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Re: HBO Television Show: True Detective
Posted: Mon May 30, 2022 11:12 pm
by The Argonaut
At what point does it stop being True Detective? Pizzolatto is apparently not involved in writing the new season. Season three kind of blew up the occult conspiracy schtick.
I actually think Pizzolatto not being the writer gives this a chance of being good, but I also kind of think it makes it not True Detective. It feels a bit like I'm being tricked.
Re: HBO Television Show: True Detective
Posted: Mon May 30, 2022 11:31 pm
by BurtReynolds
I think this show sucks and is overrated.
Re: HBO Television Show: True Detective
Posted: Tue May 31, 2022 1:07 am
by psychobain
Rangi Guy wrote:I never watched season 3 - was it worth it?
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Re: HBO Television Show: True Detective
Posted: Tue May 31, 2022 1:08 am
by psychobain
BurtReynolds wrote:I think this show sucks and is overrated.
S1 is some of the best tv ever made
Re: HBO Television Show: True Detective
Posted: Tue May 31, 2022 1:14 am
by The Argonaut
S1 is great.
S2 is terrible.
S3 is not bad, but also somehow worse than S2. Whaaaa?
No, not really, S2 is worse because it was truly goddamn awful but S3 leaves me with very few lingering memories. I at least remember hating S2
Re: HBO Television Show: True Detective
Posted: Tue May 31, 2022 1:28 am
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: Tue May 31, 2022 1:33 am
by wease
We’ve only seen the first season. Is there anything that ties the seasons together?
Re: HBO Television Show: True Detective
Posted: Tue May 31, 2022 1:37 am
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: Tue May 31, 2022 2:19 am
by BurtReynolds
psychobain wrote:BurtReynolds wrote:I think this show sucks and is overrated.
S1 is some of the best tv ever made
As someone who has seen season 1i can tell that you are lying to me and I don't appreciate it.
Re: HBO Television Show: True Detective
Posted: Tue May 31, 2022 2:43 am
by BurtReynolds
Rust has some cool quotes though.
Re: HBO Television Show: True Detective
Posted: Tue May 31, 2022 2:51 am
by wease
Thanks trag
Re: HBO Television Show: True Detective
Posted: Tue May 31, 2022 4:16 am
by Ensign9
The Argonaut wrote:At what point does it stop being True Detective? Pizzolatto is apparently not involved in writing the new season. Season three kind of blew up the occult conspiracy schtick.
I actually think Pizzolatto not being the writer gives this a chance of being good, but I also kind of think it makes it not True Detective. It feels a bit like I'm being tricked.
Don't forget Cary Joji Fukunaga. He had as much to do with Season 1 being great as anyone.
Re: HBO Television Show: True Detective
Posted: Tue May 31, 2022 11:55 am
by epilogue
Ensign9 wrote:The Argonaut wrote:At what point does it stop being True Detective? Pizzolatto is apparently not involved in writing the new season. Season three kind of blew up the occult conspiracy schtick.
I actually think Pizzolatto not being the writer gives this a chance of being good, but I also kind of think it makes it not True Detective. It feels a bit like I'm being tricked.
Don't forget Cary Joji Fukunaga. He had as much to do with Season 1 being great as anyone.
Truth.
In fact, I would argue that Fukunaga is ther only thing that elevated S1 over S2.
Re: HBO Television Show: True Detective
Posted: Tue May 31, 2022 12:19 pm
by Bi_3
I like all the seasons, it's obviously S1>S3>S2, but they each have cool moments. I think it's the unique spin on the kidnapper-cult plot in S1 that really elevates it because the best acting was definitely Ali in S3.
Re: HBO Television Show: True Detective
Posted: Tue May 31, 2022 12:35 pm
by Mecca
Maybe the real True Detective is all of us figuring out what makes this show what it is?
Re: HBO Television Show: True Detective
Posted: Tue May 31, 2022 2:34 pm
by VinylGuy
I like all three of them, and absolutely love S1.
Also really like both of Pizzollato´s books, and Galveston is also a great movie.
Re: HBO Television Show: True Detective
Posted: Tue May 31, 2022 2:35 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: Tue May 31, 2022 2:57 pm
by VinylGuy
yeah, its a collection of short stories. There are some okey ones and some really good, devastating ones. I loved it.
Re: HBO Television Show: True Detective
Posted: Tue May 31, 2022 3:08 pm
by Ensign9
Mecca wrote:Maybe the real True Detective is all of us figuring out what makes this show what it is?
#science
Re: HBO Television Show: True Detective
Posted: Tue May 31, 2022 3:22 pm
by spike
tragabigzanda wrote:S2 was an awesome mess. Very cool in some aspects, very stupid in others.
S3 was just tired and mumbly.
