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True Detective - Season 2 - We get the Season we deserve - Sundays on HBO
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ZQQLANDER
Member
No way. I was disappointed in the pilot, but am really eager for episode 2.
Side note: Rectify had some potential, but is officially the slowest TV series ever.
Yeah I really liked it, gave an ominous feel to the show.
Dick Justice
Banned
Thought the pilot was pretty good, but the first season did a much better job of establishing exactly what was going on, the main plot hook and the characters. This one took its sweet time introducing the characters and their personalities, and there wasn't enough of the main story hook. I'm guessing that'll change though obviously.
Also Colin Farrell beating the shit out of that kid's dad was unintentionally(?) hilarious. Goofy as fuck.
Also Colin Farrell beating the shit out of that kid's dad was unintentionally(?) hilarious. Goofy as fuck.
Slow shows are fine provided it actually has meaningful character development, e.g., Mad Men and Rectify.
This season-two pilot, however, was a good example of a slow episode with no meaning character development.
After watching the ep, I thought that was the point of the name- her dad being a giant douche.
Fancy Clown
Member
Yeah that's what I got from it too
ZQQLANDER
Member
Agree 100%. In fact the beginning of season 2 was when I began to loose interest.
NecromorphTX
Member
I re-made the intro of the season 2, sadly i can't upload it in Youtube because today i had a copyright strike 
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2v0wgz_true-detective-season-2_tv
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2v0wgz_true-detective-season-2_tv
Someone beat you by a little:I re-made the intro of the season 2, sadly i can't upload it in Youtube because today i had a copyright strike
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2v0wgz_true-detective-season-2_tv
Chiggs
Gold Member
Not alone there. Leonard Cohen is the man, especially with lyrics. Somebody in this thread made a comment about how he has no plans to pick up the latest Cohen album based on this song. Well, hate to break it to that person, but:
1. This isn't a new Cohen song. I remember hearing variations of this as early as 2006 or 2007.
2. It's not like this song is a dramatic departure from anything Cohen has done in the past. It's Cohen through and through.
Also, I feel like the intro song--at least thematically--fits the series better. There's no doubt that Season 1 had a really great and atmospheric tune to accompany the credits, but the lyrics are definitely Southwestern:
Doesn't exactly scream LOOZYANNA, does it?
I think the score and soundtrack have been pretty damn good so far.
Admiral Woofington
Member
why is this such an ovewhelming response by people who enjoyed the first episode? Being instantly dismissive of criticism and casting a wide fucking net statement without providing reasoning as to why you say it.
I thought the first episode was ok but there's no need to fucking dismiss criticism because you thought the show was good.
NecromorphTX
Member
AuthenticM
Member
It was good, but not great.
The intro montage is meh.
Farrell aside, the performances fall flat.
People are being too harsh on it. Of course it cannot meet your expectations after the bomb that was Season One.
The intro montage is meh.
Farrell aside, the performances fall flat.
People are being too harsh on it. Of course it cannot meet your expectations after the bomb that was Season One.
Anton Sugar
Member
Like?
Agreed.
But I also feel that the show would benefit from a Marty type character.
Oh and people are dissing the new intro?? Man... what?
Is bomb a positive thing when talking about a TV show?
lol i'm seriously asking, never heard of that used that way.
Robot Pants
Member
Well I expected to 100% hate this but I'm fully onboard.
I thought it was a great premiere and set up plenty for the future episodes. I can definitely see this show starting very very slowly and ramping up at the end. Pretty much the reverse of last season.
I just hope the ending isn't disappointing.
I thought it was a great premiere and set up plenty for the future episodes. I can definitely see this show starting very very slowly and ramping up at the end. Pretty much the reverse of last season.
I just hope the ending isn't disappointing.
Wow that was a bit oppressive, by the end of the episode I was begging to Vince Vaungh to channel his comedy character to give some levity to this, it felt really childish in a "Too edgy for you" way, some good acting but they all have this perpetually miserable look to them that by the end of the hour the only character that seems interesting to me is the mobster's wife.
Vince Vaughn is a regular type dude with a big ass dick.
AuthenticM
Member
I meant it as positive. I get the confusion though.
How do you know this ?
turtlesbonanza
Member
Can someone please explain the tiny woman in the milk bowl to me? I couldn't work out what perspective we were looking at that from. Was it a screen of some sort?
WarrenMax007
Member
Not as amazing as season 1, but still very good.
Colin Farrell was the best part of the episode. Rachel McAdams grew on me. Not sure about Vince Vaughn and Taylor Kitsch yet.
