would've been intense enough, but then they went ahead and shot all that carnage in a single take! Fucking incredible.
Yeah, that full erupting battle scene was nuts, I like how he knew it was going to go wrong and just acted when it did.
That's because he is a man of action.
ink and cayenne to look like a junkie huh? might use this for Phillip Seymour Hoffman costume for halloween.
Fuck, that was great. I have to rewatch the end to see how long that shot is.
I heard an interview where the director said they had added a couple of cheat points in that scene where there could be cuts, but they didn't need them - it was a single take.
They're not gonna pull some mid season break bullshit like The Walking Derp are they?
I love how they established a slow, brooding pace over three episode and then go hog wild during episode 4. Some might call it uneven, I think its great. I really hope that Pizzolatto and Fukunaga pull this off and bring the story to a satisfying end.
Things got stirred up.
Now conspiracy time!
So far my favorite episode of TV this year.
Best show I have ever streamed.
Great episode. Its really down now to the solution of the story. Is it Cohle or some yellow king, probably that evangelist that gets mentioned, or somebody else entirely? If this series gets bogged down by an unsatisfying ending it would be shame.
Didn't Cohle already kill the preacher in 2010 right after he came back from wherever he was? Maybe the Yellow King is a dude we haven't seen yet and the preacher was a high-ranked person that knew about it. The scene when Cohle goes back to that religious school owned by the preacher and finds the paintings & soul trappers was eerie though.
Killed the preacher? Nucky's brother?
Reverend Tuttle, the preacher that wanted to start that anti-satanic taskforce. Nephew of the governor I believe. Hence the high placed person that LeDoux was talking about to Lange's ex-husband/his cellmate. Not the preacher/Nucky's brother/Shea Whigham that was owner of the church.
Huh, I must have missed that about Tuttle getting killed.
The part with the daughter dressed like Madonna having sex with two boys in a car was kind of lame. I guess all these shows need some family component to be annoying.
the only thing lame about that, GrampsJohnShaft, is that they didn't show the sex
Quote from: MadJohnShaft on February 20, 2014, 04:35:05 PM
The part with the daughter dressed like Madonna having sex with two boys in a car was kind of lame. I guess all these shows need some family component to be annoying.
I'd say that the 'family component' probably will tie into the story in some context. Everything about this show seems to be tied to something else in terms of the plot. But, yeah, maybe it's pure melodrama, but I'd bet not.
We're wondering if there isn't some underlying reason the daughter is pulling this kind of stuff. Like being sexually abused. Remember the explicit drawings she was doing as a young'n that got her in troube?
Like by EP 5 we think Rust might be the killer but in the end it will be Marty?
Didn't Marty claim his greatest failure was inattention? We already saw a bit of what was going on with his eldest daughter but there has to be more to it. Also, we don't know yet why he quit being a cop. Could be related.
I'm so geeked out on this show that I read Nic Pizzolatto's debut novel "Galveston", started reading "King In Yellow", which the show references, and have begun re-watching the original five episodes.
This is a cool little article that elaborates on the King In Yellow/ Carcosa/ Ambrose Bierce references that run through the story: http://io9.com/the-one-literary-reference-you-must-know-to-appreciate-1523076497 (http://io9.com/the-one-literary-reference-you-must-know-to-appreciate-1523076497)
I read something about the posters for the show - I will look for it but it has an effect where the frame is cut and you see his hair sticking up - their theory was that Marty is the yellow king
I don't know if I want the show to go that direction
(http://www.mediamikes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/true-detective-poster-202x300.jpg)
That was my least favorite but also the best due to tits an ass shots.
Plausibility was a bit low in this one due to Rust's liaison with Marty's wife. That seemed very out of character with the way Rust had conducted himself in the past. Remember Maggie says "Rust was a man with integrity" or something to that effect. That whole scene with him and Maggie seemed off.
Also, I was thinking about this, in episode 3 where Hart & Cohle find Ledoux's hideout and wipe out the two baddies (with a whole different story than they tell their superiors) where does Cohle get his assault rifle he uses to make the scene look "right"? He doesn't have it with him when they're tracking the other guy back to the hideout. Yet, all of a sudden he has it when he's doctoring the scene? That seemed to be a bit of a misstep for a show that, for all intents and purposes, seems well thought out and logical in its trajectory.
