True Detective
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JustinP1 said:
From David Lynch to Michael Mann in one episode the last 15 mins.
EFA.Awesome. Finally picking up from the tedious monologue. Has elements of LA Confidential at times, very obviously something deeper than just a hooker and her partner stealing from Caspere. All will unravel (and hopefully fast) and you get that feeling that the Mayor and Caspere have been backhanding one another before things went south or even perhaps something more complex than that, with some players yet to be revealed?! Perhaps the Mayor is even just a clever piece of misdirection?!
The shoot-out was certainly dramatic and exciting but this series is still not drawing me in like the first.
I think it's maybe because the intensity of the relationship between Marty and Rust in the first series was so strong. Maybe because Rust was such a magnetic character, so well portrayed by Matthew McConaughey. The second series having more core characters does dilute the effect somewhat.
I think it's maybe because the intensity of the relationship between Marty and Rust in the first series was so strong. Maybe because Rust was such a magnetic character, so well portrayed by Matthew McConaughey. The second series having more core characters does dilute the effect somewhat.
motorizer said:
Gotta say though, that bar where Farrel and Vaughn meet is the worst pub in the world.
If you went in there to drown your sorrows you'd just come out with more sorrows.... no wonder there is never any other customers....
If you went in there to drown your sorrows you'd just come out with more sorrows.... no wonder there is never any other customers....
rohrl said:
I think it's maybe because the intensity of the relationship between Marty and Rust in the first series was so strong. Maybe because Rust was such a magnetic character, so well portrayed by Matthew McConaughey. The second series having more core characters does dilute the effect somewhat.
Difficult to top a magnetic duo.motorizer said:
Gotta say though, that bar where Farrel and Vaughn meet is the worst pub in the world.
If you went in there to drown your sorrows you'd just come out with more sorrows.... no wonder there is never any other customers....
They need to boot that droning folk singer off the stage, she absolutely does my head in.If you went in there to drown your sorrows you'd just come out with more sorrows.... no wonder there is never any other customers....
The shootout was a break from the norm but as much as I like guns I was left thinking "WTH was that all about?". It added nothing to the story at all and as far as TV gun battles go, wasn't all that entertaining.
redtwin said:
They need to boot that droning folk singer off the stage, she absolutely does my head in.
The shootout was a break from the norm but as much as I like guns I was left thinking "WTH was that all about?". It added nothing to the story at all and as far as TV gun battles go, wasn't all that entertaining.
I thought it was pretty well done, al be it pointless, TBH, It did have the old star trek 'red shirt' thing of killing a load of random people in uniform you'd never been introduced to though.The shootout was a break from the norm but as much as I like guns I was left thinking "WTH was that all about?". It added nothing to the story at all and as far as TV gun battles go, wasn't all that entertaining.
I did also think it smacked of being shoehorned in just so something mildly interesting happened in the episode. Other than the last 10 minutes the rest was again pretty tedious and generic unfortunately.
redtwin said:
I am not even sure why they were raiding those guys anyway. Are they still investigating the murder of Caspere?. What tied those drug den guys in with that?.
Correct me if I'm wrong but one of the Mexicans (the guy at the end that shot the hostage) was the guy that sold stuff stolen from Caspere's place. I only watched the first half on and off so I could be completely off-base.
sooperscoop said:
redtwin said:
I am not even sure why they were raiding those guys anyway. Are they still investigating the murder of Caspere?. What tied those drug den guys in with that?.
Correct me if I'm wrong but one of the Mexicans (the guy at the end that shot the hostage) was the guy that sold stuff stolen from Caspere's place. I only watched the first half on and off so I could be completely off-base.Brokeblack Mountain went to a pawn shop and found one of Casperes watches from when the place was turned over, that linked to who pawned it in - his girlfriend/associate.
Colin Barrel tells Vince Vaughn about it, but he's not too interested on the basis that if he's pawning stuff stolen, then he's not got his stacks of cash.
As it happens, the actor playing the mexican guy isn't actually mexican, He's the actor from the PS3 'This is Living' series of ads. He's reasonably decent, so we might actually see him speak at some time, otherwise they could have just got an extra to do his scene.
Halb said:
THe fat cop getting clipped was a surprise.
Really? I'd been expecting him to go since he was introduced. Generic, fat , lazy detective with no backstory who hangs around on the fringes and enables them to kill someone recognizable for shock factor without having to lose any of the big cast members.I genuinely cannot believe how much of a mess the plot is to this show at present when you stop and think about it for a minute, and we are now half way through the season.
SWoll said:
I genuinely cannot believe how much of a mess the plot is to this show at present when you stop and think about it for a minute, and we are now half way through the season.
I agree, I think they have over-done the slowness of the first four episodes. The pacing and the unravelling of the story is just way off with just your usual cliched poor oppressed cop back-stories; hopefully the last four will be a tour de force with the focus primarily on solving the case.type-r said:
SWoll said:
I genuinely cannot believe how much of a mess the plot is to this show at present when you stop and think about it for a minute, and we are now half way through the season.
I agree, I think they have over-done the slowness of the first four episodes. The pacing and the unravelling of the story is just way off with just your usual cliched poor oppressed cop back-stories; hopefully the last four will be a tour de force with the focus primarily on solving the case.
Hate all the 'oh so dramatic' pregnant pauses too, as they just jump out as 'we couldnt think of any interesting/meaningful dialog' here moments. Cliche city at the moment I agree, it seems like it's trying so hard to be achingly cool that it's in real danger of just turning into a parody of itself. As others have mentioned, it is chock full of clichés, the signature tune is tiresome (thank God for FF), Neurosis Allisette in the bar would have been OK for one shot in one episode, but almost every week!
Shootout behind the scenes video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwixL5KOx8Q
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