Yeah accepting that Burris was randomly waiting at some random exit from the sewers after we are told the tunnels extend underneath the whole city and they spent 10-15 minutes walking and running through those tunnels...can't really suspend disbelief there.
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Yeah accepting that Burris was randomly waiting at some random exit from the sewers after we are told the tunnels extend underneath the whole city and they spent 10-15 minutes walking and running through those tunnels...can't really suspend disbelief there.
Anton Sugar
Member
Interview with Ronnie Gene Blevins aka STAN is interesting.
Sounds like maybe there were bigger plans for Stan, but they just didn't fit them in.
Sounds like maybe there were bigger plans for Stan, but they just didn't fit them in.
dead souls
Member
Vampire hearing, or a member of clone club helped him, or maybe even Henry VIII before that whole beheading thing.
Corpsepyre
Banned
Some of the dialogue here though..
'Here's a thought. Maybe you're put on this earth for more than just fucking.
Reply: 'Everything is fucking'.
'Here's a thought. Maybe you're put on this earth for more than just fucking.
Reply: 'Everything is fucking'.
Lumpy Onion
Member
LMAO
I guess the last ep was kinda okay but at this point we've only got one episode left and not only do I not know what's going on, the universe is so boring I don't even care. Just watching the show as a comedy at this point and waiting for HBO to get back into the game with Westworld.
All they really had to do was have Holloway get up from being knocked out and clip him from behind on the way out. People don't actually get knocked out for more than a few minutes at a time and it would've been much better than teleporting Nightcrawler Burris, which was really only a scene so that people knew who Burris was again.
Which wouldn't have been a problem if the show realized that it was more important to establish him as a character than to devote time to garbage people.
FantasticMrFoxdie
Mumber
Yeah read that Slate article. I get whats going on for the most part, but holy hell there are too many parts to even follow here. Some of these important characters make like a 2 min appearance and you don't know who the hell is who, meanwhile we get stupid ass scenes like between ConfusedCops wife/creepyMom. I appreciate complexity and not having to baby viewers into what is going on, but this is so sloppy and all over the place.
Exactly. "People don't know these tunnels go all over the city" lololol
I mean logically maybe he was waiting by his car, but even then ConfusedCop seemed like a badass smart action hero. Surely he would know "We've got eyes all around you" would make him ditch the car after pulling all those crazy action moves.
Exactly. "People don't know these tunnels go all over the city" lololol
I mean logically maybe he was waiting by his car, but even then ConfusedCop seemed like a badass smart action hero. Surely he would know "We've got eyes all around you" would make him ditch the car after pulling all those crazy action moves.
I'm really enjoying this season, but you're right on the money.
talisayNon
Member
agreed.
Anton Sugar
Member
Regarding the characters:
To be fair, I kinda like Chains/Coins/Clinks (what is his name? I legit forgot), just because the actor looks kinda weird and plays the character that way.
Pajiba said:The ancillary cast has been underwhelming, to say the least, and through no fault of their own. They should teach the Chessani character in film schools everywhere as the very definition of a one-note caricature. That seems to be a malady of Pizzolatto’s approach. In attempting to fashion characters with Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson type depth and intrigue, he seems to expend all of his creative energy, leaving nothing for the rest of the cast. You want a list of one-note characters?
Chessani
Lt. Burris
Stan?
The red haired Seymon enforcer
Blake
The male black cop that works for Vinci
The female state D.A.
Any Mexican
Any woman
Mrs. Seymon
Ani’s ex partner
Woodrugh’s mom
Ray’s kid
Ray’s ex wife
Ray’s ex wife’s new guy
Ray’s dad
The lounge singer
The scar waitress
Ani’s dad
The actress with the ankle bracelet
Chessani’s daughter
Whoever this guy is:
The Hispanic gardener
The kids that were playing soccer in the toxic waste
The Russian hookers at the orgy
The farting fat cop who got killed
Paul’s girlfriend Emma
The corporate rail guy
Any of the thugs when Frank called the meeting
Osip
The “fuck you do” bodyguard Ani slashed to death
Chessani’s drugged out wife
I mean, this guy…
…is the only guy who wasn’t exactly what we thought he was when he had the brilliance to say the line “I’m Chinese.” That’s all it takes to play against type a little! How hard is that?
To be fair, I kinda like Chains/Coins/Clinks (what is his name? I legit forgot), just because the actor looks kinda weird and plays the character that way.
Nails:
Jacob McCandless (Catalyst guy):
The last guy is Mayor Chessani's assistant whose name I don't know at all. Ben, maybe?
Corpsepyre
Banned
Just when you know you're down and out, people, know that...Everything is fucking.
Know that, understand that, and all will be alright in the world.
Know that, understand that, and all will be alright in the world.
time is flat circle so things won't be ever alright, we will always repeat our mistakes, always trusting pizzaman to deliever
Corpsepyre
Banned
this.
funny episode, "who the fuck is this guy", "who the fuck killed him?" Who the fuck is doing things in this show. who the fuck is STAN. and yes, Woodrough getting killed at the end totally made sense, that guy clearly has superpowers.
the "let's sex" scene between Velcoro and Bezzerides, that was really painful to watch. it was like two 16 years old kids trying to start some sex. "you're not a bad man <33" "yes I am
((" "b-but do you miss it?" "what?" "ANYTHING" *let me touch your hand then*after that we only needed to see Velcoro taking his dick out followed by a close-up on some drilling fluid.