I too think Rust's liaison with Mary's wife was a bit off but on the other hand, he was seriously down and she was looking for someone to cheat with. She definitely has showed interest throughout the show be it in a friend way so I get that she comes to ask him about Marty.
I really like how this show has been able to keep the story going with the separate timeframes. As a viewer, we're now up to the present (sort of) and I'm really curious how they're gonna wrap it all up in 2 episodes.
I would figure the AR came from Ledoux's arsenal. Rust couldn't possibly shoot up the place with his own weapon. Ballistics would show that.
Yeah, he picked it up onsite - if you watch episode five at about the 15 minute mark he comes back out of that place with that automatic weapon. 'We got to make this look right'.
The last 10 minutes of episode 4 is just the most amazing bit of filming ever. Yikes!
Quote from: MichaelZodiac on February 24, 2014, 11:37:51 AM
I too think Rust's liaison with Mary's wife was a bit off but on the other hand, he was seriously down and she was looking for someone to cheat with. She definitely has showed interest throughout the show be it in a friend way so I get that she comes to ask him about Marty.
I really like how this show has been able to keep the story going with the separate timeframes. As a viewer, we're now up to the present (sort of) and I'm really curious how they're gonna wrap it all up in 2 episodes.
The only thing that made it work for me was the fact that Rust was fucking hammered. If he was sober no way it goes down like that.
Yeah, I see her doing something that bad but Rust seemed out of character
Did you watch the little talk they did after the show? Remember she was in the bar and you though she prolly fucked that guy too but she didn't. she was testing to see if she could. But that wouldn't have hurt her husband as much as she wanted to. She wanted to hurt him so bad that he would be disgusted by her and leaver her alone. So she fucks Rust figuring that would do it.
I'm not totally sure about Rust fucking the wife either, but at least the show set them up as having an attraction or mutual respect or something for each other. It didn't come out of nowhere. I didn't quite expect the wife to be so devious, but considering what Marty did to her, it's not all that surprising, really.
Definitely the weakest episode so far, but it sets up some shit that I'm incredibly excited about, beginning with Rust and Marty in the present meeting again for the first time in 10 years....
Yeah, we made it to 2014 right at the end right?
So there are two more episodes and that's that. No season II, at least with those two actors.
You play a man's game you pay a man's price
Good Townes song at the end.
I guess this episode was trying to do satire.
I really liked the previous episode, still very much moving forward. Wondering how it all will fit in the last ep though.
Yeah, how they going to wrap this all up Sunday? And the killer is.... some random guys we've never seen before are rounded up and tried and convicted.
A job well done.
I noticed at the end of the last episode, that it said "season finale" not "series finale" for the next episode.
I thought this was it? Anyone have any info? I ain't googlin' that shit...because I'm lazy.
I only know that Matthew did not sign on for more episodes. There is talk of another season. But without him I'm not sure what the point is.
If they do another season it's supposed to be all new director, writer and actors.
And the killer(s) is..... Marty in a mask!
As far as I know Pizzolatto has renewed his writing/development deal with HBO, Cary Fukunaga will not direct the next season since he has some movie-projects in the works and the next season will feature a new cast and new storyline.
I am really curious if the payoff of the last two episodes will do the build-up of the earlier episodes justice. I hope so because it would be a shame if a series that started out so great will end in mediocrity.
Am I missing something? Wasn't that guy at the end of the show the killer, the guy with the scars on the face? He was the guy who was mowing the yard and who gave the two cops directions.
He's part of the whole creepy inbred family of psychopaths. I get the feeling it's a lot bigger than just scar-face. But yeah, that was the dude.
This should clear things up a bit.
http://www.ibtimes.com/true-detective-season-1-spoilers-man-scars-revealed-episode-7-will-cohle-hart-catch-yellow-king
Ewwww
Rather interesting ending.
I have to rewatch. Wasn't all that into it the first time through. Reasons being that they took out the cool dialog and added a fat guy that fucks his sister.
Upon rewatching this I really liked it.
I thought it was great. They finally acknowledged their bro love. Final song over the credits was pretty cool too.
