True Detective Season 2

Timbrewolf · Post by **Timbrewolf** » Mon Jun 22, 2015 5:13 am #97849

It begins!

If you didn't watch the first season you missed out on one of the best television programs ever.
I really don't know what else to say about it. If you don't want to watch it it's truly your own loss. Matthew McConaughey's performance in it is legendary and the show won its share of rewards.

Now that this season of Game of Thrones is over, True Detective is taking its place as the most important thing on TV.

EDIT: AND YEAH this season, just like the first season, propels itself into fucking weird territory as fast as possible.

DOUBLE EDIT: The two seasons aren't connected. The first season is its own story arc that ends when the first season ends. The second season is a new story with new characters.

Amnestik · Post by **Amnestik** » Mon Jun 22, 2015 10:41 am #97928

That was pretty terrible. I wanted to enjoy it, after how amazing season 1 was, but it just tried too hard to be something it wasn't. Full of bad acting, unconvincing character actions and poor dialogue. The best part was the intro sequence and the first couple of minutes afterwards.

I couldn't help but lament the amount of money HBO must've spent making this piece of shit. The various aerial tracking shots couldn't have been cheap.

Timbrewolf · Post by **Timbrewolf** » Mon Jun 22, 2015 4:21 pm #97975

Is Colin Farrel on the screen? Okay good. This scene will be good. It will be shot well and acted well.
Is Colin Farrel not on the screen? Stare questionably at the screen and hope they button this up for the next episode.

The dialog is great. The characters are great. Once again it's a really brilliantly written show. But the performances weren't always there and the cinematography wasn't as good as the first season's at times.

I still enjoyed it but I think it needs just a little more time to shape up.

nsos · Post by **nsos** » Tue Jun 23, 2015 3:51 am #98116

good about ep 1:
colin farrel's scenes
leonard cohen
bar scene
taylor kitsch looks like keanu and appears to be as equally insane as keanu
little details like the literary references (if season 1 was close to the Minotaur myth, season 2 seems to be closer to Oedipus - up to the point where the greek tragedy references become suffocating with antigony and athena) and the reference to the Luna Park Ghost Train fire during the aspen conroy scene like what the hell who looks up shit like that for minor background scenery?
can only get better from here

things i didn't like about ep 1:
vince vaughn made like the same facial expression nearly ever single scene he was in even when it didn't actually fit.
semyon's wife didn't act well
some of these scenes are really missing jun cary fukunaga in terms of the cinematography section
every time rachel mcadams is on screen we got a fuckton of exposition for better or worse (mostly worse). last season's narrator really helped with offsetting some of the load of this. when it's just the plot stopping so that her dad and sister can her entire life and the exact background that caused her to act this way to her face, it's like fuck come on show some of it instead of telling.
i did not care about taylor kitsch or anything he was doing until like the last 10 minutes of the show.
is david morse wearing a wig?
"can only get better from here" is not a compliment

nsos · Post by **nsos** » Tue Jun 23, 2015 3:55 am #98118

Amnestik · Post by **Amnestik** » Tue Jun 23, 2015 6:05 am #98170

An0n3 wrote:The dialog is great. The characters are great. Once again it's a really brilliantly written show.

I wish I agreed. A lot of the dialogue was either cringeworthy or borderline for me. The "Never do anything out of hunger. Even eating." line, for example. I agreed with the principle, but the line sounded pretty idiotic.

The entire "Ass-pen" scene was ridiculous, as was the one where Colin Farrell brings the tent to his son's school and calls him a fat pussy. It felt like we were supposed to respect the intention behind his actions, but it just ended up being farcical.

Overall, the show just took itself way too seriously, which would be fine if it actually commanded respect instead of just being laughable.

Malkevin · Post by **Malkevin** » Tue Jun 23, 2015 11:05 am #98236

I tried to watch the first season, and did in its entirety, but I couldn't understand half of the plot because of McConaughey's thickest Bubba Gump Shrimp accent.
Probably didn't help that it didn't click with me until near the end of the season that the story the two were telling to the detective's was mostly grade A bullshit and the flashbacks were what really happened.

