Television: True Detective
07-14-2015, 02:30 AM
#122
Originally Posted by Doom878
Refresh my memory. How did the angst biker cop end up there? Thought he was casing hookers.
Paul had several drinks. Maybe one of the guys slipped him something? Or as BeezleTL85 said
Originally Posted by BeezleTL85
while drunk
07-14-2015, 09:42 AM
#125
A-Spec Just Kicked In, Yo
The last quarter (gun fight) of this episode was good--but man, I'm having a hard time really getting into this show. I'm thinking of just recording the last four and then binge watching them a month from now. I really don't look forward to this show the same way I did for season 1 
07-14-2015, 11:04 AM
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^Not even close. Which is sad.
07-14-2015, 03:24 PM
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07-14-2015, 04:40 PM
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^ Maybe it's because (IMO) Woody Harrelsen and Matthew McConaughey are much better actors?
I also found the serial killer plot of season 1 more interesting than season 2's conspiracy and corrupt politicians/people in power.
I also found the serial killer plot of season 1 more interesting than season 2's conspiracy and corrupt politicians/people in power.
07-14-2015, 04:56 PM
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Yea, personally I feel it's more about the plot and the manner in which it was presented to us. Sure, the acting was out of this world, but the story/imagery was what made it. IMO.
S1 Monday watercooler discussion....20 minutes.
S2 Monday watercooler discussion....3 minutes.
That has nothing to do with the acting.
S1 Monday watercooler discussion....20 minutes.
S2 Monday watercooler discussion....3 minutes.
That has nothing to do with the acting.
07-15-2015, 09:50 AM
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07-16-2015, 07:15 AM
#131
Alright, alright, alright
I like both seasons. S1 had fewer characters and simpler plot and sub-plots but the actors had more time to show their depth. S2 is far more complicated that I have to pay attention to all the characters, dialogue, many plots and sub-plots.
The one symbolism I like is the overhead camera shots at night and day showing the concrete jungle of industrial CA. The night shots almost represent they are on a unknown journey when the camera pans to the horizon.
The one common theme from both seasons is how flawed almost all the characters are, which represents real life.
The one symbolism I like is the overhead camera shots at night and day showing the concrete jungle of industrial CA. The night shots almost represent they are on a unknown journey when the camera pans to the horizon.
The one common theme from both seasons is how flawed almost all the characters are, which represents real life.
07-17-2015, 07:17 AM
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I think the only think I've liked about season 2 is the theme song Nevermind. Did yall notice that the theme changes a bit each week? I also realized that Harrelson and McCaughnahey still get a piece of the action? Listed as Exec producers still..
07-20-2015, 09:04 AM
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07-20-2015, 10:00 AM
#136
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I actually liked last night's. 
Shit is on with Colin and Vince. That should be a nice tense scene. The secret task force. Discovering a body up in the North. Vince's buddy involved with Osip pushing hookers. The rapist still being alive "I like big dicks. Not just long ones. Girth!" "My heart has blue balls" 
Shit is on with Colin and Vince. That should be a nice tense scene. The secret task force. Discovering a body up in the North. Vince's buddy involved with Osip pushing hookers. The rapist still being alive "I like big dicks. Not just long ones. Girth!" "My heart has blue balls"
07-20-2015, 10:12 AM
#137
Alright, alright, alright
Last night was a similar mid-season story reset like S1, where most think the case is solved then the main characters re-start over the investigation.
07-20-2015, 10:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Doom878
I actually liked last night's.
I agree on some points that the show seems to be finally moving in the right direction but are we really at the point where the episode is considered good because McAdams says she likes big dick?
07-20-2015, 01:22 PM
#140
Good episode. Story finally got interesting. Probably the best episode so far. And it's not because Rachel McAdams said she likes big
07-21-2015, 07:29 AM
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I really thought my general dislike of Vince Vaughn had me predisposed to thinking he would ruin this season, but after reading all the reviews - he really is terrible. Some of the lines he delivers are just so absurd you are just waiting for him to crack a smile and start laughing. He needs to stick to comedies where he can make stupid faces at people.