Yeah what a great show. I bet they are bummed they didn't sign the two leads into a second season, FX needs attention for all the shows they are pumping out.
I really liked the last ep. Besides catching the Yellow King, there were enough moments of interplay between the 2 leads which was kinda what this show was all about anyway.
Quote from: The Shocker on March 10, 2014, 09:29:05 PM
I thought it was great. They finally acknowledged their bro love. Final song over the credits was pretty cool too.
I liked when Rust gave Marty the finger as he left his room in the hospital. Further proof of their bro love.
I must be in the minority. I didn't like the last episode too much. It wasn't horrible, but it didn't tie anything together. There was not much explanation of who, what, why, etc.
It was actually quite cliche' how they ended it.
[spoiler]So they found the bad guy and killed him before he killed them. You see this in all of the crime dramas out there on tv. Right before the bad guy is about to deliver the final blow or shoot the good guy, the other good guy (who you thought was dead or missing) comes out of nowhere and gets the bad guy. Not to mention how everyone lives happily ever after. As I was watching it I was thinking how different the show would be if one of the two main characters actually died, instead the ex comes back into the picture all reconciled and shit after all these years. [/spoiler]
Don't get me wrong, there were parts I liked. It was just a little disappointing that it did not end really big like I was expecting.
The Spoiler button works again?
Quote from: Dave J on March 11, 2014, 11:21:05 PM
I must be in the minority. I didn't like the last episode too much. It wasn't horrible, but it didn't tie anything together. There was not much explanation of who, what, why, etc.
It was actually quite cliche' how they ended it.
[spoiler]So they found the bad guy and killed him before he killed them. You see this in all of the crime dramas out there on tv. Right before the bad guy is about to deliver the final blow or shoot the good guy, the other good guy (who you thought was dead or missing) comes out of nowhere and gets the bad guy. Not to mention how everyone lives happily ever after. As I was watching it I was thinking how different the show would be if one of the two main characters actually died, instead the ex comes back into the picture all reconciled and shit after all these years. [/spoiler]
Don't get me wrong, there were parts I liked. It was just a little disappointing that it did not end really big like I was expecting.
If I may address this: the show was about the two main characters, their relationship to each other and how they change and don't change over time. And you can't show how both characters have evolved in the end if you kill one of them, or both of them off. Also, you can't have the bad guy "win" as then there'd be a lack of closure for the characters and the audience alike.
Rust's "cheesy" monologue at the end was an illustration of how he had changed, just as Cole's reconcilliation with his wife and family was of his evolution.
I thought it was the perfect ending really and am looking forward to watching this first season again as well as to the second season next year.
Yep would have been way to open ended any other way. The show was not about the bad guys. They were peripheral. Affectations.
Quote from: ez on March 12, 2014, 10:21:04 AM
Quote from: Dave J on March 11, 2014, 11:21:05 PM
I must be in the minority. I didn't like the last episode too much. It wasn't horrible, but it didn't tie anything together. There was not much explanation of who, what, why, etc.
It was actually quite cliche' how they ended it.
[spoiler]So they found the bad guy and killed him before he killed them. You see this in all of the crime dramas out there on tv. Right before the bad guy is about to deliver the final blow or shoot the good guy, the other good guy (who you thought was dead or missing) comes out of nowhere and gets the bad guy. Not to mention how everyone lives happily ever after. As I was watching it I was thinking how different the show would be if one of the two main characters actually died, instead the ex comes back into the picture all reconciled and shit after all these years. [/spoiler]
Don't get me wrong, there were parts I liked. It was just a little disappointing that it did not end really big like I was expecting.
If I may address this: the show was about the two main characters, their relationship to each other and how they change and don't change over time. And you can't show how both characters have evolved in the end if you kill one of them, or both of them off. Also, you can't have the bad guy "win" as then there'd be a lack of closure for the characters and the audience alike.
Rust's "cheesy" monologue at the end was an illustration of how he had changed, just as Cole's reconcilliation with his wife and family was of his evolution.
I thought it was the perfect ending really and am looking forward to watching this first season again as well as to the second season next year.
