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I like how the one season of the three completed ones that people were meh on is getting the most attention, in this thread for the new further one which only has one episode but tons to speculation about. I'm not being sarcastic.
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Also I somehow thought it was Vince that was in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang.
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Bright Bart posted:Also I somehow thought it was Vince that was in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. And having looked that up... I mean the man had pretty brutal throat cancer. I don’t even think he can speak any more.
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Finally watched the first episode last night and yeah, I don’t have high expectations. I’m sure that it will be addressed at some point, but I don’t understand the logic of copying the Dyatlov Pass Incident in your season premier. I never paid much attention to the plagiarism discourse in season one, because honestly who cares, but it feels weird to present these events without having a character acknowledge the historical parallel. I’d expect it to come, but until then I’m going to wonder if it’s going to be addressed. I did find the stuff about representing Navarro’s masculine dispositions through her sexual activity interesting, if not a bit overt. Whatever, I love overtness. The actor playing Navarro is so ripped and her partner was so soft that the images of their bodies together conveyed the sentiment alone.
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Danger posted:I mean the man had pretty brutal throat cancer. I don’t even think he can speak any more. Capital F me, sorry
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You know, I’m glad that post-Game of Thrones actors don’t have to be nude if they don’t want to be. How inconceivable it would have been ten years ago for the premiere of a high-profile hbo series to not have tits in it.
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I watched all 3 seasons of TD as they aired, and I've re-watched them all once (S1 twice). S1: Was amazing as it aired and it hasn't lost any shine on 2 re-watches. S2: Was mediocre to bad as it aired. On a re-watch it was much better, and it benefited greatly from binge watching, rather than once a week. It's still a big step down from S1, but I'd recommend it now, which I wouldn't have done right after it aired. S3: Was good but not great as it aired. On re-watch it's about the same, but it felt a little flabby. S4: Leaning a bit too far into the supernatural for my taste, but otherwise off to a good, but not great start.
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I watched all 3 seasons for the first time in the lead up to the season 4 premiere. Season 1 didn't seem as amazing as it was always held up as, I figure watercooler talk helped it a lot at the time, but a lot of better TV has come out since that makes it pale a bit in comparison I think. Season 2 didn't seem as bad as it was put down as, I figure watercooler talk didn't help it in this case, but it still is quite a tonal shift that I can understand the whiplash. Season 3 seems pretty appropriately regarded as perfectly fine. And I'm also apprehensive about the start of season 4, but I'll see where it goes.
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th3t00t posted:S4: Leaning a bit too far into the supernatural for my taste Maybe if people keep saying this we'll get SE04E03: Peter discovers that psychoactive chemicals in the water supply have led to mass hallucinations by the people of Ennis. He realizes that he has imagined Danvers, Navarro, and even his own father. The tainted water is coming from the mine, but after meeting mine boss Maggie he suspects that something more than cutting overhead is at play, and that she might not be working alone. Honestly I haven't commented too much on the seemingly supernatural elements because I might be missing some important, cool Indigenous Alaskan cultural context. That said, I really hope they had an advisor who knew what they were talking about, and that the showrunners and writers didn't go with 'Do the Iñupiat believe in ancestral spirits? They probably do. And they probably dance to communicate.'
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Jehde posted:I watched all 3 seasons for the first time in the lead up to the season 4 premiere. Season 1 didn't seem as amazing as it was always held up as, I figure watercooler talk helped it a lot at the time, but a lot of better TV has come out since that makes it pale a bit in comparison I think. Season 2 didn't seem as bad as it was put down as, I figure watercooler talk didn't help it in this case, but it still is quite a tonal shift that I can understand the whiplash. Season 3 seems pretty appropriately regarded as perfectly fine. And I'm also apprehensive about the start of season 4, but I'll see where it goes.
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th3t00t posted:Such as? I'm fishing for recommendations, not saying you're wrong. I want recommendations but I don't think me & OP's tastes overlap much. I re-watched Season One and it's still absolutely stellar, not just solid. I guess I'm invested in it being a good show but I'm also no kind of superfan or anything.
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th3t00t posted:Such as? I'm fishing for recommendations, not saying you're wrong. I mean the obvious recommendation is another cinematographic crime anthology series that started a month after, and continues to be amazing: Fargo. But also for other random crime series that have had seasons that stood out for me as top tier TV since: Better Call Saul, Mr Robot, Narcos, Night Manager, Babylon Berlin, Barry, Black Bird. There's a lot of really good TV out there these days.
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Jehde posted:I mean the obvious recommendation is another cinematographic crime anthology series that started a month after, and continues to be amazing: Fargo. But also for other random crime series that have had seasons that stood out for me as top tier TV since: Better Call Saul, Mr Robot, Narcos, Night Manager, Babylon Berlin, Barry, Black Bird. There's a lot of really good TV out there these days. I'd say Fargo S4 is worse than any season of TD so far...
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th3t00t posted:Such as? I'm fishing for recommendations, not saying you're wrong. This is a bit out of nowhere but there's a show on the BBC called "Guilt" that I recently saw and it reminded me of TD. It's a dark comedy rather than a police thriller but it does have interesting plot twists and has that same dark, spartan aesthetic.
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True Detective season 1 for me is the best self contained one season of any show. There are better seasons out there (leftovers season 2) but they were part of longer running narratives. As a stand alone one season and done, TD1 is my favorite by a wide margin.
