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Re: HBO Television Show: True Detective
Posted: Wed February 27, 2019 9:36 am
by Anders
That's strange. I felt like nothing happened in the ending this season. It just sort of petered out.
Re: HBO Television Show: True Detective
Posted: Wed February 27, 2019 3:03 pm
by Chris_H_2
Anders wrote:That's strange. I felt like nothing happened in the ending this season. It just sort of petered out.
i think if you're viewing this season as a crime story, you're right. after all, we pretty much knew the who-done-it (or at least those that were involved) well before hand. but if you're viewing it as a detective profile, then i would definitely disagree.
Re: HBO Television Show: True Detective
Posted: Wed February 27, 2019 3:10 pm
by Bi_3
Chris_H_2 wrote:Anders wrote:That's strange. I felt like nothing happened in the ending this season. It just sort of petered out.
i think if you're viewing this season as a crime story, you're right. after all, we pretty much knew the who-done-it (or at least those that were involved) well before hand. but if you're viewing it as a detective profile, then i would definitely disagree.
This.
Season 1’s plot was better, but Hayes is probably the series’s best character
Re: HBO Television Show: True Detective
Posted: Wed February 27, 2019 4:17 pm
by Anders
Chris_H_2 wrote:Anders wrote:That's strange. I felt like nothing happened in the ending this season. It just sort of petered out.
i think if you're viewing this season as a crime story, you're right. after all, we pretty much knew the who-done-it (or at least those that were involved) well before hand. but if you're viewing it as a detective profile, then i would definitely disagree.
A bit depressing. An old detective working on the one case that haunted him, and now most of the people he knew are dead, and he’s senile. In the end he forgets why he ended up at the woman’s place.
Re: HBO Television Show: True Detective
Posted: Wed February 27, 2019 4:42 pm
by epilogue
Bi_3 wrote:Chris_H_2 wrote:Anders wrote:That's strange. I felt like nothing happened in the ending this season. It just sort of petered out.
i think if you're viewing this season as a crime story, you're right. after all, we pretty much knew the who-done-it (or at least those that were involved) well before hand. but if you're viewing it as a detective profile, then i would definitely disagree.
This.
Season 1’s plot was better, but Hayes is probably the series’s best character
I think S1's plot is the worst thing about the season. It's limp, obvious, and reliant on too much confidence. And that's when it isn't being purposely vague and incoherent.
Season 3 handled plot so much more effectively. Though, it still wasn't flawless, it was leaps and bounds better.
Re: HBO Television Show: True Detective
Posted: Thu February 28, 2019 7:19 pm
by epilogue
Re: HBO Television Show: True Detective
Posted: Thu February 28, 2019 7:29 pm
by Dev
Not sure how I felt about the last episode.
Re: HBO Television Show: True Detective
Posted: Thu February 28, 2019 7:53 pm
by Chris_H_2
Nic Pizzolatto wrote:I do have a pretty serious crazy idea for another season.
Re: HBO Television Show: True Detective
Posted: Thu February 28, 2019 8:30 pm
by epilogue
Re: HBO Television Show: True Detective
Posted: Thu February 28, 2019 8:42 pm
by digster
Has this kind of narrative hook been used before, in terms of framing someone's battle with dementia in the guise of a detective story (i.e. trying to solve the case despite the hindrance of fading memory)? It seems like such an obvious narrative device for writers in the crime genre to employ, so I'm sure there's been great examples of it in the past, but ironically my mind is drawing a blank on it as well.
Re: HBO Television Show: True Detective
Posted: Thu February 28, 2019 9:58 pm
by Bi_3
digster wrote:Has this kind of narrative hook been used before, in terms of framing someone's battle with dementia in the guise of a detective story (i.e. trying to solve the case despite the hindrance of fading memory)? It seems like such an obvious narrative device for writers in the crime genre to employ, so I'm sure there's been great examples of it in the past, but ironically my mind is drawing a blank on it as well.
Memento was similar I suppose, but... shit... definitely something else. It’ll take a minute to...
Re: HBO Television Show: True Detective
Posted: Mon March 04, 2019 12:56 am
by Jammer XCI
I think the ending of this season was really lackluster, but the preceeding 7 episodes and 40-ish minutes of the 8th were great. Nice return to form after whatever the fuck the Colin Farrel and Vince Vaughn cringe fest was supposed to be.
Re: HBO Television Show: True Detective
Posted: Mon March 11, 2019 4:14 am
by Mickey
Trash. Pizzalocker is an awful writer and it's only marginally saved by the phenomenal acting he gets.
Re: HBO Television Show: True Detective
Posted: Sun November 10, 2019 6:18 pm
by contamination
Mickey wrote:Trash. Pizzalocker is an awful writer and it's only marginally saved by the phenomenal acting he gets.
Couldn't agree more. I can't believe I actually finished this. It was full of clichés, obvious, and just overall bad writing.
Re: HBO Television Show: True Detective
Posted: Mon May 30, 2022 9:15 pm
by psychobain
Re: HBO Television Show: True Detective
Posted: Mon May 30, 2022 9:38 pm
by Rangi Guy
I never watched season 3 - was it worth it?
Re: HBO Television Show: True Detective
Posted: Mon May 30, 2022 9:43 pm
by tragabigzanda
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.
Re: HBO Television Show: True Detective
Posted: Mon May 30, 2022 9:51 pm
by Mickey
It was by far the worst, I would skip it.
Interested in S4 only because it seems like Pizzolato is not very involved.
Re: HBO Television Show: True Detective
Posted: Mon May 30, 2022 10:08 pm
by VinylGuy
fuck yeah season 4
Re: HBO Television Show: True Detective
Posted: Mon May 30, 2022 10:35 pm
by Mickey
Jodie Foster!