I get that you can't have the bad guy "win," and I wasn't suggesting that he should have won. I just did not like they way they "got" him, and I think the climax was cliche'. And, it was clear the two evolved in their relationship simply based on the way they worked together at the end, and so killing one guy off would not have detracted from that method. Cole's reconciliation with his wife and family was just so abrupt. It just "happened." Why? Because he stopped in to see his wife before he went out with Rust on their mission. I just did not believe it.
I sound like I'm griping too much, though. I did like the whole season, I was just a little bit let down by the last episode.
What RAGER said - the bad guy and the denouement of his storyline wasn't all that important in the end. And you can't have the show be about two characters and kill one of them off before showing his change - that'd be just as much a lack of closure as not killing the bad guy.
Also, it may not seem that obvious to some, but I for one got the strong impression from the hospital scene that Hart is a changed man and won't be cheating on his wife from here on out. And won't be neglecting his daughters either.
Had they killed off Hart, then Cole would have another reason to remain the self-destructive recluse he had overcome in the end.
Had they killed off Cohle, then the whole show would have been utterly pointless.
[spoiler] Supposedly what Rust saw in the yellow king pit was the portal to Carcosa as you can see black orbs. I heard the original ending was supposed to be that Rust and Marty saw that and disappeared and the black detectives picked up where they left off.[/spoiler]
Quote from: Instant Dan on March 15, 2014, 08:53:49 PM
[spoiler] Supposedly what Rust saw in the yellow king pit was the portal to Carcosa as you can see black orbs. I heard the original ending was supposed to be that Rust and Marty saw that and disappeared and the black detectives picked up where they left off.[/spoiler]
Yeah I was wondering if that was supposed to be one of Rust's hallucinations or if he was actually seeing something.
Quote from: Instant Dan on March 15, 2014, 08:53:49 PM
[spoiler] Supposedly what Rust saw in the yellow king pit was the portal to Carcosa as you can see black orbs. I heard the original ending was supposed to be that Rust and Marty saw that and disappeared and the black detectives picked up where they left off.[/spoiler]
So far I thought the next season would feature an all new story line but continuing with the two black guys as the detectives in the next season sounds like an interesting. But maybe thats way too conventional for Pizzolatto. You want a big pay-off with a boss battle between Rust and the yellow king? Fuck you, you'll only get the swamp-retard-henchman.
http://www.ruthlessreviews.com/21498/true-detective-ass/
^The true meaning of the show.
Am I the only one that couldn't stop thinking about why they used Wrestlemania 3 as their basis for choreographing the final fight scene??? That fucking guy has the same shaped head as Andre too.
Quote from: MichaelZodiac on March 11, 2014, 05:28:18 AM
I really liked the last ep. Besides catching the Yellow King, there were enough moments of interplay between the 2 leads which was kinda what this show was all about anyway.
That guy wasn't the Yellow King. It was most likely his grandpa or which I think was the Tuttles Dad.
As I understood he was the current incarnation of the Yellow King.
I thought part of the end was them having to live with the fact that they didn't get them all. ?
Quote from: MichaelZodiac on March 20, 2014, 11:04:36 AM
As I understood he was the current incarnation of the Yellow King.
I didn't think about that it might be an incarnation thing. In all honesty I thought the show lost a lot of steam After they got Reggie LeDeux. Rust banging Marty's wife was totally out of character for him and the whole green house paint thing struck me as a bit of a reach. Is this guy really so retarded that he painted his ears when he was painting that house? Really?
That being said it was still really good but not a fan of the ending. If you notice too they had Rust had a ton of weird visions and visuals in the first couple episodes then he totally stops having them until that vortex of light/dark at the very end? I think the show would have been even better if Rust got crazier as it went on and if they had him entering Carcosa break his mind.
The king in Yellow isn't a person. It's a concept or idol. Same difference with any beliefs in any other god.
Errol was part of the cult through birth, the high profile killings were most likely him acting alone.
The missing women and children were most likely from the ritualistic killings of the entire cult itself.
Quote from: giantchris on March 20, 2014, 11:40:04 PM
Quote from: MichaelZodiac on March 20, 2014, 11:04:36 AM
As I understood he was the current incarnation of the Yellow King.
I didn't think about that it might be an incarnation thing. In all honesty I thought the show lost a lot of steam After they got Reggie LeDeux. Rust banging Marty's wife was totally out of character for him and the whole green house paint thing struck me as a bit of a reach. Is this guy really so retarded that he painted his ears when he was painting that house? Really?