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joepinetree posted:True Detective season 1 for me is the best self contained one season of any show. There are better seasons out there (leftovers season 2) but they were part of longer running narratives. As a stand alone one season and done, TD1 is my favorite by a wide margin. I might say Station Eleven, but True Detective S1 is definitely very, very high up on the pedestal for me.
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joepinetree posted:True Detective season 1 for me is the best season of any show.
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I AM GRANDO posted:You know, I’m glad that post-Game of Thrones actors don’t have to be nude if they don’t want to be. How inconceivable it would have been ten years ago for the premiere of a high-profile hbo series to not have tits in it.
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Ramrod Hotshot posted:Not great. The first few minutes gave me some The Terror vibes (and a little Resident Evil lol) but after that it was a rote introduction of too many boring characters, dull writing, mediocre performances and very little narrative momentum. I’m going to wait on the reviews for the rest of it before watching more Agreed. I actually liked the intro, but the soundtrack was so invasive. When that woman started yowling in one scene I thought it was the start of yet another morose song. The show has style, but no substance, and like other people have mentioned I feel like it's trying to make us root for obviously terrible people and I think it's going to do it without a shred of awareness.
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DaveKap posted:TBH having sex with a top on is a fantastic way to indicate that there is zero intimacy in this relationship. I don't think I've ever seen a sex scene give so much characterization in so little time. This post has so many red flags.
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I have this silly, silly wish that Season One went full noir and ended with Hart getting taken out by Maserati cop. The POS realizes there might be a hitman coming after him as a result, but well you can't exactly turn off being a hothead POS even if it's to your own survival benefit. It's left ambiguous whether Marty dies happy knowing he reconciled with everyone close to him, or if that was in the cards but not quite there yet and he goes with important things unaccomplished. Then the main theme plays. Bright Bart fucked around with this message at 11:49 on Jan 20, 2024 |
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Bright Bart posted:I have this silly, silly wish that Season One went full noir and ended with Hart getting taken out by Maserati cop. The POS realizes there might be a hitman coming after him as a result, but well you can't exactly turn off being a hothead POS even if it's to your survival benefit. He cracks open one more beer. Passes out again and asphyxiates on his own vomit. Then the main theme plays.
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th3t00t posted:Or the season plays out exactly as it did except Rust wakes up at the end. He’s on the floor in his shack behind the bar. Same pile of Lonestar beer can figurines that he carved at the interview around him. Rust and the audience realize at that same time that there was no interview, he never solved the case or reconciled with Marty. It was all a drunken delusion or a dream. Meet me in Temecula.
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Liking the cast and the setting, but that sure was a lot of people seeing weird poo poo to an extent that seems ridiculous.
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Tigers Are Not Afraid is a four star movie to me so I’m still on board but that first ep definitely tempered my expectations
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I’ve been watching season two, and I think it’s good. I got bored after the meth lab explosion in 2015 and gave up, but watching now it’s some kind of take on noir stuff. Some of the dialogue seems to border on parody or some kind of commentary on the genre, and that isn’t very much fun, but it’s not bad by any means.
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ruddiger posted:Tigers Are Not Afraid is a four star movie to me so I’m still on board but that first ep definitely tempered my expectations My reply is to this whole thread. I believe that the studio bigwigs had a heavy hand in episode 1. TD is a highly regarded property and with a new unseasoned showrunner, the studio is calling the shots. Opening scene of crappy CGI animals is not a creative, artistic, or visionary decision. It reeks of committee thinking. Like having a young popular starlet do the theme song.
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Bad cg animals were probably to save budget money to spend on something else. They could have been obscured a little better, but maybe the story needed to see their eyes moving and focusing on stuff--who knows?
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I don't mind if they go full Twin Peaks in this season for a change, just wish they weren't so blunt about it. A ghost found the bodies? Come on. As for S2 it was just a waste of time. I somehow watched 9 episodes hoping that it will get good and realized that it won't. Never even watched the finale because I didn't care how it ends.
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I AM GRANDO posted:Bad cg animals were probably to save budget money to spend on something else. They could have been obscured a little better, but maybe the story needed to see their eyes moving and focusing on stuff--who knows? I know. this season is gonna stink lol
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This season is gonna own*, nerds. Take your negative Nancy stuff elsewhere! * I reserve the right to change my mind at 10pm tonight
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Those human-like expressions on the deer faces reminded me of the CGI Lion King remake Disney made, and how those animals with intentionally human personalities were made to look 100% realistic with no human facial expressions on them at all. Basically both of these went in the complete opposite artistic approach that they have gone. Though in the case of True Detective, they of course don't have the funds Disney has. Regardless, that was what was going through my mind as I loled at that scene
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I just remember being so unable to follow S2's mystery week-to-week that towards the end of it I had no interest in any of the characters and was laughing my head off at Vince Vaughn walking in the desert to his death. And rolled eyes when Colin gets himself killed because he wanted to see his son play softball one last time. Probably does do better in a binge, and definitely would watch better going into it not expecting it to be as solid as the first.
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I think I might be the only who thinks that the guy was just embarrassed to cum too quickly, and she didn't care =) But she did care subconsciously, which is why she took his toothbrush.
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DangerDongs posted:I think I might be the only who thinks that the guy was just embarrassed to cum too quickly, and she didn't care =) I thought it was either this or the didn’t want to risk pregnancy but both were just excuses to feel less uncomfortable.
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