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True Detective - Season 2 - We get the Season we deserve - Sundays on HBO
- Thread starter Cornballer
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Thanks, I figured it might have been along those lines.
NotTheGuyYouKill
Member
Yes! Taylor Kitsch kinda gave off that vibe
Cornballer
Member
A few more vids from HBO:
- True Detective Season 2: Opening Credits Episode #1
- True Detective Season 2: Colin Farrell Interview
- True Detective Season 2: Opening Credits Episode #1
- True Detective Season 2: Colin Farrell Interview
Scrupulous
Banned
Was it ever confirmed if there'd be any types of occult type misdeeds this season because caspers death could be read into like that. Left there overlooking something ? Eyes taken wearing shades waitng for dawn? Probably reading to much into it.
burnside13
Member
Not that I want to defend this show but lets not forget it is a neo noir style tv show. This style seems to be much heavier into that style compared to the first season as well.
Yeah, I totally get what they were talking about- the lines are being oversold when some of them really need to be flippant.
Anton Sugar
Member
Just realized that the premiere really reminded me of Low Winter Sun...ugh.
Still way too early to judge anything but yeah, not a strong opening.
EDIT: The show (and maybe some of us here) seems to have forgotten that TD S1 treated Rust as an almost comical "weirdo" for the first 2-3 episodes. They had the foresight to really hammer home Marty's "you're a weirdo" perspective, which mitigated the "GPhil 101"-ness of some of it, then slowly subverts that by drawing us into Rust's psyche and his character.
Here, they just want us to jump onboard straight from the get-go. Still can't get over David Morse's character. He seriously looks like he could belong in a Zucker Bros. parody of the genre.
Still way too early to judge anything but yeah, not a strong opening.
EDIT: The show (and maybe some of us here) seems to have forgotten that TD S1 treated Rust as an almost comical "weirdo" for the first 2-3 episodes. They had the foresight to really hammer home Marty's "you're a weirdo" perspective, which mitigated the "GPhil 101"-ness of some of it, then slowly subverts that by drawing us into Rust's psyche and his character.
Here, they just want us to jump onboard straight from the get-go. Still can't get over David Morse's character. He seriously looks like he could belong in a Zucker Bros. parody of the genre.
Doug Heffernan
Member
I really hope they are trolling us with the first three episodes. I will reserve judgement until episode 4 is out. Wasn't ep. 4 when Reggie LeDoux was introduced in season 1? That's when shit got interesting.
What Ray did was a far more effective scare tactic. Seeing your dad get the everlasting shit smacked out of him because of you, would leave a bigger emotional scar than just getting your own ass bloody.
schlongdog
Banned
Kelly Reilly though
Anton Sugar
Member
Another big misstep: pairing Taylor Kitsch with literally one of the hottest and seemingly sweetest girlfriends, and making him look bored.
How am I supposed to connect with you when you can't appreciate this temple of beauty?
How am I supposed to connect with you when you can't appreciate this temple of beauty?
Not sure how that'd make it poor directing
Is this sarcastic? Thats literally the whole point of the scene.
I don't get the hate here for this. I like it, but it does go on way too long IMO, so maybe that's the issue.
Cornballer
Member
Anton Sugar
Member
Oh, no, I get it--the long take of his meh face during the blowjob told me EVERYTHING I need to know about it. And if that wasn't enough to tell us he's unsatisfied, he's speeding dangerously on his bike at night. The show made sure we all "got" it.
I don't know what you guys watch, but I liked it. Velcoro and Bezzerides are the more interesting (and better acted) characters so far, and I'm particularly interested in seeing more of the latter.
I'm not a fan of the opening theme (just not my thing) but the rest of the soundtrack and the score were great. Maybe I'm easy but I thought the thumping percussion provided great gobs of atmosphere. And hey, The Tunnel isn't coming back until next year and I've already run through that season two or three times.
I'm not a fan of the opening theme (just not my thing) but the rest of the soundtrack and the score were great. Maybe I'm easy but I thought the thumping percussion provided great gobs of atmosphere. And hey, The Tunnel isn't coming back until next year and I've already run through that season two or three times.
Fancy Clown
Member
Oh I havent forgotten that. But there are ways to do it without be incredibly incredibly silly. Chinatown for example.
I actually was really intrigued and found the premiere to be very solid. I really dislike watching characters do drugs and drink themselves silly though.. it's so unsettling. That's not a knock on it, it just makes me really sad.
Definitely. He clearly doesn't "feel" any more at this point which is why he wanted to kill himself and why he needed the viagra.
Not poor directing. He's off the rails, completely unhinged -- you as a viewer and the kid himself are supposed to believe that he might be crazy enough to do that. What he did, completely emasculating his father in front of him, was probably more effective though.
Definitely. He clearly doesn't "feel" any more at this point which is why he wanted to kill himself and why he needed the viagra.
NotTheGuyYouKill
Member
I wanted to punch Taylor Kitsch in the face after this one.
That wasn't Tom Waits, it was Leonard Cohen.
Tom's Way Down in the Hole was used for The Wire, but his original was only used one season oddly, the rest were covers.
that's Leonard Cohen though.
You did catch that he's suicidal, right?
Anton Sugar
Member
Yup, got it. I just don't think it's handled particularly well here.
NotTheGuyYouKill
Member
There was some nice cinematography in this episode. Asides from the last shot, can anyone post some shots from it?
That woman /Barbie doll in the milk bowl was trippy af.
Obviously can't post the gif, but I still can't tell if it's a Barbie doll or some cgi at play.
The longer I stare at it, the less it makes sense lol.
Also, I don't think Pizzaman understands why people liked Rusty and his partnership with Marty. Everyone in that intro seemed like Rusty, spouting a bunch of pretentious philosophical lines trying to sound deep. That is not why people liked Rusty, people liked him because he was a stereotypical noir detective spouting a bunch of philosophical bullshit which worked when paired against his straight man, Marty, who would routinely call him out on his nonsense. We've all heard the hard-boiled tragic detective go off on a rant about how society is doomed, civilization was a mistake, and everything is meaningless in a "woe is me" fashion, rarely do we get to see someone like their partner tell them to shut the hell up and just stop saying stuff.
You're money, and they're all babies.
FreshCakes
Banned
That first episode was trying way too hard, however, I'm still interested, looking forward to seeing all that corruption.
DoktorEvil
Banned
I still don't entirely understand his blank expression here and the closing of the eyes.
VARIA
Member
Dude has some serious trauma and it appears he dislikes sex because it's a trigger for him. He also has some serious (acid/chemical??) burns that hint at him being badly abused when he was younger.
Well after it was revealed that he's a military vet and had scars from before his service it just seems like a cocktail for craziness (trauma + PTSD). It's also clear that he's suicidal (crazy bike ride with his headlight off), so that made the emotionless blowjob make more sense to me.
He just seems dead inside and numb to everything.
HalfBakedProphet
Member
Resounding "meh" from me
I might wait until the season is over to finish the remaining 7. This still has potential but I wasn't feeling it
I might wait until the season is over to finish the remaining 7. This still has potential but I wasn't feeling it
I keep seeing the "brb using imagination since no pics" gif in this
lol yeah, I don't think it would go that smoothly if you slammed the breaks while going 100mph on a bike. His wind tunnel face was also funny.
NotTheGuyYouKill
Member
Yeah, we make fun, but I actually thought that scene was done really well.
MikeHaggar
Member
it didn't get interesting until the last 5 or 10 minutes for me. i understand they were setting up all of the characters, but it just felt slow. also, the pacing was kind of off with the way things jumped around. i'm still on board and am interested to see what i think of it after another episode or two.