That being said it was still really good but not a fan of the ending. If you notice too they had Rust had a ton of weird visions and visuals in the first couple episodes then he totally stops having them until that vortex of light/dark at the very end? I think the show would have been even better if Rust got crazier as it went on and if they had him entering Carcosa break his mind.
The green ears thing: I struggled with how stupid that felt for a few weeks but then after reflection I think they were just trying to show that sometimes a lucky break in a case is just that and it's the key to "getting your guy." Just dumb luck. It was just like green here, green there leads to a break in the case.... he never had green paint on his ears but it led Marty to remember there was a house painter at the house.
Season 2 update
http://www.slashfilm.com/true-detective-season-2-update-three-leads-california/ (http://www.slashfilm.com/true-detective-season-2-update-three-leads-california/)
Quote from: Instant Dan on May 27, 2014, 08:18:39 PM
Season 2 update
http://www.slashfilm.com/true-detective-season-2-update-three-leads-california/ (http://www.slashfilm.com/true-detective-season-2-update-three-leads-california/)
Thanks for the link
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I liked it - get a whiff of Chinatown, Jack Spade Noir, David Lynch. Only thing was Vinci, where the fuck is Vinci? And what I've seen around this Vinci on today's episode I live 10 min from this fucking place.
Even though there was some TERIBLE dialogue, I remain intrigued.
Quote from: Token on June 21, 2015, 10:46:57 PM
I liked it - get a whiff of Chinatown, Jack Spade Noir, David Lynch. Only thing was Vinci, where the fuck is Vinci? And what I've seen around this Vinci on today's episode I live 10 min from this fucking place.
yeah it absolutely has that chinatown/film noir feel
terribly slow just like season1 but very good
and colin farell using brass knuckles
man that scene was just badass
Horribly boring. I could only get through 30 minutes before losing all interest.
Liked it. The bad dialogue was part of the Lynch feel. Weird - but I don't get all the hate.
It'll pick up momentum, season 1 was so incredible its pretty darn hard to live up to it.
I got through the whole episode last night and reassessed. I think I can get into it if I can just figure out what the fuck is going on. For instance, what does Vince Vaughn's character do exactly? Is he some kind of underworld investor type or what?
Yeah, I have no idea what is going on but like the feel of it so far. Underworld investor seems about right.
late to the party but this is real good with potential to be awesome and very much looking forward to ep. 2
Too late. BANHAMMER
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The hype has been so extreme with this show that it's not surprising that people/critics are slamming the second season.
I liked this first episode and I thought it had the requisite menacing noir atmosphere we've come to expect. It's not clear yet whether the characters will be as compelling although there's a lot of promise so far.
It's not clear yet whether the characters will be as compelling?
I'll come back here and butt fuck your mom with your dad's headless corpse.
-Ray Velcoro
1000% on board
Just got through ep 2 and I get the feeling I'll have to watch the whole damn season all over once it's finished.
[spoiler]Did they just pull a Game of Thrones ?[/spoiler]
Sure feels like it.
I wouldn't know...
Because I don't watch that hacky shit.
Just so you know, I support feminism, mostly by having body-image issues.
;D
"Guy really thought about fucking a lot. "
Fuck you!
The interesting lines fly by and it's not involving. The pacing is weird. They will get it together.
Also, S2 ep2 - I guess that's to keep us from bailing this early. OMG!
Oh Yeah - SPRINGFIELD!
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The dialogue this week? Terrible.
Fuck you!
Terry Southern over here
I'm still not sure what to think of this season. I don't really give a shit about the dialogue, but the story is still confusing (but starting to make a tad more sense).
Colin Farrell = broken, dirty cop, but, perhaps on the way to redemption (btw, cheap ass ploy to have the audience think he's killed only to make it not be the case; plus the awkward Lynchian dream sequence to start things off)
Rachel McAdams = tough, bitter, don't fuck with me or I'll kill you woman police officer, but dealing with her own vices, demons, and what not
Taylor Kitsch = closeted gay state trooper out of his element yet, is in his element
Vince Vaughn = tough guy underworld type who has to get his hands dirty after so many years of being out of that realm
I think Vaughn does not pull off his character that well and the story tries too hard to show the underbelly of Vinci and how fucked up humans, wealthy or poor, are in terms of their motivations and how fragile their psyches are
Quote from: priest on July 06, 2015, 04:44:56 PM
Terry Southern over here
Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the TV/Movies Review Room.
nice!