07-21-2015, 07:49 AM
#142
This show is pretty bad. Nowhere near as good as first season. It is also so unrealistic. Muricans love unrealistic cop shows, so I bet this will be a big hit. Vince Vaughn is pretty bad in this series.
07-21-2015, 09:48 AM
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Originally Posted by Legend2TL
Last night was a similar mid-season story reset like S1, where most think the case is solved then the main characters re-start over the investigation.
07-21-2015, 10:38 AM
#144
Originally Posted by screaminz28
I really thought my general dislike of Vince Vaughn had me predisposed to thinking he would ruin this season, but after reading all the reviews - he really is terrible. Some of the lines he delivers are just so absurd you are just waiting for him to crack a smile and start laughing. He needs to stick to comedies where he can make stupid faces at people.
Frank Semyon: I'll let you get back to your process, then, Michelangelo.
Ernst Bodine: Mr. Semyon.
Frank Semyon: You don't direct me. Khe Sanh motherfucker.
Ernst Bodine: I'm Chinese.
Frank Semyon: Then, go stand in front of a fuckin' tank.
07-21-2015, 12:20 PM
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^That scene had me cracking up
07-27-2015, 08:55 AM
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Its Monday morning at the Azine water cooler, someone say something
07-27-2015, 09:10 AM
#147
Stay Metal
Read online that this was the best ep of the season. I've liked the last 3 TBH. Really curious how it'll go down not that the missing women were found. I'll be out of the country next Sunday though
07-27-2015, 09:34 AM
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I thought the episode was good, but I was waiting for the "big" turning point to lead into the final two episodes and never got it.
McAdams at the party
Vince/Collin one liners
McAdams at the party
Vince/Collin one liners
07-27-2015, 09:41 AM
#149
Alright, alright, alright
So finally McAdams had makeup work on her or this episode 
There's alot of storylines to tie together in the final two episodes.
There's alot of storylines to tie together in the final two episodes.
07-27-2015, 09:46 AM
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Originally Posted by Legend2TL
There's alot of storylines to tie together in the final two episodes.
Last edited by Joneill44; 07-27-2015 at 09:57 AM.
07-27-2015, 10:25 AM
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Originally Posted by Legend2TL
So finally McAdams had makeup work on her or this episode
There's alot of storylines to tie together in the final two episodes.
There's alot of storylines to tie together in the final two episodes.
07-27-2015, 04:04 PM
#152
Originally Posted by Doom878
Read online that this was the best ep of the season.
no doubt.Now where can I find one of those party's?
07-28-2015, 10:21 AM
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There are parties like that in LA
I echo the same as other about that, time will tell
07-30-2015, 08:49 AM
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There are parties like that all over. Although you gotta sub out the hookers for wives. ^_^
07-31-2015, 01:20 PM
#158
Alright, alright, alright
Originally Posted by Joneill44
Thats kinda my point though. Is all this just to find Caspare killer and a couple corrupt cops ? Whats the season ending goal here?
Originally Posted by 97BlackAckCL
Yeah, it's feeling a lot like American Horror Story with all the plots flying around at once. I thought this episode was pretty good, they totally get away from the investigation and then oh look, here's some documents at this house to tie it back in. The Vince Colin interaction was very anticlimactic, but I did like when Colin lost his shit over his son and smashed everything. Interested to see where we go from here. Definitely wish there were more than 2 episodes left though
Also kinda though Rachel McAdams dad was that creepy sort of guy, so the flashback to the incest was interesting.
The whole Vince/Colin thing I think is building for a epic conclusion where one of them dies. Not sure what Vince finding his source is gonna do though.
Also the poor Mexican hooker getting killed by the Mexican gang who wants Vince's clubs as a distribution area was weird.
Lotta stuff happening in S2, I'm like you and wish it was 10 parts to not rush the conclusion. My only problem with S1 was E8 felt kinda rushed but it was great overall.
