epilogue wrote:So many of y'all wanna take potshots. And that's fine. I'll be your Huckleberry. But for all of whatever y'all think I think, it's amazing how much CR and Andy get where I'm at with this show. They say it all better than I could here because y'all have already made up your mind about what I think. But for those who bother to listen, this is where I'm at
Did they have any theories about that adopted daughter sex tape plot point? That seemed very out of place with the rest of it but as they dedicated minutes of screen time to it, I assume it's relevant. Chekhov's gun and all.
"The fatal flaw of all revolutionaries is that they know how to tear things down but don't have a f**king clue about how to build anything."
epilogue wrote:So many of y'all wanna take potshots. And that's fine. I'll be your Huckleberry. But for all of whatever y'all think I think, it's amazing how much CR and Andy get where I'm at with this show. They say it all better than I could here because y'all have already made up your mind about what I think. But for those who bother to listen, this is where I'm at
Did they have any theories about that adopted daughter sex tape plot point? That seemed very out of place with the rest of it but as they dedicated minutes of screen time to it, I assume it's relevant. Chekhov's gun and all.
epilogue wrote:So many of y'all wanna take potshots. And that's fine. I'll be your Huckleberry. But for all of whatever y'all think I think, it's amazing how much CR and Andy get where I'm at with this show. They say it all better than I could here because y'all have already made up your mind about what I think. But for those who bother to listen, this is where I'm at
Did they have any theories about that adopted daughter sex tape plot point? That seemed very out of place with the rest of it but as they dedicated minutes of screen time to it, I assume it's relevant. Chekhov's gun and all.
What about that scene seemed out of place to you?
It’s unusual to establish a character with a “you just made illegal underage p04n” situation
"The fatal flaw of all revolutionaries is that they know how to tear things down but don't have a f**king clue about how to build anything."
i thought that moment was more to establish that Foster is more of a jaded cop and whats the relationship between her and her step daughter, but well see.
Epijoe's reasons are undoubtedly horrible and based on genitalia of the actors involved, but I have to admit that he is right about the first three seasons of true detective. This is a massively overrated show including season 1 which frankly isn't that good.
i loved S1, loved it very much. Its overrated? maybe i dont really care how people measure things. What they say and think changes with time, even my own conceptions. What i remember is that i had so much fun watching it in real time, and that wont change.
Will this season be better? impossible to know with just one episode, i dont think its also fair to compare it with S1 because it wont be the same impact to me, but maybe if its really good and the themes are well handled, maybe yes.
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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The serial killer plot is probably the worst thing about the season. It veers between nonsensical and uninteresting. It even felt to me like the season was cut short or had massive rewrites halfway through. It ends with a dull thud for me.
The leads are great, it has some great lines, and the overall tone and setting is fabulous, but it didn't add up to much. Cole often comes off as the first year philosophy student who read a little Nietzsche, Schoppenhauer and Ligotti, but didn't understand much of it.
I loved the bit about West Louisiana/East Texas being a place not fit for human habitation. So true. It's a spirit crushing wasteland.
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BurtReynolds wrote:
I loved the bit about West Louisiana/East Texas being a place not fit for human habitation. So true. It's a spirit crushing wasteland.
I lived in West Texas (San Angelo) for about 7 months. It isn't any better.
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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well rust says he spent some time in Alaska so who knows, i hope this is just a hint and we dont get a scene with her wife:¨as my son Rust used to say...¨