I'm fairly well rounded. I'm not just the trainwrecking sexual deviant I portray myself as in Gen Disc. ;)
yes, you do have your moments.
I happen to find nothing wrong with the dialogue. I like the weird Lynch-y shit that's not too Lynch-y. Ferrell is great and Vince is not bad, and his wife's hella hot
Maybe it's a California thing? I was fine with last season's dialogue.
I also appreciate them not following a formula
http://theconcourse.deadspin.com/lets-explore-the-corrupt-town-that-inspired-true-detect-1715997419 (http://theconcourse.deadspin.com/lets-explore-the-corrupt-town-that-inspired-true-detect-1715997419)
Again, I live 20 min from Vinci.
...or an hour with a non-fictional traffic estimate
Shit just went sideways
So what did that sugar/tooth thing mean?
Fuck you!
Gee, that was a bit much :o
Quote from: Token on July 07, 2015, 05:41:20 PM
http://theconcourse.deadspin.com/lets-explore-the-corrupt-town-that-inspired-true-detect-1715997419 (http://theconcourse.deadspin.com/lets-explore-the-corrupt-town-that-inspired-true-detect-1715997419)
Again, I live 20 min from Vinci.
Theres a place like Vinci in the Chicago area called Rosemont that has like nobody living there and it's 100% mobbed up. It's right by O`Hare.
I posted this on "the other stoner site" (still on board....but gettin kind of skeptical of the finish);
watched EP 4 last night.....good action ending for sure. I still don't see the depth coming together overall though? 4 episodes in?
I revisited EP 1 of season one over this past weekend. Holy shit, I can't believe how good even the first episode is. It's like night and fucking day to season 2.
If season 2 continues to vague along....I'd almost call this a pretty decent let down. How is the first season so brilliant, and than this??
Of course I'll keep watching though
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^pretty much.
Completely different (and worse) show than the first season. I'll stick it out, but at this point it's pretty much a lost cause.
Even the shoot-out, which admittedly was not bad when taken out of context, was just a hamfisted plot device in the end.
I'm beginning to agree that Vince Vaughn's character's dialogue is cringeworthy. Nobody talks like that. C'mon.
Last episode was a boring mess. I have an idea of where this is all headed, but like last season, it will be anti-climatic; however, at least last season was fairly compelling due to the main characters. I can't see the series running beyond another season if this kind of shit keeps going on.
Still enjoying this season...
I talk like Frank all the time
Orgy?
... of suck ?
Literally a terrible orgy. I was expecting something a lot more crazy and raw when I was reading some critics blogs they were acting like it was some insane scene and kept writing "THEY GOT ACTUAL PORN STARS TO BE EXTRAS." Yeah right, even the orgy was a disappointment this season :(
Showing the Rachel McAdams flashback with the pedophile was way unnecessary too you could literally tell after one episode she was raped as a kid it wasn't necessary to the plot to show it like it's some huge revelation. Way too much telling not enough showing this season. The worst part of the show is Taylor Kitsch. Literally one of the worst hack acting jobs I've seen.
it's all awful.
I've now decided that it's a comedy. comedy genius in fact.
"I dont have any fillings"
"A mexican standoff with real mexicans"
"so did you bang my door down for a staring match?"
"you might be the last friend I have"
- "ooh that would suck"
HILARIOUS!!!!!
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still 100% on board with this.....
I just want there to be a Frank spinoff show.
Fuck you!
The Mexican standoff thing made me laugh but his dialogue is like some Dragnet shit with off the cuff non sequiturs.
Rachel McAdams was amazingly stunning looking as a whore.
Orgy scene-meh. Would probably pause it a lot if this was 1989 and I was watching on VHS.
Still have no idea what the fuck is really happening (I thought the dead chick was the girl that they saved from the orgy) but I'll keep watching because maybe it will all make sense?
