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?

The_Rob posted:

Which to me would be awful. I’m fine with there being some relationship to season 1 but it’s gonna be part of your main story?

TheBizzness posted:

I really hate that Travis is Rusts dad.

TheBizzness posted:

I really want to rewatch season 1 before this season ends but I can’t until I finish Fargo (1 ep into season 4) and I don’t think I’m gonna make it.

Sickening posted:

Some of yall are so loving bored you are going to hatewatch the entire season.

Mordja posted:

HootTheOwl posted:

Poo Detected

Mordja posted:

It's especially silly because they're small town cops, they probably leave the office at 4:00 until the, you know, crime of the century happened. Also she's training to be a nurse, a job that famously keeps regular hours.

Nuebot posted:

The caves will contain the script for True Detective Season Four.

DaveKap posted:

I've been trying to analyze for myself just why it is I wanted the supernatural elements of True Detective to not only be more present in the series, but also more real, which is what got me excited for this season in the first place yet, despite being real, completely fell flat for me. First I'll just explain that I'm saying "the spooky stuff is real" because there are many times in the series that completely unexplained, similar events happen to multiple characters. The ghost girl visits more than one person, the orange is thrown at more than one person, "she's awake" is heard by more than one person, and then there's Anne's tongue, which the vigilante ladies have zero reason to lie about. Navarro is constantly visiting the afterlife, she talks to Danvers dead kid and her mother (or maybe sister but I'm going with mother because they could've shown her sister's face if it was her) to get her real name, so the afterlife is real too. At least out here in Night Country. OK, so we've established there is a real, supernatural element here. Then why isn't it fun?

Now I think (sorry for bringing it up again if you haven't watched it or don't like it [which makes you a crazy person]) about Fargo and the fact that it has very real supernatural elements. Why is it that the supernatural stuff in that show works but in this one it doesn't? Why did it work in Season 1 but not Season 4? I don't have a full answer but I think I have a hint of it and maybe this is a discussion people would be interested in carrying.

I think the question is how much of the show is supernatural and how much does it matter. In Fargo, you could describe the actions of the supernatural in 1-5 sentences per season. It's very sparse, just enough to be curious but not enough to warrant investigation. In all cases, it also doesn't really matter what the supernatural element is. It's shown or mentioned, a result occurs from it, and the show moves on. There's no real concern over why it happens, no concern over the implications of it being a real thing, it's merely there to move a plot point (sometimes) and the show goes on. It's almost cute, in a way, even if it's something spooky. I'm being vague and not providing exact details because I wouldn't want to spoil that show for anyone, ever.

Then you come to Night Detective where the supernatural elements are thick and meaty, constantly referred to by then native people of the area, known in stories and song. It interjects into the lives of those who do not believe in it, it becomes a reason for actions, and it is the resolution to asked questions. Yet despite all the importance of these spooky goings ons, the show simply says "make of it what you will." It shrugs hard. "A story is just a story" is the conclusion we get. "Is it all real? Maybe!" says the producer during an interview. And it's happening in a detective/mystery show. Now, maybe this is why it leaves a bad taste in the mouth but then the question becomes, what would have worked?

And I honestly don't know.

MechaSeinfeld posted:

The singing witch in the divebar out of time kicks rear end