True Detective

[volumen]

jlee said:Beatsoup said:I think there were too many characters introduced in one episode. The characters weren't introduced well or given much back story. Not enough time to do it well.. Also three story archs starting at once, nagl.. Start with one good one.. Who are you and why do I care was in my head much of the time. Took two tries to get through the episode.. errr




my thoughts exactly. like waaayyyy too much thrown at the audience for one episode. I honestly had a hard time figuring out who is doing what and why...





I have a sneaky suspicion this is going to be on some M.Night Shamalamma Ding-Dong style....where first season/movie was good, and the remaining where just shells of the original....with dumber and dumber plot lines/twists.





hope next few episodes reel me back in...




It seemed like they just needed to cram everything in so they could have the scene at the end where they all stand in a circle and stare at each other. Heck that could have been the first scene and then spend 3 episodes telling each of their stories.

 

[jlee]

well, that was a bit more interesting....





still up in the air how this season will pan out, but the second episode definitely felt more "real detectvity" if you will.

 

[vintageinfants]

jlee said:well, that was a bit more interesting....





still up in the air how this season will pan out, but the second episode definitely felt more "real detectvity" if you will.










as in, now there is the actual possibility of a story?

 

[Controller_7]

I was reading some stuff last night and that big ending was probably not what it seemed. The shocker is just a temporary one, as the previews for upcoming episodes show a continuance.


I'm trying not to spoil.





I started liking it more last night. I feel like this season could be good. Maybe more of a typical TV show, but that can be good too.

 

[JectWon]

Controller_7 said:I was reading some stuff last night and that big ending was probably not what it seemed. The shocker is just a temporary one, as the previews for upcoming episodes show a continuance.


I'm trying not to spoil.







Lemme guess, dude had a vest or it was rounds of rock salt...I had a feeling that was going to be a fake situation. If it was a true murder (in that show) it would have been way bloodier.

 

[discos_alma]

Agreed ^^^^. This is also wisely playing off the John Snow insecurity from GoT.

 

[JectWon]

discos_alma said:Agreed ^^^^. This is also wisely playing off the John Snow insecurity from GoT.




Also, if dude lived....he 'bout to get raped on tape.





EDIT: I bet that's how he wakes up...all tied up in some crazy sex situation....maybe a goat head on him , or something.

 

[Controller_7]

Well, the upcoming preview shows him walking in a new scene. And some official says one of my guys got "shot" , which doesn't mean dead.





I would have been down for the full deal.

 

[white_tea]

Yeah, no way he gone, girl - otherwise he'd be biggest first-act knockoff since, who, Drew Barrymore in Scream?





I actually didn't even see that scene, yet, after falling asleep maybe 30 minutes in.

 

[volumen]

Getting better already. The first episode was too busy. Hopefully it falls into the True Detectivly stride now.

 

[vintageinfants]

jesus christ.

 

[motown67]

Holy shit. Did not recognize him at all! What a great make-up job

 

[day]

Controller_7 said:Well, the upcoming preview shows him walking in a new scene. And some official says one of my guys got "shot" , which doesn't mean dead.





I would have been down for the full deal.




I would have been down too, just to see them make that bold of a move, but I happened to see an earlier trailer for the show after watching the last episode and saw multiple shots of him in it. Unless they're doing some flashback biz with him like last season (which I highly doubt), he might have been faking his own death for whatever reason.





More discussion on this whole idea here: https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueDetective/comments/3bmcmd/s2e2_spoilers_the_final_scene_was_set_up_and





Either way, I'm not mad at how this season is going so far.

 

[Controller_7]

On the one hand, I love how this show can spawn all of these theories and speculation. It's fun. On the other hand, I think that's what ruined season 1. People were getting so deep with it and people were writing better versions online than what really happened. I might try to just let this season breathe on its own.


It's hard to stay away from a good discussion though.

 

[white_tea]

^^^^^^^ True. It's like we were all trying to figure out if the Yellow King was running the Tuttle Schools and, vis a vis that entire Louisiana parish, as some type of training camp for sex-crime victims, when in reality it was just the creepy lawnmower man doing creepy lawnmower man things, covered up by cops being cops, more or less. I guess it does speak to the overall quality of the show - the fan theories - even if it's impossible to live up to all of those lofty expectations. And given the show's #meta history, what if the Taylor Kitsch casting, and his reputation as box-office (or Home Box Office) poison, is Pizzalotto's comment as kind of an F-U to the Sophomore Slump, that there's no way possible for him to live up to the hype so he's turning in the equivalent of Richard Kelly's Southland Tales - by way of Chinatown - a movie I have yet to see, Southland Tales that is.

 

[JectWon]

Btw, this is old but a really good mini doc on some NOLA events that inspired much of the True Detective Season 1 plot....and it's fucking terrifying.

 

[mickalphabet]

after episode 3, i think i'll just leave it there

 

[JectWon]

I tuned out half way though. Done. Hell, even a great TV show is ultimately a waste of time...this shit just isn't worth it.

 

[vintageinfants]

shots fired:

i guess we know even more than ever who the mature one was in the dissolution of that partnership.

 

[bassie]

Killer Inside Me + Twin Peaks + comic book vibes.





Vaughn is completely out of his depth, painful and embarrassing to watch.





Two of four leads are Canadian!





A welcome break from the bro-fest, hello Rachel.





As much as I liked S1 (first half anyway), this season's regular weirdo shit is nice compared to the borderline occult weirdo shit of last season. Can see now how much it weighted everything down.





Would it kill them to throw me a crumb and show male-on-male action?