Timbrewolf · Post by **Timbrewolf** » Wed Jun 24, 2015 3:42 am #98449

Amnestik wrote:
An0n3 wrote:The dialog is great. The characters are great. Once again it's a really brilliantly written show.
I wish I agreed. A lot of the dialogue was either cringeworthy or borderline for me. The "Never do anything out of hunger. Even eating." line, for example. I agreed with the principle, but the line sounded pretty idiotic.

The entire "Ass-pen" scene was ridiculous, as was the one where Colin Farrell brings the tent to his son's school and calls him a fat pussy. It felt like we were supposed to respect the intention behind his actions, but it just ended up being farcical.

Overall, the show just took itself way too seriously, which would be fine if it actually commanded respect instead of just being laughable.

Come on. You don't like Colin "I'm going to come back and buttfuck your dad right here on the lawn next your mother's decapitated corpse" Farrel?

Amnestik · Post by **Amnestik** » Thu Jun 25, 2015 7:02 am #98743

An0n3 wrote:
Amnestik wrote:
An0n3 wrote:The dialog is great. The characters are great. Once again it's a really brilliantly written show.
I wish I agreed. A lot of the dialogue was either cringeworthy or borderline for me. The "Never do anything out of hunger. Even eating." line, for example. I agreed with the principle, but the line sounded pretty idiotic.

The entire "Ass-pen" scene was ridiculous, as was the one where Colin Farrell brings the tent to his son's school and calls him a fat pussy. It felt like we were supposed to respect the intention behind his actions, but it just ended up being farcical.

Overall, the show just took itself way too seriously, which would be fine if it actually commanded respect instead of just being laughable.
Come on. You don't like Colin "I'm going to come back and buttfuck your dad right here on the lawn next your mother's decapitated corpse" Farrel?

He was great in In Bruges. I like him as a person. But that dialogue was pretty cringy. I get he was meant to be out of his mind drunk and emotional, but Pizza should've come up with something a little less "/b/ 2007", and Colin should've delivered it with a bit more conviction. I'll keep watching, though. For the atmosphere, if nothing else.

Malkevin · Post by **Malkevin** » Mon Jul 13, 2015 3:43 pm #103969

Spoiler for EP2 in case you haven't watched it yet

Spoiler:

nsos · Post by **nsos** » Tue Jul 14, 2015 2:55 am #104117

i'm up to ep4.

everyone's just about up shit creek. my interest to continue watching waxes and wanes.

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Timbrewolf · Post by **Timbrewolf** » Tue Jul 14, 2015 3:06 am #104121

This latest episode.

Holy shit.

Spoiler:

Malkevin · Post by **Malkevin** » Tue Jul 14, 2015 7:32 am #104173

Spoiler:

Timbrewolf · Post by **Timbrewolf** » Tue Jul 14, 2015 6:00 pm #104369

Spoiler:

Amnestik · Post by **Amnestik** » Tue Jul 14, 2015 7:52 pm #104391

Spoiler:

nsos · Post by **nsos** » Mon Jul 20, 2015 4:10 am #105721

I knew this episode would not even come close to addressing last week's shit

nsos · Post by **nsos** » Mon Jul 20, 2015 4:10 am #105722

Why is true detective beating up Benedict Cumberbatch

Timbrewolf · Post by **Timbrewolf** » Mon Jul 20, 2015 4:58 am #105734

nsos wrote:I knew this episode would not even come close to addressing last week's shit

Spoiler:

Malkevin · Post by **Malkevin** » Mon Jul 20, 2015 5:47 pm #105926

You would think gayboi would be the one in the evidence closet.

nsos · Post by **nsos** » Mon Jul 20, 2015 10:00 pm #105963

Malkevin wrote:You would think gayboi would be the one in the evidence closet.

Timbrewolf · Post by **Timbrewolf** » Tue Jul 21, 2015 12:00 am #106013

Malkevin wrote:You would think gayboi would be the one in the evidence closet.