Visually it's not as good as season 1, but there were some good shots.
Some of the lines should've been cut.
I didn't like the song in the opening credits, but the credits themselves were good.
Colin Farrell was the best part of the episode. Rachel McAdams grew on me. Not sure about Vince Vaughn and Taylor Kitsch yet.
Visually it's not as good as season 1, but there were some good shots.
Some of the lines should've been cut.
I didn't like the song in the opening credits, but the credits themselves were good.
A Bunk Moreland type would do wonders for the show, hell the problem its that they are the same flavor of fuck up, Rust-flavored it seems.
It was literally just a bowl of milk with a doll in it in the room with the detectives.
Robot Pants
Member
Not a giant fan of the intro song but I don't hate it either and I think it works better than the trailer song. That one is too slow and fits the mood of the show even less in my opinion.
Anton Sugar
Member
Yup. Now that I think of it, Bunk and Marty had a lot of similarities.
On a rewatch, I enjoyed the episode much more. I like the opening sequence, song and visuals both, though I will admit the youtube link with the teaser music overlayed on the opening was a bit better.
Really need to see the second episode to get a grasp on the season, I feel. As a pilot, it's not the best due to being quite scattered (several cuts I could not follow, the time skip early on in the episode with Colin and Vince threw me off on first watch, I thought Taylor Kitsch was a younger Colin until the end of the episode when they all gathered and I had a massive mindfuck moment), but the elements that really stand out on a rewatch are the sound track, and Colin's performance.
I also noticed when we see the Birdman drop off Casper's body, there is a blue road sign in the back ground that says "something Catalyst Group". Catalyst was also mentioned in the rail way meeting with Vince and the Russian dude. Dude was obviously placed there in the open as a threat, and I'm kind of interested in seeing a larger scale corporate/crime syndicate plot as opposed to a rural serial killer.
I'm in for the season. This and Hannibal are set to keep me well entertained.
Really need to see the second episode to get a grasp on the season, I feel. As a pilot, it's not the best due to being quite scattered (several cuts I could not follow, the time skip early on in the episode with Colin and Vince threw me off on first watch, I thought Taylor Kitsch was a younger Colin until the end of the episode when they all gathered and I had a massive mindfuck moment), but the elements that really stand out on a rewatch are the sound track, and Colin's performance.
I also noticed when we see the Birdman drop off Casper's body, there is a blue road sign in the back ground that says "something Catalyst Group". Catalyst was also mentioned in the rail way meeting with Vince and the Russian dude. Dude was obviously placed there in the open as a threat, and I'm kind of interested in seeing a larger scale corporate/crime syndicate plot as opposed to a rural serial killer.
I'm in for the season. This and Hannibal are set to keep me well entertained.
Anton Sugar
Member
I immediately thought that she liked to be hit--like, actually struck/punched.
Anal isn't really anything for a dude to make a concerned fuss over, especially in Pizza's world.
NotTheGuyYouKill
Member
Maybe she punches people. Or does the finger in the butt thing.
plasmawave
Banned
One thing I will say that the new OP song is not doing anything for me at all.
Anton Sugar
Member
Pfffft, that's like the second date, dude!
NotTheGuyYouKill
Member
Net_Wrecker
Member
At first I though she was the missing girl and was thinking this is really contrived.
Didn't realize she wasn't the missing girl until just now
Robot Pants
Member
Definitely finger in the butt or eating it
Anton Sugar
Member
Telling y'all, anal play really isn't considered "crazy" for a lot of people. If it's that, it's a weird way to introduce her character (well, it's already kinda weird).
I'm betting pegging or violently rough sex.
I'm betting pegging or violently rough sex.
Anton Sugar
Member
But what are your thoughts on the matter of Ani's sexual dysfunction? This is important.
fluffydelusions
Member
Same
She certainly has a thing for knives.
I love the fact that this is the most pertinent character defining question we can ask about her given the scant information that we know.
I'll bite though: she wanted her finger cut off?
NotTheGuyYouKill
Member
Something to do with daddy issues.
also:
LOVE! your avatar. It's my phone screen. I've been in love with that photo since I saw it.
NotTheGuyYouKill
Member
Where's the new songs at? Lena Lynn and Nick Cave ones. They're supposed to unveil them for the soundtrack episode by episode, right?
I'm done for now but I'll come back if the consensus is that it gets better or the second it has a scene as good as the first car ride scene between Rust and Marty in the first 10 minutes of Season 1 episode 1.
I was just so bored for all of it.