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Yeah it's a little fucking insane but I really liked the past 2 eps. I like the Lynch-esque feel (awkward dialogue, viewer confusion) but I hope it has more resolution.
there was a Frank quote that actually made me laugh out loud...when his wife was questioning him in their club a few episodes ago,
he said something like;
....."I was dropped into warp speed, and I'm just trying to navigate the blur"
It's been real good.
I'm totally engaged, although I agree it's not as good as season 1 and some of the criticism is deserved, although the anti-hype for season 2 has been even more overblown than the hype for season 1.
Finally RetardG gets on board. Welcome
If they went full on Noir I think it might have worked.
I'm watching Desparate a 1947 noir classic - the TD cast speaks their lines way too slow and it's not shadowy and jittery enough.
Dr. Irving Pitlor, the creepy, fake-tanned psychiatrist = Rick Springfield
Just a matter of time, literally...
This show has definitely gone full noir.
It started off uneven but it was always interesting and compelling, and the last few episodes have been flat-out awesome. I'm also totally on board. Can't wait for the finale.
I think I understand 10% of what's going on.
The first season was so good, that I went into this one with zero expectations. I think it stands up.
http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2015/08/03/true_detective_season_two_a_guide_to_the_plot_of_this_confusing_season.html (http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2015/08/03/true_detective_season_two_a_guide_to_the_plot_of_this_confusing_season.html)
Loved it..
Not sure if it stuck the landing. Will have to re-watch most likely.
Eh... This show is so annoying- I can't even suffer through the final. Urp.
I enjoyed it.
Quote from: Worthless Willie on August 09, 2015, 02:16:32 PM
The first season was so good, that I went into this one with zero expectations. I think it stands up.
http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2015/08/03/true_detective_season_two_a_guide_to_the_plot_of_this_confusing_season.html (http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2015/08/03/true_detective_season_two_a_guide_to_the_plot_of_this_confusing_season.html)
I got sent that before the last episode. it explained tons of stuff i had no idea about, particularly the whole brother and sister thing which I HAD ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA ABOUT, yet appears to have been central to the story. the last episode still didnt really make complete sense. all the men died and the women walked. i dunno. meh.
I'm probably too dense to have figured it out myself but talking about it with the wife and she pointed out that the simplest explanation of the entire show is that the only survivors are those that walked away and were willing to "let go." Not that that really explains it but it's a theme.
I did love when frank killed the russian. I didn't have much problem with the entire show and it made me want to rewatch it from the start because of all the shit going on.
My issue was that I wasn't all that interested in a corrupt no character LA town like I was interested in the creepy bayou of the first season.
I ended up liking it though.
Finale was cool though i never figured out what most of the plot was about
did not pay too much attention though
the whole show was way too slow- well so was season 1
but this was plain boring mostly
and Farrell's voice went very deep and gritty on the last episode, for some reason.
It was about 50% good to great, and 50% bad clichés and horrible dialogue.
Main take away is that maybe Vince Vaughn isn't as one-dimensional as I thought he was. Maybe.
Looking forward to Season 3!
I though Vince Vaughn was great. There was a real depth to his character. Yeah some of the dialogue was cliched, and some was inaudible, but overall I was entertained.
NO SPOILERS, PLZ
Anyone jump on Season 3?
I watched one ep of the two released. I'm enjoying it so far. Lots of false flags obviously as we've been introduced to a ton of potential suspects already.
I watched one episode of S2 and was out. S3 is great so far. Mahershala Ali is going to win all the awards and be in every movie for the next five years. Stephen Dorff won't have to do commercials for e-cigs ever again.
Season 3 is done. It definitely held its own with Season 1 and I wouldn't argue much with anyone who said it might be the best. I've read people grumbling about the finale, but I was totally satisfied with it. I'm bummed it's over. No idea if there will be another one or not. I imagine Nic Pizzolatto might be ready to move on to other stuff, but we'll see.
I thought it was excellent from start to finish. Clear references to the west Memphis 3 case throughout. I was fully satisfied with the ending but I had to watch it twice to realize how much I liked it (the final episode.)
Really enjoyed it. It's close with season 1 but season 1 is my fav. Never bothered with 2 cuz I don't even wanna look at either of those fuck sticks.