True Detective

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ZX10R NIN

27,660 posts

126 months

Wednesday 21st February
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I thought it was okay (better than 2) but not as good as 1&3.

Hedobot

657 posts

150 months

Wednesday 21st February
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I think I even rate S3 over S1...

Not looking forward to S4 given the feedback.

Don Veloci

1,931 posts

282 months

Thursday 22nd February
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Mostly 6 weeks of dicking about!

Watching 1 & 6 would almost cover it with not much missed.

Jarring contrasts between comfortably wandering around outside in the clothes they had to almost freezing to death - oh whats that's in the background, cannae be fueled vehicles with working heaters surely.

mattyn1

5,803 posts

156 months

Monday 26th February
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We saw the trailer to TD - Night Country and thought that looks good - let's watch from the beginning. We did not realise the style of the season's - which I am thankful for really as I can now wait for all to be shown to binge.

What I am not thankful for is missing this for ten years. we are 6 into Season 1 - and have read this thread's early pages - comments ten years old still hold true today - which is testament to the quality of the show. It is rather brilliant.

Will finish S01 tonight.

mattyn1

5,803 posts

156 months

Tuesday 27th February
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And we did finish - mighty good. Absolutely gripped.

As a big fan of Billions, I do like the actor Glenn Fleshler - he made a great baddie! I liked the ending too. Onto S02 tonight!!

UTH

8,990 posts

179 months

Tuesday 27th February
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I need to finish Ted Lasso ASAP and get onto S1 of this.

type-r

14,132 posts

214 months

Thursday 29th February
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I just re-watched Sharp Objects again for the first time in 5 years and it really is night and day better than Night Country. Really if you need to come down off S1 OF TD, Sharp Objects is just perfect.

"What a thing. Even when you win the fu*ked up family olympics."

That line had me in literal stitches in what was quite a poignant moment right at the end of the show. The newspaperbeditor - what a guy.

The music is stunning and really sets the tone of the show. Patricia Clarkson - WOW. Eliza Scanlon - Wow. And of course Amy Adams.

Deckert

608 posts

191 months

Thursday 29th February
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type-r said:
I just re-watched Sharp Objects again for the first time in 5 years and it really is night and day better than Night Country. Really if you need to come down off S1 OF TD, Sharp Objects is just perfect.

"What a thing. Even when you win the fu*ked up family olympics."

That line had me in literal stitches in what was quite a poignant moment right at the end of the show. The newspaperbeditor - what a guy.

The music is stunning and really sets the tone of the show. Patricia Clarkson - WOW. Eliza Scanlon - Wow. And of course Amy Adams.
Sharp Objects is one of my favourite series ever, I bought it on Bluray. I love everything about it, the cinematography is just unreal, and the soundtrack !

type-r

14,132 posts

214 months

Thursday 29th February
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Deckert said:
Sharp Objects is one of my favourite series ever, I bought it on Bluray. I love everything about it, the cinematography is just unreal, and the soundtrack !
Yeah me too - the slowness is like a perfect marinade, the little subtle Fight Club style interspered flash-backs. Watching again, with the benefit now of hindsight, you see how the killer hid in plain sight. It was executed perfectly. And that ending in the credits - still yikes.

Deckert

608 posts

191 months

Thursday 29th February
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type-r said:
Yeah me too - the slowness is like a perfect marinade, the little subtle Fight Club style interspered flash-backs. Watching again, with the benefit now of hindsight, you see how the killer hid in plain sight. It was executed perfectly. And that ending in the credits - still yikes.
Don't tell Mama !

SWoll

18,489 posts

259 months

Friday 1st March
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Don Veloci said:
Mostly 6 weeks of dicking about!

Watching 1 & 6 would almost cover it with not much missed.

Jarring contrasts between comfortably wandering around outside in the clothes they had to almost freezing to death - oh whats that's in the background, cannae be fueled vehicles with working heaters surely.
Yep. Clearly a story that would have just about sustained a very average 2 hour content padding movie on Netflix dragged out for 6+ hours and with "True Detective" added to entice audiences in.

Dreadful characters, ridiculous plot "twists" and a premise pinched from Wind River. Garbage.

Elroy Blue

8,689 posts

193 months

Friday 1st March
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I forced myself to watch the latest True Detective but gave up 45mins into the last episode. It was such complete nonsense I just didn't care about the ending

vxr8mate

1,655 posts

190 months

Friday 1st March
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Elroy Blue said:
I forced myself to watch the latest True Detective but gave up 45mins into the last episode. It was such complete nonsense I just didn't care about the ending
Yes, same here. Typical ending that would have impressed the MsheU.

Kirwan and Eccleston were criminally underused, where many (almost non actors) were given far too much airtime.

A disaster in my book.

Scabutz

7,670 posts

81 months

Tuesday 26th March
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Late to the party, just finished S4. I liked it. Better than S2, maybe on par with S3. Of course no match for S1, not even God could make something that good.

Was a bit odd though, all the imagery and voodoo type stuff. Found it a little hard to follow and I don't usually struggle.

UTH

8,990 posts

179 months

Wednesday 27th March
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Having watched season 4 as my first True Detective, we then watched S1 on the back of the rave reviews.

It was good, but I must say I didn't quite get why people were saying it was so amazing. Wondering if there was an element of it I wasn't quite getting, but it certainly didn't go down as an epic.

jtremlett

1,380 posts

223 months

Wednesday 27th March
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UTH said:
Having watched season 4 as my first True Detective, we then watched S1 on the back of the rave reviews.

It was good, but I must say I didn't quite get why people were saying it was so amazing. Wondering if there was an element of it I wasn't quite getting, but it certainly didn't go down as an epic.
My view too, so you're not alone.