Supa Necta
Banned
I'm waiting for someone to change the lyrics to "everything is awesome" from the Lego movie to everything is fucking.
Exited out. Poorly executed imo.
It's a variation of an Oscar Wilde quote. And when looking it up, I found this fantastic pic to go with it:
NotTheGuyYouKill
Member
Amazing thread title change.
talisayNon
Member
O M G
NotTheGuyYouKill
Member
Music was great tho
Antigone got a hot load on her back, Paul got some hot lead in his back.
OrlanisWorks
Banned
Staaaaaan! ... Staaaaaaan!
That ending was unbelievable. Did they really assume Paul would be able to hat-trick his way out of the situation like that? Literally the only reason he was there was to wait at the door and kill Paul. To know the exact exit he was going to take? To know he would go Rambo? If you think the semi-afro guy was getting up after getting the butt of a gun several times to his cranium...
Horse poop.
That ending was unbelievable. Did they really assume Paul would be able to hat-trick his way out of the situation like that? Literally the only reason he was there was to wait at the door and kill Paul. To know the exact exit he was going to take? To know he would go Rambo? If you think the semi-afro guy was getting up after getting the butt of a gun several times to his cranium...
Horse poop.
brianmcdoogle
Member
My beer's gone cold I'm wondering why I
Got out of bed at all
My five million's gone out the window
And I can't act at all
And even if I could I would still be gay,
With my picture on your phone
It reminds me, that it's not so bad,
It's not so bad
Dear Casp', I wrote you but still ain't callin'
I left my cell, that money, and my eyeballs at the bottom
I sent two diamonds back in autumn, you must not-a got 'em
There probably was a problem at the cop's office or somethin'
Sometimes I scribble dupped shopping lists when I jot 'em
But anyways, fuck it, what's been up? Man how's your son been?
My girlfriend's pregnant too, I'm bout to be a father
If I have a daughter, guess what I'm a call her?
I'm a name her "Hope I don't die a martyr!"
I read about your Uncle Birdman too I'm sorry
I heard he killed a man over some bitch who didn't want him
I know you probably hear this everyday, but I'm your biggest fan
I even got the underground tunnel shit that you did with Black Mountain
I got a room full of your hard drives and your pictures man
I like the shit you did with Rust too, that shit was fat
Anyways, I hope you get this man, hit me back,
Just to chat, truly yours, your biggest fan
This is Stan
Since someone else did your request, I did this in about five minutes on a lark.
SuperStiltzkin
Member
Nails:
I believe his real name is Andy White.
I can't believe Kate killed you.
This is and the thread title are hilarious.
Anton Sugar
Member
While reading Pajiba earlier, they made a good point: Athena Bezzerides is probably the best written woman to appear on TD. Shame she's a secondary character.
I see what Pajiba is going for, but I think it's a bit too cruel. The problem isn't that the secondary characters are not developed enough, but that they're developed in a shallow way. Many shows are filled with quirky minor characters (the Wire, Breaking Bad, even Game of Thrones), but nobody really complains. If anything, the problem is that the weirdness can be a red herring. The implied incest with Woodrugh's mother, the waitress' scar and longing for Mexico, and the mayor of Vinci's children were all probably meant to be color. Pizzolatto probably thought it was clever to make those characters somewhat memorable, but because their quirkiness has no bearing on the story, it detracts from the plot and confuses the audience.
I wonder if it was supposed to be Velcoro/Gangster as the two leads and the other two got shoehorned in late in the game.
neoism
Member
i knew something like that was gonna happen but I really hate setups like that... how did that guy know where he was gonna come out of that building...
really like this ep thought the best in like 4 episodes... Rachel McAdams..so beautiful GODDAMN.... really like the scene with her and Collen even though they didnt say much of anything... it was good.
really like this ep thought the best in like 4 episodes... Rachel McAdams..so beautiful GODDAMN.... really like the scene with her and Collen even though they didnt say much of anything... it was good.
neoism
Member
LOL what? Come on pizzaman. At least I actually enjoyed the Vince Vaughn scenes for once.
I agree with Vince fucker finally had it with everyones bullshit...
and in a sense the girl is right life is fucking one way or another your fucking someone over and getting fucked over, or just plan fucking someone
NotTheGuyYouKill
Member
Anton Sugar
Member
I really like Pajiba--they're kinda like a more erudite Cracked--but you do bring up a good point. I actually think Pizzolatto mistakenly that color characters=developed characters...but most of the time, a character like Disgusting Sexual Mommy would be improved by not JUST being Disgusting Sexual Mommy but having some nuance, like a real human being would.
So many characters are just one THING. It's flat and boring
I am curious about that. I recall Pizzolatto doing a "be patient, that's in next season" in response to the limited perspective and male gazey-ness of Season 1. Ani certainly feels like a half-baked character.
neoism
Member
man o man s1 KREYGASM soo good... gonna have to get the bluray...