True Detective
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Just finished watched the first series all in a lump, utterly superb. It has leapfrogged into my top ten.
Sublime, great story, brilliant ending, atmosphere, acting, pacing etc. Michael and Woody are both outstanding, as are some of the bit parts.
Didn't realise how great the soundtrack is either, gonna buy that on CD, including the haunting intro as well.
I watched the first ep if the new one...it looks like it's going in the right direction. Even Farrell was decent, I'm guessing this director knows how to get the best out him.
Looks like we're on for some top-drawer modern noir! The best place to go after Bayou inbred cultism!
Sublime, great story, brilliant ending, atmosphere, acting, pacing etc. Michael and Woody are both outstanding, as are some of the bit parts.
Didn't realise how great the soundtrack is either, gonna buy that on CD, including the haunting intro as well.
I watched the first ep if the new one...it looks like it's going in the right direction. Even Farrell was decent, I'm guessing this director knows how to get the best out him.
Looks like we're on for some top-drawer modern noir! The best place to go after Bayou inbred cultism!
Halb said:
Just finished watched the first series all in a lump, utterly superb. It has leapfrogged into my top ten.
Sublime, great story, brilliant ending, atmosphere, acting, pacing etc. Michael and Woody are both outstanding, as are some of the bit parts.
Didn't realise how great the soundtrack is either, gonna buy that on CD, including the haunting intro as well.
I watched the first ep if the new one...it looks like it's going in the right direction. Even Farrell was decent, I'm guessing this director knows how to get the best out him.
Looks like we're on for some top-drawer modern noir! The best place to go after Bayou inbred cultism!
Good luck buying the soundtrack CD, there isn't one Sublime, great story, brilliant ending, atmosphere, acting, pacing etc. Michael and Woody are both outstanding, as are some of the bit parts.
Didn't realise how great the soundtrack is either, gonna buy that on CD, including the haunting intro as well.
I watched the first ep if the new one...it looks like it's going in the right direction. Even Farrell was decent, I'm guessing this director knows how to get the best out him.
Looks like we're on for some top-drawer modern noir! The best place to go after Bayou inbred cultism!
Closest I've found is a playlist on spotify.Looking forward to watching S2, S1 is in my top 3 (The Wire, Thrones, True Detective, Galactica)
rasto said:
Good luck buying the soundtrack CD, there isn't one Closest I've found is a playlist on spotify.
Looking forward to watching S2, S1 is in my top 3 (The Wire, Thrones, True Detective, Galactica)
Ah well, I'll use youtube to get the main one anyway. Closest I've found is a playlist on spotify.Looking forward to watching S2, S1 is in my top 3 (The Wire, Thrones, True Detective, Galactica)
That list is eerily similar to mine...
Do you mean Battlestar Galactica? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0407362/
Yeah, I going to have to pass on that. I didn't like the original when I was an impressionable naive kid, so now that I am an old curmudgeon, a remake is only going to wind me up and cause me to chew my Werthers.
Yeah, I going to have to pass on that. I didn't like the original when I was an impressionable naive kid, so now that I am an old curmudgeon, a remake is only going to wind me up and cause me to chew my Werthers.
redtwin said:
Do you mean Battlestar Galactica? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0407362/
Yeah, I going to have to pass on that. I didn't like the original when I was an impressionable naive kid, so now that I am an old curmudgeon, a remake is only going to wind me up and cause me to chew my Werthers.
I rankled at first at the thought of a remake. But then I watched it. And it was the best sci-fi I'd encountered for a long time.Yeah, I going to have to pass on that. I didn't like the original when I was an impressionable naive kid, so now that I am an old curmudgeon, a remake is only going to wind me up and cause me to chew my Werthers.
I rewatch some episodes periodically when they are shown. I still love the old series for it's campy 70s nonsense, but I couldn't really re-watch more than one episode at a time, if at all.
The remake is just a different beast altogether.
redtwin said:
Galactica?, is that sci-fi?. I don't do Sci-Fi but I need something as good as the rest of that list.
It has Sci Fi aspects, however that isn't really what the show is about. It's a bit similar to saying Game Of Thrones, isn't that Swords & Sorcery ?Edit: Galactica is mostly theology, with a bit of philosophy thrown in. It spends a fair amount of time studying the relationship between 'the creators' and their 'creations'. It had some amazing story lines and stunning moments, with a fair amount of mystery/second guessing thrown in. If you really hate sci-fi, then I guess there may be enough of that side of it that you won't enjoy it but I would suggest giving it a go.
Edited by rasto on Monday 22 June 20:29
Yeah. It was made at the time of the Iraq war. The stuff on warfare, terrorism, identity and culturism really is sublime.
It was one of the first US imports which was pretty grown up I think on how people work (along with the Sopranos), there aren't good people and bad people, there are people, who do good things and bag things, sometimes they are the same people. The best of US imports keep to this truism.
It was one of the first US imports which was pretty grown up I think on how people work (along with the Sopranos), there aren't good people and bad people, there are people, who do good things and bag things, sometimes they are the same people. The best of US imports keep to this truism.
Early thoughts are that they could replace Vaughn with a wooden plank with an Arnie voice over and it would do better.
Warming to the characters of Farrell and Adams. Not sure on Kitsch yet.
In the first one Matthew and Woody drew me in very quickly with their characters slowly dripping a story without much happening.
It's good that they don't appear to be telling the same story twice with different characters and location. Still interesting to see how this series develops.
Warming to the characters of Farrell and Adams. Not sure on Kitsch yet.
In the first one Matthew and Woody drew me in very quickly with their characters slowly dripping a story without much happening.
It's good that they don't appear to be telling the same story twice with different characters and location. Still interesting to see how this series develops.
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