Amnestik · Post by **Amnestik** » Thu Jul 23, 2015 8:52 am #106762

don't they call it an evidence lockup

as a fervent security player i'd expect you to know that

e: i was durnk

Malkevin · Post by **Malkevin** » Thu Jul 23, 2015 9:20 am #106774

But that wouldn't fit the joke of him being a closet homo, unless you're implying we should lock up all the gays, you homophobe.

Amnestik · Post by **Amnestik** » Tue Jul 28, 2015 1:04 am #107650

Spoiler:

nsos · Post by **nsos** » Tue Jul 28, 2015 3:38 am #107688

Amnestik wrote:
Spoiler:
the party infiltration they'd been building up to was boring/generic as fuck

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nsos · Post by **nsos** » Tue Jul 28, 2015 3:48 am #107691

the good part about next episode is that David Attias (the wire, alias) is apparently directing it

nsos · Post by **nsos** » Tue Jul 28, 2015 4:00 am #107696

my thoughts about this episode was that it was alright.

Spoiler:

someone else on a different website mentioned that some of the pacing issues this season, this could have easily been episode 3 or 4. i have to agree. but even after all the bitching i made in this post i'm still watching. apparently the finale is gonna be 90 minutes so hopefully these next two episodes are next level

Knaive · Post by **Knaive** » Tue Jul 28, 2015 4:13 am #107697

Spoiler:

nsos · Post by **nsos** » Mon Aug 03, 2015 5:54 am #109244

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Timbrewolf · Post by **Timbrewolf** » Tue Aug 04, 2015 5:41 am #109582

Spoiler:

Amnestik · Post by **Amnestik** » Tue Aug 04, 2015 9:16 am #109637

Spoiler:

Timbrewolf · Post by **Timbrewolf** » Wed Aug 05, 2015 2:12 am #109874

Amnestik wrote:
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ok so dont shoot me in the stomach and then in the back while i'm crawling for my gun but who was the guy who shot gaycop? his boyfriend's twin?

Spoiler:

Knaive · Post by **Knaive** » Wed Aug 05, 2015 2:30 am #109876

An0n3 wrote:
Amnestik wrote:
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ok so dont shoot me in the stomach and then in the back while i'm crawling for my gun but who was the guy who shot gaycop? his boyfriend's twin?

Spoiler:
Weird mystery man. My money is he's the guy who actually killed Casper/shot True Hairline with the shotgun.

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Timbrewolf · Post by **Timbrewolf** » Wed Aug 05, 2015 3:15 am #109883

Yeah that was him.

Can we drop the spoilers after this point and just like...put up some kind of warning that if you aren't watching the latest episode don't scroll past this fucking post?

Malkevin · Post by **Malkevin** » Wed Aug 05, 2015 4:17 am #109887

Spoiler:

Timbrewolf · Post by **Timbrewolf** » Wed Aug 05, 2015 6:32 am #109916

Malkevin wrote:
Spoiler:
I guess that makes sense.

I didnt want to laugh at this but I did.

I knew what I was going to see when I clicked on that but I did it anyway.

Knaive · Post by **Knaive** » Wed Aug 05, 2015 1:32 pm #109993

So they're giving the finale 90 minutes to tie up all the loose ends, what are you hoping to see?

I at least want to find out who the fuck is the dad for that ginger kid, because they've got some shitty genes.

nsos · Post by **nsos** » Mon Aug 10, 2015 6:56 am #111206

i was ok with this season i think

nsos · Post by **nsos** » Mon Aug 10, 2015 6:57 am #111207

it was worse than s1 but on its own it was ok. i don't have any hot opinions to share right now, still kind of digesting what happened in the finale.

nsos · Post by **nsos** » Mon Aug 10, 2015 6:57 am #111208

i'd also like to take this time to officially start the 'Brendan Fraser for true detective season 3' campaign

it could be the role that unfucks his shit, forever

Amnestik · Post by **Amnestik** » Mon Aug 10, 2015 12:05 pm #111257

It was good.

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Knaive · Post by **Knaive** » Mon Aug 10, 2015 2:57 pm #111292

Pretty meh for a finale, but I guess it's par for the course for this season.

Bring back the s1 vibe for the third season pls