07-31-2015, 01:24 PM
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https://www.yahoo.com/tv/s/according...003230448.html
This article, According to HBO, We've All Been Watching True Detective Wrong, originally appeared on TVGuide.com.
Let's not beat around the bush: True Detective's second season has not lived up to the quality of the first. Suffering from a myriad of problems, including poor dialogue, too many freeway shots, a boring central plot, and less-than-intriguing characters, Season 2 has been widely criticized by critics and fans alike.
Speaking to reporters at the Television Critics Association fall TV previews, Michael Lombardo, president of HBO programming, delicately side-stepped questions about whether he thought the show's criticism was unfounded, choosing instead to praise the series' creator, Nic Pizzolatto.
"What [Nic's] doing on True Detective is so much bolder and braver than so much of what I see in film," he said. "I think [he] is one of the best writers working in television and motion pictures today."
Calling Pizzolatto "enormously talented," "one of the best writers working in television," and a "bold storyteller" who takes risks with pacing, Lombardo said that True Detective was a show that was best viewed as a whole and Season 2 will pay off in the end.
"I think you need to watch the entirety of it," he said. "The show ends as satisfyingly as any show I've seen."
Lombardo's comments might be an acceptable argument for a company like Netflix, which releases entire seasons at once that are designed to be consumed as a whole, but not necessarily for a network that's still releasing its shows in the conventional weekly format.
When asked about whether HBO has talked to Pizzolatto about reshaping the show should there be future seasons, Lombardo said that wasn't his style. "I'm not in the business--have never been in the business--of micromanaging the process in the sense of telling a writer [these are] the beats that they need to follow and how to tell a story," he said. "I know he speaks to people. He speaks to me, [but] that doesn't mean he's going to speak to you."
Despite the criticism, HBO is ready to green-light a third season if Pizzolatto is on board. "I think [Nic's] an enormously talent writer and I've already called him and said if you want to do a Season 3, let's start talking... I'm not calling him to say, 'Let's talk about Season 3 if you follow some rules of mine.' It's not a conversation I'm interesting in having or I think I need to have with Nic... I'm happy to be in business with him for a very long time.
Let's not beat around the bush: True Detective's second season has not lived up to the quality of the first. Suffering from a myriad of problems, including poor dialogue, too many freeway shots, a boring central plot, and less-than-intriguing characters, Season 2 has been widely criticized by critics and fans alike.
Speaking to reporters at the Television Critics Association fall TV previews, Michael Lombardo, president of HBO programming, delicately side-stepped questions about whether he thought the show's criticism was unfounded, choosing instead to praise the series' creator, Nic Pizzolatto.
"What [Nic's] doing on True Detective is so much bolder and braver than so much of what I see in film," he said. "I think [he] is one of the best writers working in television and motion pictures today."
Calling Pizzolatto "enormously talented," "one of the best writers working in television," and a "bold storyteller" who takes risks with pacing, Lombardo said that True Detective was a show that was best viewed as a whole and Season 2 will pay off in the end.
"I think you need to watch the entirety of it," he said. "The show ends as satisfyingly as any show I've seen."
Lombardo's comments might be an acceptable argument for a company like Netflix, which releases entire seasons at once that are designed to be consumed as a whole, but not necessarily for a network that's still releasing its shows in the conventional weekly format.
When asked about whether HBO has talked to Pizzolatto about reshaping the show should there be future seasons, Lombardo said that wasn't his style. "I'm not in the business--have never been in the business--of micromanaging the process in the sense of telling a writer [these are] the beats that they need to follow and how to tell a story," he said. "I know he speaks to people. He speaks to me, [but] that doesn't mean he's going to speak to you."
Despite the criticism, HBO is ready to green-light a third season if Pizzolatto is on board. "I think [Nic's] an enormously talent writer and I've already called him and said if you want to do a Season 3, let's start talking... I'm not calling him to say, 'Let's talk about Season 3 if you follow some rules of mine.' It's not a conversation I'm interesting in having or I think I need to have with Nic... I'm happy to be in business with him for a very long time.
